Nether Wastes

The Nether wastes is the most common biome found in the Nether.

Description[]

The Nether wastes is a barren, maroon-tinted biome composed of mostly netherrack. It has extensive lava seas with glowstone blobs hanging from the ceiling. Blobs of nether quartz, nether gold ore, and blackstone generate in the wastes (where ore is most visible) with the more rare Ancient Debris found unexposed within the terrain. Gravel and soul sand are found along its coastlines.

Most of the Nether’s residents can be found throughout the wasteland including: Ghasts, zombified piglins, magma cubes, striders, piglins and occasionally endermen. Nether fortresses and bastion remnants are present as well.

The following mobs are naturally spawned here：

In *Java Edition*
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Zombified Piglin	¹⁰⁰⁄₁₆₈	4
Ghast^{[note 1]}	⁵⁰⁄₁₆₈	4
Piglin	¹⁵⁄₁₆₈	4
Magma Cube	²⁄₁₆₈	4
Enderman	¹⁄₁₆₈	4
Creature category
Strider	1	1–2

↑ Only 5% of spawn attempts succeed.

In *Bedrock Edition*
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Zombified Piglin	¹⁰⁰⁄₁₇₁	2–4
Ghast	⁴⁰⁄₁₇₁	1
Piglin	¹⁵⁄₁₇₁	4
Magma Cube	¹⁰⁄₁₇₁	1–4
Enderman	⁶⁄₁₇₁	1
Creature category
Strider	1	2–4

Sounds[]

Music[]

These music tracks play while the player is in the Nether Wastes.

Filename in Minecraft	Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	Track preview	Weight
nether1.ogg	The Nether	"Concrete Halls"	Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 7		1
nether2.ogg	The Nether	"Dead Voxel"	Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 3		1
nether3.ogg	The Nether	"Warmth"	Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 11		1
nether4.ogg	The Nether	"Ballad of the Cats"	Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 15		1
rubedo.ogg	Nether Wastes	"Rubedo"	Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 2	File:Rubedo.ogg	6

Ambience[]

Nether ambience plays while the player is in the Nether.


Name	Sound	Group
Nether Wastes Ambience		Loop
Nether Wastes Addition 1		Loop Additions
Nether Wastes Addition 2
Nether Wastes Addition 3
Nether Wastes Addition 4
Nether Wastes Addition 5
Nether Wastes Addition 6
Nether Wastes Addition 7
Nether Wastes Addition 8
Nether Wastes Dark 1
Nether Wastes Dark 2
Nether Wastes Ground 1
Nether Wastes Ground 2
Nether Wastes Ground 3
Nether Wastes Ground 4
Nether Wastes Mood 1		Mood
Nether Wastes Mood 2
Nether Wastes Mood 3
Nether Wastes Mood 4
Nether Wastes Mood 5

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Nether Wastes	`nether_wastes`	`8`	`biome.minecraft.nether_wastes`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	`hell`	`8`

History[]

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0		preview			Added the biome "Hell" as the Nether's only biome.
v1.2.0		preview			This biome is added along with the Nether itself as well as the ghasts, zombie pigmen, netherrack, soul sand, and glowstone that it contains.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added nether fortresses, which generate in the Nether, along with the blazes that spawn in them.
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added magma cubes, which spawn in the Nether.
1.9		15w31a			The Nether biome fog has been removed.
1.9		15w31c			The Nether biome fog has been re-added.
1.10		16w20a			Patches of magma blocks now generate in the Nether.
1.13		18w19a			The biome "Hell" has been renamed to "Nether".
1.13		pre5			The biome ID `hell` has been changed to `nether`.
1.14		19w14a			Soul sand and gravel now generate at lava sea level, instead of between y level 60 and 65.^[1]
1.16		20w06a			To distinguish it from other Nether biomes, the biome "Nether" has been renamed to "Nether Wastes".
		20w07a			Added piglins, which can spawn in Nether wastes.
		20w13a			Added striders, which can spawn in Nether wastes.
		20w19a			Patches of blackstone and gravel now generate in nether wastes at level of lava ocean.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1		build 1			Added the Nether biome, known as "Hell".
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			The biome "Nether" has been renamed to "Nether Wastes".
		beta 1.16.0.51			Added piglins, which can spawn in the Nether Wastes.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Added striders, which can spawn in lava seas of the Nether Wastes.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added the Nether.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added the Nether.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Nether biome" or "Nether Wastes" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

In Bedrock Edition, if the Nether Wastes is used as the biome for Overworld generation, although the terrain is entirely netherrack, no ore is generated (including nether quartz, nether gold ore, ancient debris, etc.). Caverns and lakes (with red-colored water) still generate. The player is still able to place water in an Overworld Nether Wastes biome, but trying to sleep in a bed still causes an explosion.