Best Y Level for Netherite in Minecraft
Netherite comes from ancient debris, which spawns most around Y 16 in the Nether, so dig your tunnels at Y 15.
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Y 15. Netherite comes from ancient debris, which spawns most at Y 16 in the Nether. A 2 block tall tunnel at Y 15 mines Y 15 and Y 16, the two best levels.
In every Nether biome, from Y 6 to Y 120, but most of it sits between Y 8 and Y 24. It never spawns touching air, so you won't spot it from open caves.
Blow up tunnels at Y 15 with beds or TNT. Ancient debris survives explosions, so it stays behind while the netherrack around it is cleared. Beds explode when you try to sleep in them in the Nether.
A diamond or netherite pickaxe. Any other pickaxe breaks it without dropping anything.
4. Smelt each ancient debris into netherite scrap, then craft 4 scrap with 4 gold ingots into 1 netherite ingot.
Yes, Y 15 works on both. Bedrock spawns more ancient debris and spreads it evenly from Y 8 to Y 23 instead of peaking at Y 16, so Y 15 sits right in the middle.