Nether Brick Wall

Not to be confused with Nether Brick Fence.
For the red variant, see Red Nether Brick Wall.
Nether Brick Wall
Nether Brick Wall.png: Infobox image for Nether Brick Wall the block in Minecraft
Invicon Nether Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether Brick Wall
Invicon Nether Brick Wall BE.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether Brick Wall
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool
Blast resistance

6

Hardness

2

Luminous

No

Transparent

Yes

Waterloggable

Yes

Flammable

No

Catches fire
from lava

No

A Nether brick wall is a decorative wall variant of Nether bricks that does not generate naturally and is used for building.

Obtaining

Breaking

Nether brick walls can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block Nether Brick Wall
Hardness 2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 10
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 1.5
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.75
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.6
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.5
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.4
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.35
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.25
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
  1. These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Nether Bricks
Invicon Nether Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Bricks with description: Nether BricksInvicon Nether Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Bricks with description: Nether BricksInvicon Nether Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Bricks with description: Nether BricksInvicon Nether Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Bricks with description: Nether BricksInvicon Nether Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Bricks with description: Nether BricksInvicon Nether Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Bricks with description: Nether Bricks
Invicon Nether Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether Brick Wall6

Stonecutting

Ingredients Cutting recipe
Nether Bricks
Invicon Nether Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Bricks with description: Nether BricksInvicon Nether Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Nether Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether Brick Wall

Usage

For information about the placement mechanics of all walls, see Wall § Usage.

Note blocks

Nether brick walls can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite red-nether-bricks.png: Sprite image for red-nether-bricks in Minecraft nether_bricks sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.nether_bricks.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break0.80.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.nether_bricks.placesubtitles.block.generic.place0.80.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.nether_bricks.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.nether_bricks.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.nether_bricks.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captions
[upcoming: BE 26.0]
SourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation key
[upcoming: BE 26.0]
VolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.8-1.0
​Block brokenBlocksWhen the block is placeddig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.8-1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.221.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tags Translation key
BlockSprite nether-brick-wall.png: Sprite image for nether-brick-wall in Minecraft Nether Brick Wallnether_brick_wallBlock & Itemwallswalls block.minecraft.nether_brick_wall

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite nether-brick-wall.png: Sprite image for nether-brick-wall in Minecraft Nether Brick Wallnether_brick_wallcobblestone_wall / 9-979Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.cobblestone_wall.nether_brick.name
  1. ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. Available with /give command.
  3. The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
eastnonelow
none
tall
How the wall extends from the center post to the east.
northnonelow
none
tall
How the wall extends from the center post to the north.
southnonelow
none
tall
How the wall extends from the center post to the south.
uptruefalse
true
When true, the wall has a center post.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true
Whether or not there's water in the same place as this wall.
westnonelow
none
tall
How the wall extends from the center post to the west.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
wall_connection_type_eastNot Supportednonenone
short
tall
UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the east.
wall_connection_type_northNot Supportednonenone
short
tall
UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the north.
wall_connection_type_southNot Supportednonenone
short
tall
UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the south.
wall_connection_type_westNot Supportednonenone
short
tall
UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the west.
wall_post_bitNot Supportedtruefalse
true
UnsupportedWhether or not the wall has a center post.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1418w43a Added Nether brick walls.
18w47a The texture of the Nether brick walls has been changed.
19w11aMoved Nether brick walls from the Building Blocks tab to the Decoration Blocks tab in the Creative inventory.[1]
1.1620w06aNether brick walls no longer have gaps when stacked vertically. Their blockstates now use "none" "low" and "tall" for east/west/north/south directional values.
1.21.424w44a The texture of the Nether brick walls has been changed.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0 Added Nether brick walls.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of the Nether brick walls has been changed.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.63 The texture of the Nether brick walls has been changed, again.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51Nether brick walls no longer have gaps when stacked vertically.
1.21.30Preview 1.21.30.21The different wall block type block states for the cobblestone_wall ID have been split up into their own IDs.
1.21.50Preview 1.21.50.29 The texture of the Nether brick walls has been changed.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.23Nether brick walls now have the same sounds as Nether bricks, matching Java Edition.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88 Added Nether brick walls.
1.90 The texture of the Nether brick walls has been changed.

Issues

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

References

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