Tutorials/Nether wart farming


 * Nether Wart is commonly a fairly hard resource to obtain. These are only found in nether fortresses and usually in small supply. These can be planted and grown on soul sand in any dimension in Minecraft; whether it be the nether, over world or end.

Finding Netherwart

 * To find nether wart plantations, one must first find a nether fortress (guide on nether fortresses can be found here).

Choosing A Location For A Netherwart Farm
The netherwarts must be safe. In the Nether, your primary concern is Ghasts, which will attack you on sight without provocation. To secure your farm, build walls and a roof with resistant materials, such as brick, stone, or cobblestone. Avoid engaging other mobs while farming.

As of the 1.3.1 update, Nether Wart can be grown in the Overworld. Because the will grow regardless of light and mobs cannot damage them, they do not need to be inside your house or any other lit structure. However, if you want to farm them safely at night, you'll need them to grow in some protected an lit space.

The most important factor in selecting a location is growth speed. Since Netherwart only grow when the block is loaded, you'll want to maximize the time the game is running the farm. That means pick a place where you spend most of your time. If you spend the whole time in the nether, put your farm there. If you're at your house frequently, build your farm there. As long as you are nearby frequently, the farm will grow well.

=Nether Wart Needs= The Nether Wart only needs soul sand to grow, it's growth rate doesn't factor light or water/lava. As of the 1.3.1 update Nether Wart can now be grown in the Overworld and The End.

Semi-Automatic Design

 * A video tutorial on this method can be found here
 * Digging a 6 wide, by 2 blocks deep hole for as long as you want this to go (remembering that you must account for redstone lengths in this). Place in the center two rows of this hole, two rows of side by side sticky pistons facing upward. On either side of these pistons place all redstone repeaters or alternatively making every second one redstone to save supplies. Connect these repeaters to a row of redstone behind them and connect up both sides to a central lever of your choosing. (Then you can cover over your repeaters and most of the wiring, except the connection to the lever.)  Place soul sand on top of the sticky pistons and plant your netherwart. Leave these to grow as long as you wish remembering that they are fully grown when they resemble a full block in size. Once you want to harvest, just flick your lever or button and run along the sides of the soul sand to collect. Running on the soul sand will slow you down and lengthen your harvest time. Simply replant your netherwart and leave them to grow.