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Crimson Nylium

Crimson Nylium

Crimson nylium is a variant of netherrack that generates in the Nether.

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Blocks Stackable resources Natural blocks Nether blocks Fungi
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Contents (19)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Mob loot
  5. Generated loot
  6. Post-generation
  7. Renewability
  8. Usage
  9. Sounds
  10. Data values
  11. ID
  12. History
  13. Announcement
  14. Java Edition
  15. Bedrock Edition
  16. Issues
  17. Trivia
  18. References
  19. External links
Crimson Nylium
Crimson Nylium.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Crimson Nylium'
Invicon Crimson Nylium.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Nylium in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Crimson Nylium
Renewable JE: No
BE: Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 0.4
Hardness 0.4
Luminous No
Transparent No
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 52 CRIMSON_NYLIUM
Note block instrument Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype Slow Bouncy

Crimson nylium is a variant of netherrack that generates in the Nether.

Obtaining

Breaking

Crimson nylium drops itself only when mined with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch; if mined with a normal pickaxe, it drops netherrack. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block Crimson Nylium
Hardness 0.4
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 2 (JE)
2 (BE)
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 0.3 (JE)
0.3 (BE)
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.15 (JE)
0.15 (BE)
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.15 (JE)
0.15 (BE)
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.1 (JE)
0.1 (BE)
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.1 (JE)
0.1 (BE)
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.1 (JE)
0.1 (BE)
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.05 (JE)
0.05 (BE)
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Natural generation

Crimson nylium generates in the crimson forest biome.

Mob loot

Crimson nylium is dropped when an enderman dies while holding it.

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Crimson Nylium Bastion Remnant Hoglin stable chest 2–7 22.8%
{ "item": "Crimson Nylium", "stacksize": "2–7", "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }

Post-generation

Using bone meal on netherrack that is placed next to or adjacent to crimson nylium transforms the netherrack into nylium of that type. Air must be above the netherrack during this process. This transformation can also be done by activating a dispenser with bone meal directly into that netherrack block. If both types of nylium are present, there is an equal chance of either being spread.

Renewability

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

As netherrack generates in Nether portals spawn floating, using bone meal on netherrack turns them into nylium, making them renewable.

Usage

Similar to grass blocks and mycelium, crimson nylium decays (based on random ticks) into netherrack when an opaque block is placed above it. However, unlike grass blocks and mycelium, it does not decay underneath water or lava.[1] It decays when covered with snow.[2]

Like mycelium and podzol, mushrooms can remain on nylium blocks in any light level. Huge mushrooms can be grown by using bone meal on mushrooms planted on nylium.

Crimson Fungi can likewise be grown into huge crimson fungi using bone meal. However, bone meal cannot be applied to warped fungus on top of the crimson nylium, even if it can be positioned there, it is necessary to plant in warped nylium.

Similar to grass blocks, the player can apply bone meal to crimson nylium, when it has air above. The warped nylium and surrounding blocks attempt to position some vegetation from the Nether, according to the table below. Attempts placement 9 times in a 5×5 area around above the nylium, with a triangular distribution. In all cases, the vegetation can only replace air and be placed on blocks where the player can place vegetation.

Block Chance
Crimson Roots 87⁄99
Crimson Fungus 11⁄99
Warped Fungus 1⁄99
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Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite warped-nylium.png: Sprite image for warped-nylium in Minecraft nylium sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.nylium.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​0.850.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.nylium.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​0.850.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.nylium.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.nylium.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.nylium.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite warped-nylium.png: Sprite image for warped-nylium in Minecraft nylium sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.nylium​ ?1.00.8–1.0
​ ?BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.nylium​ ?1.00.8
​ ?BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.nylium​ ?0.230.5
​ ?PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.nylium​ ?0.41.0
​ ?PlayersWalking on the blockstep.nylium​ ?0.151.0
​ ?BlocksJumping from the blockjump.nylium​ ?0.121.0
​ ?BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.nylium​ ?0.141.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierBlock tags Translation key
BlockSprite crimson-nylium.png: Sprite image for crimson-nylium in Minecraft Crimson Nyliumcrimson_nyliumenderman_holdable
mushroom_grow_block
nylium
mineable/pickaxe		 block.minecraft.crimson_nylium

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite crimson-nylium.png: Sprite image for crimson-nylium in Minecraft Crimson Nyliumcrimson_nylium487Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.crimson_nylium.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

History

Announcement

September 28, 2019 Crimson nylium is announced at MINECON Live 2019.
When this block is placed, it plays planks sounds.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1620w06a Added crimson nylium.
20w09a Crimson nylium now decays into netherrack when an opaque block is placed above it.
Warped nylium now decays into netherrack when an opaque block is placed above it, making crimson nylium renewable as it's possible to convert netherrack into it, and warped nylium is renewable by bartering.
20w10a Warped nylium can no longer be obtained by bartering with piglins, making crimson nylium no longer renewable.
20w12a Crimson nylium can now be fertilized with bone meal to grow crimson roots, warped roots, Nether fungi and Nether sprouts.
20w16a Crimson nylium now generates in chests within bastion remnants.
20w22a Crimson nylium now drops netherrack, unless broken with Silk Touch, in which case it drops itself.
1.16.220w27a Mushrooms can now be placed and grown on crimson nylium at any light level.
26.2snap1 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb crimson nylium, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
snap6 Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51 Added crimson nylium.
Crimson nylium can be fertilized with bone meal to grow crimson roots, warped roots, and Nether fungi.
beta 1.16.0.57 Crimson nylium now generates in chests within bastion remnants.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026		Preview 26.20.23 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb crimson nylium, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30Preview 26.30.20 Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
Preview 26.30.27 Crimson nylium's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Issues

Issues relating to "Crimson Nylium" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

  • The name is a portmanteau of "Nether" and "Mycelium", the name of the part of a fungus analogous to roots.

References

  1. ↑ MC-173356 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. ↑ MC-174639 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
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