Swamp Hut

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Swamp huts (also known as witch huts) are small above ground structures that have the ability to spawn witches and black cats.

Swamp huts generate rarely in swamp biomes, in the north-west corner of a given chunk. They do not generate in mangrove swamps.^[1]

Swamp huts can be located with swamp explorer maps, which are sold by jungle, snowy and taiga cartographers.

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 several blocks above the ground, and there are no stairs that go up to the hut, although vines can generate from the front platform and down to the ground. The roof of the swamp hut is made up of spruce stairs and spruce planks. The hut is two blocks tall inside.

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

In Java Edition, the cauldron is always empty, while in Bedrock Edition, the cauldron generates with 1 to 3 bottles of a random potion inside. There is a 25% chance for Potion of Healing or Poison, 15% for Swiftness, 10% for Slowness, Weakness, or Water Breathing, and 5% for Fire Resistance.^{[citation needed]}

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, witches can spawn at any block within the 7×7×9 (x×y×z) area that constitutes 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). Cats can also spawn within this area. However, they require a grass block to spawn on. In Java Edition, any other cats to spawn within the swamp hut (from spawn eggs and commands without cat type set) always spawn as black.

Both witches and cat wander around independently from each other or the hut, and neither return to the hut on purpose.

In Bedrock Edition, witches respawn on only one block within the swamp hut if the witch is killed. The spawn point is on the hut floor, two blocks in front of the crafting table.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Issues relating to "Swamp hut" or "Witch hut" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• 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 swamp hut is at sea level and another part is on top of deep ground, such as a canyon, the pillars on the deep-ground side go all the way down to the bottom.
• A black cat spawning in a witch hut follows European folklore that associates black cats with witches.

• 👁 Initial Texture Update revision (18w43a)
  
  Initial Texture Update revision (18w43a)
• 👁 Second Texture Update revision (18w47a)
  
  Second Texture Update revision (18w47a)
• 👁 Final Texture Update revision (Java Edition 18w50a, Bedrock Edition beta 1.10.0.3, PlayStation 4 Edition 1.90)
  
  Final Texture Update revision (Java Edition 18w50a, Bedrock Edition beta 1.10.0.3, PlayStation 4 Edition 1.90)

• 👁 A standard swamp hut.
  
  A standard swamp hut.
• 👁 A swamp hut that generated over deep water.
  
  A swamp hut that generated over deep water.
• 👁 A swamp hut where part of it generated on highland, and part of it above a deep cave.
  
  A swamp hut where part of it generated on highland, and part of it above a deep cave.
• 👁 The inside of a swamp hut with mushrooms all over the inside of the hut.
  
  The inside of a swamp hut with mushrooms all over the inside of the hut.
• 👁 Two swamp huts that generated on top of one another.
  
  Two swamp huts that generated on top of one another.
• 👁 A desert pyramid, village, and a swamp hut close to each other.
  
  A desert pyramid, village, and a swamp hut close to each other.
• 👁 A swamp hut near a plains biome.
  
  A swamp hut near a plains biome.

• 👁 A witch hut on a cliffside.
  
  A witch hut on a cliffside.
• 👁 A swamp hut.
  
  A swamp hut.
• 👁 The inside of a swamp hut.
  
  The inside of a swamp hut.

• 👁 Makena and Kai running past a swamp hut, from the reveal of Minecraft Live 2023.[5]
  
  Makena and Kai running past a swamp hut, from the reveal of Minecraft Live 2023.^[5]
• 👁 A Lego Minecraft swamp hut.
  
  A Lego Minecraft swamp hut.

• 👁 Image
  Witch
• Witch farming, a tutorial on farming witches

• "Building Blocks: Swamp Hut" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, February 28, 2025.