Nether Wastes

minecraft:hell

Explore Nether Wastes for its netherrack surface / below surface / foundation. Follow the material links to plan a building palette, or check the mob conditions before making a resource trip.

Surfacenetherrack
Belownetherrack
Basenetherrack
Surface material guide

Find the exact biome

/locate biome minecraft:hell

Requires cheats. Searches the current dimension; legacy definitions may not generate in your world.

Materials to plan around

Plan around these terrain materials. Check each block's acquisition details before expecting a particular mining drop.

Mobs to investigate here

These definitions satisfy a complete biome filter. Follow a mob to check its drops, required light, blocks, height and runtime conditions. A matching biome alone does not guarantee a spawn.

Go a little deeper

Put it to use

Minecraft Bedrock Biome IDs and What They're Called Now

Bedrock commands still use cold_taiga for Snowy Taiga and mesa for Badlands. Match legacy biome IDs to the names shown in the game.

Technical biome reference

Tags

nethernether_wastesspawn_endermenspawn_few_piglinsspawn_ghastspawn_magma_cubesspawns_nether_mobsspawn_zombified_piglinspawns_warm_variant_farm_animals

Climate

Temp
2
Downfall
0
Snow0 – 0.125

Surface Materials

The surface is composed of netherrack, with netherrack below, built on a foundation of netherrack. Water bodies use lava. The sea floor uses netherrack at a configured depth of 7.

Top
netherrack
Mid
netherrack
Foundation
netherrack
Sea
lava
Sea floor
netherrack
Floor depth
7