Build an Automatic Nether Wart Farm in Minecraft: Effortlessly Collect Potion Ingredients

Nether warts are a type of fungus that you can find in another dimension. They are small and red and may not look very appetising at first glance. However, they are incredibly useful, especially for a game mechanic in Minecraft that is often overlooked. With Nether warts, you can brew potions that have all sorts of effects! If you want to try these out, then an automatic farm is just the thing for you! We provide you with everything you need to know about Nether warts.

Finding and Using Nether Warts for Potions in Minecraft

You won’t find Nether warts just lying around in the Overworld. They are rather rare and require some effort to locate and later cultivate. But don’t worry, over time you’ll hopefully be able to collect several chests of the red fungi and use them for various purposes.

Step-by-Step: Collecting Nether Warts in the Nether

As the name suggests, you’ll find Nether warts in the Nether. We’ve previously written an extensive article (Surviving Minecraft Nether: Tips and Tricks for Experienced Players) about this hellish dimension, read it to find your way around there.

To find Nether warts, you must first look for a Nether Fortress. You will find these in the Nether Wasteland, and they are actually quite hard to miss due to their size! The tall columns and walkways connecting the fortress are especially distinctive. There, you will encounter Wither Skeletons and sometimes Blazes, so be well prepared. At the foot of a large staircase, surrounded by walls, you will encounter the Nether warts. Sometimes you will also find warts in the chests.

You can also find Nether warts in Bastion Remnants, but these are significantly harder to find and quite a challenge. You can recognise them by the black stone, but be cautious!

Wherever you find the red fungi, you can simply break them with your hand. However, it’s even better with a tool enchanted with Fortune 3. Normally, 2-4 warts are dropped, but with an enchantment, up to 7 can be harvested at once!

To later grow Nether warts yourself, you need to collect Soul Sand alongside them. This is the only soil they can be farmed on and later harvested. Regular dirt doesn’t work, and neither does the new Soul Soil. It must be the Soul Sand with the eerie faces.

Uses for Nether Warts: Brewing, Trading, and More

Nether warts are the most crucial ingredient for brewing potions. With them, you can turn a regular glass bottle of water into an “Awkward Potion.” This is the base for all other potions you can brew in Minecraft. Nether warts are therefore indispensable!

There are also two recipes with them, one for a Nether Wart Block, which you can also find on trees in the Crimson Forest. You can also craft red Nether bricks, which are perfect for building.

Additionally, you can trade Nether warts with the Cleric for emeralds, another good way to utilise them. You can also compost them to produce bone meal.

Building an Automatic Nether Wart Farm: Step-by-Step Guide for Minecraft

A Nether wart farm can be built in various forms. However, we are using a well-known design for those who have already checked out our other articles on farming (Build an Automatic Wheat Farm in Minecraft: Unlimited Wheat with Minimal Effort) . The principle is similar, but we’ve made the design a bit more compact. Hopefully, this makes it easier to build! You can construct the farm anywhere, whether in the Overworld or the Nether, it’s up to you.

When building an automatic farm, you won’t be able to take advantage of Fortune 3. However, you won’t have to worry about harvesting. Decide what is more important to you. You also can’t use bone meal to speed up the growth of the warts.

Required Building Materials

• Building material
• Soul Sand
• 6 Dispensers + 6 Water Buckets
• Redstone Dust
• 1 Redstone Repeater
• Hopper + Chest

Construction Guide

1. You can vary the size of the farm as you wish. We’ve opted for a small design, but you can expand it. Measure out a field for the Soul Sand that is eight blocks long on one side for the future waterfall. Surround it with a building block of your choice, but leave a channel free.

2. As always, this free channel will house our water trench with a hopper and chest. This will automatically collect and sort the Nether warts.

3. Then surround the farm with another wall made of the building block, so that later no Nether warts fall out. Place your dispensers facing the Soul Sand at the opposite end. Fill these dispensers with water buckets. These will wash away the mature Nether warts, similar to a wheat farm.

4. The Redstone setup isn’t particularly difficult, as you only need to ensure that the dispensers release the water and wash away the field. Simply lay a row behind the dispensers running to the front. We’ve used stone blocks here as an alternative so you can see exactly where the Redstone runs. You may also need to install a repeater, as otherwise, the signal may be too weak to reach all dispensers. Use either a button or lever to activate it.

5. Now plant the Nether warts and let them grow. This may take some time, but it should go relatively quickly. Once they have all grown fully, press the button and let them be washed into the hopper by the water. And now you have enough to brew potions! You will still need to plant a new batch of Nether warts at the end, as this cannot be automated.

Conclusion

The colourful world of potions in Minecraft is something that many players don’t fully explore. Yet an automatic Nether wart farm is a wonderful foundation to always have enough in stock and be able to craft a multitude of different potions. Explore the many different effects and use the Nether warts to create awkward potions as a base. Ensure you always have enough Nether warts for your potions by running an automatic farm on your own server. Rent your Minecraft server and prepare for any challenge! You can heal yourself, deal damage, or try out other fun things with potions!