Hello people. I seem to have a question about the new Prison update. In Collin's post, it says "Nether wart needs a light level of at least 9 to grow.". I don't quite understand what that means. Please tell me how the nether warts work. Thank you for taking your time on reading my thread and have a good day. <3
The light level affects plant growth in Minecraft. It also effects mob spawning. A light level lower than 7 will allow hostile mobs to spawn. Netherwarts do not need light, but with the plugin that has been added you do need light.
Here's a nice guide about light levels http://minecraft.wikia.com/wiki/Light . Glowstone should do the trick
press F3 and you will see something labeled 'bl' that number needs to be greater than 9 and generally having torches around will be sufficient. netherwart can grow in any conditions just about but remember nether wart can take longer than 20 minutes to grow