Minecraft's Nether may be a difficult place to live. It follows different laws than the Overworld, has distinct opponents, and has limited access to numerous resources. It might be difficult to get by if you are not well prepared or are seeking to perform a Nether-only run.
Finding enough food to keep nourished within the Nether is maybe the most difficult element. Thankfully, with careful planning and inventiveness, you can avoid starving. Here are all of the techniques to survive in the Nether and keep nourished.
In the Nether, Dry Farming
Since the Nether is so hot, water bricks evaporate the moment they hit the ground. This makes it impossible for you to construct the typical farms you are accustomed to. Any farmland that is hoped will rapidly return to being just plain soil.
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Having said that, there is a technique to produce crops within the Nether. Once a block of farmland is created, they must plant the crop as soon as possible before it reverts. If the crop is effectively planted, it will keep land from being converted. The disadvantage is that growing without water takes ages, and it's a time-consuming approach to perform any large-scale farming. Yields will rise when harvested using a Fortune III Hoe.
Villages That Have Been Transplanted
A variety of villages are eager to trade for various types of food. Carrots and potatoes will be offered by farmers, while butchers will exchange them for various raw and prepared types of meat. A steady supply of food may be obtained by having multiple residents in the Nether.
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Remember that they don't naturally spawn there. The only method for villagers to enter the Nether is to be pushed through a portal or rowed through. It's also vital to remember that Ghasts and other hostile modifications may target Villagers; thus, they must be safeguarded.
Animals Used in Transplants
Animal farms provide a tremendous source of food by taming and raising animals. Steaks and Grilled Porkchops, in fact, are regarded as the greatest sources of farmable food in the game. And if you have access to a lot of lava, you can simply set up farms where the animals are burned alive, giving you meat that is prepared right away.
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Animals, like Villagers, are not usually encountered in the Underworld and must be coaxed via a portal. This is a little easier because you can pull them through with Leads. Due to the difficulty of breeding them for large-scale farms owing to dry farming, acquiring that food in quantity before entering the Nether will be beneficial.
Farm for Cocoa Beans
In the Nether, Coca Beans may be a surprisingly effective source of nourishment. Cocoa Beans can only be grown by planting them on a Jungle Log. To produce cookies, mix Coca Bean farms with wheat, which you may build into extremely effective farms.
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Despite the difficulty of growing wheat in the Nether, just one unit of wheat is required to produce six cookies. Instead of attempting to manufacture large quantities of Bread (which requires three Wheat), mix it with easier-to-grow Chocolate Beans, making Cookies a preferable alternative.
Planting Berries
Planting Berry Bushes on dirt blocks in the Nether is the most basic type of traditional farming. They do not require local water supplies or cropland to flourish, unlike traditional crops. Berry Bushes will produce Sweet Berries, which are equivalent to a Cookie in terms of nutrition.
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Although it takes some time to set up, and Berry Bushes must be inserted using Silk Touch into the Nether, it is a practical food source. It is advisable to pick Berries with a Fortune III instrument. Harvesting without Fortune produces one to two results, whereas harvesting with Fortune produces one to five results.
The Wither Rose
When the Wither kills a mob, it drops a flower called the Wither Rose. Mysterious Stew may be made by combining the Wither Rose with Red and Brown Mushrooms and a Bowl.
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As this specific variety of Mysterious Stew can poison you with Wither and cause harm, this is incredibly impractical. It is feasible to avoid starving and stay alive, but you will need to eat much more frequently to compensate for the health loss. Not to add that merely removing the bloom yields ordinary Mushroom Stew, which has the same effect but without the Wither.
Piglin Has Become Zombified
When Zombified Piglins are slain, they drop 0 to 1 Rotten Flesh. They will drop zero to four while utilizing a Fortune III weapon. When ingested, Rotten Flesh delivers the same nutrition as an Apple.
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The disadvantage is that it has an 80% chance of inducing hunger for 30 seconds. Consuming many pieces of Rotten Flesh does not stack Hunger, so you can consume enough to raise your Hunger level close to the maximum before it fades. It isn't particularly effective, but it will keep you alive and may be used in conjunction with Gold Nugget farming attempts.
Jockey Piglin Zombified Infant
A Baby Zombified Piglin riding a Chicken will spawn in the Nether with a 0.25 percent probability. When slain, the Chicken will drop Raw Chicken in addition to Rotten Flesh. This may be prepared to give a highly nutritious source of nutrition.
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The primary problem with this food supply is, of course, whether it will even exist. Having a Chicken in the Nether increases the probability somewhat, bringing it up to 5%. Yet at that time, owning a chicken farm might suit you better.
Nether Mushrooms
A convenient food source in the Nether is mushrooms. Brown and red mushrooms may reproduce in almost any place and do not require special lighting. In the Nether, you may simply set up vast mushroom farms.
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Bone Meal from Wither Skeletons may also be used to produce massive Mushrooms. Harvesting with a Fortune III tool will yield a massive quantity. Mushrooms, when paired with a Bowl, produce Mushroom Stew on par with Bread. The Stew doesn't stack, which might take up a lot of inventory space or necessitate quick crafting with a Crafting Bench, which is its single drawback.
Hoglin, Nether
Hoglins are by far the best source of naturally occurring food in the Nether. They may be slain with a Fortune III tool in the Nether's Crimson Forest biome to drop two to four Raw Porkchops and up to seven pork chops.
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Because of the availability of Lava, you may devise ingenious contraptions to kill the Hoglins with fire, causing them to drop Cooked Porkchops. Cooked pork chops are on par with steaks as one of the greatest farmable dishes in the game. Hoglins are aggressive, but secure Hoglin farms may be readily constructed with fencing and strategically placed blocks. With Crimson Fungi, they can breed.
