Swamp hut

Swamp hut

Biomes	Swamp Swamp Hills‌[BE only]
Consists of	See § Structure
Can generate in existing chunks	No

Swamp huts are generated structures that have the ability to spawn witches and (upon generation) one black cat.

Generation

Swamp huts generate rarely in swamp biomes. However, they do not generate in the swamp hills biome variant.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Structure

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The inside of a swamp hut with a witch and black cat inside.

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 many blocks above the ground, and there are no stairs that go upwards to the hut. The roof of the swamp hut is made up of spruce wood stairs and spruce wood planks.

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

However, in Bedrock Edition, the cauldron generates with a random potion inside of it in random amounts. These potions include Swiftness, Slowness, Weakness, Healing, and Poison. Water Breathing, Fire Resistance, Night Vision, and Harming, have a rare chance of being spawned, and rarely the cauldron may contain a splash potion.

In Minecraft Pocket Edition, Cauldrons may spawn containing 1-3 glass bottles worth of Poison, Instant Health, Speed, or Weakness.

Mobs

• Witch (one spawns in the hut)
• Black Cat (one spawns in the hut)

Shows the side of a witch hut, also shows the scale of it, and proper height.

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, in the 7×9×7 area that is 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) only witches can spawn, while all cats (from spawn eggs, breeding and commands without cat type set) always spawn as black.

Shows the top of a witch hut, shows the scale of it, as well as the spawning zone. The spawn area matches the roof, plus the porch.

Video

Note: This video pertains to an outdated Java Edition. Black cats now spawn in witch huts, and cauldrons generates random potions in Bedrock Edition.

History

Java Edition
1.4.2		12w40a			Added witch huts.
1.8		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.
1.13		17w47a			The flower pot in witch huts now has a red mushroom inside of it.
		18w06a			"Witch Hut"s have now been renamed to "Swamp Hut"s.
		18w06a			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 now been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
		18w47a			The texture of spruce planks has now been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
		18w50a			The texture of spruce planks have now been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
		?			Swamp huts now spawn with a black cat.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.14.0		build 1			Added witch huts.
0.16.0		build 1			A potion of decay now has a small chance of appearing in the cauldron inside the hut.
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 now been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19	CU7	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added witch huts.
		1.90			Due to the Texture Update, the textures of blocks in the swamp hut have now 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. Report issues 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 witch 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 ground.
• It is possible for swamp huts to generate on top of one another.
• Swamp huts are one of five generated structures that do not generate loot chests (the others are desert wells, fossils, nether fossil and ocean monuments).

Gallery

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  A standard swamp hut.

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  A swamp hut that generated over deep water.

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  A swamp hut where part of it generated on highland, and part of it above a deep cave.

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  The inside of a swamp hut with mushrooms all over the inside of the hut.

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  Two swamp huts that generated on top of one another.

See also

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

Generated structures and terrain features

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