Nether Wart

This article is about the fungus used for potions. For the block found in crimson forests, see Nether Wart Block.
Nether Wart

Nether Wart Age 0.png: Infobox image for Nether Wart the block in Minecraft

Java Edition

Nether Wart Age 0 BE.png: Infobox image for Nether Wart the block in Minecraft

Bedrock Edition

Nether Wart Age 1-2.png: Infobox image for Nether Wart the block in Minecraft

Java Edition

Nether Wart Age 1-2 BE.png: Infobox image for Nether Wart the block in Minecraft

Bedrock Edition

Nether Wart Age 3.png: Infobox image for Nether Wart the block in Minecraft

Java Edition

Nether Wart Age 3 BE.png: Infobox image for Nether Wart the block in Minecraft

Bedrock Edition

Nether Wart (item).png: Infobox image for Nether Wart the block in Minecraft
Invicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether Wart
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Any tool

Blast resistance

0

Hardness

0

Luminous

No

Transparent

Yes

Flammable

No

Catches fire
from lava

No

Map color (JE)


 28 COLOR_RED

Nether wart is a fungus harvested from Nether wart crops and is used to plant them. It is an essential ingredient in almost every potion.

Nether wart crops are found in Nether fortresses and bastion remnants and used to grow Nether wart in soul sand.

Obtaining

Breaking

Nether wart can be mined instantly with any tool. A fully mature Nether wart crop yields 2–4 Nether wart. This is increased by one for each level of Fortune, this allows for a maximum of 7 Nether warts dropping from one crop. Less mature stages drop one Nether wart, even with the Fortune enchantment.

Block
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Nether wart can generate in Nether fortresses in soul sand gardens around stairwells or in chests. Nether wart can also generate in the courtyards of housing unit bastion remnants. Because it only spawns in these specific structures, it's possible for a Nether fortress or bastion remnant to generate without Nether wart, though Nether wart may still be in chests in the fortress or bastion.

Location Description Image
Nether Fortress Twenty Nether wart plants can be found growing near stairwells in small soul sand gardens.
Nether wart growing in a Nether fortress.
Bastion Remnant Nether wart plants can be found growing in the central courtyard of each of the sections of housing unit bastion remnants. These will always generate exactly 1, 5, or 6 plants.
Nether wart growing in a bastion remnant.


Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
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  +
Water Bottle

Invicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether Wart

Invicon Water Bottle.png: Inventory sprite for Water Bottle in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Water Bottle with description: Water Bottle No EffectsInvicon Splash Water Bottle.png: Inventory sprite for Splash Water Bottle in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Splash Water Bottle with description: Splash Water Bottle No EffectsInvicon Lingering Water Bottle.png: Inventory sprite for Lingering Water Bottle in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lingering Water Bottle with description: Lingering Water Bottle No Effects


Invicon Awkward Potion.png: Inventory sprite for Awkward Potion in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Awkward Potion with description: Awkward Potion No EffectsInvicon Awkward Splash Potion.png: Inventory sprite for Awkward Splash Potion in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Awkward Splash Potion with description: Awkward Splash Potion No EffectsInvicon Awkward Lingering Potion.png: Inventory sprite for Awkward Lingering Potion in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Awkward Lingering Potion with description: Awkward Lingering Potion No Effects

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Nether Wart Block
Invicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether WartInvicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether WartInvicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether WartInvicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether WartInvicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether WartInvicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether WartInvicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether WartInvicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether WartInvicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether Wart
Invicon Nether Wart Block.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart Block in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Wart Block with description: Nether Wart Block
The Nether wart block cannot be crafted back into Nether wart.
Red Nether Bricks  +
Nether Brick
Invicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether WartInvicon Nether Brick.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Brick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Brick with description: Nether BrickInvicon Nether Brick.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Brick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Brick with description: Nether BrickInvicon Nether Wart.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Wart in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Nether Wart
Invicon Red Nether Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Red Nether Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Nether Bricks with description: Red Nether Bricks

Trading

Cleric villagers have a chance to trade an emerald for 22 Nether wart at the master level.

Farming

When planted on soul sand, Nether wart grows through four stages, though the middle two stages use the same texture (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.

Note that one should preferably not craft Nether wart blocks for composting purposes. Using 9 Nether warts gives almost 95% chance of raising the compost level at least 4 times, while using a Nether wart block gives an 85% chance of raising it once.

Sounds

Java Edition:

ItemSprite nether-wart.png: Sprite image for nether-wart in Minecraft nether_wart sound type
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.nether_wart.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break0.90.7216
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placeditem.nether_wart.plant[sound 1]subtitles.block.generic.place0.90.8/0.89616
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016
  1. Unlike all other block placement sound events, these are listed under items. Confirmed to be intentional by Mojang, see MC-177459

Bedrock Edition:

ItemSprite nether-wart.png: Sprite image for nether-wart in Minecraft nether_wart sound type
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.nether_wart1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.nether_wart0.70.8-1.0
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.nether_wart0.320.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.nether_wart0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.nether_wart0.171.0
BlocksJumping from the blockjump.nether_wart0.121.0
BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.nether_wart0.141.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
BlockSprite nether-wart.png: Sprite image for nether-wart in Minecraft Nether Wartnether_wartBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.nether_wart
item.minecraft.nether_wart

Bedrock Edition:

Nether WartIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1]Translation key
BlockSprite nether-wart.png: Sprite image for nether-wart in Minecraft Blocknether_wart115Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]item.nether_warttile.nether_wart.name
ItemSprite nether-wart.png: Sprite image for nether-wart in Minecraft Itemnether_wart294Itemitem.nether_wart.name
  1. ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. Unavailable with /give command

Block states

See also: Block states
Name Default value Allowed values Description
age0 0BlockSprite nether-wart-1.png: Sprite image for nether-wart-1 in Minecraft
1
2
BlockSprite nether-wart-2.png: Sprite image for nether-wart-2 in Minecraft
3BlockSprite nether-wart-3.png: Sprite image for nether-wart-3 in Minecraft Fully grown.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
age0x1
0x2
0 00BlockSprite nether-wart-1.png: Sprite image for nether-wart-1 in Minecraft
1
2
1
2
BlockSprite nether-wart-2.png: Sprite image for nether-wart-2 in Minecraft
33BlockSprite nether-wart-3.png: Sprite image for nether-wart-3 in Minecraft Fully grown.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
UnsupportedUnused


Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
A Seedy PlacePlant a seed and watch it growPlant one of these 7 crops: Other crops and plants can be planted, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

There is an associated technical blocks page for the internal item form of this block; see Technical blocks/Nether Wart.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease Added Nether wart.
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.
1.3 The item texture has 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.
1.814w06a Nether wart crops are now a pixel higher, likely as an accidental result of model conversion. Previously they were offset one pixel downwards like the other crops (wheat, carrots, potatoes) to match farmland, although in Nether wart's case such a downwards offset hides some pixels of the texture inside of the soul sand.[1]
14w10b Nether wart crops are now offset downwards by one pixel once more, hiding the bottom row of pixels again.
14w25a Nether wart crops are now darker and subject to directional shading.
14w27a Nether wart crops are no longer subject to directional shading.
14w34dNether 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.
15w49aThe hitbox of planted Nether warts now adjusts depending on their growth state.[2]
1.1016w20aNether wart can now be used to craft the new red Nether brick blocks and Nether wart blocks.
1.1217w18bPlacing a Nether wart in soul sand now gives the player the "A Seedy Place" advancement.
1.1418w43a The textures of Nether wart crops have changed.
19w03aPlacement and breaking sounds have now been added to Nether wart. Before this version, Nether wart made stone sounds.
19w11aCleric villagers now buy 22 Nether wart for 1 emerald.
Nether wart can now be planted by aiming against the sides and underside of blocks, rather than just the top surface of the soul sand.[3]
Nether wart can now replace replaceable blocks when placed by the player.
1.1620w15aNether wart can now be composted.
20w16aNether wart now generates as part of bastion remnants.
1.1721w13a The "crop" template model has changed such that pixels appear in the same physical positions on opposite sides of texture planes, changing the Nether wart crop's appearance in the process.[4]
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1build 1 Added Nether wart.
Nether wart uses a cross model instead of the "hash" shape associated with crops.
v0.15.0build 1 Nether wart now uses a more conventional crop model.
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 1.10.0.3 The textures of Nether wart crops have 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
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU7CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added Nether wart.
Nether warts can be used to breed chickens.
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.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Nether wart is now found in the new chests in Nether fortresses.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3Nether wart can no longer be used to breed chickens.
TU43CU331.361.361.36Patch 13Nether wart can now be used to craft the new red Nether brick blocks and Nether wart blocks.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15The hitbox of planted Nether warts now adjusts depending on their growth state.
1.90 The textures of Nether wart crops have now been changed.
1.91Nether wart can now be sold to cleric villagers.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added Nether wart.

Data history

Java Edition
1.814w06aCrop blocks now have dedicated model json files; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.​
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 115, and the item's 372.
1.1721w19aminecraft:nether_wart has been added to the newly-implemented #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the block breaks instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects.
1.21.525w10aminecraft:nether_wart has been removed from the block tags #minecraft:mineable/axe and #minecraft:sword_efficient.

Issues

Issues relating to "Nether Wart" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

  • Nether wart's stage changes cannot be detected by a block update detector, but can by an 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

Renders

Screenshots

References

  1. MC-250679 — Some pixels of Nether wart are hidden inside of the block — resolved as "Won't Fix".
  2. MC-55942 — Nether wart, wheat, carrot, and potato hitboxes reflect only first stage — resolved as "Fixed".
  3. MC-135157 — Crops cannot be planted by aiming at the side of a block — resolved as "Fixed".
  4. MC-199242 — Texture planes of crop models appear incorrectly mirrored from behind — resolved as "Fixed".

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