Nether Wastes biome
Nether wastes are the default nether biome, dominated by netherrack, lava and quartz ore.
Biome facts
- Identifier
- minecraft:nether_wastes
- Dimension
- Nether
- Category
- nether
- Climate
- hot
- Available since
- Minecraft 1.13
What generates in a nether wastes
- Netherrack
- Lava seas
- Zombified piglins and ghasts
Structures in this biome
The following structures can generate in nether wastes:
- Nether Fortress — Nether fortresses are the only place blazes and wither skeletons spawn naturally, and the only survival source of nether wart.
- Bastion Remnant — Bastion remnants are piglin strongholds containing gold blocks, netherite upgrade templates and pigstep music discs.
- Nether Ruined Portal — Nether ruined portals are denser than their overworld counterparts and a reliable early obsidian source.
Finding a nether wastes in your world
Biome placement depends on the world seed and the Minecraft version. Open your seed on the seed map, then pan around: biome shading shows where each biome sits, and structure layers show what generates inside it.
Note that biome rendering requires the WebAssembly generation engine described in the seed map documentation. Structure candidate positions, chunk geometry and slime chunks are computed exactly without it.