Nether Wart

Type	Non-solid; Plants
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Nether Wart is a short, red plant grown in The Nether. It can only be found within the plantations inside Nether Fortresses, surrounding large staircases. Nether Wart grows exclusively on Soul Sand or Soul Sand Planters and only within The Nether. It is a critical ingredient in brewing Potions, as it is used to make the Awkward Potion, which is used as the base for most other potions.

Farming

When planted on Soul Sand, a Nether Wart will grow through four stages, though the middle two stages have the same appearance. The duration of each stage is random, with no upper or lower limit, but the average duration is about 3 minutes and 30 seconds. The growth rate is not affected by light or any other environmental factors. Bone Meal has no effect on the Nether Wart.

Nether warts are ready to harvest when they reach their third stage (when the warts appear dark crimson and there is no space between the blisters). Breaking a full grown plant yields 2 to 4 Nether Warts, while an immature one yields only a single plant. Unlike farmland-based crops, jumping on the plants will neither destroy the crop nor affect the block it is planted on.