LEGO Minecraft 21266 The Nether Lava Battle

LEGO Minecraft set 21266, The Nether Lava Battle, depicts an action scene in the Nether with Alex and several Minecraft creatures. Released in 2025, it belongs to the Minecraft theme and contains 99 pieces.

This model adapts Minecraft’s block based world into a compact Nether encounter. The subject is a lava themed confrontation involving Alex and mobs associated with that dimension. Within the LEGO Minecraft range, it fits among smaller action settings focused on exploration, hazards and survival play.

The design relies on clear, angular shapes that reflect the visual language of the game.

The set can be used as a small play scene, with Alex interacting with several Nether mobs, or as an addition to a broader Minecraft collection. Its compact format makes it easy to place beside other models from the same theme, especially builds based on biomes, creatures and survival encounters.

Inventory of set 21266

The inventory of set 21266 lists 99 pieces, spare parts excluded: 57 different lots (one shape in one color) for 49 part shapes. The box also contains 10 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 21266

Main color: dark red, making up 26% of the parts, followed by black (14%) and red (12%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 21266

41 of the 49 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 21266

One part shape in set 21266 appears in no other set in the catalog, most often a printed element, a sticker or a mold specific to the model. If it gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set.

Rebuilding set 21266 from another set

Share of the parts of set 21266 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 42%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 21266 within its line

With 99 pieces, set 21266 ranks #130 out of 155 Minecraft sets in our database, which have an average of 393 parts. Among the 625 sets released in 2025, it ranks #508. That is less than half the average Minecraft set size.