The Ultimate Minecraft 1.20 Guide To Fighting The Wither 

Recently just fought and defeated the Enderdragon for the first time legitimately in my collective 10 years playing Minecraft. Literally just attempted fighting the Wither underground (Bedrock Edition). When the Wither exploded upon death, it revealed a cave with a massive lava pool. Long story short, the Nether Star is not immune to lava…

I spawn the Wither in the deep dark and let the Warden kill it, works every time.

The bees going after the wither made me laugh. Brave little guys

Recently I've been wearing Frost Walker boots and spawning the wither on a lily pad in the middle of the ocean. It's a fun, challenging way to kill it without any real preparations, or having to cheese it. Frost Walker will freeze you a path, so strafe left and right and the ocean will fill in anything he blows up. Good fun

I can’t even begin to thank you for all your videos. I am playing with my kids(it’s their favorite game and I had never played). We are having a blast and your videos are so helpful. Thank you so much

I've been thinking about fighting the wither so I'm glad you uploaded this Found your channel on complete accident, but stayed because you're probably the most helpful minecraft guide channel imo

If you have an iron farm, my favorite strategy is spawn wither underground with 5-7 iron golems and let them do the work for you

Great video I love that more and more you are including stuff for bedrock along side Java. It's very much appreciated!

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE FOR A MONTH! Thank you so much! Going to fight 3 withers tonight and this vid helps me prepare 🙏🏼

This is one of the few channels with both quality and quantity!

Tip: Using tipped arrows of healing will damage the wither more . Also use a power V bow with it and hit the wither with the axe(any type) that has smith(5). But make sure to wear your best armour to be protected from heavy damage. Hope ya'll have a nice day not ragequiting because of dying to the wither. 😘

Your timing is amazing, I was considering of killing the wither to make a beacon. Loving your content🙌

IMPORTANT!! If you're trying to fight him on pocket edition; TURN OFF TILE DROPS!! This is the only thing that makes fighting the wither at all possible on PE. Turning off tile drops stops blocks from dropping and turning the game into a power point presentation lol.

I discovered your channel about a week ago. Been binge watching all ur vids. Glad to be here on a day you drop a new video.

Hey I used the underground battle method in Java 1.19 just now on Normal diff. and it worked better than I would've expected. The Wither despawned just as the initial Strength II and Regen. potions were expiring. Cheers and Merry Christmas to you!

From my experience with the Bedrock Wither, the 2nd phase is almost impossible. Every time I have tried to fight the wither he flies away and I cant hit him with my sword. And don't forget the dash attack if you are in hard mode...

For the more authentic fight you can kite the wither with a potion of swiftness. It's fairly easy to completely dodge its attacks, whilst still shooting it with your bow. (I've only ever done this in Java)

Just fought the wither in bedrock and wow, didn’t expect it to be that hard. Without your tips I probably would’ve died within the first minute .

Great video, I never realized the end trick in java needed you to be facing west when you put it together.

Here's a tip I don't see often: Before fighting the wither in BE console like Xbox or Ps, go down to settings and turn off tile drops. This stops the blocks from dropping when a wither destroys an environment. Then you can simply turn it back on once it's been defeated

Your videos are incredibly beneficial, thank you and keep uploading

Man I love ur channel! I know all this but always watch to find out niche stats! Great content as always! Very underated channel! I push your name to everyone I really can! I'm on bedrock but good to know both platforms! Much love! 🖤🖤🖤🖤

Eye: *Gets close call with wither* Eye: *goes inside* Eye: *makes sure to close door* His brain: "yeah, that'll stop him!

"And so we're gonna summon this in in this peaceful plains biome next to a village" Classic. Sweet video!!

great video thank you, explains perfectly everything you need and about the wither!

I really like the way you narrate your videos, very easy to listen to.

I notice that there's no section in this video for how to fight the Wither in its home dimension. So, as a public service, allow me to share with you my strategy for battling the Wither in the Nether: Don't.

You did say some parts before but a single video just for that topic is so nice thank you for guides

awesome video, that bedrock edition easy kill method blew me away!

Also, in bedrock the witcher gets stronger every time is defeated, so the next fight he Will get into 2 phase much faster with that infamous rush attack

Got my first nether star. Super thaaaanks!

if you want more wither skeletons make more nether brick if you add more around the chunks of a fortress they seem to spawn more efficiently and fun fact other mobs cannot spawn on wither roses so if you get enough of those you can make an efficient farm they also run away from dogs. Sidenote: The wither is undead smite and healing potions do damage to it it would be a decent idea to make a smite 5 sword for not just killing the wither but harvesting the skeleton skulls and make healing potions into splash potions they do damage and heal you at the same time also are generally faster to use than drinking it. If you beat the dragon use healing arrows instead of instant damage arrows as they also do more damage.

Is your netherite mining guide still up to date? Thanks man love your videos! I find them very informative!!!

thanks for including that bedrock tip, i play on that version, and its nice when youtubers remember java isn't the only minecraft. its too bad in bedrock strays don't drop the wither skulls anymore from charged creepers.

Thank you for explaining things for Bedrock Edition.

Greater idea: make an iron farm and pumpkin farm then make an army of iron golems summon it and enjoy the fight Pov Iron golems smashes either to his last breath u collect nether star and make primary beacon with the help of iron farm 😂😌

thanks for doing one of these for version 1.19

Thanks for the help. Just beat the wither for the first time solo.

Very nice! Very organized!😀

The best part is that he does it in survival mode. Great Vid!

thankyou! Cant wait to beat my first wither!pls make a vid about the warden and dragon!!

Yo! New to your channel. Just wanted to say, I appreciate your videos!

Great video!

I love how relaxed your demeanor is compared to lots of Minecraft creators. Reminds me of the Canadian guy who makes calming videos about relaxing in the outdoors.

4:35 Having your bow in your offhand and a looting sword in your main hand gives your bow looting, so you can still use a bow or crossbow to get wither skeleton skulls easy.

I think the bedrock end strat has been patched now, can't seem to destroy the gateway by planting the crimson/warped tree anymore...

You really are a great RU-vidr helping out the newbies to Minecraft

ive been wanting to do the wither for years and years, im always to scared, hopefuly this video will make me take the plunge

Has to be the best minecraft youtuber I've ever seen, can you maybe do a lets play so we can see you enjoy the game with your tricks?

Thank you!

Definitely doing this

If you hold a bow in your off hand, and a looting 3 knockback sword in your main hand, you will get the looting and knockback effects from the sword when your shoot your bow. (Java only)

I killed five wither before watching this I literally broke my best Armour fighting the withers thank you for uploading this I also didn't know smite useful at all I am certainly making a smite sword now

Thankyou I often struggle with the wither

Awesome, thanks

well I'm about to fight 5 withers at once so this definitely helps! thank youuuuuuu

your right in line with my progression on our server lol. ill never not be nervous to spawn this guy until i master the end portal trap

Bro thank you so much.

I've been doing the "Java End Wither Fight" a few times now, and it always ends up causing some, actually very minor, destruction to the area around my house (but never the house itself...?). For example, I have a bubble elevator outside of my house, and some of the glass always ends up missing when I return from the Wither fight, and it's always in the same spot. After the first time this happened, I have always made backups before the fight, to use if it happens again, and it does. Behind the house, there can be a hole, much like the ones creepers make, and there can be INDIVIDUAL BLOCKS missing in random places that don't make sense. My respawn point is the bed inside my house, so does the wither somehow shoot his skulls through the end portal above his head and into my house, but it passes through the walls and breaks the same bubble elevator, and a few other random places, and somehow this all is happening when the overworld is not...rendered? I'm still so highly confused about this. Edit: I suspected that I maybe should have watched the complete segment of the video. Still very interesting! I will fix my fight spot now.

1 Dig up to the upper bedrock in the nether. 2 Blow up the area looking for some sort of 2x2x2 hole. 3 From the lowermost bedrock block count two blocks down of space for walking. Cover the floor with a double layer of obsidian and make some walls as well. Now you have your arena. 4 Under your selected hole summon the Wither. You can soften him up with arrows at first, then aproach with a smite V sword. You can also directly aproach him with melee after he explodes. The wither tends to ascend into the hole, leaving the lower part of its body exposed. The hole blocks both its vision and most of its skull attacks. It will descend once it deploys its shield, so kill him quickly. 5 The arena should have recieceved a little damage from the blue wither skulls, repair it after each battle. 6 Optional: At least in java 1.16.5 the Wither's second phase is NOT immune to rockets from a crossbow. You can effectively range him all the way with a quickcharge crossbow and 7 star fireworks if you are still not feeling confident. 7 Optional: If you are gonna make a habit of killing withers for wathever purpose you can try to place some beacons over the arena by going through bedrock. Bonus points if you build it all over a nether fortress for quicker skull farming.

My friend was just talking about fighting the Wither yesterday. Funnily enough, he wanted a creeper farm yesterday too and JC Playz uploaded a vid on one.

Thank you! I plat PS4 and wasn't sure how to deal with the wither to get multiple beacons without risking my world now that it keeps phasing through the end portal. If this works on any end gate there are a few I know of out of the way I found while gathering elyctra that would be good for this, will have to try this out as soon as I can get more skulls! XD

Looking for a good guide to beat this. In a hard difficulty playthrough on Bedrock, so I hope you at least touch on that version a bit. Always good content.

Thank you for adding the bedrock technique

Hi. Thanks for telling that old wither killing method was patched in 1.19 PE as I am playing after a few months and was about to get few more becons .

I did what you said and spawned it underground now here is a wither rampaging through my friends realm and I can’t kill it because a zombie picked up my armour and sword when I died

Thanks!

Hey eyecraft also make a video on tips to fight the warden and ender dragon too! That would be great!

Best Minecraft channel. Such a great change from all the other RU-vidrs that seem like they took uppers right before they start filming LOL

thank you

work ! ty i mean for the java tech !

Would a jar of honey get rid of the wither effects? Also I like how the easy way to kill it in bedrock involves killing the end dragon at least twice lol. I'll have to give the bedrock cage a try though.

Looking forward to next survival stream!

Damn, could have helped me yesterday.

In Bedrock edition, getting tipped arrows of healing II is very easy. Using a Power V bow and healing II arrows will chunk through the Wither's health, even in hard difficulty of bedrock edition

Has the nether wart thing been patched or does it still work bc it didn't work for me gonna keep trying though

Literally Perfect timing, I am about to fight the wither

Hey can some body help me I tried using the crimson fungus to break the end gateway but it ain't breaking but I did broke it in creative and spawned the wither and it got stuck can someone tell me is their another way to break the end gateway

Oh the blooming thing does regenerate in bedrock. Every time I get back to it from spawn point the little rascal is back too full health lol

Defeating the Wither is one of the only things I haven't done in mc. Now I need to stock up on skulls!

I was just thinking about about this today......... it's like you read my mind 😄

Bro seeing you summon the wither in the over world gives me and my hardcore world ptsd lol

I had no idea you could make a bridge going forwards! I can't be alone on this 😂

When you do make a safe place to fight the wither skeletons be sure to put torches in it so they won't spawn in there.

First time I fought the wither I had a horde of iron golems ready for phase 2 and they absolutely smashed it lmao

I have found that for Bedrock edition, the “normal” method is easier than spawning the wither underground. The bedrock wither seems to like to move around a lot more. I find it a lot easier to actually gets hits on him. Also, spawning him underground makes him break a lot blocks, which drop and cause a lot of lag. For reference, I play on PE on Hard Mode.

I just fought the Wither an hour ago on my Pocket Edition (phone) Hardcore world (I limit myself to one death, there isn't actually Hardcore mode) with full Protection IV Netherite helmet, chestplate and leggings; boots had Fire Protection III. My arsenal was a Smite V Netherite sword, Power IV Bow, three Strength II potions, three Night Vision potions (8:00), two Regeneration II potions, three Golden Apples, two Totems of Undying and a stack of steak. The battle took place at bedrock in the Overworld, far from my base. The first half was pretty easy, absorbing almost no damage, there was no lag (yet), and in just one minute, I had him down to half health. Now, I forgot that the Wither blasts out when turning to melee only, so that used up one of my Totems. From here, the battle just became 10x worse. I was lagging with about I'd say 8FPS from the amount of tile drops and destruction. At this point, I just wanted to get out, but I stupidly underestimated the dude and made no exit. I had made a long-ish exit, but he destroyed it with ease. I could not even get near him and get a hit off with his speed and my lag combined. I look at my health bar with ALL of my consumables and Totems used up, and I was at TWO hearts. I already knew at that point that this was the end of me and my world, and it didn't take long before I was blown up. So now for my advice on fighting the Wither on phone, on Hard mode/ Hardcore: just don't go into battle with one of these guys. Without my lag, I would have definitely defeated him, but since I'm on mobile with a standard phone, I doubt there was any chance of victory. If you do decide to battle the Wither, I highly suggest NOT doing it deep underground in the Overworld. Instead, battle him on a flat surface in the Overworld, FAR from any of your bases/ creations, prepared with everything I used and more. Go from Golden Apples to Enchanted Golden Apples, two Totems to six totems, just improve wherever you can. Lastly, you can just trap the Wither in the End Gateway Portal, but I didn't want my first Wither fight on this world to be such a joke, I wanted to fight it the proper way. In conclusion, the Wither fight on Pocket Edition is DEFINITELY the hardest and most dangerous battle there is.

As a bedrock player, I can prove that the wither was a massive pain in my a-

Don’t use knock back especially on blazes! It gives them more time to shoot fire and you could end up knocking a wither skeleton off into lava/out of reach!

I wanted to add that if you are playing this on a console (in particular a Switch) the lag gets so bad it makes this fight nearly (or completely) impossible. Many Switch users gave up on fighting this. I recently had the same issues and my Switch froze at 0 fps trying to fight the Wither in phase 2. So, I went with fighting it in the rain with Riptide III in open ocean and it worked great, with 0 lag on the Switch. It was actually a fun fight. I would just say for anyone trying it, do do the following: Potion of Night Vision, Potion of Strength II, Potion of water breathing (in case he goes under the water), potion of slow fall x2 (mandatory unless you have elytra), some golden apples and good food. And of course a max enchanted trident with Riptide III. I made a small platform with the wither frame and a bed and waited for it to start raining in the middle of the ocean, and summoned him as soon as it started raining (rain lasts a minimum of 10 minutes, so more than enough time). On the Switch the only time it tried to lag was one time as I was falling down switching potions in my inventory I went under water and the Wither charge attacked through the ocean floor and it started lagging. But I riptide'd up into the air and he followed me up and it ran smooth again.

You forgot to mention enchanted golden apples if you find any. Since I've been ancient city farming I got 18 enchanted golden apples not to mention the resistance seems to be a counter for the wither effect.

Take buckets of milk with you as they help remove the Wither II effect. It’s easier to obtain compared to potions. 😅

The underground method is great, even on bedrock I've found it works great. Just sit back and pepper the tail with a bow

love these videos bro, im an og minecraft player and still learn new tricks. not only that, they’re just entertaining. W youtube channel

For wither skeletons, let it hit your sheild and then immediately hit it with a knock back sword(and repeat)

if you have invinsable and strenght potions you can esaely go true the nether fortres and grind for wither skeletons with eze

your voice is so soothing

I think holding a fortune sword in one hand transfers the fortune over to bowshots in your other hand

You forgot the part where you play that one sick as hell track from story mode while you fight it. It gives 0 benefits, it's just cool

When killing skeletons, if I recall from one of your previous videos, equipping the sword in the main hand, bow in the offhand, and shooting skeletons with the bow, the looting effect works. Is that still true?