How to Beat Witches

Quick answer

• Witches throw splash potions of Harming and Poison at you.
• They drink potions to protect themselves, so close the gap fast.
• They drop useful brewing items: Redstone, Glowstone dust, gunpowder and more.

Witches are some of the trickiest Overworld mobs. They don't hit you, they poison you from range.

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Where they spawn

• Anywhere in the dark, like other monsters.
• In swamp huts, with a black cat.
• When lightning strikes near a villager, it turns into a witch.
• In some raid waves.

How to beat one

1. Sprint at it. Witches are dangerous at range, not up close.
2. Hit it fast before it has time to drink a potion.
3. If you get poisoned, drink milk.

What they drop

Drop	Amount
Redstone	4 to 8
Glowstone dust	0 to 6
Gunpowder	0 to 6
Glass bottle	0 to 6
Spider eye	0 to 6
Sugar	0 to 6
Stick	0 to 6

Cheat sheet

• Harming and poison potions
• Rush them, bring milk
• Drop redstone, glowstone and gunpowder
• Swamp huts always spawn witches