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How to Craft Nether Bricks in Minecraft

Nether Bricks in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Building Nether-themed structures.

Nether Bricks cost you 4 Nether Bricks, put together at a Crafting Table. The pattern to copy is four Nether Bricks in a 2x2 square. A single craft gives you 1 Nether Bricks.

Nether Bricks Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Nether Bricks are a dark red building block crafted from nether brick items. They make up Nether fortresses. Nether Bricks uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

How far back this one goes cannot be read out of the files: Minecraft 1.13 renamed hundreds of items and every recipe file with them, and nether bricks were one of them, so the trail stops there.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with nether brick (smelt netherrack).

The Yield Per Stack

Bring 64 nether bricks, leave with 16 nether bricks, after 16 rounds of 4 for 1. Down to the last nether bricks, nothing spare.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Nether BrickNether BrickNether Brick4xSmelt netherrack

Collect 4x Nether Brick (smelt netherrack) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

The Full Chain

4 Netherrack makes 4 Nether Brick, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 4 Netherrack.

  1. 1
    4Nether BrickNether Brick4Nether BrickFurnace, repeat 4x
  2. 2
    Nether Bricksthis page

Gather this first

4Netherrack

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Nether BrickNether Brick4x Nether Brick

  2. 2

    Nether Bricks

Minecraft crafting recipe for Nether Bricks: 4 x Nether Brick in a crafting table, making 1 Nether Bricks.

Tips & Notes

  • No Crafting Table needed for this one: the layout never leaves a 2x2 area, which is exactly what the inventory grid gives you.
  • Shopping list: 4x Nether Brick. Plan the Nether Brick first: smelt netherrack.

Uses for Nether Bricks

  • Building Nether-themed structures
  • Nether fortress construction

What Nether Bricks Goes Into

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

Nether Brick StairsCrafting Table

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Nether Bricks in Minecraft?
4 Nether Bricks at a Crafting Table: that is the whole shopping list for Nether Bricks. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces one Nether Bricks.
What do you need to make Nether Bricks from scratch?
Starting with nothing, Nether Bricks costs 4 Netherrack. Everything else in the recipe is something you craft on the way there, over 2 crafts in total.
What can you make with Nether Bricks?
Nether Bricks is an ingredient in 1 other recipe on this site, including Nether Brick Stairs. The section above links to each of them.
Where do you find the materials for Nether Bricks?
Each ingredient in Nether Bricks has its own source. Nether Brick: smelt netherrack.
How many Nether Bricks do you get from one craft?
The Nether Bricks recipe makes one Nether Bricks per craft.
What is the item ID for Nether Bricks in Minecraft?
Nether Bricks is registered as minecraft:nether_bricks. Commands accept the short form nether_bricks as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Nether Bricks?
Use /give @p nether_bricks to put Nether Bricks in your own inventory, or /give @p nether_bricks 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Nether Bricks recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: Nether Bricks takes 4 Nether Bricks at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, one at a time.
What version of Minecraft added Nether Bricks?
Nether bricks have carried this name since Minecraft 1.13, the release that renamed hundreds of items at once, and the files cannot say how much older than that it is: anything earlier is the same thing filed under a different name. Nothing about it has changed since: the pattern above is today's.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
4 Nether Bricks in, 1 Nether Bricks out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.13 renamed it, so anything before that is the same thing under another name and cannot be tied to this page. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Nether Bricks per craft against the stack size.

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