Swamp hut

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

Generation[]

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

Structure[]

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 wood stairs and spruce wood planks. The hut is two blocks tall inside.

The inside of a swamp hut consists of an empty cauldron‌^{[Java Edition only]}, a crafting table, and a flower pot with a red mushroom in it.

In Bedrock Edition, the cauldron generates with a random potion inside of it in random amounts. There is a 25% chance for Healing or Poison, 15% for Swiftness, 10% for Slowness, Weakness, Strength or Water Breathing, and 5% Fire Resistance.

Brewing stands do not generate in swamp huts, as the witch "brews" potions inside the cauldron.

Mobs[]

Witch	Black Cat

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 on 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 cats 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.

History[]

Java Edition
1.4.2		12w40a			Added witch huts.
1.8		14w34d			The witch hut spawning zone has now been decreased or eliminated, depending on altitude of the hut.
1.8.1		pre1			A new witch hut spawning system can now spawn witches from Y coordinates 64 to 71, a wider range than before.
1.11		16w42a			Witches that spawn upon the generation of witch huts no longer despawn.[2]
1.13		17w47a			The flower pot in witch huts now has a red mushroom inside of it.
		18w06a			Witch huts are renamed to swamp huts.
					Changed spawning locations of swamp huts. (This allowed /locate to differentiate between locating temple types.)
1.14		18w43a			Due to the Texture Update, the textures of blocks in the swamp hut have been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
		18w44a			Swamp huts now spawn with a black cat.
		18w47a			The texture of spruce planks has now been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
		18w50a			The texture of spruce planks has been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
1.17		21w07a			Seagrass can no longer replace parts of swamp huts.[3]
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0		build 1			Added witch huts.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.2			A new witch spawning system has now been added to witch huts.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Witch huts now spawn with a black cat.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Due to the Texture Update, the textures of blocks in the swamp hut have been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19	CU7	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added witch huts.
		1.90			Due to the Texture Update, the textures of blocks in the swamp hut have been changed, causing the swamp hut to also change.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added witch huts.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Swamp hut" or "Witch hut" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• 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 ravine, the pillars on the deep-ground side go all the way down to the bottom.
• It is possible for swamp huts to generate on top of one another.

Gallery[]

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  A standard swamp hut.

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  A swamp hut that generated over deep water.

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  A swamp hut where part of it generated on highland, and part of it above a deep cave.

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  The inside of a swamp hut with mushrooms all over the inside of the hut.

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  Two swamp huts that generated on top of one another.

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  Desert pyramid, Village and swamp hut close to each other.

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  A swamp hut near a plains biome.

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  A witch hut on a cliffside.

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  Makena and Kai running past a swamp hut, from the reveal of Minecraft Live 2023.^[4]

See also[]

• Witch
• Generated structures
• Tutorials/Witch farming, a tutorial on farming witches

References[]