Nether Wastes

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For the mission in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Nether Wastes.

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"Hell" redirects here. For the dimension, see The Nether. For the map theme in Indev, see Hell (map theme).

Nether Wastes

👁 Nether Wastes.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Nether Wastes'

👁 Nether Wastes Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Nether Wastes'

Climate
Structures	👁 Image Bastion remnant 👁 Image Nether fortress 👁 Image Ruined portal
Features	👁 Image Glowstone blob 👁 Image Lava sea
Blocks	👁 Image Netherrack 👁 Image Glowstone 👁 Image Soul Sand 👁 Image Nether Quartz Ore 👁 Image Nether Gold Ore 👁 Image Ancient Debris 👁 Image Magma Block 👁 Image Lava 👁 Image Blackstone 👁 Image Gravel 👁 Image Red Mushroom 👁 Image Brown Mushroom 👁 Image Fire
Temperature	2.0
Downfall	0.0
Precipitation	No
Colors
Fog color	#330808
Grass color	#BFB755
Foliage color	#AEA42A
Dry foliage color	#A38046
Water color	#3F76E4‌^{[JE only]} #905957‌^{[BE only]}
Water fog distance	15‌^{[BE only]}
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Hell
Lighting	Nether
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Default

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The Nether wastes or hell‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} is the most common biome found in the Nether.

Description

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The Nether wastes is the most common Nether biome and makes up around 36% of the Nether by volume. Unlike other Nether biomes, which tend to generate in large patches, the Nether wastes more often generates in thinner strips, often separating two or more other biomes. In particular, a thin strip of Nether wastes always separates the crimson forest and the basalt deltas, or the warped forest and soul sand valley, pairs of biomes that can never border each other.

The Nether wastes is a barren biome composed of mostly netherrack. It has extensive lava seas with glowstone blobs hanging from the ceiling. Blobs of Nether quartz, Nether gold ore, and blackstone generate in the wastes (where ore is most visible) with the rarer ancient debris found unexposed within the terrain. Gravel and soul sand are found among its coastlines.

Most of the Nether's mobs can spawn here, including ghasts, zombified piglins, magma cubes, striders, piglins, and the occasional endermen. Nether fortresses, ruined portals and bastion remnants are present as well.

Mobs

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The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
👁 Image Zombified Piglin^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₁₆₈	4
👁 Image Ghast^{[note 2]}	⁵⁰⁄₁₆₈	4
👁 Image Piglin	¹⁵⁄₁₆₈	4
👁 Image Magma Cube	²⁄₁₆₈	4
👁 Image Enderman	¹⁄₁₆₈	4
Creature category
👁 Image Strider^{[note 3]}	1	2–4

↑ Has a 0.25% chance to spawn a chicken, forming a chicken jockey.
↑ Only 5% of spawn attempts succeed.
↑ Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn being ridden by a zombified piglin holding a warped fungus on a stick.

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In **Bedrock Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
👁 Image Zombified Piglin	100	2–4
👁 Image Ghast	40	1
👁 Image Piglin	15	4
👁 Image Magma Cube	10	1–4
👁 Image Enderman	6	1
Creature category
👁 Image Strider^{[note 1]}	1	2–4

↑ Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn with a saddle. They are supposed to spawn with a zombified piglin with a warped fungus on a stick but they don’t due to MCPE-236161.

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Strider": "Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn with a saddle. They are supposed to spawn with a zombified piglin with a warped fungus on a stick but they don’t due to <span class=\"bug plainlinks\" data-id=\"MCPE-236161\">[[Mojira:MCPE-236161|MCPE-236161]]</span>." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 171, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombified Piglin", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Ghast", "weight": 40 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Piglin", "weight": 15 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Magma Cube", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 6 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 20, "mobs": [ { "note": "Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn with a saddle. They are supposed to spawn with a zombified piglin with a warped fungus on a stick but they don’t due to <span class=\"bug plainlinks\" data-id=\"MCPE-236161\">[[Mojira:MCPE-236161|MCPE-236161]]</span>.", "mob": "Strider", "weight": 20, "notename": "Strider", "size": "2-4" } ], "category": "creature" } }

Sounds

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Music

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These music tracks play while the player is in the Nether wastes:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Rubedo	6	60%	6	60%
Ballad of the Cats	1	10%	1	10%
Concrete Halls	1	10%	1	10%
Dead Voxel	1	10%	1	10%
Warmth	1	10%	1	10%

Ambience

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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

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ID

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Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
👁 BiomeSprite nether-wastes.png: Sprite image for nether-wastes in Minecraft Nether Wastes	`nether_wastes`	`8`	`biome.minecraft.nether_wastes`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
👁 BiomeSprite nether-wastes.png: Sprite image for nether-wastes in Minecraft [No displayed name]	`hell`	`8`

Achievements

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Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
👁 Image	👁 Image	Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver
👁 Image	👁 Image	Hot tourist destination	Visit all Nether biomes	Note: Can be completed if the player visits the biomes in different worlds.	30	Silver

Advancements

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Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
👁 Image 👁 Image	Hot Tourist Destinations	Explore all Nether biomes	Visit all of the 5 following biomes: 👁 Image Basalt Deltas 👁 Image Crimson Forest 👁 Image 👁 Image Soul Sand Valley 👁 Image Warped Forest The advancement is only for Nether biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0	preview	Added hell as the Nether's only biome.
v1.2.0	preview	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.
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease	Added magma cubes, which spawn in the Nether.
1.9	15w31a	The Nether biome fog has been removed.
1.9	15w31c	The Nether biome fog has been re-added.
1.10	16w20a	Patches of magma blocks now generate in the Nether.
1.13	18w19a	The biome "Hell" has been renamed to "Nether".
1.14	19w14a	Soul sand and gravel now generate at lava sea level, instead of between y level 60 and 65.^[1]
1.16	20w06a	To distinguish it from other Nether biomes, the biome "Nether" has 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 and gravel now generate in Nether wastes at level of lava ocean.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1	build 1	Added the Nether biome, known as "Hell".
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.51	The biome "Nether" has been renamed to "Nether Wastes".
	beta 1.16.0.51	Added piglins, which can spawn in the Nether wastes.
	beta 1.16.0.57	Added striders, which can spawn in lava seas of the Nether wastes.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added the Nether.
TU7							Added Nether fortresses, which generate in the Nether, along with the blazes that spawn in them.
TU7							Added magma cubes, which spawn in the Nether.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Patches of magma blocks now generate in the Nether.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added the Nether.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.13	pre5	The biome ID `hell` has been changed to `nether`.
1.16	20w06a	The biome ID `nether` has been changed to `nether_wastes`.
1.18	21w37a	Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 8.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Nether biome" or "Nether Wastes" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

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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 ore, 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.

Gallery

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References

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↑ MC-152207 Resolved as "Works As Intended"

External links

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"Around the Block: Nether Wastes" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, May 26, 2022.

Navigation

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Biomes

👁 Image Overworld
Landforms	👁 Image Beach 👁 Image Snowy 👁 Image Stony Shore 👁 Image River 👁 Image Frozen
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Cold	👁 Image Taiga 👁 Image Old Growth Pine 👁 Image Old Growth Spruce 👁 Image Windswept Hills 👁 Image Forest 👁 Image Gravelly 👁 Image Dappled Forest^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}
Temperate	👁 Image Birch Forest 👁 Image Old Growth 👁 Image Cherry Grove 👁 Image Dark Forest 👁 Image Pale Garden 👁 Image Forest 👁 Image Flower 👁 Image Meadow 👁 Image Mushroom Fields 👁 Image Plains 👁 Image Sunflower 👁 Image Swamp
Warm	👁 Image Badlands 👁 Image Eroded 👁 Image Wooded 👁 Image Desert 👁 Image Jungle 👁 Image Bamboo 👁 Image Sparse 👁 Image Mangrove Swamp 👁 Image Savanna 👁 Image Plateau 👁 Image Windswept 👁 Image Stony Peaks
Ocean	👁 Image Frozen Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Cold Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Lukewarm Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Warm Ocean
Caves	👁 Image Deep Dark 👁 Image Dripstone Caves 👁 Image Lush Caves 👁 Image Sulfur Caves

👁 Image The Nether
👁 Image Basalt Deltas 👁 Image Crimson Forest 👁 Image 👁 Image Soul Sand Valley 👁 Image Warped Forest

👁 Image
The End

Central	👁 Image The End
Outer	👁 Image End Barrens 👁 Image End Highlands 👁 Image End Midlands 👁 Image Small End Islands

👁 Image
The End

👁 BiomeSprite sky.png: Sprite image for sky in Minecraft
Other

Specialized

JE only	👁 Image The Void

Unused/removed

Hills	👁 Image Birch Forest Hills 👁 Image Desert Hills 👁 Image Jungle Hills 👁 Image Bamboo 👁 Image Snowy Mountains 👁 Image Taiga Hills 👁 Image Giant Tree 👁 Image Snowy 👁 Image Wooded Hills
Modified	👁 Image Dark Forest Hills 👁 Image Desert Lakes 👁 Image Modified Badlands Plateau 👁 Image Wooded 👁 Image Modified Jungle 👁 Image Edge 👁 Image Swamp Hills 👁 Image Taiga Mountains 👁 Image Snowy
Modified hills	👁 Image Giant Spruce Taiga Hills 👁 Image Gravelly Mountains+ 👁 Image Shattered Savanna Plateau 👁 Image Tall Birch Hills
Other	👁 Image Badlands Plateau 👁 Image Deep Warm Ocean 👁 Image Mountain Edge 👁 Image Mushroom Field Shore
BE only	👁 Image Legacy Frozen Ocean

Proto-biomes

Removed	👁 Image Ice Desert 👁 Image Rainforest 👁 Image Seasonal Forest 👁 Image Shrubland 👁 Image Tundra
Unimplemented	👁 Image Sky

Joke

20w14∞	👁 Image `_generated:id` 👁 Image Between 👁 Image Biome For Player With No Time For Nonsense 👁 Image Shapes
24w14potato	👁 Image Arboretum 👁 Image Corruption 👁 Image Fields 👁 Image Hash 👁 Image Wasteland
Others	👁 Image Hub 👁 Image The Moon

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Nether Wastes

Contents

Description

Mobs

Sounds

Music

Ambience

Data values

ID

Achievements

Advancements

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Data history

Issues

Trivia

Gallery

Screenshots

Historical screenshots

In other media

References

External links

Navigation

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