Brewing

Potion brewing chart (most efficient recipes, excludes splash potions).

Brewing is the process of creating potions, splash potions and lingering potions by adding various ingredients to water bottles in a brewing stand.

Brewing potions

Brewing recipe

By placing one or more bottles in the lower three slots of the brewing interface, an ingredient in the upper slot, and blaze powder in the fuel slot,^{[Computer and Console editions]} you can distill the ingredient into each bottle and brew potions which may be consumed to grant an effect to the player.

Every potion starts with a water bottle, made by filling a glass bottle at a water source or filled cauldron. Using blaze powder,^{[Computer and Console editions]} the next step is to add a primary ingredient to create a base potion, which is usually Nether Wart, which creates an awkward potion and has no effects. By brewing a second ingredient into a base potion in the same manner, you can create a potion with a working effect. A third ingredient may be added to make the effect more intense or last longer, or turn the effect harmful. Gunpowder can be added to a potion at any stage to convert it to a splash potion, which can be thrown (or fired using a dispenser) to disperse its effect in a radius. Finally, dragon's breath can be added to a splash potion to convert it to a lingering potion, which can be used to disperse its effect in a bubble. Each brewing step takes 20 seconds.

Each blaze powder used as fuel^{[Computer and Console editions]} provides 20 fuel points. It costs 1 fuel point to start brewing one ingredient; this fuel point is not recovered if the brewing is halted due to removing the ingredient or the potions being brewed into.

Video

Note: The video is outdated; it does not mention the potions of Invisibility, Leaping, Night Vision or Water Breathing or their ingredients. Also the brewing stand now requires Blaze Powder in the computer and console editions.

Brewing Equipment

Name	Icon	Use
Brewing Stand		Used to add ingredients into water bottles.
Cauldron		Each one can hold a bucket of water (after placement). Will fill 3 glass bottles.
Blaze Powder		Needed to fuel the brewing stand.[Computer and Console editions]
Glass Bottle		Container for all kinds of potions.
Water Bottle		The starting base for all potions. Made by filling a glass bottle from a cauldron or water source.

Ingredients

Base Ingredients

Base ingredients are the starting point of all potions. Nether Wart is the primary ingredient added to water bottles at this stage, as it is required to make most of the potions. Fermented Spider Eye allows making a Potion of Weakness. All other base ingredients do not allow making anything useful.

Name	Icon	When added makes
Nether Wart		Awkward Potion
Glowstone Dust		Thick Potion
Redstone		Mundane Potion (extended)
Fermented Spider Eye		Potion of Weakness

Secondary Ingredients

Secondary ingredients imbue an Awkward Potion with a particular effect but do not alter potion duration or intensity. When added directly to a water bottle, any of these ingredients will produce a Mundane Potion (with the exception the golden carrot, which can't be brewed into a water bottle to make a potion).

Name	Icon	Effect
Magma Cream		Fire Resistance
Sugar		Speed
Glistering Melon		Instant Health
Spider Eye		Poison
Ghast Tear		Regeneration
Blaze Powder		Strength
Golden Carrot		Night Vision
Pufferfish		Water Breathing
Rabbit's Foot		Leaping

Modifiers

Modifiers change the potion's properties. The "longer duration" and "more potent" versions of a potion can be forever interchanged.

Name	Icon	When added
Redstone		Increases duration
Glowstone Dust		Increases level
Gunpowder		Turns into a splash
Dragon's Breath		Turns into a lingering
Fermented Spider Eye		Corrupts effect (see below)

Corrupting Effect: Fermented Spider Eyes will change a potion's base effect, often reversing it or producing a negative potion.

• A "corrupted" potion usually does the opposite of the original potion.
• Potions of Invisibility are considered a "corrupted" version of the Potions of Night Vision. Instead of seeing at maximum brightness, you turn invisible.

Potions

Main article: Potions

Primary

All primary potions are created by brewing a single ingredient with a water bottle. All potions can be combined with gunpowder to create splash potions.

Potion	Base	Reagent	Effect	Precursor to
Awkward Potion	Water Bottle	Nether Wart	None	Potion of Healing Potion of Fire Resistance Potion of Poison Potion of Regeneration Potion of Strength Potion of Swiftness Potion of Night Vision Potion of Water Breathing Potion of Leaping
Mundane Potion	Water Bottle	Redstone , Ghast Tear, Glistering Melon, Blaze Powder, Magma Cream, Sugar, Spider Eye, or Rabbit's Foot	None	None
Thick Potion	Water Bottle	Glowstone Dust	None	None
Potion of Weakness	Water Bottle	Fermented Spider Eye	Reduces all melee attacks by 4 () damage.	Potion of Weakness (extended)

Secondary

Secondary potions are created by brewing an ingredient with a primary potion and can be combined with gunpowder to create their throwable splash potion counterparts.

Positive

Potion	Base	Reagent	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Healing	Awkward Potion	Glistering Melon	Restores per potion.	Instant
Potion of Fire Resistance	Awkward Potion	Magma Cream	Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks.	3:00
Potion of Regeneration	Awkward Potion	Ghast Tear	Restores health over time by approximately every 2.4 seconds.	0:45
Potion of Strength	Awkward Potion	Blaze Powder	Increases damage dealt with melee attacks by 3 ().	3:00
Potion of Swiftness	Awkward Potion	Sugar	Increases player's movement speed, sprinting speed, and jumping length by approximately 20%.	3:00
Potion of Night Vision	Awkward Potion	Golden Carrot	Makes everything appear to be at max light level, including underwater areas.	3:00
Potion of Water Breathing	Awkward Potion	Pufferfish	Does not deplete the oxygen bar when underwater.	3:00
Potion of Leaping	Awkward Potion	Rabbit's Foot	Allows the player to jump about ½ blocks higher	3:00

Negative

Potion	Base	Reagent	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Poison	Awkward Potion	Spider Eye	Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to at most, at a rate of approximately every 1.5 seconds.	0:45
Potion of Weakness (extended)	Potion of Weakness	Redstone	Reduces all melee attacks by 4 () damage.	4:00

Tertiary

Tertiary potions are created by brewing an ingredient with a secondary potion or another tertiary potion and can be combined with gunpowder to create their throwable splash potion counterparts.

Positive

Potion	Base	Reagent	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Fire Resistance (extended)	Potion of Fire Resistance	Redstone	Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks.	8:00
Potion of Healing II	Potion of Healing	Glowstone Dust	Restores per potion.	Instant
Potion of Regeneration (extended)	Potion of Regeneration	Redstone	Restores health over time by approximately every 2.4 seconds.	1:30
Potion of Regeneration II	Potion of Regeneration	Glowstone Dust	Restores health over time by approximately every 1.2 seconds.	0:21
Potion of Strength (extended)	Potion of Strength	Redstone	Increases damage dealt with melee attacks by 3 ().	8:00
Potion of Strength II	Potion of Strength	Glowstone Dust	Increases damage dealt with melee attacks by 6 ().	1:30
Potion of Swiftness (extended)	Potion of Swiftness	Redstone	Increases player's movement, sprinting speed, and jumping length by approximately 20%.[Verify]	8:00
Potion of Swiftness II	Potion of Swiftness	Glowstone Dust	Increases player's movement, sprinting speed, and jumping length by approximately 40%.[Verify]	1:30
Potion of Night Vision (extended)	Potion of Night Vision	Redstone	Makes everything appear to be at max light level, including underwater areas.	8:00
Potion of Invisibility	Potion of Night Vision	Fermented Spider Eye	Renders the player invisible. Equipped/wielded items are still visible.	3:00
Potion of Invisibility (extended)	Potion of Night Vision (extended)	Fermented Spider Eye	Renders the player invisible. Equipped/wielded items are still visible.	8:00
Potion of Invisibility (extended)	Potion of Invisibility	Redstone	Renders the player invisible. Equipped/wielded items are still visible.	8:00
Potion of Water Breathing (extended)	Potion of Water Breathing	Redstone	Does not deplete the oxygen bar when underwater.	8:00
Potion of Leaping II	Potion of Leaping	Glowstone Dust	Allows the player to jump 1 ½ blocks higher	1:30
Potion of Leaping (extended)	Potion of Leaping or Potion of Leaping II	Redstone	Allows the player to jump about 1/2 blocks higher	8:00

Negative

Potion	Base	Reagent	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Harming	Potion of Healing or Potion of Poison (base or extended)	Fermented Spider Eye	Inflicts of damage.	Instant
Potion of Harming II	Potion of Healing II or Potion of Poison II	Fermented Spider Eye	Inflicts of damage.	Instant
Potion of Harming II	Potion of Harming	Glowstone Dust	Inflicts of damage.	Instant
Potion of Poison (extended)	Potion of Poison	Redstone	Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to a minimum of , at a rate of approximately every 1.5 seconds.	1:30
Potion of Poison II	Potion of Poison	Glowstone Dust	Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to a minimum of , at a rate of approximately every 1.5 seconds.	0:21
Potion of Slowness	Potion of Swiftness or Potion of Leaping	Fermented Spider Eye	Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.	1:30
Potion of Slowness (extended)	Potion of Slowness	Redstone	Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.	3:00
Potion of Slowness (extended)	Potion of Swiftness (extended) or Potion of Leaping (extended)	Fermented Spider Eye	Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.	3:00

Recipes

The following are the most efficient recipes to brew each potion. If two ingredients may be brewed in any order relative to each other, they are separated by a double arrow (↔).

Weakness

Fermented Spider Eye

Weakness Ext

Fermented Spider Eye → Redstone

Strength

Nether Wart → Blaze Powder

Strength Ext

Nether Wart → Blaze Powder → Redstone

Strength II

Nether Wart → Blaze Powder → Glowstone Dust

Regeneration

Nether Wart → Ghast Tear

Regeneration Ext

Nether Wart → Ghast Tear → Redstone

Regeneration II

Nether Wart → Ghast Tear → Glowstone Dust

Swiftness

Nether Wart → Sugar

Swiftness Ext

Nether Wart → Sugar → Redstone

Swiftness II

Nether Wart → Sugar → Glowstone Dust

Slowness

Nether Wart → Sugar → Fermented Spider Eye

Nether Wart → Rabbit's Foot → Fermented Spider Eye

Slowness Ext

Nether Wart → Sugar → Fermented Spider Eye ↔ Redstone

Nether Wart → Rabbit's Foot → Fermented Spider Eye ↔ Redstone

Healing

Nether Wart → Glistering Melon

Healing II

Nether Wart → Glistering Melon → Glowstone Dust

Harming

Nether Wart → Glistering Melon → Fermented Spider Eye

Nether Wart → Spider Eye → Fermented Spider Eye

Harming II

Nether Wart → Glistering Melon → Fermented Spider Eye ↔ Glowstone Dust

Nether Wart → Spider Eye → Fermented Spider Eye ↔ Glowstone Dust

Poison

Nether Wart → Spider Eye

Poison Ext

Nether Wart → Spider Eye → Redstone

Poison II

Nether Wart → Spider Eye → Glowstone Dust

Fire Resistance

Nether Wart → Magma Cream

Fire Resistance Ext

Nether Wart → Magma Cream → Redstone

Night Vision

Nether Wart → Golden Carrot

Night Vision ext

Nether Wart → Golden Carrot → Redstone

Invisibility

Nether Wart → Golden Carrot → Fermented Spider Eye

Invisibility ext

Nether Wart → Golden Carrot → Fermented Spider Eye ↔ Redstone

Water Breathing

Nether Wart → Pufferfish

Water Breathing ext

Nether Wart → Pufferfish → Redstone

Leaping

Nether Wart → Rabbit's Foot

Leaping II

Nether Wart → Rabbit's Foot → Glowstone Dust

Leaping ext

Nether Wart → Rabbit's Foot → Redstone

Unbrewable potions

The Potion of Luck^{[Computer and Console editions]} and the Potion of Decay^{[Pocket edition only]} cannot be brewed, and can only be obtained by commands such as /give @p minecraft:potion 1 0 {Potion:luck}, or through the creative inventory.

History

Potions brewing in cauldrons (1.9 pre2).

Official release
1.0.0		Beta 1.9-pre2		Initially, the cauldron was where potions were brewed, though cauldrons were not assigned a block ID, rendering potions unobtainable except through modding the cauldron so that it would be obtainable. When the cauldron was obtained, potions could be brewed by adding water to the cauldron followed by certain ingredients. Correctly combined ingredients would confer purely beneficial potion effects, and incorrect combinations added negative effects. The system was complicated, lacked a GUI, and formed many duplicate potions (i.e. two potions that were exactly the same could be made in several different ways), so Notch and Jeb came up with a new brewing method using a brewing stand.
		Beta 1.9-pre3		A brewing GUI was added and most duplicate potions were removed (the total possible potions went down from 150 combinations to only 25 different potions in 31 combinations). Some status effects available in earlier 1.9 pre-releases as potions became inaccessible (e.g. Nausea, Blindness and Invisibility).
		Beta 1.9-pre4		Throwable splash potions introduced – brewed by placing gunpowder and any potion together in a brewing stand.
				Glistering melon was added to be the ingredient for the Potion of Healing, until this point conferred by the ghast tear, which was itself changed to create the Potion of Regeneration instead.
				Converted certain ingredients into base-secondary ingredients (the spider eye, glistering melon and blaze powder made Mundane Potion when brewed into a water bottle in addition to their previous functions), bringing the potion total to 28 different potions in 35 combinations.
1.1		12w01a		The time to brew potions was decreased to 20 seconds.
1.4.2		12w34a		Brewing recipes for Potions of Night Vision and Invisibility added: Potion of Night Vision is brewed by adding a golden carrot to an Awkward Potion. Potion of Invisibility is brewed by adding a fermented spider eye to a Potion of Night Vision.
1.5		13w01a		Hoppers added, which can place and take items in and out from brewing stands.
1.7.2		13w36a		Potions of Water Breathing added; they can be brewed by adding a pufferfish to an Awkward Potion.
1.8		14w27a		Added Potion of Leaping; it is brewed by adding a rabbit's foot to an Awkward Potion.
1.8.1		1.8.1-pre1		The potion of leaping can now be extended using redstone.
1.9		15w31a		Glowstone and redstone can no longer be added to extended potions, and redstone can no longer be added to tier-II potions.
				Potions of Weakness can no longer be made using a thick potion, mundane potion, awkward potion, potion of Regeneration, or potion of Strength.
				Potions of Slowness can no longer be made using a potion of Fire Resistance.
				Potions of Harming can no longer be made using a potion of Water Breathing.
				Removed reverted potions, see removed features for more information on them.
				Splash potions can now be created from all potions, including water bottles.
		15w33a		Added lingering potions.
		15w42a		Blaze powder is now required as fuel for brewing.
		15w43a		Blaze powder as fuel reduced from 30 points to 20.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1		build 1		Added potions and brewing.
Console Edition
TU7	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	Added potions and brewing.
TU14		1.04		Added Night Vision and Invisibility Potions.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15	Added lingering potions.
				Blaze powder is now required as fuel for brewing.

Potion type history

Based on information found in minecraft.jar/lang/en_US.lang, the current potion types are listed below:

• Potion of Swiftness
• Potion of Slowness
• Potion of Strength
• Potion of Weakness
• Potion of Healing
• Potion of Harming
• Potion of Regeneration
• Potion of Fire Resistance
• Potion of Water Breathing
• Potion of Poison
• Potion of Night Vision
• Potion of Invisibility
• Potion of Leaping

Due to changes in the brewing system, the following potions are currently not accessible:

• Potion of Haste
• Potion of Dullness
• Potion of Nausea
• Potion of Blindness
• Potion of Hunger
• Potion of Decay
• Potion of Resistance

Some potions also do not have a real name in minecraft (i.e. Potion of potion.healthBoost.postFix) and are currently not accessible

• Potion of potion.healthBoost.postFix
• Potion of potion.absorption.postFix
• Potion of potion.saturation.postFix

Trivia

Splash potion brewed using gunpowder.

• As long as at least one of the three bottom spaces is filled, the brewing will continue, and additional bottles of water or potion can be added. However, if the ingredient is removed, or the bottom 3 slots are emptied at any time during the process, the process will stop and nothing will have been brewed.
• The three potions do not necessarily have to be the same.
• Upgrading effect of potion that has no time parameter (i.e. Instant Health, Harming) with glowstone dust has no downsides.
• Upgrading one of the above's level II effect using glowstone will seemingly revert it to the original (metadata-wise, this is not the case).
• Upgrading a potion that has no level II effect (i.e. Fire Resistance, Slowness, Weakness) with redstone has no downsides.
• Upgrading one of the above's extended potion using redstone will seemingly revert it to the original (metadata-wise, this is not the case).
• Although Jeb said that in the 1.9 pre-release 3 there were 161 possible different potion combinations with 2,653 in the future, in the actual third pre-release only 22 different potions could be made without the use of external programs. Of those, 19 potions had one of 8 different effects.
• The Mundane Potion made from redstone has a different metadata (64) than the mundane potion made from any other ingredient (8192). Unlike Mundane 64, Mundane 8192 can be made into a Splash Mundane Potion by adding gunpowder that is, like its base potion, without any effect.
• There are many Potions that were left behind from 1.9 pre-releases that fill up different metadatas that otherwise cannot be brewed or obtained without a SMP server command or inventory editor. These potions include but are not limited to: Bungling Potion, Buttering Potion, Debonair Potion, Refined Potion.
• More water can be taken to the Nether in one trip by filling water buckets, carrying a stack of glass bottles, and using a cauldron. This is because stackable glass bottles do not stack once they have been filled with water.
• Undead mobs (zombies, skeletons, zombie pigmen, and Withers) are unaffected by splash potions of poison and regeneration, take damage from instant health splash potions, and gain health from instant damage.
• Mixing Fermented Spider Eye with any base potion (including the ones that were left behind) will either result in a Potion of Weakness, a Potion of Invisibility, or a Potion of Slowness. The Potions of Slowness and Invisibility can only be brewed from the base potions that were left behind.
• By modifying the item NBT using an editor or commands, it is possible to get a potion that cannot be upgraded into a splash potion.
• Combining Night Vision and Water Breathing will give you the best visibility underwater.

Gallery

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  Texture file for the 1.9 brewing user interface

See also

• Crafting
• Enchanting
• Smelting

External links

• Minecraft Forum: All About Potions And Brewing - 1.9 Reference Guide
• Minecraft Potions - A Visual Guide

Gameplay

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