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

 * It would be advisable when choosing where to build your nether wart farm that you choose a location in the nether which you will predominantly if not always be within 150 blocks or meters of it. Near the nether portal is often a player favorite. Any netherwart farm should never be made out of netherrack as with ghasts forever floating about it could cause your farm to be destroyed. Use materials with relatively high blast resistance, for example; brick, stone, and cobblestone.

=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.