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

Brewing (or Alchemy) 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, 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, 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 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Note: The video is outdated; it does not mention the potions of Invisibility, Leaping, Night Vision or Water Breathing or their ingredients.

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Brewing Equipment

Name Icon Use
Brewing Stand Template:Grid Used to add ingredients into water bottles.
Cauldron Template:Grid Each one can hold a bucket of water (after placement).
Will fill 3 glass bottles.
Blaze Powder Template:Grid Needed to fuel the brewing stand.
Glass Bottle Template:Grid Container for all kinds of potions.
Water Bottle Template:Grid 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 Template:Grid Awkward Potion
Glowstone Dust Template:Grid Thick Potion
Redstone Template:Grid Mundane Potion
(extended)
Fermented Spider Eye Template:Grid 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 Template:Grid Fire Resistance
Sugar Template:Grid Speed
Glistering Melon Template:Grid Instant Health
Spider Eye Template:Grid Poison
Ghast Tear Template:Grid Regeneration
Blaze Powder Template:Grid Strength
Golden Carrot Template:Grid Night Vision
Pufferfish Template:Grid Water Breathing
Rabbit's Foot Template:Grid 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 Template:Grid Increases duration
Glowstone Dust Template:Grid Increases level
Gunpowder Template:Grid Turns into a splash
Dragon's Breath Template:Grid Turns into a lingering


Fermented Spider Eye
Template:Grid 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
Template:Grid
Awkward Potion
Template:Grid
Water Bottle
Template:Grid
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
Template:Grid
Mundane Potion
Template:Grid
Water Bottle
None
Template:Grid
Thick Potion
Template:Grid
Water Bottle
Template:Grid
Glowstone Dust
None
Template:Grid
Potion of Weakness
Template:Grid
Water Bottle
Template:Grid
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)
Template:Grid
Potion of Healing
Template:Grid
Awkward Potion
Template:Grid
Glistering Melon
Restores ♥♥ per potion. Instant
Template:Grid
Potion of Fire Resistance
Template:Grid
Awkward Potion
Template:Grid
Magma Cream
Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks. 3:00
Template:Grid
Potion of Regeneration
Template:Grid
Awkward Potion
Template:Grid
Ghast Tear
Restores health over time by approximately ♥ every 2.4 seconds.[note 1] 0:45
Template:Grid
Potion of Strength
Template:Grid
Awkward Potion
Template:Grid
Blaze Powder
Increases damage dealt with melee attacks by 3♥♥. 3:00
Template:Grid
Potion of Swiftness
Template:Grid
Awkward Potion
Template:Grid
Sugar
Increases player's movement speed, sprinting speed, and jumping length by approximately 20%. 3:00
Template:Grid
Potion of Night Vision
Template:Grid
Awkward Potion
Template:Grid
Golden Carrot
Makes everything appear to be at max light level, including underwater areas. 3:00
Template:Grid
Potion of Water Breathing
Template:Grid
Awkward Potion
Template:Grid
Pufferfish
Does not deplete the oxygen bar when underwater. 3:00
Template:Grid
Potion of Leaping
Template:Grid
Awkward Potion
Template:Grid
Rabbit's Foot
Allows the player to jump ½ block higher 3:00

Negative

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

Negative

Potion Base Reagent Effect Duration
(minutes)
Template:Grid
Potion of Harming
Template:Grid
Potion of Healing
or
Template:Grid
Potion of Poison (base or extended)
Template:Grid
Fermented Spider Eye
Inflicts ♥♥♥ of damage. Instant
Template:Grid
Potion of Harming II
Template:Grid
Potion of Healing II
or
Template:Grid
Potion of Poison II
Template:Grid
Fermented Spider Eye
Inflicts ♥♥♥♥♥♥ of damage. Instant
Template:Grid
Potion of Harming II
Template:Grid
Potion of Harming
Template:Grid
Glowstone Dust
Inflicts ♥♥♥♥♥♥ of damage. Instant
Template:Grid
Potion of Poison
(extended)
Template:Grid
Potion of Poison
Template:Grid
Redstone
Poisons the player for the given time,
reducing the health to a minimum of ♥, at a rate of approximately ♥ per two seconds.
1:30
Template:Grid
Potion of Poison II
Template:Grid
Potion of Poison
Template:Grid
Glowstone Dust
Poisons the player for the given time,
reducing the health to a minimum of ♥, at a rate of approximately ♥ per second.
0:21
Template:Grid
Potion of Slowness
Template:Grid
Potion of Swiftness
or
Template:Grid
Potion of Leaping
Template:Grid
Fermented Spider Eye
Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time. 1:30
Template:Grid
Potion of Slowness
(extended)
Template:Grid
Potion of Slowness
Template:Grid
Redstone
Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time. 3:00
Template:Grid
Potion of Slowness
(extended)
Template:Grid
Potion of Swiftness
(extended)
or
Template:Grid
Potion of Leaping (extended)
Template:Grid
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 EyeRedstone
Strength
Nether WartBlaze Powder
Strength Ext
Nether WartBlaze PowderRedstone
Strength II
Nether WartBlaze PowderGlowstone Dust
Regeneration
Nether WartGhast Tear
Regeneration Ext
Nether WartGhast TearRedstone
Regeneration II
Nether WartGhast TearGlowstone Dust
Swiftness
Nether WartSugar
Swiftness Ext
Nether WartSugarRedstone
Swiftness II
Nether WartSugarGlowstone Dust
Slowness
Nether WartSugarFermented Spider Eye
Nether WartRabbit's FootFermented Spider Eye
Slowness Ext
Nether WartSugarFermented Spider EyeRedstone
Nether WartRabbit's FootFermented Spider EyeRedstone
Healing
Nether WartGlistering Melon
Healing II
Nether WartGlistering MelonGlowstone Dust
Harming
Nether WartGlistering MelonFermented Spider Eye
Nether WartSpider EyeFermented Spider Eye
Harming II
Nether WartGlistering MelonFermented Spider EyeGlowstone Dust
Nether WartSpider EyeFermented Spider EyeGlowstone Dust
Poison
Nether WartSpider Eye
Poison Ext
Nether WartSpider EyeRedstone
Poison II
Nether WartSpider EyeGlowstone Dust
Fire Resistance
Nether WartMagma Cream
Fire Resistance Ext
Nether WartMagma CreamRedstone
Night Vision
Nether WartGolden Carrot
Night Vision ext
Nether WartGolden CarrotRedstone
Invisibility
Nether WartGolden CarrotFermented Spider Eye
Invisibility ext
Nether WartGolden CarrotFermented Spider EyeRedstone
Water Breathing
Nether WartPufferfish
Water Breathing ext
Nether WartPufferfishRedstone
Leaping
Nether WartRabbit's Foot
Leaping II
Nether WartRabbit's FootGlowstone Dust
Leaping ext
Nether WartRabbit's FootRedstone

History

Brewing Potions

Potions brewing in cauldrons (1.9 pre2).

release
1.0.0Beta 1.9-pre2Initially, 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.[1]
Beta 1.9-pre3A 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-pre4Throwable 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.
1.112w01aThe time to brew potions was decreased to 20 seconds.
1.4.212w34aBrewing 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.
1.513w01aHoppers added, which can place and take items in and out from brewing stands.
1.7.213w36aPotions of Water Breathing added; they can be brewed by adding a pufferfish to an Awkward Potion.
1.814w27aAdded Potion of Leaping; it is brewed by adding a rabbit's foot to an Awkward Potion.
1.8.11.8.1-pre1The potion of leaping can now be extended using redstone.
1.915w31aGlowstone 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.
15w33aAdded lingering potions.
15w42aBlaze powder is now required as fuel for brewing.
15w43aBlaze powder as fuel reduced from 30 points to 20.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1build 1Added potions and brewing.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7CU1 1.0 Patch 1Added potions and brewing.
TU14 1.04 Added Night Vision and Invisibility Potions.

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 Weakness

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.

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See also

Notes

  1. a b c Stacks with regeneration from having a full or mostly full ;Food Bar.

References

External links

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