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

Nether warts are a type of fungus you can find in another dimension. They are small and red, and at first glance, they don’t seem very appetizing. However, they are incredibly useful, especially for a mechanic in Minecraft that is often forgotten. With Nether warts, you can brew potions that bring all sorts of effects! If you want to try this out, 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 find Nether warts easily in the Overworld. They are relatively rare and require some effort to seek out and cultivate later. But don’t worry, over time you’ll hopefully collect several chests of these 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 already written a detailed article (Surviving Minecraft Nether: Tips and Tricks for Experienced Players) on this hellish dimension, so give it a read to navigate it more easily.

To find Nether warts, you first need to look for a Nether fortress. You’ll find these in the Nether Wastes, and thanks to their size, they are quite hard to miss! Notable features include the tall pillars and walkways that connect throughout the fortress. You’ll encounter Wither Skeletons and sometimes Blazes, so be well-equipped. At the foot of a large staircase, surrounded by walls, you will find the Nether warts. Sometimes, you may also find warts in chests.

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

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

To cultivate Nether warts later, you also need to take soul sand with you. They can only be farmed and re-harvested on this. Regular dirt won’t work, and neither will the new soul soil. It has to be soul sand with the eerie faces.

Uses of Nether Warts: Brewing, Trading, and More

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

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

Otherwise, you can trade Nether warts with a Cleric for emeralds, also a good way to utilize them. You can also compost them to make 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 use a well-known design for those who have read our other articles on farming (Build an Automatic Minecraft Wheat Farm: Unlimited Wheat with Minimal Effort) . The principle is similar, but we have made the design more compact. Hopefully, this makes it easier to build! You can build the farm anywhere, whether in the Overworld or the Nether is up to you.

When building an automatic farm, you unfortunately cannot take advantage of the Fortune 3 benefits. However, you won’t have to worry about harvesting. Decide for yourself what is more important to you. You also cannot use bone meal to make the warts grow faster.

Required Building Materials

• Building material
• Soul sand
• 6 dispensers + 6 water buckets
• Redstone dust
• 1 redstone repeater
• Hopper + chest

Construction Instructions

1. You can vary the size of the farm as you like. We’ve chosen a small design, but you can expand it. Measure a field for the soul sand, eight blocks long on one side, for the future waterfall. Surround the whole thing with a building block of your choice, but leave a channel open.

2. In this open channel, place our water channel as always, with a hopper and chest. This will automatically collect and sort the Nether warts.

3. Then surround the farm with another wall of building blocks to prevent any Nether warts from going astray later. At the opposite end, place your dispensers facing the soul sand. Fill these dispensers with a water bucket each. These will wash away the ripe Nether warts, similar to a wheat farm.

4. The redstone setup is not particularly difficult; you just need to ensure the dispensers dispense water and flush the field. Simply lay a line of redstone behind the dispensers to the front. We’ve used stone blocks here as an alternative, so you can see exactly where the redstone runs. You may need to add a repeater, as the signal might be too weak to reach all dispensers. Use a button or lever to activate it.

5. Plant the Nether warts and let them grow. This may take some time, but it should happen relatively quickly. Once they are fully grown, press the button and let them be flushed into the hopper by the water. Now you have enough to brew potions! In the end, you’ll need to plant a new batch of Nether warts, as this cannot be automated.

Conclusion

The colorful world of potions in Minecraft is something many players are not fully aware of. But an automatic Nether wart farm is a wonderful foundation to always have enough in stock and to be able to create a variety of potions. Explore the many different effects and use Nether warts to create awkward potions as a base. Ensure you always have enough Nether warts for your potions by operating an automatic farm on your own server. Rent your Minecraft server and prepare for any challenge! With potions, you can heal yourself, deal damage, or try other fun things!