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This article is about the plant. For the decorative block, see Nether Wart Block.

Nether wart is a fungus found in the Nether.

Obtaining

Breaking

Nether wart can be mined instantly with any tool. Mature Nether wart yields 2 to 4 nether wart, plus 1 more for each level of fortune. All other stages drop 1 nether wart regardless of Fortune level.


Natural generation

Nether wart sometimes generates in fortresses in soul sand gardens near stairwells. Nether wart can also generate in bastion remnant treasure rooms and housing courtyards.

Location Description Image
Nether Fortress Nether wart can be found growing near stairwells in small soul sand gardens.
Nether wart garden

Nether wart growing in a Fortress.

Bastion Remnant Nether wart can be found growing in the central courtyard of the piglin housing units.
Bastion Courtyard

Nether wart growing in a Bastion Remnant.


Chest loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Nether Wart Nether fortress Chest 3–7 19%
Bedrock Edition
Nether Wart Nether fortress Chest 3–7 19%

Usage

Brewing ingredient

Nether wart's primary purpose is to brew the awkward potion, the base for all potions, but optional for Weakness.

Name Ingredients Brewing recipe
Awkward Potion Nether Wart +
Water Bottle



Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Nether Wart Block Nether Wart

The nether wart block cannot be crafted back into nether wart.[1][2][3]
Red Nether Bricks Nether Wart +
Nether Brick

Trading

Master-level cleric villagers buy 22 nether warts for an emerald as part of their trades.

Farming

When planted on soul sand, nether wart grows through four stages, though the middle two stages have almost the same appearance (the difference is that the hitbox of stage 3 is three pixels taller). In Java Edition, the exact age can be seen using the debug screen, and the ages range from 0 to 3. Each random tick, nether wart has a 10% chance of growing one stage. At default random tick speed, each nether wart grows approximately every 13653 game ticks (11.3775 minutes) on average. The growth rate is not affected by light or any other environmental factors. Bone meal cannot be used on the nether wart. It takes a long time to grow. Please be patient. Nether wart can only be planted on soul sand. It cannot be planted on soul soil. It can grow in any dimension.

Nether wart is ready to harvest when it reaches its fourth stage (age:3). Breaking a fully grown nether wart drops 2 to 4 nether wart, while an immature one drops a single nether wart. Using a tool enchanted with fortune increases the maximum number of nether wart dropped by 1 per level, for a maximum of 7 for a tool enchanted with Fortune III.

Composting

Placing a Nether Wart into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Nether Wartnether_wartblock.minecraft.nether_wart

Bedrock Edition:

Nether WartIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Blocknether_wart115tile.nether_wart.name
Itemnether_wart372item.nether_wart.name

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, nether wart uses the following data values:

Icon Value
0
1–2
3

Block states

See also: Block states
Name Default value Allowed values Description
age0 0
1
2
3 Fully grown.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
age0x1
0x2
0 00
1
2
1
2
33 Fully grown.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
UnsupportedUnused

Advancements

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawA Seedy Place
Plant a seed and watch it grow HusbandryPlant one of these 7 crops: Other crops and plants can be planted, but are ignored for this advancement.husbandry/plant_seed

History

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 PrereleaseNether Wart (item) JE1 Added nether wart.
File:Nether Wart Age 0 JE1 BE2.png File:Nether Wart Age 1 JE1 BE2.png File:Nether Wart Age 2 JE1 BE2.png Added nether wart crops.
File:Nether Wart (block item) JE1.png The block form of nether wart crops, when in the inventory, shows the newly planted texture.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3Nether wart can now be brewed in a water bottle to create an awkward potion.
1.3.112w27aNether wart can now grow outside of the Nether.
1.3Nether Wart (item) JE2 BE1 The textures of nether wart have been changed.
1.4.212w36aNether wart can now be used to breed chickens.
1.6.113w18aNether wart is now found in the new chests in nether fortresses.
1.7.213w37aThe item form of block ID 115 (nether wart) has now been removed from the game. It can no longer exist in inventories, only as a block in the world.
1.814w34dNether wart can no longer be used to breed chickens.
1.915w43aThe average yield of nether wart from nether fortress chests has now been slightly decreased.
1.1016w20aNether wart can now be used to craft the new red nether brick blocks and nether wart blocks.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 115, and the item's 372.
1.1418w43aFile:Nether Wart Age 0 JE2 BE3.png File:Nether Wart Age 1 JE2 BE3.png File:Nether Wart Age 2 JE2 BE3.png The textures of nether wart crops have now been changed.
19w03aPlacement and breaking sounds have now been added to nether wart.
1.1620w15aNether wart can now be composted.
20w16aNether wart now generates as part of bastion remnants.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1build 1Nether Wart (item) JE2 BE1 Added nether wart.
Nether Wart Age 0 BE1 File:Nether Wart Age 1 BE1.png File:Nether Wart Age 2 BE1.png Added nether wart as crops, shaped like an "x" rather than a "#".
?File:Nether Wart Age 0 JE1 BE2.png File:Nether Wart Age 1 JE1 BE2.png File:Nether Wart Age 2 JE1 BE2.png The textures of nether wart crops have now been changed, so that the crop renders like other crops.
Pocket Edition
1.1.3alpha 1.1.3.0Nether wart can now be used to craft red nether bricks and nether wart blocks.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3File:Nether Wart Age 0 JE2 BE3.png File:Nether Wart Age 1 JE2 BE3.png File:Nether Wart Age 2 JE2 BE3.png The textures of nether wart crops have now been changed.
Placement and breaking sounds have now been added to nether wart.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Nether wart can now be sold to cleric villagers.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57Nether wart now generates as part of bastion remnants.
The placement and breaking sounds for nether wart have been changed to match Java Edition.
Nether wart can now be composted.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.1Nether Wart (item) JE2 BE1 Added nether wart.
File:Nether Wart Age 0 JE1 BE2.png File:Nether Wart Age 1 JE1 BE2.png File:Nether Wart Age 2 JE1 BE2.png Added nether wart crops.
TU9Nether wart now spawns randomly wherever soul sand is generated in the Nether.
Nether fortresses have now been changed to make nether wart rooms more likely.
Nether wart can now grow outside of the Nether.
1.90 File:Nether Wart Age 0 JE2 BE3.png File:Nether Wart Age 1 JE2 BE3.png File:Nether Wart Age 2 JE2 BE3.png The textures of nether wart crops have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Nether Wart (item) JE2 BE1 Added nether wart.
File:Nether Wart Age 0 JE1 BE2.png File:Nether Wart Age 1 JE1 BE2.png File:Nether Wart Age 2 JE1 BE2.png Added nether wart crops.

Issues

Issues relating to "Nether Wart" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • Disregarding color, nether wart bears a strong resemblance to warted puffball, a type of fungus.
  • Nether wart's stage changes cannot be detected by a BUD, except the Observer block.
  • Unlike other crimson "plants", Nether Wart currently doesn't have a warped equivalent. This is the same case of Nether Sprouts, wich currently doesn't have a crimson equivalent.
  • Probably Nether Sprouts were initially meant to be a warped equivalent of Nether Wart and then got scrapped. Evidences of this are:
    • It's called Nether Sprouts instead of Warped Sprouts, like how Nether Wart and Nether Wart blocks aren't called Crimson Wart and Crimson Wart blocks;
    • It currently have no use other than decoration and composting;
    • It has the same hit-box as of the Nether Wart first growth stage.

Gallery

References

  1. MC-102253 — resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/4kkp3j/comment/d3g4ypm/
  3. "Block of the Month: Nether Wart" by Duncan Geere. Minecraft.net, August 11, 2022
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