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Ancient Debris

Ancient debris is a rare ore found in the Nether, and is the main source of netherite scraps (which can also be found in bastion chests), which can then be used to craft netherite ingots. Its high blast resistance makes it immune to normal explosions. In item form, it floats on lava and is completely immune to any form of fire.

Ancient debris drops itself if mined by a diamond pickaxe or netherite pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.

Ancient debris generates in the Nether in the form of scatter ores which are never naturally exposed to air.[note 1] They can only replace netherrack, basalt‌[Java Edition only], and blackstone‌[Java Edition only].

Source: Minecraft Wiki cacheUpdated: 2026-06-22 Open Original

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Ancient Debris

Java 1.21.4
Typeitem
Stack64
Durability-
Sections6
Canonical IDitem:ancient_debris
Minecraft IDminecraft:ancient_debris
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displayNameAncient Debris
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