How do you get Netherite Ingot in Minecraft?

Craft from 4 netherite scraps + 4 gold ingots (shapeless recipe) Smelt ancient debris into netherite scraps - ancient debris generates in the Nether between Y=8 and Y=119, most common around Y=15 Loot bastion remnant treasure rooms for scraps, ingots and ancient debris

What is Netherite Ingot used for?

Upgrade diamond gear to netherite on a smithing table (1 netherite upgrade smithing template + 1 ingot per piece) Netherite items float in lava, never burn, and have higher durability, damage and knockback resistance than diamond Craft lodestone (8 chiseled stone bricks + 1 ingot)

Netherite Ingot

Material Stack: 64 Since 1.16 (Nether Update)

Quick answer: Craft from 4 netherite scraps + 4 gold ingots (shapeless recipe).

How to get it

Craft from 4 netherite scraps + 4 gold ingots (shapeless recipe)
Smelt ancient debris into netherite scraps - ancient debris generates in the Nether between Y=8 and Y=119, most common around Y=15
Loot bastion remnant treasure rooms for scraps, ingots and ancient debris

Uses

Upgrade diamond gear to netherite on a smithing table (1 netherite upgrade smithing template + 1 ingot per piece)
Netherite items float in lava, never burn, and have higher durability, damage and knockback resistance than diamond
Craft lodestone (8 chiseled stone bricks + 1 ingot)

Renewability

Non-renewable: ancient debris does not regenerate and no farm produces it.

Java vs Bedrock

Identical in Java and Bedrock. Ancient debris never generates exposed to air, so strip mining or bed/TNT blasting at Y=15 is the standard method.

Related: Diamond Nether Star

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