{{For|the mission in Minecraft Dungeons|MCD:Nether Wastes}}
{{Redirect|Hell|the dimension|The Nether|the map theme in Minecraft Indev|Hell (map theme)}}
{{Infobox biome
| title = Nether Wastes
| image = Nether Wastes.png
| downfall = 0.0
| precipitation = No
| temperature = 2.0
| fogcolor = #330808
| grasscolor = #BFB755
| foliagecolor = #AEA42A
| watercolor = {{color|#3F76E4}}{{only|java|short=y}}<br>{{color|#905957}}{{only|bedrock|short=y}}
| structures = {{EnvLink|Bastion remnant}}<br/>{{EnvLink|Nether fortress}}<br/>{{EnvLink|Ruined portal}}
| features = {{EnvLink|Glowstone blob}}<br/>{{EnvLink|Lava sea}}
| blocks = {{BlockLink|Netherrack}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Glowstone}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Soul Sand}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Nether Quartz Ore}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Nether Gold Ore}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Ancient Debris}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Magma Block}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Lava}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Blackstone}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Gravel}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Red Mushroom}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Brown Mushroom}}<br/>{{BlockLink|Fire}}
}}
The '''Nether wastes''' is the most common [[biome]] found in [[the Nether]].

== Description ==
The Nether wastes is a barren biome composed of mostly [[netherrack]]. It has extensive [[lava sea]]s with [[glowstone blob]]s 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 [[mob]]s can spawn here, including [[ghast]]s, [[zombified piglin]]s, [[magma cube]]s, [[strider]]s, [[piglin]]s, and the occasional [[endermen]]. [[Nether fortress]]es and [[bastion remnant]]s are present as well.

== Mobs ==
The following mobs are naturally spawned here：

{{Spawn table
|edition=java
|monster=
{{Spawn row|Zombified Piglin|weight=100|size=4}}
{{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=1-2}}
}}

{{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}}
}}
{{-}}

== 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<br>in Minecraft'''
![[Gameplay]]
!'''Soundtrack Title'''
!Soundtrack
!class="unsortable" |Track preview
!Weight
|-
!rubedo.ogg
|[[Nether Wastes]]
|"Rubedo"
|{{sort||''[[Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack)]]'' No. 2}}
|[[File:Rubedo.ogg]]
|6
|-
!nether1.ogg
|[[The Nether]]
|"Concrete Halls"
|{{sort|B07|''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 7}}
|[[File:Concrete halls.ogg]]
|1
|-
!nether2.ogg
|[[The Nether]]
|"Dead Voxel"
|{{sort|B03|''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 3}}
|[[File:Dead voxel.ogg]]
|1
|-
!nether3.ogg
|[[The Nether]]
|"Warmth"
|{{sort|B11|''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 11}}
|[[File:Warmth.ogg]]
|1
|-
!nether4.ogg
|[[The Nether]]
|"Ballad of the Cats"
|{{sort|B15|''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' No. 15}}
|[[File:Ballad of the Cats.ogg]]
|1
|}

=== Ambience ===
'''Nether ambience''' plays while the [[player]] is in [[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}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.0|dev=preview|Added the biome "Hell" as the Nether's only biome.
|This biome is added along with the Nether itself as well as the [[ghast]]s, [[zombie pigmen]], [[netherrack]], [[soul sand]], and [[glowstone]] that it contains.
}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|Added [[nether fortress]]es, which generate in the Nether, along with the [[blaze]]s that spawn in them.
|Added [[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 [[magma block]]s now generate in the Nether.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w19a|The biome "Hell" has been renamed to "Nether".}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=pre5|The biome ID {{code|hell}} has been changed to {{code|nether}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=19w14a|[[Soul sand]] and [[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 [[piglin]]s, which can spawn in Nether wastes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w13a|Added [[strider]]s, which can spawn in Nether wastes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w19a|[[ore (feature)|Patches]] of [[blackstone]] and [[gravel]] now generate in nether wastes at level of lava ocean.}}
|{{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 [[piglin]]s, which can spawn in the Nether Wastes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Added [[strider]]s, which can spawn in lava seas of the Nether Wastes.}}
|{{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|new 3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|Added the Nether.}}
}}

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

== Trivia ==
* {{IN|bedrock}}, 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 ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Netherwastes.png|A view of a Nether wastes cliff.
Glowstonenether.png|Glowstone cluster in nether wastes.
Wastefortress.png|Nether fortress in Nether wastes.
Ghasts.png|2 ghasts wandering around in nether wastes.
Nether wastes.png|Terrain in the nether wastes.
Nether Waste.png|A typical nether wastes biome.
Nether.png|Nether wastes.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/around-block--nether-wastes Around the Block: Nether Wastes] – Minecraft.net on May 26, 2021

== See also ==
* {{BiomeLink|Crimson Forest}}
* {{BiomeLink|Warped Forest}}
* {{BiomeLink|Soul Sand Valley}}
* {{BiomeLink|Basalt Deltas}}

== Navigation ==
{{Navbox biomes|Nether}}

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