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{{Redirect|Hell|the dimension|The Nether|the map theme in Minecraft [[Minecraft:Indev]]|Hell (map theme)}}
{{Infobox biome
| title = Nether Wastes
| group = Regular
| 1-1 = Nether Wastes.png
| 1-1size = 500px
| group2 = Vibrant Visuals
| 2-1 = Nether Wastes Vibrant Visuals.png
| 2-1size = 500px
| precipitation = No
| temperature = 2.0
| downfall = 0.0
| fogcolor = #330808
| grasscolor = #BFB755
| foliagecolor = #AEA42A
| dryfoliagecolor = #A38046
| watercolor = {{color|#3F76E4}}{{only|java|short=y}} {{color|#905957}}{{only|bedrock|short=y}}
| underwaterfogdistance = 15
| structures = {{EnvLink|Bastion remnant}} {{EnvLink|Nether fortress}} {{EnvLink|Ruined portal}}
| features = {{EnvLink|Glowstone blob}} {{EnvLink|Lava sea}}
| blocks = {{BlockLink|Netherrack}} {{BlockLink|Glowstone}} {{BlockLink|Soul Sand}} {{BlockLink|Nether Quartz Ore}} {{BlockLink|Nether Gold Ore}} {{BlockLink|Ancient Debris}} {{BlockLink|Magma Block}} {{BlockLink|Lava}} {{BlockLink|Blackstone}} {{BlockLink|Gravel}} {{BlockLink|Red Mushroom}} {{BlockLink|Brown Mushroom}} {{BlockLink|Fire}}
|atmospherics = Hell
|lighting = Nether
|volumetric = Default
|colorgrading = Default
}}
The '''Nether wastes''' or '''hell''' is the most common [[Minecraft:biome]] found in [[Minecraft:the Nether]].

== Description ==
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 [[Minecraft:crimson forest]] and the [[Minecraft:basalt deltas]], or the [[Minecraft:warped forest]] and [[Minecraft:soul sand valley]], pairs of biomes that can never border each other.

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

Most of [[Minecraft:the Nether]]'s [[Minecraft:mob]]s can spawn here, including [[Minecraft:ghast]]s, [[Minecraft:zombified piglin]]s, [[Minecraft:magma cube]]s, [[Minecraft:strider]]s, [[Minecraft:piglin]]s, and the occasional [[Minecraft:endermen]]. [[Minecraft:Nether fortress]]es, [[Minecraft:ruined portals]] and [[Minecraft:bastion remnant]]s are present as well.

== Mobs ==
The following mobs naturally spawn here:

{{Spawn table
|edition=java
|monster=
{{Spawn row|Zombified Piglin|weight=100|size=4|note=Has a 0.25% chance to spawn a chicken, forming a chicken jockey.}}
{{Spawn row|Ghast|weight=50|size=4|note=Only 5% of spawn attempts succeed.}}
{{Spawn row|Piglin|weight=15|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Magma Cube|weight=2|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Enderman|weight=1|size=4}}
|creature=
{{Spawn row|Strider|weight=60|size=2-4|note=Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn being ridden by a zombified piglin holding a warped fungus on a stick.}}
}}

{{Spawn table
|edition=bedrock
|monster=
{{Spawn row|Zombified Piglin|weight=100|size=2-4}}
{{Spawn row|Ghast|weight=40|size=1}}
{{Spawn row|Piglin|weight=15|size=4}}
{{Spawn row|Magma Cube|weight=10|size=1-4}}
{{Spawn row|Enderman|weight=6|size=1}}
|creature=
{{Spawn row|Strider|weight=20|size=2-4|note=Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn being ridden by a zombified piglin holding a warped fungus on a stick.}}
}}
{{-}}

== Sounds ==
=== Music ===
{{Music disclaimer}}
These music tracks play while the player is in the Nether wastes.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: smaller" data-description="Music tracks"
!'''Filename in Minecraft'''
![[Minecraft:Gameplay]]
!'''Soundtrack Title'''
!Soundtrack
!class="unsortable" |Track preview
!Weight
|-
!rubedo.ogg
|[[Minecraft:Nether Wastes]]
|"[[Minecraft:Rubedo]]"
|{{sort||''[[Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 2}}
|[[File:Rubedo.ogg]]
|6
|-
!nether1.ogg
|[[Minecraft:The Nether]]
|"[[Minecraft:Concrete Halls]]"
|{{sort|B07|''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 7}}
|[[File:Concrete halls.ogg]]
|1
|-
!nether2.ogg
|[[Minecraft:The Nether]]
|"[[Minecraft:Dead Voxel]]"
|{{sort|B03|''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 3}}
|[[File:Dead voxel.ogg]]
|1
|-
!nether3.ogg
|[[Minecraft:The Nether]]
|"[[Minecraft:Warmth]]"
|{{sort|B11|''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 11}}
|[[File:Warmth.ogg]]
|1
|-
!nether4.ogg
|[[Minecraft:The Nether]]
|"[[Minecraft:Ballad of the Cats]]"
|{{sort|B15|''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 15}}
|[[File:Ballad of the Cats.ogg]]
|1
|}

=== Ambience ===
'''Nether ambience''' plays while the [[Minecraft:player]] is in [[Minecraft:the Nether]].

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Sound
!Group
|-
|Nether Wastes Ambience
|[[File:nether_wastes_ambience.ogg]]
| Loop
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 1
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition1.ogg]]
| rowspan = 14 | Loop Additions
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 2
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition2.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 3
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition3.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 4
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition4.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 5
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition5.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 6
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition6.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 7
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition7.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Addition 8
|[[File:nether_wastes_addition8.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Dark 1
|[[File:nether_wastes_dark1.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Dark 2
|[[File:nether_wastes_dark2.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Ground 1
|[[File:nether_wastes_ground1.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Ground 2
|[[File:nether_wastes_ground2.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Ground 3
|[[File:nether_wastes_ground3.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Ground 4
|[[File:nether_wastes_ground4.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Mood 1
|[[File:nether_wastes_mood1.ogg]]
| rowspan = 5 | Mood
|-
|Nether Wastes Mood 2
|[[File:nether_wastes_mood2.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Mood 3
|[[File:nether_wastes_mood3.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Mood 4
|[[File:nether_wastes_mood4.ogg]]
|-
|Nether Wastes Mood 5
|[[File:nether_wastes_mood5.ogg]]
|-
|}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|shownumericids=y
|displayname=Nether Wastes
|spritename=nether-wastes
|spritetype=biome
|nameid=nether_wastes
|id=8
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|shownumericids=y
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=nether-wastes
|spritetype=biome
|nameid=hell
|id=8
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Adventuring Time;Hot tourist destination}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Hot Tourist Destinations}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.0|dev=preview|Added hell as the Nether's only biome.
|This biome is added along with the Nether itself as well as the [[Minecraft:ghast]]s, [[Minecraft:zombie pigmen]], [[Minecraft:netherrack]], [[Minecraft:soul sand]], and [[Minecraft:glowstone]] that it contains.
}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|Added [[Minecraft:Nether fortress]]es, which generate in the Nether, along with the [[Minecraft:blaze]]s that spawn in them.
|Added [[Minecraft:magma cube]]s, which spawn in the Nether.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w31a|The Nether biome fog has been removed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w31c|The Nether biome fog has been re-added.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10|dev=16w20a|Patches of [[Minecraft:magma block]]s now generate in the Nether.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w19a|The biome "Hell" has been renamed to "Nether".}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=19w14a|[[Minecraft:Soul sand]] and [[Minecraft:gravel]] now generate at lava sea level, instead of between y level 60 and 65.<ref>{{bug|MC-152207}} Resolved as "Works As Intended"</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|To distinguish it from other Nether biomes, the biome "Nether" has been renamed to "Nether Wastes".}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w07a|Added [[Minecraft:piglin]]s, which can spawn in Nether wastes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w13a|Added [[Minecraft:strider]]s, which can spawn in Nether wastes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w19a|[[Minecraft:ore (feature)|Patches]] of [[Minecraft:blackstone]] and [[Minecraft:gravel]] now generate in Nether wastes at level of lava ocean.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Added the Nether biome, known as "Hell".}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.51|The biome "Nether" has been renamed to "Nether Wastes".
|Added [[Minecraft:piglin]]s, which can spawn in the Nether wastes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Added [[Minecraft:strider]]s, which can spawn in lava seas of the Nether wastes.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added the Nether.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added [[Minecraft:Nether fortress]]es, which generate in the Nether, along with the [[Minecraft:blaze]]s that spawn in them.|Added [[Minecraft:magma cube]]s, which spawn in the Nether.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps3=1.36|psvita=1.36|ps4=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|switch=1.0.1|Patches of [[Minecraft:magma block]]s now generate in the Nether.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|new 3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|Added the Nether.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=pre5|The biome ID {{code|hell}} has been changed to {{code|nether}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|The biome ID <code>nether</code> has been changed to <code>nether_wastes</code>.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=21w37a|Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 8.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list|Nether biome|Nether Wastes}}

== Trivia ==
* {{IN|bedrock}}, if the Nether wastes is used as the biome for [[Minecraft:Overworld]] generation, although the terrain is entirely [[Minecraft:netherrack]], no ore is generated (including [[Minecraft:Nether quartz ore]], [[Minecraft:Nether gold ore]], [[Minecraft:ancient debris]], etc.). Caverns and lakes (with red-colored water) still generate. The [[Minecraft: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 ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:Netherwastes.png|A view of a Nether wastes cliff
File:Glowstonenether.png|Glowstone cluster in Nether wastes
File:Wastefortress.png|Nether fortress in Nether wastes
File:Ghasts.png|Two ghasts in Nether wastes
File:Nether wastes.png|Nether wastes terrain
File:Nether.png|Lava sea in Nether wastes
</gallery>

=== Historical screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:Nether Wastes single biome pre-1.18.png|A Nether wastes [[Minecraft:single biome]] world before [[Minecraft:1.18]], with Nether terrain but also water, stone, and a blue sky.
File:Old Nether (Version- 1.9.1).png|A screenshot of the Nether prior to [[Minecraft:Nether Update|1.16]].
File:Nether without fog in version 15w31a.png|A screenshot without fog in the Nether in [[Minecraft:15w31a]].
File:Hell RTX.png|The hell biome with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]]. Note that there are no ray tracing effects because of the lack of daylight, but Nether fog is disabled.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Mcnet|around-block--nether-wastes|Around the Block: Nether Wastes|May 26, 2022|Duncan Geere}}

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