How to Find a Swamp Hut in Minecraft (Witch Hut)

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Swamp huts - witch huts - generate in swamp biomes. A witch and a black cat spawn inside at world generation, and the hut area keeps spawning witches, which is what makes witch farms possible.

What you need

Boat (swamps are wet)
Weapon (the witch fights back)
Raw fish (optional, for the cat)

Step by step

Explore swamps: swamp huts generate uncommonly in swamp biomes - a small stilt house over the water.
Or buy a map: with the Villager Trade Rebalance experiment, jungle, snowy and taiga cartographers sell swamp explorer maps that lead to a swamp hut.
Meet the residents: one witch and one stray black cat spawn inside at world generation and never despawn (no witch on Peaceful).
Check the interior: a cauldron, a crafting table and a flower pot with a red mushroom.
Edition quirk: the cauldron is always empty in Java, but in Bedrock it holds 1-3 bottles of a random potion - healing, poison, swiftness and more.
Understand the spawning: witches keep spawning anywhere inside the hut's 7x7x9 area - that is why this tiny hut powers the game's great witch farms.
Farm the drops: witches drop glass bottles, glowstone dust, gunpowder, redstone, spider eyes, sugar and sticks - a potion-ingredient factory.
Adopt the cat: cats in the hut area are always black - bring raw cod or salmon to tame one.

Java vs Bedrock

The hut is the same in both editions, with two differences: the cauldron is empty in Java but filled with random potions in Bedrock, and in Bedrock a killed witch respawns on one fixed block inside the hut rather than the whole area.

Versions: Added in 1.4.2 - the Pretty Scary Update (12w40a) - as witch huts. Swamp explorer maps from cartographers arrived with the Villager Trade Rebalance experiment in 1.20.2.

Frequently asked questions

Where do witch huts spawn in Minecraft?

Swamp huts generate uncommonly in swamp biomes - small stilted houses over the water. With the Villager Trade Rebalance experiment, cartographers in jungle, snowy and taiga villages sell maps to them.

Do witches respawn in witch huts?

Yes - witches spawn anywhere within the hut's 7x7x9 bounding area, which is what makes witch farms work. In Bedrock, a killed witch respawns on one specific block inside the hut instead.

What is inside a witch hut in Minecraft?

A cauldron (empty in Java, holding 1-3 random potion bottles in Bedrock), a crafting table and a red mushroom in a flower pot - plus the witch and a black cat that spawn with the hut and never despawn.