Witch
The Witch has 26 HP (13 ♥) and deals 2 damage on Normal difficulty (2 on Easy, 3 on Hard). It drops Redstone Dust, Stick, Glass Bottle, gives 5 XP and spawns in Badlands, Bamboo Jungle, Beach. Everything below comes from the Java 26.3 game files.
- HP
- 2613 ♥ hearts
- Damage (Normal)
- 2Easy 2 · Hard 3
- XP dropped
- 5
- Spawns in
- Badlands+53 more biomes
- Drops
- Redstone Dust100%
Witch stats
Game data- HP
- 26
× 13 - Movement speed
- 0.25
- Follow range
- 16 blocks
- Size (width × height)
- 0.6 × 1.95 blocks
- XP when killed
- 5
- Immune to fire
- No
Damage by difficulty
| Difficulty | Damage | Hearts |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 2 | |
| Normal | 2 | |
| Hard | 3 |  |
A melee hit on a player with no armor. Easy = half + 1 (never more than Normal), Hard = 1.5× — the game's own formula.
What does the Witch drop?
CalculatedExact chance per kill, with the Looting levels side by side. Rare drops need the kill to come from a player.
| Item | Chance | Looting 1 | Looting 2 | Looting 3 | Count | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Redstone Dust | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 4–11 | 6 |
 Stick | 33.5% | 40.5% | 43.8% | 44.9% | 1–15 | 0.57 |
     Each of 5: Glass Bottle, Glowstone Dust, Gunpowder, Spider Eye, Sugar | 17.9% | 22% | 24% | 24.6% | 1–15 | 0.29 |
XP and player-only drops need the player to have hit the mob within the last 5 seconds. Armor and weapons a mob spawned with drop separately (8.5% per item, +1% per Looting level).
Your coordinates and biome beside the game
The in-game Companion is a small window beside Minecraft with your live coordinates and the biome you are in, plus every recipe, mob drop and enchantment a search away, so you never alt-tab to a wiki.
- Live coordinates and biome
- Every recipe a search away
- Mob drops and enchantments
Where does the Witch spawn?
Game dataMonster light rules: Overworld block light 0 and light ≤ random 0–7; Nether light ≤ 7; needs spawnable block below
Badlands
Bamboo Jungle
Beach
Birch Forest
Cherry Grove
Dappled Forest
Dark Forest
Desert
Eroded Badlands
Flower Forest
Forest
Frozen Peaks
Frozen River
Grove
Ice Spikes
Jagged Peaks
Jungle
Lush Caves
Mangrove Swamp
Meadow
Old Growth Birch Forest
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Pale Garden
Plains
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Snowy Beach
Snowy Plains
Snowy Slopes
Snowy Taiga
Sparse Jungle
Stony Peaks
Stony Shore
Sunflower Plains
Swamp
Taiga
Windswept Forest
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Hills
Windswept Savanna
Wooded Badlands
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Ocean
Frozen Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Ocean
Warm Ocean
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Dripstone Caves
River
Sulfur CavesAlso spawns in
Share is the mob's slice of its group's spawn attempts in that biome (weight ÷ total weight).
Witch behaviour
Game dataTargets players; in raids heals other raiders
Attacks
- Splash potion: Slowness at ≥8 blocks, Poison if target ≥8 HP, Weakness 25% within 3 blocks; Harming otherwise
Good to know
- Takes 15% damage from magic, indirect magic, sonic boom and thorns
- Drinks Water Breathing, Fire Resistance, Healing (5%) or Swiftness
- Villagers struck by lightning become witches
- Swamp huts spawn witches (structure override)
Advancements with the Witch
Monster Hunter
Kill any hostile monster
Monsters Hunted
Kill one of every hostile monster
Witch ID and summon command
The entity ID is minecraft:witch. Spawn egg: Witch Spawn Egg.
/summon minecraft:witch ~ ~ ~Data: Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 game files. How we source this
The Witch is a hostile mob with 26 health that hits for 2 on Normal. It's one of the most widespread mobs, spawning in 54 biomes. Killing it drops Redstone Dust, Stick, Glass Bottle. Each kill gives 5 XP.
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Witch FAQ (Java 26.3)
How much health does the Witch have?
The Witch has 26 health points, which is 13 hearts, and 0 armor.
How much damage does the Witch do?
Its melee attack deals 2 damage on Easy, 2 on Normal and 3 on Hard, before your armor.
What does the Witch drop?
Redstone Dust (100%), Stick (33.5%), Glass Bottle (17.9%) (chance per kill without Looting), plus 5 XP.
Where does the Witch spawn?
It spawns naturally in 54 biomes, most often in Badlands, Bamboo Jungle, Beach.