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How to Craft Nether Brick in Minecraft

Nether Brick in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Crafting nether brick blocks. Minecraft has used the name Nether Brick since 1.0.

1 Netherrack goes into the top of a Furnace with fuel underneath, and a Nether Brick comes out. What comes out is 1 Nether Brick.

Nether Brick Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Nether Brick is minecraft:nether_brick. In commands the namespace may be left off, so nether_brick works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p nether_brick
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p nether_brick 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve nether_brick 1

Cheats have to be on for Nether Brick to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

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.

Minecraft has used the name Nether Brick since 1.0, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with netherrack (mine netherrack in the Nether).

Counting The Stack

Feed 1 netherrack a craft, so 64 covers 64 of them: 64 nether bricks. Craft 64 empties the box exactly.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Netherrack1xMine netherrack in the Nether

Gather Netherrack (mine netherrack in the Nether), then take the lot to a Furnace.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Open your Furnace interface.
  2. Place Netherrack in the top input slot.
  3. Add fuel (coal, charcoal, wood, etc.) to the bottom fuel slot.
  4. Wait for the smelting progress bar to complete. Collect your Nether Brick from the output slot.
Minecraft crafting recipe for Nether Brick: 1 x Netherrack in a furnace, making 1 Nether Brick.

Tips & Notes

  • Shopping list: 1x Netherrack. Plan the Netherrack first: mine netherrack in the Nether.
  • One piece of coal or charcoal smelts eight of these, so a single coal covers 8 Nether Brick; a dried kelp block does twenty at a time and is renewable.

Uses for Nether Brick

  • Crafting nether brick blocks

What Nether Brick Goes Into

One other recipe on this site lists Nether Brick as an ingredient.

Nether BricksCrafting Table

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Nether Brick on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Nether Brick in Minecraft?
The list for a Nether Brick is short: 1 Netherrack, worked at a Furnace. Put the input in the top slot and fuel underneath, and one craft produces one Nether Brick.
What can you make with Nether Brick?
Nether Brick is an ingredient in 1 other recipe on this site, including Nether Bricks. The section above links to each of them.
Where do you find the materials for a Nether Brick?
A Nether Brick draws its parts from several different places. Netherrack: mine netherrack in the Nether.
How many Nether Bricks do you get from one craft?
The Nether Brick recipe makes one Nether Brick per craft.
What is the item ID for Nether Brick in Minecraft?
The Nether Brick item ID is minecraft:nether_brick, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write nether_brick on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Nether Brick?
Use /give @p nether_brick to put a Nether Brick in your own inventory, or /give @p nether_brick 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Nether Brick recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
It is the same recipe on both: 1 Netherrack at a Furnace gives you a Nether Brick, in the layout shown above, one at a time.
What version of Minecraft added the Nether Brick?
As far back as the language files go, the nether brick appears under this name in Minecraft 1.0 and not before. The Nether Brick recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Netherrack in, 1 Nether Brick out, Furnace. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.0 uses this name and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Nether Brick per craft against the stack size.

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