Desert Well

Desert wells are piles of sandstone.

Generation[]

Desert wells generate in desert biomes. They have a ¹⁄₁₀₀₀‌^{[JE only]} or ¹⁄₅₀₀‌^{[BE only]} chance to be generated in the given chunk. It is possible for a well to generate around a cactus. The well is considered a feature rather than a structure, and therefore it generates with the "Generate Structures" option disabled.^[1]

Construction[]

Desert wells are built of sandstone blocks and slabs with a water source inside. Underneath the water source, there are some suspicious sand blocks that can be excavated using a brush to get various items.

Loot[]

In Java Edition, each desert well's suspicious sand contains 1 item stacks, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size ^[A]	Weight ^[B]	Chance ^[C]	Avg. per chest ^[D]	Avg. # chests to search ^[E]
Arms Up Pottery Sherd	1	²⁄₈	25.0%	0.250	4.0
Brewer Pottery Sherd	1	²⁄₈	25.0%	0.250	4.0
Brick	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Emerald	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Stick	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Suspicious Stew^[F]	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0

In Bedrock Edition, each desert well's suspicious sand contains 1 item stacks, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size ^[A]	Weight ^[B]	Chance ^[C]	Avg. per chest ^[D]	Avg. # chests to search ^[E]
Arms Up Pottery Sherd	1	²⁄₈	25.0%	0.250	4.0
Brewer Pottery Sherd	1	²⁄₈	25.0%	0.250	4.0
Brick	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Emerald	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Stick	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0
Suspicious Stew^[F]	1	¹⁄₈	12.5%	0.125	8.0

↑ ^a ^b The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.
↑ ^a ^b The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.
↑ ^a ^b The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.
↑ ^a ^b The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.
↑ ^a ^b The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.
↑ ^a ^b The stew grants one of the following effects: 5–7 seconds of Blindness, 7–10 seconds of Jump Boost, 7-10 seconds of Night Vision, 10–20 seconds of Poison, 0.35-0.5 seconds of Saturation, or 6–8 seconds of Weakness.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Configured feature	Identifier
[No displayed name]	`desert_well`

Bedrock Edition:

Feature	Identifier
[No displayed name]	`desert_well_feature`

History[]

Java Edition
1.2.1		12w04a			Added desert wells.
1.20 (Experimental)		23w07a			Desert wells now include sand and suspicious sand under its water.
1.20 (Experimental)		23w07a			The suspicious sand may contain arms up pottery shard, brick, stick, suspicious stew, and emerald.
1.20		23w12a			The loot of the suspicious sand in desert well has been changed.
					Brewer pottery sherds now spawn in desert well with the probability of 1/4.
					The probability of arms up pottery shard spawn in desert well is now 1/4, and the probability of other items spawn in desert well is now 1/8.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0		build 1			Desert wells were intended to be added in this version, but they did not generate at all.^[2]
v0.11.0		build 1			Deserts wells now generate as intended.
Bedrock Edition
1.18.0		?			Desert wells can now generate on terrain higher than Y=128.
1.20.0 (Expermiental)		beta 1.19.70.23			Desert wells now include suspicious sand under its water.
Legacy Console Edition
TU12	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added desert wells.