Nether Wart

This article is about the fungus used for potions. For the decorative block, see Nether Wart Block.

Nether Wart

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Nether wart is a fungus found in the Nether that is vital in the creation of potions.

Obtaining

Breaking

Nether wart can be mined instantly with any tool. A mature nether wart crop yields 2–4 nether wart. This is increased by one for each level of Fortune. All other stages drop 1 nether wart, regardless of whether Fortune is used.

Natural generation

Nether wart sometimes generates in nether fortresses in soul sand gardens near stairwells. Nether wart can also generate in the courtyards of housing unit bastion remnants. As they are only found in rare nether fortresses and housing unit bastions, they only generate in approximately 0.1 blocks per chunk.

Location	Description	Image
Nether Fortress	Nether wart can be found growing near stairwells in small soul sand gardens.	Nether wart growing in a nether fortress.
Bastion Remnant	Nether wart can be found growing in the central courtyard of each of the sections of piglin housing unit bastions.	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
Nether Wart Block	Nether Wart
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

Main article: Tutorials/Nether Wart 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 one age step approximately every 13653 game ticks (11.3775 minutes) on average, and fully grows from planting to harvest every 40960 game ticks (34.133333333333 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.

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 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
?	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.nether_wart.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	?	?	?
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wart_block.fall	None	?	?	?
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wart_block.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.7	?	?
?	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	item.nether_wart.plant	subtitles.block.generic.place	?	?	?
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wart_block.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	?	?	?

Bedrock Edition:^{[more information needed]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
Nether Wart	nether_wart	Block & Item	block.minecraft.nether_wart

Bedrock Edition:

Nether Wart	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Block	nether_wart	115	Block	tile.nether_wart.name
Item	nether_wart	372	Item	item.nether_wart.name

Metadata

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
age	0	0
		1 2
		3	Fully grown.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	A Seedy Place	Plant a seed and watch it grow	Husbandry	Plant one of these 5 crops: Beetroot Melon Nether Wart Pumpkin Wheat Other crops and plants, if any, can be planted, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/plant_seed

History

Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added nether wart.
					Added nether wart crops.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Nether wart can now be brewed in a water bottle to create an awkward potion.
1.3.1		12w27a			Nether wart can now grow outside of the Nether.
		1.3			The textures of nether wart have been changed.
1.4.2		12w36a			Nether wart can now be used to breed chickens.
1.6.1		13w18a			Nether wart is now found in the new chests in nether fortresses.
1.8		14w34d			Nether wart can no longer be used to breed chickens.
1.9		15w43a			The average yield of nether wart from nether fortress chests has now been slightly decreased.
1.10		16w20a			Nether wart can now be used to craft the new red nether brick blocks and nether wart blocks.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 115, and the item's 372.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of nether wart crops have now been changed.
		19w03a			Placement and breaking sounds have now been added to nether wart.
1.16		20w15a			Nether wart can now be composted.
		20w16a			Nether wart now generates as part of bastion remnants.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		21w13a			The model of the crop for the nether wart crops has been tweaked that the backside textures are mirrored.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1		build 1			Added nether wart.
					Added nether wart as crops, shaped like an "x" rather than a "#".
?					The textures of nether wart crops have now been changed, so that the crop renders like other crops.
Pocket Edition
1.1.3		alpha 1.1.3.0			Nether wart can now be used to craft red nether bricks and nether wart blocks.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of nether wart crops have now been changed.
					Placement and breaking sounds have now been added to nether wart.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Nether wart can now be sold to cleric villagers.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Nether 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
TU7	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added nether wart.
					Added nether wart crops.
TU9					Nether 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			The textures of nether wart crops have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added nether wart.
					Added nether wart crops.

Nether wart "item"

Main article: Direct item forms of blocks

Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Nether wart has an extra, unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID, which uses the newly planted texture. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 115.
?					The item is now called Nether Wart.
1.3.1		12w16a			Nether wart items can now be obtained in singleplayer worlds via the /give command using the respective numeric ID.
1.7.2		13w37a			The direct item form of nether wart has been removed from the game. It can no longer exist as an item in any way, only as a placed block.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Nether wart's stage changes cannot be detected by a BUD, except the observer block.
• Unlike other crimson "plants", nether wart doesn't have a warped equivalent. This is also the case with nether sprouts, which lack a crimson equivalent.

Gallery

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  Nether wart found in a nether fortress.

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  Another example of nether wart found in a nether fortress.

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  The three different sizes of the nether wart as viewed from the side.

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References

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