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Nether Wastes
The Nether Wastes is a biome found in the Nether It is the oldest and most common biome in the dimension.
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Description[edit]
The Nether Wastes is a barren biome composed of mostly netherrack. It has extensive lava seas with glowstone clusters hanging from the ceiling. Veins of nether quartz, nether gold ore and blackstone generate in the wastes with the rarer Ancient Debris found unexposed within the terrain. Gravel and soul sand are found among it’s coastlines.
Most of the Nether’s residents are found throughout the maroon-tinted wasteland including Ghasts, zombified piglins, magma cubes, striders, piglins and the occasional endermen. Nether fortresses and bastion remnants can be found here.
In Java Edition:
| Mob | Spawn chance | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Hostile category | ||
| Ghast[note 1] | 50⁄168 | 4 |
| Zombified Piglin | 100⁄168 | 4 |
| Magma Cube | 2⁄168 | 4 |
| Enderman | 1⁄168 | 4 |
| Piglin | 15⁄168 | 4 |
| Passive category | ||
| Strider | 60⁄60 | 2–4 |
- ↑ Only 5% of spawn attempts succeed.
In Bedrock Edition:
| Mob | Spawn chance | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Hostile category | ||
| Ghast | 40⁄171 | 1 |
| Zombified Piglin | 100⁄171 | 2–4 |
| Magma Cube | 10⁄171 | 1–4 |
| Piglin | 15⁄171 | 4 |
| Enderman | 6⁄171 | 1 |
| Passive category | ||
| Strider | 20⁄20 | 2–4 |
Sounds[edit]
Music[edit]
These music tracks play while the player is in the Nether Wastes.
| Filename in Minecraft |
Gameplay | Soundtrack Title | Soundtrack | Track preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nether1.ogg | The Nether | "Concrete Halls" | Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 7 | |
| nether2.ogg | The Nether | "Dead Voxel" | Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 3 | |
| nether3.ogg | The Nether | "Warmth" | Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 11 | |
| nether4.ogg | The Nether | "Ballad of the Cats" | Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 15 | |
| rubedo.ogg | Nether Wastes | "Rubedo" | Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 2 |
Ambience[edit]
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[edit]
ID[edit]
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Wastes | nether_wastes | 8 | biome.minecraft.nether_wastes |
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | hell | 8 |
History[edit]
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.2.0 | preview | Added the biome "Hell" as the Nether's only biome. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Added magma cubes, which spawn in the Nether. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | The Nether biome fog has now been removed. | |||
| 15w31c | The Nether biome fog has now been re-added. | ||||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Patches of magma blocks now generate in the Nether. | |||
| 1.13 | 18w19a | The biome "Hell" has now been renamed to "Nether". | |||
| pre5 | The biome ID hell has now been changed to nether. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | To distinguish it from other Nether biomes, the biome "Nether" has now 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 now generate in nether wastes at level of lava ocean. Whether gravel also generates like this is unknown. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Added the Nether biome, known as "Hell". | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | The biome "Nether" has now been renamed to "Nether Wastes". | |||
| Added piglins, which can spawn in the Nether Wastes. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | Added striders, which can spawn in lava sea 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[edit]
Issues relating to "Nether biome" or "Nether Wastes" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- 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.
