Swamp Hut

Swamp Hut

Biomes	Swamp
Mobs	Black Cat Witch
Generates in existing chunks	No
Consists of	Cauldron‌ (Potion Cauldron‌) Crafting Table Oak Fence Oak Log Potted Red Mushroom Spruce Planks Spruce Stairs

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Swamp huts (also known as witch huts) are small above ground structures that have the ability to spawn witches and black cats.

Generation

Swamp huts generate rarely in swamp biomes, in the north-west corner of a given chunk. They do not generate in mangrove swamps.^[1]

Swamp huts can be located with swamp explorer maps, which are sold by jungle, snowy and taiga cartographer villagers.

Structure

Swamp huts consist of a small square building made of spruce planks, with oak log pillars extending down to the ground. There is a small platform outside of the hut that could be an entrance; however, it is several blocks above the ground, and there are no stairs that go up to the hut, although vines can generate from the front platform and down to the ground. The roof of the swamp hut is made up of spruce stairs and spruce planks. The hut is two blocks tall inside.

The inside of a swamp hut consists of an empty cauldron‌, a crafting table, and a flower pot with a red mushroom in it.

In Bedrock Edition, the cauldron generates with 1 to 2 bottles of a random potion inside. There is a 20% chance for Potion of Healing or Poison, 15% for Swiftness, 10% for Slowness, Weakness, Strength or Water Breathing, and 5% for Fire Resistance.

Mobs

Witch	Black Cat

Upon world generation, one witch and one stray black cat spawn inside the hut. These never naturally despawn, however, the witch does not spawn when the difficulty is set to Peaceful.

Additionally, witches can spawn at any block within the 7×7×9 (x×y×z) area that constitutes the hut (this is the size of the roof and one block over the porch, from one level below the floor of the hut to two blocks above the roof). Cats can also spawn within this area. However, they require a grass block to spawn on. In Java Edition, any other cats to spawn within the swamp hut (from spawn eggs and commands without cat type set) always spawn as black.

Both witches and cat wander around independently from each other or the hut, and neither return to the hut on purpose.

In Bedrock Edition, witches respawn on only one block within the swamp hut if the witch is killed. The spawn point is on the hut floor, two blocks in front of the crafting table.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Structure type	Identifier
Swamp Hut	swamp_hut

Structure	Identifier
Swamp Hut	swamp_hut

Bedrock Edition:

Structure	Identifier	Translation key
Temple	temple	feature.temple

Config

Java Edition:

History

Java Edition
1.4.2			12w40a				Added witch huts.
1.8			14w26a				The flower pot in witch huts no longer has a red mushroom inside.[2]
			14w34d				The witch hut spawning zone has now been decreased or eliminated, depending on altitude of the hut.
1.8.1			pre1				A new witch hut spawning system can now spawn witches from Y coordinates 64 to 71, a wider range than before.
1.11			16w42a				Witches that spawn upon the generation of witch huts no longer despawn.[3]
1.13			17w47a				The flower pot in witch huts now once again has a red mushroom inside of it.
			18w06a				Witch huts are renamed to swamp huts.
							Changed spawning locations of swamp huts. (This allowed /locate to differentiate between locating temple types.)
1.14			18w43a				Due to the Texture Update, the textures of blocks in the swamp hut have been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
			18w44a				Swamp huts now spawn with a black cat.
			18w47a				The texture of spruce planks has now been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
			18w50a				The texture of spruce planks has been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
1.17			21w07a				Seagrass can no longer replace parts of swamp huts.[4]
1.20.2 Experiment Villager Trade Rebalance			1.20.2 Pre-release 1				Added swamp explorer maps, which lead to swamp huts, and are sold by jungle, snowy and taiga cartographers.
1.21.5			25w07a				The swamp explorer map is no longer behind the "Villager Trade Rebalance" experimental toggle.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0			build 1				Added witch huts.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.2				A new witch spawning system has now been added to witch huts.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.8				Witch huts now spawn with a black cat.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Due to the Texture Update, the textures of blocks in the swamp hut have been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added witch huts.
			1.83				Swamp huts now spawn with a black cat.
			1.90				Due to the Texture Update, the textures of blocks in the swamp hut have been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added witch huts.

Issues

Issues relating to "Swamp hut" or "Witch hut" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• The "hut" part of a swamp hut generates on or above the surface, while the wood "pillars" extend down until they reach solid ground. This means that if part of a swamp hut is at sea level and another part is on top of deep ground, such as a ravine, the pillars on the deep-ground side go all the way down to the bottom.
• A black cat spawning in a witch hut follows European folklore that associates black cats with witches.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A standard swamp hut.
• 
  A swamp hut that generated over deep water.
• 
  A swamp hut where part of it generated on highland, and part of it above a deep cave.
• 
  The inside of a swamp hut with mushrooms all over the inside of the hut.
• 
  Two swamp huts that generated on top of one another.
• 
  A desert pyramid, village, and a swamp hut close to each other.
• 
  A swamp hut near a plains biome.

Mojang screenshots

• 
  A witch hut on a cliffside.
• 
  A swamp hut.
• 
  The inside of a swamp hut.

In other media

• 
  Makena and Kai running past a swamp hut, from the reveal of Minecraft Live 2023.^[5]
• 
  LEGO Minecraft witch hut.

References

See also

• Witch
• Tutorials/Witch farming, a tutorial on farming witches

External links

• "Building Blocks: Swamp Hut" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, February 28, 2025.

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