Nether Wart

Nether Wart

Transparent	Yes
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	0
Tool	Any tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Drops	Nether Wart (1) (premature) Nether Wart (2–4) (fully grown)
Data values	Block dec: 115 hex: 73 bin: 1110011 Item dec: 372 hex: 174 bin: 101110100
Namespaced ID	nether_wart

This article is about the plant. For the decorative block, see Nether Wart Block.

Nether wart is a plant grown in the Nether.

Natural generation

Nether wart sometimes generates naturally in nether fortresses as a plant, in patches near stairwells.

Obtaining

Nether wart can be mined with or without any tool.

Chest loot

Nether wart can be found in 19.0% of fortress chests in stacks of 3–7.

Farming

Main article: Tutorials/Nether Wart farming

When planted on soul sand, nether wart will grow through four stages, though the middle two stages have almost the same appearance (the difference is that stage 3 is one pixel taller). The exact age can be seen using the debug screen, and the ages range from 0–3. The duration of each stage is random, with no upper or lower limit, but the average duration is about 3 minutes and 30 seconds. 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 will grow in any dimension. Nether wart is ready to harvest when it reaches its fourth stage (age:3). Breaking a fully grown nether wart yields 2 to 4 nether wart, while an immature one yields only a single nether wart. Using a tool enchanted with fortune increases the maximum number of nether wart dropped by 1 per level.

Nether wart must be directly planted on the top of a soul sand block; unlike most blocks, targeting the side of a block which would result in it being placed on top of soul sand will not allow it to be placed.

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

Trading

Master-level cleric villagers buy 22 nether wart for an emerald as part of their trades.

Data values

Block data

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

Main article: 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 seeds. Crops and plants without seeds are ignored for the 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.
1.4.2		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.
1.7.2		13w37a			The item form of block ID 115 (nether wart) has now been removed from the game. It can no longer exist in inventories, only as a block in the world.
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.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1		build 1			Added nether wart.
					Added nether wart crops.
					Nether wart crops are 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 the new red nether brick blocks 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.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added nether wart.
					Added nether wart crops.
TU9					Nether wart will now spawn randomly wherever soul sand is generated in the Nether.
					Nether fortresses have now been changed to make nether wart rooms more likely.
					Nether wart will 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.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Disregarding color, nether wart bears a strong resemblance to warted puffball, a type of fungi.
• Nether wart’s stage changes cannot be detected by a BUD, except the Observer block.

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 nether wart as viewed from the side.

References

Blocks

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