View source for Nether Wastes

{{For|the level in Minecraft Dungeons|MCD:Nether Wastes}}
{{biome
| downfall = 0.0
| precipitation = No
| temperature = 2.0
| fogcolor = #330808
| grasscolor = #BFB755
| foliagecolor = #AEA42A
| watercolor = {{color|#3F76E4}}{{only|java|short=y}}<br>{{color|#905957}}{{only|bedrock|short=y}}
| structures = {{EnvLink|Bastion remnant}}s<br/>{{EnvLink|Glowstone blob}}s<br/>{{EnvLink|Lava sea}}<br/>{{EnvLink|Nether fortress}}es<br/>{{EnvLink|Ruined portal}}s
| blocks = {{BlockLink|Netherrack}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Glowstone}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Soul Sand}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Nether Quartz Ore}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Nether Gold Ore}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Ancient Debris}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Magma Block}}s<br/>{{BlockLink|Lava}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Blackstone}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Gravel}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Red Mushroom}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Brown Mushroom}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Fire}}
}}

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 sea]]s with [[glowstone blob]]s 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: [[Ghast]]s, [[zombified piglin]]s, [[magma cube]]s, [[strider]]s, [[piglin]]s and occasionally [[enderman|endermen]]. [[Nether fortress]]es and [[bastion remnant]]s are present as well.

The following mobs are naturally spawned here：

{{Spawn table
|edition=java
|monster=
{{Spawn row|Zombified Piglin|weight=100|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Ghast|weight=50|size=4|note=Only 5% of spawn attempts succeed.}}
{{Spawn row|Piglin|weight=15|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Magma Cube|weight=2|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Enderman|weight=1|size=4}}
|creature=
{{Spawn row|Strider|weight=60|size=1-2}}
}}

{{Spawn table
|edition=bedrock
|monster=
{{Spawn row|Zombified Piglin|weight=100|size=2-4}}
{{Spawn row|Ghast|weight=40|size=1}}
{{Spawn row|Piglin|weight=15|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Magma Cube|weight=10|size=1-4}}
{{Spawn row|Enderman|weight=6|size=1}}
|creature=
{{Spawn row|Strider|weight=20|size=2-4}}
}}
{{-}}

== Sounds ==
=== Music ===
These music tracks play while the player is in the Nether Wastes.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: smaller" data-description="Music tracks"
! '''Filename<br>in Minecraft'''
! [[Gameplay]]
! '''Soundtrack Title'''
! Soundtrack
! class="unsortable" |Track preview
! Weight
|-
! nether1.ogg
| [[The Nether]]
| "Concrete Halls"
| {{sort|B07|''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 7}}
| [[File:Concrete halls.ogg]]
| 1
|-
! nether2.ogg
| [[The Nether]]
| "Dead Voxel"
| {{sort|B03|''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 3}}
| [[File:Dead voxel.ogg]]
| 1
|-
! nether3.ogg
| [[The Nether]]
| "Warmth"
| {{sort|B11|''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 11}}
| [[File:Warmth.ogg]]
| 1
|-
! nether4.ogg
| [[The Nether]]
| "Ballad of the Cats"
| {{sort|B15|''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 15}}
| [[File:Ballad of the Cats.ogg]]
| 1
|-
! rubedo.ogg
| [[Nether Wastes]]
|"Rubedo"
| {{sort||''[[Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 2}}
|[[File:Rubedo.ogg]]
| 6
|}

=== Ambience ===
'''Nether ambience''' plays while the [[player]] is in the [[Nether]].
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Sound
!Group
|-
|Nether Wastes Ambience
|[[File:nether_wastes_ambience.ogg]]
| Loop
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 1
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition1.ogg]]
| rowspan = 14 | Loop Additions
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 2
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition2.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 3
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition3.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 4
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition4.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 5
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition5.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 6
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition6.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 7
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition7.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 8
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition8.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Dark 1
|[[File:nether_wastes_dark1.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Dark 2
|[[File:nether_wastes_dark2.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Ground 1
|[[File:nether_wastes_ground1.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Ground 2
|[[File:nether_wastes_ground2.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Ground 3
|[[File:nether_wastes_ground3.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Ground 4
|[[File:nether_wastes_ground4.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Mood 1
|[[File:nether_wastes_mood1.ogg]]
| rowspan = 5 | Mood
|-
|Nether Wastes Mood 2
|[[File:nether_wastes_mood2.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Mood 3
|[[File:nether_wastes_mood3.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Mood 4
|[[File:nether_wastes_mood4.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Mood 5
|[[File:nether_wastes_mood5.ogg]]
|-
|}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=java
|displayname=Nether Wastes
|spritename=nether-wastes
|spritetype=biome
|nameid=nether_wastes
|id=8
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|shownumericids=y
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=nether-wastes
|spritetype=biome
|nameid=hell
|id=8
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.2.0|snap=preview|Added the biome "Hell" as the Nether's only biome.
|This biome is added along with the Nether itself as well as the [[ghast]]s, [[zombie pigmen]], [[netherrack]], [[soul sand]], and [[glowstone]] that it contains.
}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|Added [[nether fortress]]es, which generate in the Nether, along with the [[blaze]]s that spawn in them.
|Added [[magma cube]]s, which spawn in the Nether.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|The Nether biome fog has been removed.}}
{{History|||snap=15w31c|The Nether biome fog has been re-added.}}
{{History||1.10|snap=16w20a|Patches of [[magma blocks]] now generate in the Nether.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=18w19a|The biome "Hell" has been renamed to "Nether".}}
{{History|||snap=pre5|The biome ID {{code|hell}} has been changed to {{code|nether}}.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=19w14a|[[Soul sand]] and [[gravel]] now generate at lava sea level, instead of between y level 60 and 65.<ref>{{bug|MC-152207}} Resolved as "Works As Intended"</ref>}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|To distinguish it from other Nether biomes, the biome "Nether" has been renamed to "Nether Wastes".}}
{{History|||snap=20w07a|Added [[piglin]]s, which can spawn in Nether wastes.}}
{{History|||snap=20w13a|Added [[strider]]s, which can spawn in Nether wastes.}}
{{History|||snap=20w19a|[[ore (feature)|Patches]] of [[blackstone]] and [[gravel]] now generate in nether wastes at level of lava ocean.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Added the Nether biome, known as "Hell".}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.51|The biome "Nether" has been renamed to "Nether Wastes".
|Added [[piglin]]s, which can spawn in the Nether Wastes.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.57|Added [[strider]]s, which can spawn in lava seas of the Nether Wastes.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added the Nether.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|Added the Nether.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list|Nether biome|Nether Wastes}}

== Trivia ==
* {{IN|bedrock}},  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.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Netherwastes.png|A view of a Nether wastes cliff.
Glowstonenether.png|Glowstone cluster in nether wastes.
Wastefortress.png|Nether fortress in Nether wastes.
Ghasts.png|2 ghasts wandering around in nether wastes.
Nether wastes.png|Terrain in the nether wastes.
Nether Waste.png|A typical nether wastes biome.
NetherWastesIndevBeta.jpg|[[Hell (map theme)|Early development of the Nether wastes]].
MojangHellTop.webp|[[Hell (theme)|Early development of the Nether wastes]].
</gallery>

== See also ==
*{{BiomeLink|Crimson Forest}}
*{{BiomeLink|Warped Forest}}
*{{BiomeLink|Soul Sand Valley}}
*{{BiomeLink|Basalt Deltas}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/around-block--nether-wastes Around the Block: Nether Wastes] – Minecraft.net on May 26, 2021

{{Biomes}}

[[de:Nether-Ödland]]
[[es:Ruinas del Nether]]
[[it:Distese del Nether]]
[[ja:ネザーの荒地]]
[[pl:Netherowe pustkowia]]
[[pt:Nether (bioma)]]
[[zh:下界荒地]]
[[Category:Nether biomes]]