Nether Quartz Ore

Nether Quartz Ore

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	3
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	35 NETHER
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

Nether quartz ore is an ore found in the Nether, and is a source of quartz.

Obtaining

Breaking

Nether quartz ore can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined by hand, it drops nothing. If mined with Silk Touch, the block drops itself. Otherwise, it drops 1 Nether quartz (up to 4 quartz when mined with Fortune III). It also drops 2–5XP when broken.

Block	Nether Quartz Ore
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	115 (JE) 15 (BE)
Wooden	12.25 (JE) 2.25 (BE)
Stone	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)
Copper	10.9 (JE) 0.9 (BE)
Iron	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Diamond	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Netherite	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)
Golden	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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

Natural generation

Nether quartz ore can generate in the Nether in the form of ore blobs. Nether quartz ore attempts to replace netherrack 16 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-24, from levels 10 to 117, in all Nether biomes. In Java Edition, in basalt deltas, Nether quartz ore attempts to generate 32 times per chunk as there are fewer valid generation areas.

Usage

The primary usage of Nether quartz ore is to mine it for Nether quartz.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Nether Quartz	Nether Quartz Ore + Any fuel	0.2

Note that mining the block directly with a tool enchanted with any Fortune level produces more Nether quartz.

Sounds

Java Edition:

nether_ore sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.nether_ore.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.nether_ore.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.nether_ore.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.nether_ore.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.nether_ore.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

nether_gold_ore sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	0.23	0.5
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	0.18	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Nether Quartz Ore	nether_quartz_ore	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.nether_quartz_ore

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Nether Quartz Ore	quartz_ore	153	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.quartz_ore.name

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.5			13w01a				Added Nether quartz ore.
							Nether quartz ore drops Nether quartz.
			13w01b				Nether quartz ore can now be smelted in a furnace to make Nether quartz.
Texture Update			1.0.0				A new texture for Nether quartz ore has been proposed.
			2.0.0				Another new texture for Nether quartz ore has been proposed.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of Nether quartz ore has been changed.
			18w50a				The texture of Nether quartz ore has been changed, once again.
1.16			20w06a				Nether quartz ore now has unique sounds.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb Nether quartz ore, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added Nether quartz ore.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of Nether quartz ore has been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Nether quartz ore now has unique sounds.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb Nether quartz ore, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Nether quartz ore's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added Nether quartz ore.
			1.90				The texture of Nether quartz ore has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added Nether quartz ore.

Data history

Issues

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

Trivia

• Breaking one Nether quartz ore provides 3.5 experience points on average, so breaking about 100 of them raises the player from level 0 to 16, and about 400 from level 0 to 30.
• Nether quartz ore is generated as part of the dimension, while netherrack is generated as part of the biome.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
  • This can be seen, as when a Single biome world with the Nether biome is generated, there is netherrack but no quartz ore.
  • In Bedrock Edition, if the Nether is generated in the Overworld as a biome, neither netherrack nor Nether quartz ore is generated, but the terrain is completely made out of stone with bedrock ceiling.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Natural Nether quartz ore in the Nether
• 
  Quartz in the Nether

Mojang screenshots

• 
  A burning field in the Nether
• 
  A zombified piglin riding a chicken

See also

• Nether Gold Ore
• Gilded Blackstone

External links

• "Block of the Month: Nether Quartz Ore" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, March 14, 2025.