Nether Sprouts are a non-solid fungus block that generates naturally in Warped Forest biomes, the teal-colored corner of the Nether introduced in Minecraft 1.16. Unlike roots, fungi, and warped wart blocks, Nether Sprouts are the only warped-forest plant with no crimson equivalent, which makes the block visually distinctive rather than a mirrored asset. Nether Sprouts spread as a low ground cover on top of warped nylium and can be mined instantly with any tool, but the block drops nothing unless the player uses shears. Applying bone meal directly to a Nether Sprout has no effect; instead, using bone meal on nearby warped nylium causes Nether Sprouts to generate alongside other nether foliage.

Nether Sprouts serve two practical roles for builders and survival players. The plant feeds a composter with a 50% chance of raising the level by one, which makes Nether Sprouts a renewable source of bone meal when a warped-forest farm is nearby. Visually, Nether Sprouts read as a pale, stringy ground decoration that pairs naturally with warped stems, warped nylium, and warped wart blocks in terraformed Nether hubs. Nether Sprouts can be placed on dirt, grass, farmland, podzol, soul soil, and nylium, but the item cannot be planted in a flower pot and breaks the moment the supporting block or flowing water displaces it. Treat Nether Sprouts as a fragile accent block rather than a structural one, since hardness and blast resistance are both 0.