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Nether Fossil

Nether Fossil

Nether fossils are fossils that generate in soul sand valleys that can sometimes contain dried ghasts.

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Generated structures The Nether
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Contents (13)
  1. Generation
  2. Structure
  3. Data values
  4. ID
  5. Config
  6. History
  7. Announcement
  8. Java Edition
  9. Bedrock Edition
  10. Issues
  11. Gallery
  12. Screenshots
  13. See also
This article is about fossils found in soul sand valleys. For the similar features generated in the Overworld, see Fossil.
Nether Fossil
Nether fossil 1.png: Infobox image for Minecraft structure 'Nether Fossil'
Biomes Soul Sand Valley
Consists of

Nether fossils are fossils that generate in soul sand valleys that can sometimes contain dried ghasts.

Generation

Nether fossils generate randomly throughout the Nether in soul sand valleys.


Structure

Main article: /Structure

Nether fossils are composed of 5 to 27 bone blocks. Unlike regular fossils, they do not have a lowered structure integrity and no blocks are replaced with coal or diamond ore. They are made with the NBT structure block format and the NBT files for each fossil are stored in the folder minecraft.jar/data/minecraft/structures/nether_fossils.

Nether fossils have a 1⁄3 (~33.3%) chance of generating a dried ghast adjacent to them.

There are 14 different variants of Nether fossils:

Structure name Description Consists of Images
nether_fossils/fossil_1 Small ribs.

10 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_2 A horizontal sternum.

10 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_3 Small partial ribcage.

6 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_4 Small ribcage structure.

6 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_5 One medium rib.

5 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_6 Large ribcage structure.

21 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_7 Three sets of large ribs.

18 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_8 One large rib.

6 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_9 Three ascending sets of medium ribs.

15 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_10 One large rib.

8 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_11 Medium ribcage structure.

24 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_12 Medium ribcage structure.

11 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_13 Three large ribs.

17 Bone Block

nether_fossils/fossil_14 Large ribcage structure.

26 Bone Block

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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Structure typeIdentifier
EnvSprite nether-fossil.png: Sprite image for nether-fossil in Minecraft Nether Fossilnether_fossil
StructureIdentifier
EnvSprite nether-fossil.png: Sprite image for nether-fossil in Minecraft Nether Fossilnether_fossil

In Bedrock Edition, Nether fossils are not a structure.

Config

Java Edition:

  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Structure configuration
    • [String] type: minecraft:nether_fossil
    • Fields common to all structures see Template:Nbt inherit/structure/template
    • [Int][NBT Compound / JSON Object] start_height: The y-value where the structure starts.
      • Height provider see Template:Nbt inherit/height provider/template

History

Announcement

September 28, 2019 Nether fossils shown unnamed as part of soul sand valley biome at Minecon 2019.
March 22, 2025 Dried ghasts are shown to generate as part of Nether fossils at Minecraft LIVE - March 2025

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1620w06a Added Nether fossils.
20w11a Nether fossils can now be located with /locate.
1.21.625w15a Nether fossils can now contain dried ghasts.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57 Added Nether fossils.

Issues

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

Screenshots

  • Nether fossils with a dried ghast
    Nether fossils with a dried ghast
  • A fossil in a soul sand valley
    A fossil in a soul sand valley
  • Fossils on a Nether fortress
    Fossils on a Nether fortress
  • Fossils in the soul sand valley biome
    Fossils in the soul sand valley biome

See also

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