Witch

HostileHealth: 26 (13 hearts)JavaBedrock

Quick answer: Swamp witch huts at night, raids (from wave 3-4), and anywhere a villager is struck by lightning.

How to find Witch

Swamp witch huts at night, raids (from wave 3-4), and anywhere a villager is struck by lightning.

Spawn conditions: Witch huts in swamps (a 7x9x4 spawn volume), raids, and villagers converted by lightning. Raid farms double as witch farms.

Drops

ItemAmountNotes
Glass Bottle / Glowstone Dust / Gunpowder / Redstone / Spider Eye / Stick / Sugar4-8 item types, 0-2 each (Looting adds more)Witch farms produce all of these, especially redstone and glowstone
Potion being drunk18.5% chance (+1% per Looting) if killed mid-drink

How to kill Witch

Rush it before it drinks: witches drink Potions of Healing (4 hearts), Fire Resistance, Water Breathing and Swiftness. A bow from outside its potion range works too. Never let it splash you near other mobs.

Behavior

Throws splash potions of Poison (up to 44s), Slowness, Weakness and Harming. Drinks counter-potions: heals when hurt, fire resistance when burning, water breathing when submerged, swiftness when far away.

Taming and breeding

Cannot be tamed or bred.

Related mobs: PillagerVillagerZombie