Nether Fossil
Nether fossils are bone block skeletons that generate in soul sand valleys.
Structure facts
- Identifier
- minecraft:nether_fossil
- Dimension
- Nether
- Added in
- Minecraft 1.16
- Region spacing
- 2 chunks (32 blocks)
- Separation
- 1 chunks
- Placement salt
- 14357921
- Offset distribution
- Linear (uniform)
Generation conditions
Minecraft divides the world into 2×2 chunk regions and picks one candidate position per region, keeping a separation of 1 chunks from the region edge. The candidate is then accepted only if the biome at that position is suitable.
Required biomes
How to find a nether fossil
- Open your seed. Enter your world seed on the seed map and choose the Minecraft version your world was created in.
- Enable the layer. Turn on the nether fossils layer in the map panel.
- Pick the closest marker. Pan around spawn and choose the marker nearest to where you play.
- Copy the coordinates. Select the marker and copy its coordinates, or copy the ready-made teleport command.
- Travel there. Fossils are extremely common inside soul sand valleys and are the cheapest bone meal source in the nether.
Coordinate notes
Markers are placed at the structure start position — the corner chunk Minecraft uses to begin generation — offset to the centre of that chunk. The building itself extends outward from there, so expect the visible structure to sit within a chunk or two of the marker. Because the Nether is compressed 8:1, dividing an Overworld coordinate by eight gives the matching Nether position.
Versions
Nether Fossils can be mapped for these Minecraft versions: