Witch in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains all about witches with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let's learn about witches in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

Witches are available in the following versions of Minecraft:

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes (1.4.2)
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes (0.14.0)
Xbox 360 Xbox 360Yes (TU19)
Xbox One Xbox OneYes (CU7)
PS3 PS3Yes (1.12)
PS4 PS4Yes (1.12)
Wii U Wii UYes
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes (0.14.0)
Education Edition Education EditionYes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

The following is a picture of what a witch looks like in Minecraft:

witch

Hostility Level Hostile Mob
Health Points 26 health points
heart x 13
Where to Find In the Overworld in light levels of 7 or less (usually in a Witch hut)
Weapon splash potion of weakness Splash Potion of Weakness
splash potion of poison Splash Potion of Poison
splash potion of harming Splash Potion of Harming
splash potion of slowness Splash Potion of Slowness
Attack Method Throws harmful Splash Potions at you
Drops glowstone dust 0-2 Glowstone Dust
redstone 0-2 Redstone Dust
sugar 0-2 Sugar
stick 0-2 Stickes
spider eye 0-2 Spider Eyes
gunpowder 0-2 Gunpowder
glass bottle 0-2 Glass Bottles
potion of healing 0-1 Potion of Healing
Experience Points 5-8 experience points

Hostility Level (Hostile)

A witch is a hostile mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and witches. Because a witch is a hostile mob, it will attack you in Survival mode but not Creative mode.

Health Points

In Minecraft, a witch has 13 hearts heart for health. This gives a witch 26 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a witch, you need to inflict 26 points of damage to the witch.

Where to Find Witches

In Minecraft, you can find witches in most Overworld biomes in light levels of 7 or less. Witches will spawn in the dark, usually at night. Once a witch has spawned in the dark, it can survive in the daylight.

If you are having trouble finding a witch, you can summon a witch using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.

Witch Hut

If you look carefully in the Swamp biome, you will sometimes find a Witch Hut. When the world was first generated, a witch spawned inside of the Witch Hut. This is a picture of what a Witch Hut looks like in Minecraft:

witch hut

Weapon

A witch is armed with splash potions such as: Splash Potion of Weakness, Splash Potion of Poison, Splash Potion of Harming and Splash Potion of Slowness.

splash potion of weakness splash potion of poison splash potion of harming splash potion of slowness

Attack Method

In Minecraft, a witch has a special attack. It will throw harmful splash potions at you causing you damage until you die. The most common splash potions that it uses is Weakness, Poison, Harming and Slowness. You can drink milk to remove these potion effects while in battle with a witch.

Drops

When you kill a witch in Minecraft, it will drop different items each time, such as glowstone dust, redstone dust, sugar, sticks, spider eyes, gunpowder, glass bottles or Potions of Healing.

glowstone dust redstone sugar stick spider eye gunpowder glass bottle potion of healing

Make sure you pick up any dropped items before they disappear. They are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

Experience Points

As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.

experience points

These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a witch, you will gain 5-8 experience points.

Spawn Egg for Witch

You can spawn a witch using the following spawn egg:

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a witch in Minecraft:

NBT Tags for Witch (Java Edition)

Here are the NBT tags that you can use in game commands for a witch in Java Edition:

Spawn Events for Witch (Bedrock/Education)

Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for a witch in Bedrock Edition and Education Edition: