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[[File:Nether Bedrock ceiling.png|thumb|The Nether roof, with [[Mushroom|red]] and [[Minecraft:brown mushroom]]s spotted around.]]
The '''Nether roof''' is the largely empty space ''above'' the [[Minecraft:bedrock]] ceiling of [[Minecraft:the Nether]]. In contrast to [[Minecraft:Void|the void]], the player does not take damage from the Nether roof.

{{IN|JE}}, the player can place blocks up to 128 blocks over the Nether roof. The Nether roof was once seen as a bug, but is now unofficially maintained by [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios|Mojang]].

{{IN|BE}}, it is not possible to build on top of the Nether roof. A player who manages to get there is teleported back into the main part of the Nether upon reentering{{clarify|Does the game force the player to reenter the world, then teleport him? Or must player close the game and restart it?}} the world. As such, the space above the Nether ceiling is not usable.

== Accessing and exiting ==
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Because the Nether roof is technically unintended behavior and it is not possible to break [[Minecraft:bedrock]] in normal gameplay, there is no proper way to access it. Therefore, bugs must be used to access the Nether roof; the most common way to do this is to teleport through the bedrock blocks with [[Minecraft:ender pearl]]s.

Once on the roof, in {{JE}}, it can be exited by making a hole in the bedrock layer or by making [[Minecraft:Nether portal]]s. In {{BE}}, it can be exited by leaving and rejoining.{{Verify}} Both methods in ''Java Edition'' can be used to gain permanent access to the roof, since portals built on the roof can link to corresponding portals in the Overworld.

== Generation ==
[[File:Nether roof VV.png|thumb|With [[Vibrant Visuals]], the Nether roof has unique red ambient lighting bleeding about half a block down.]]
The Nether roof is completely flat, consisting of only a layer of bedrock. Mobs do not spawn on [[Minecraft:bedrock]] and therefore can spawn only if a player places blocks on which they can spawn.

{{IN|JE}}, brown and red [[Minecraft:mushroom]]s can be found on this bedrock layer.

The Nether roof does not have its own [[Minecraft:biome]]. Instead, its biome depends on the biome under the roof and the lighting changes with the biome as it would below the Bedrock layer.

== Usage ==
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Because a great deal of empty space is available, the Nether roof is an excellent location for building farms that require mobs to [[Minecraft:Mob spawning#Spawn cycle|spawn]], such as [[Minecraft:Tutorial:Hoglin farming|hoglin farms]], [[Minecraft:Tutorial:Zombified piglin farming|gold farms]], and [[Minecraft:Tutorial:Bartering farm|bartering farms]].

The Nether roof is also useful for building transportation networks. The Nether allows for 8 times shorter travel distances, and by building Nether portals, it is possible to travel quickly between destinations using ice highways or other methods of [[Minecraft:transportation]]. Although it is possible to do this below the Nether roof as well, building these transportation systems on the roof is easier, since there is less terrain and there are no natural mob spawns.

== Trivia ==
* When discussing uses of the new [[Minecraft:Happy Ghast|happy ghast]] during [[Minecraft:Minecraft LIVE – March 2025]]'s after-show, a developer mentioned high-altitude builds on the Nether roof.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HedNxadOl1o&t=1101s Minecraft LIVE – March 2025: The Deep Dig (After-show)]</ref>
*The Nether roof was most recently mentioned as a visitable place during [[Minecraft:Minecraft LIVE – March 2026]].

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.0|Nether added, including the Nether roof.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.1|dev=12w07a|With the build limit increase from 128 to 256, it is now possible to build on the Nether roof.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.15|dev=19w36a|[[Minecraft:Nether portal]]s above the Nether roof now link both ways. Previously, Nether portals from the overworld could not teleport entities to portals that are above the Nether roof.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added the Nether roof.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU12|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|With the build limit increase from 128 to 256 it is now possible to build on the Nether roof.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=1.0.1|Mobs can now spawn above the Nether roof.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps3=1.38|psvita=1.38|ps4=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|switch=1.0.1|Blocks above the Nether ceiling can no longer be broken by the player.|Added a barrier a few blocks above the Nether ceiling that prevents entities from moving down.|Mobs can no longer spawn above the Nether roof.{{verify|Can mobs still spawn above the Nether roof in the latest version?}}{{check version}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU54|xbone=CU44|ps3=1.52|psvita=1.52|ps4=1.52|wiiu=Patch 24|switch=1.0.4|Now the Nether ceiling is full of barriers, causing entities to be stuck at the block they are in.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU63|xbone=CU53|ps3=1.67|psvita=1.67|ps4=1.67|wiiu=Patch 32|switch=1.0.13|[[Minecraft:Ender pearl]]s are no longer able to teleport the player above the Nether roof.}}
}}

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