How to Craft Nether Brick in Minecraft
Nether Bricks are smelted from netherrack. Four nether bricks make a nether brick block.
Overview
Nether Bricks are smelted from netherrack. Four nether bricks make a nether brick block. Nether Brick is produced by smelting in a Furnace rather than by arranging items in a grid. A Furnace smelts one item at a time using a fuel slot. Coal, charcoal, dried kelp blocks, lava buckets, and any wood all work as fuel, with each piece of coal smelting eight items.
The recipe was added in Minecraft 1.0 and still works the same way in version 1.21. Each craft yields a single Nether Brick.
The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with netherrack (mine netherrack in the Nether). If any of those are not already in your stores, gather them first, because the craft itself takes only a moment once everything is in the grid. With the ingredients on hand and a Furnace placed, Nether Brick is one of the quicker things to add to your inventory.
Crafting Recipe
Nether BrickMaterials Needed
To make Nether Brick you will gather Netherrack (mine netherrack in the Nether). Lining these up before you open the Furnace saves a trip back to storage, especially if you plan to craft several at once.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Open your Furnace interface.
- Place Netherrack in the top input slot.
- Add fuel (coal, charcoal, wood, etc.) to the bottom fuel slot.
- Wait for the smelting progress bar to complete. Collect your Nether Brick from the output slot.
Tips & Notes
- Fuel efficiency matters: a single piece of coal or charcoal smelts eight items, while a dried kelp block smelts twenty, making kelp blocks the cheapest renewable fuel for large batches.
Uses for Nether Brick
- Crafting nether brick blocks
How Nether Brick Fits Your World
Building blocks are the backbone of construction, and the variant you choose changes both the look and the behaviour of a build. Stairs and slabs let you shape rooflines and half-steps, glass and stained glass let light through, and decorative stone and concrete give you a consistent palette for large projects. Many of these blocks are also craftable in bulk, which matters when a single build can swallow thousands of them. For Nether Brick specifically, that means it is most valuable for crafting nether brick blocks.
View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Nether Brick on the Astroworld Items Database.