Abstract Thermal non-classical correlations quantified by concurrence entanglement, local quantum uncertainty, and quantum coherence in a four-qubit square chain are exactly examined.The influences of the Hamiltonian parameters on the mentioned pairwise quantum criteria and fidelity of teleportation are studied, telemarkskongen flue and the most interesting findings are discussed in detail.It is found that the tuning anisotropy results in operation igloo white enhancing the thermal quantum correlations and coherence as well as average fidelity until achieving maximum values.We persuasively deduce that quantum coherence is a more efficient criterion than that of concurrence and local quantum uncertainty to detect the quantumness of a thermal state.