Ores
Nether Quartz Ore
Nether quartz ore is a common Nether ore that drops Nether quartz and experience when mined with a pickaxe. Fortune increases its quartz yield, while Silk Touch collects the ore block.
Nether Quartz Ore- Edition
- Java
- Java ID
- minecraft:nether_quartz_ore
- Java numeric ID
- 476
- Hardness
- 3
- Blast resistance
- 3
- Best tool
- Pickaxe
- Minimum tier
- Wood
- State combinations
- 1
- Stack size
- 64
Obtaining and breaking
- Mine it with any pickaxe to receive Nether quartz and experience.
- Use a Silk Touch pickaxe to collect Nether quartz ore itself instead of quartz.
Mining requirements and drops
- Normal drop
- 1 Nether Quartz
- Silk Touch
- Nether Quartz Ore
- Fortune
- Fortune I–III can multiply the quartz drop; Fortune III yields 1–4 quartz and averages 2.2 quartz per ore over many blocks.
- Experience
- 2–5 XP when it drops Nether quartz
Where it generates
- Generates throughout netherrack-rich areas of the Nether and is normally easy to find in exposed terrain.
- It can also appear enclosed inside netherrack, so mining tunnels reveal ore that open terrain does not expose.
Crafting and uses
- Mine it for Nether quartz used in observers, comparators, daylight detectors and quartz building blocks.
- Collect the ore with Silk Touch for decoration or move it before mining with Fortune.
Command and version data
/give @p minecraft:nether_quartz_ore 64/give- Gives a block item to the selected target.
@p- The nearest player to where the command runs.
minecraft:nether_quartz_ore- The namespaced identifier for Nether Quartz Ore.
64- The number of block items to give.
Numeric IDs and states can differ between versions and editions. The related links preserve each available current source record.