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

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

Finding and Using Nether Warts for Potions in Minecraft

You won’t easily find Nether warts in the Overworld. They are quite rare and require some effort to locate and later cultivate. But don’t worry, over time, you’ll hopefully collect a few chests of these red fungi to use for various purposes.

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

As the name suggests, you will find Nether warts in the Nether. We’ve already written a detailed article (Surviving Minecraft Nether: Tips and Tricks for Experienced Players) about this hellish dimension, read it to navigate your way around.

To get Nether warts, you first need to look for a Nether fortress. You’ll find these in the Nether Wastelands, and they’re hard to miss due to their size! The tall pillars and bridges connecting the fortress are particularly striking. You’ll encounter Wither skeletons and sometimes Blazes there, so be well-prepared. At the foot of a large staircase, surrounded by walls, you’ll find the Nether warts. Sometimes, you’ll also find warts in chests.

You can also find Nether warts in Bastion remnants, but they are much harder to locate and pose a significant challenge. You can recognize them by the black stone, but be careful!

Regardless of where you find the red fungi, you can harvest them by hand. Even better is a tool with Fortune 3. Normally, 2-4 warts drop, but with an enchantment, up to 7 at once!

To later grow Nether warts yourself, you also need to take some soul sand with you. They can only be farmed and harvested on it. Regular soil won’t work, and the new soul soil isn’t suitable either. It must be the soul sand with the creepy faces.

Uses for Nether Warts: Brewing, Trading, and More

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

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

Otherwise, you can trade Nether warts with a cleric for emeralds, another excellent way to use them. You can also compost them to produce bone meal.

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

A Nether wart farm can be built in various forms. However, we’ll use a familiar design for those who have already read our other articles on farms (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 unfortunately can’t take advantage of Fortune 3. However, you don’t have to worry about harvesting. Decide for yourself 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

Building Instructions

1. You can vary the size of the farm as you like. We opted for a small design, but you can expand it. Measure out a field for the soul sand, eight blocks long on one side, for the water flow later. Surround it with a building block of your choice, but leave a groove open.

2. As always, this open groove is for our water channel, with a hopper and chest. This will automatically collect and sort the Nether warts.

3. Then surround the farm with another wall of the building block, so no Nether warts fall out later. At the opposite end, place your dispensers facing the soul sand. Fill these dispensers with a water bucket each. These will harvest the mature Nether warts, similar to a wheat farm.

4. The redstone is not particularly difficult either, as you only need to ensure the dispensers release the water and wash the field away. Simply run a line behind the dispensers to the front. Here, we used stone blocks as an alternative so you can see exactly where the redstone runs. You may also need to add a repeater, as the signal might be too weak and not 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’re all fully grown, press the button and let them wash into the hopper with the water. And you’ll have enough for potion brewing! In the end, you’ll need to plant a new batch of Nether warts, which unfortunately can’t be automated.

Conclusion

The colorful world of potions in Minecraft is something many players don’t fully explore. However, an automatic Nether wart farm is a fantastic foundation for always having enough in stock and being able to produce 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 use potions to heal yourself, inflict damage, or try out other fun things!