FARM GUIDE ยท SWAMP HUTS
How to Build a Witch Farm
A witch farm turns a swamp hut into a source of redstone, glowstone, sugar, and potions. This guide covers how witch spawning works, how to build a simple witch farm, and how double and quad huts give you more drops.
Free guide for Java and Bedrock, written for Minecraft 1.21 and newer.
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About This Guide
Witches respawn inside the area of a swamp hut, also called a witch hut. That area is small and fixed, so a farm builds spawning platforms inside it and drops every witch into a killing chamber. It’s one of the best mid-game farms for redstone and glowstone.
What You Need
- A swamp hut (find one with the witch hut finder)
- Slabs or blocks for spawning floors
- Trapdoors, water buckets, and hoppers
- Lots of torches or slabs to spawn-proof the swamp
- A minecart with hopper or hoppers and chests
How Witch Spawning Works
- Witches spawn inside the swamp hut’s structure box, which covers the hut’s footprint from the bottom of its stilts up to the roof.
- They need darkness and a solid block to spawn on.
- Only witches spawn in that box, so the farm doesn’t fill with other mobs.
- You need to stand within 128 blocks, and at least 24 blocks away.
Step 1: Remove the Hut
Break the hut, but remember where its walls were. The spawning area doesn’t move when you remove the blocks.
Step 2: Build Spawning Floors
Build several floors inside the hut’s area, with 3 blocks of air between them. Put trapdoors around the edges so witches walk off and fall.
Step 3: Spawn-Proof the Area
Light up or fill in everything within 128 blocks of your AFK spot, including caves and the swamp floor. The hostile mob cap is shared, so other mobs in caves will slow your farm down.
Step 4: Build the Killing Chamber
Drop the witches about 30 blocks into a chamber where you can finish them off, or make the fall high enough to leave them on low health. Witches drink healing potions, so fully automatic kill systems are tricky. Many players use a one-hit kill spot.
Step 5: Collect the Loot
| Drop | Use |
|---|---|
| Redstone | Circuits and farms |
| Glowstone dust | Lighting and potions |
| Sugar | Potions and food |
| Gunpowder | Rockets and TNT |
| Glass bottles, sticks, spider eyes | Brewing |
Double and Quad Witch Huts
When two or more huts sit close together, you can stand in one spot that’s within 128 blocks of all of them. A double hut farm gives about twice the drops. Quad witch huts are extremely rare. Use the seed finder with Swamp Hut as a condition and a minimum count of 2 or more to search for them.
Related Minecraft Tools
Free tools that help with this guide:
- Minecraft Seed Map: the full map with every biome and structure
- Witch Hut Finder: Swamp huts by seed
- Seed Finder: Find seeds by structures & biomes
Frequently Asked Questions
Why aren’t witches spawning?
Check that your floors are inside the hut’s original area, that the area is dark, and that you’re 24 to 128 blocks away.
Does a witch farm work on Bedrock?
Yes, witches spawn in swamp huts on Bedrock too, but spawning rules differ a little, so test your design.
Can I use a swamp without a hut?
Witches spawn naturally anywhere in the dark, but only a hut gives a witch-only spawn area.
What’s the best witch farm drop?
Redstone and glowstone dust are the most useful.
Final Thoughts
A witch farm is all about the swamp hut’s fixed spawn area. Find a hut, build floors inside its footprint, spawn-proof everything around it, and collect redstone and glowstone by the stack.
