Nether Quartz

This article is about the item. For the ore, see Nether Quartz Ore. For the mineral block, see Block of Quartz.

Nether Quartz

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Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

Nether quartz is a white mineral found in the Nether.

Obtaining

See also: Nether Quartz Ore § Natural generation

Mining

Nether quartz ore mined using a pickaxe drops one unit of Nether quartz. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Fortune, it may drop an extra unit per level of Fortune, up to a maximum of four with Fortune III. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Silk Touch, the ore drops itself.

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Nether Quartz	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	8–23	33.7%
Bedrock Edition
Nether Quartz	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	8–23	29.4%

Smelting

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Nether Quartz Ore + Any fuel	0.2

Bartering

Piglins may barter 5–12 Nether quartz when given a gold ingot.

Usage

Trading

Expert-level stone mason villagers have a ¹⁄₃₃ chance to trade 12 Nether quartz for one emerald in Java Edition, and this trade is always offered in Bedrock Edition.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
Nether Quartz	quartz	Item	item.minecraft.quartz

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Nether Quartz	quartz	406	Item	item.quartz.name

History

Java Edition
1.5		13w01a			32px Added Nether quartz.
					Nether quartz is used to craft daylight sensors and redstone comparators.
		January 4, 2013			Jeb tweeted that Nether quartz would be used for more decorative uses as well.
		January 7, 2013			Jeb tweeted a picture of some block of quartz tests potentially being replacements for the lack of limestone/marble in the game.
		13w02a			Added block of quartz, which is crafted with Nether quartz.
1.8		14w02a			Nether quartz can now be used to craft granite and diorite.
1.11		16w39a			Nether quartz is now used to craft observers.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeric ID was 406.
1.14		18w43a			32px The texture of Nether quartz has now been changed.
1.16		20w07a			Nether quartz now has a 1⁄109 (~0.92%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–4, making it renewable.
		20w09a			Nether quartz now has a 10⁄226 (~4.42%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.
		20w10a			Nether quartz now has a 20⁄411 (~4.87%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 8-16.
		20w11a			Nether quartz now has a 20⁄417 (~4.80%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering.
		20w13a			Nether quartz now has a 20⁄424 (~4.72%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering.
		20w20a			Nether quartz now has a 20⁄423 (~4.73%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering.
1.16.2		20w28a			Nether quartz now has a 20⁄459 (~4.36%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 5-12.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0					32px Added Nether quartz.
v0.12.1		build 1			Nether quartz is no longer available from the Nether reactor and is now available from the Nether.
v0.13.0		build 1			Nether quartz is now used to craft daylight sensors.
v0.14.0		build 1			Nether quartz can now be used to craft redstone comparators.
v0.15.0		build 1			Nether quartz is now used to craft observers.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			32px The texture of Nether quartz has now been changed.
					Between 20 and 26 nether quartz can now be sold to stone mason villagers.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has now been changed, 12 Nether quartz can now be sold to stone mason villagers.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Nether Quartz can now be obtained from bartering with piglin.
Legacy Console Edition
TU14	CU1	1.04	Patch 1	1.0.1	32px Added Nether quartz.
		1.90			32px The texture of Nether quartz has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					32px Added Nether quartz.

Issues

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Trivia

• All of the sensor related items that are craftable (comparator, daylight sensor, observer) are crafted with some Nether quartz involved.

References

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