Brewing

Brewing is the method by which many potions are made in Minecraft. It is a function that will first be made available in Beta 1.10.(Possible 1.9) Originally Potions were to be brewed in Cauldrons but Jeb later tweeted that Notch and he had come up with a different way to brew.

According to code found in the Beta 1.9 Pre-release 2, Potions are brewed by adding water to a Cauldron, and then combining ingredients. Ingredients in the correct combination would confer beneficial potion effects with no downside, or additional negative status effects. In 1.9, there will be a Brewing Stand to brew potions in.

Complete recipe list
Currently there are lots of ingredient combinations (Ingredients to be added). The following potions were commented by Jeb to be the "Clean ones, that don't require a lot of work."

Health Potions
Mundane potion Instant Health
 * 1) Ghast Tear

Mundane potion Instant Health II
 * 1) Slimeballs
 * 2) Sugar
 * 3) Netherwart

Thick potion Instant Health III
 * 1) Ghast Tear
 * 2) Sugar
 * 3) Netherwart
 * 4) Blaze Powder

Damage Potions
Thick potion Instant Damage III
 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Fermented Spider Eye
 * 3) Netherwart

Speed Potions
Thick Potion Speed II (3:00)


 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Blaze Powder
 * 3) Netherwart
 * 4) Sugar

Fire Resist Potions
Thick potion Fire Resistance (3:00)


 * 1) Magma cream

Harmless Potions
Thick potion Instant Health III

Fire Resist (3:00)


 * 1) Magma Cream
 * 2) Ghast Tear

Mundane potion Speed (3:00)

Instant Health


 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Ghast Tear

Thick potion Speed II (3:00)

Fire Resistance (3:00)


 * 1) Magma Cream
 * 2) Sugar

Mundane Potion Speed (3:00)

Water breathing (3:00)


 * 1) Spider Eye
 * 2) Sugar
 * 3) Dilute with water

This recipe can be diluted with water endlessly to duplicate the potion.

Base Potions
Thick Potion

Amplifies speed, health and fire resistance. Hunger (1:30) is a very common side-effect. Recipes using Blaze Powder cannot be made.


 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Fermented Spider Eye
 * 3) Dilute with water (can be performed an infinite number of times to duplicate)
 * 4) Nether Wart

Elegant Potion

Instant damage III, Water breathing (3:00), and Hunger (1:30)
 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Blaze Powder
 * 3) Magma Cream
 * 4) Fermented Spider Eye
 * 5) Spider Eye
 * 6) Ghast Tear
 * 7) Nether Wart

Dashing Potion

Slowness (4:00), Instant Health II, Hunger (1:30)
 * 1) Ghast Tear
 * 2) Spider Eye
 * 3) Blaze Powder

Harsh Potion

Slowness (4:00), Hunger (1:30), Poison III (1:30)
 * 1) Ghast Tear
 * 2) Spider Eye
 * 3) Fermented Spider Eye