Nether Quartz Ore

Nether quartz ore is an ore found in the Nether, and is a source of quartz.

Breaking

Nether quartz ore can be mined with any pickaxe. If mined by hand, it drops nothing. If mined with Silk Touch, the block drops itself. Otherwise, it drops 1 Nether quartz (up to 4 quartz when mined with Fortune III). It also drops when broken.

Natural generation

Nether quartz ore can generate in the Nether in the form of ore blobs. Nether quartz ore attempts to replace netherrack 16 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-24, from levels 10 to 117, in all Nether biomes. , in basalt deltas, Nether quartz ore attempts to generate 32 times per chunk as there are fewer valid generation areas.

Usage

The primary usage of Nether quartz ore is to mine it for Nether quartz.

Trivia

Breaking one Nether quartz ore provides 3.5 experience points on average, so breaking about 100 of them raises the player from level 0 to 16, and about 400 from level 0 to 30. Nether quartz ore is generated as part of the dimension, while netherrack is generated as part of the biome. This can be seen, as when a Single biome world with the Nether biome is generated, there is netherrack but no quartz ore. , if the Nether is generated in the Overworld as a biome, neither netherrack nor Nether quartz ore is generated, but the terrain is completely made out of stone with bedrock ceiling.

Screenshots

Natural nether quartz ore.png|Natural Nether quartz ore in the Nether. Quartz In the Nether.png|Quartz in the Nether.

Mojang screenshots

Netherquartzore-header.jpeg|A burning field in the Nether. Netherquartzore-ingame.jpeg|A zombified piglin riding a chicken.