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For the boss in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Corrupted Cauldron.

A cauldron is a block that can hold water, lava, and powder snow.‌[upcoming: JE 1.17] In Bedrock Edition, they can also hold potions and dyed water. It is also a job site block used by leatherworkers in villages, however if the cauldron is filled, it will not be recognized as a Workstation.‌[upcoming: JE 1.17][1]

Obtaining

Cauldrons can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. When a cauldron is destroyed, its contents are lost.

Natural generation

Natural Cauldron Table

A naturally occurring cauldron inside of a witch hut.

A single empty cauldron is generated in each swamp hut. In Bedrock Edition, the cauldrons generated there are 13 to 23 full of a random potion.

A cauldron 23 full of water is generated in each igloo basement.

Cauldrons can be found in a few rooms inside of woodland mansions.

Two filled cauldrons can be found inside savanna, taiga, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra village tannery houses.

A single filled cauldron can be found in plains village and desert village tannery houses.

In Java Edition, three filled cauldrons can be found in plains village tannery houses.

Crafting

A cauldron can be crafted from iron ingots.

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot

Usage

Storage for substances

Cauldrons can hold a variety of substances. Fluids they cannot hold include milk, honey and any food items which exist in bowls; namely mushroom stew, beetroot soup, rabbit stew and suspicious stew.

Holding water

A cauldron can be filled with water by using a water bucket on the cauldron. Once completely filled, a cauldron can be used to fill a water bucket by using an empty bucket on the cauldron; this empties the cauldron. Despite containing water, using a fish bucket on a cauldron does not fill it with water, but places water against it.[2]

One level of water can be added to a cauldron by using a water bottle on it. One level of water can be removed from a cauldron, filling a water bottle, by using a glass bottle on it.

A cauldron slowly fills with water when rained upon, if starting empty or with some water. This happens randomly, at 5% of the rate in which snow accumulates on the ground during snowfall.

Water can be stored in a cauldron even in the Nether.

Water in a cauldron does not absorb explosion damage, make sounds and particles, absorb fall damage, does not damage an enderman, strider or blaze, and fish act as if there is no water inside it. Cauldrons do not deal drowning damage to mobs inside of them.

A cauldron placed below a down-facing pointed dripstone that has water placed a block above it will slowly fill up with water.‌[upcoming: JE 1.17]

Applying dye to cauldron water
Information icon
This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition. 
Cauldron (filled with white water)Cauldron (filled with light gray water)Cauldron (filled with gray water)Cauldron (filled with black water)Cauldron (filled with red water)Cauldron (filled with orange water)Cauldron (filled with yellow water)Cauldron (filled with lime water)Cauldron (filled with green water)Cauldron (filled with cyan water)Cauldron (filled with light blue water)Cauldron (filled with blue water)Cauldron (filled with purple water)Cauldron (filled with magenta water)Cauldron (filled with pink water)Cauldron (filled with brown water)
Cauldron filled with water with different color‌[BE only]

Since In Bedrock Edition, leather armor is dyed through a cauldron, a cauldron can hold dyed water. Using a dye on a cauldron filled with water colors the water, consuming the dye. Different dyes may be added to produce mixed colors. Using leather armor or leather horse armor on the cauldron dyes that item the color of the water, reducing the water in the cauldron by one level for each item dyed.

Attempting to add water or potion to dyed water empties the cauldron.

Holding lava

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This section describes content that may be included in a future update. 
This content has appeared in development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.
Lava Cauldron

Cauldron filled with lava‌[BE & edu only][upcoming: JE 1.17]

In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education and ‌in Java Edition 1.17[upcoming], cauldrons can be used to hold lava. In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, when a cauldron is already filled with water, it empties the cauldron and makes an extinguishing sound. A cauldron filled with lava emits a light level of 15, similar to lava, and burns any entity inside of it; in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, this includes mobs that do not take damage from lava like zombified piglins.

Lava inside a cauldron does not interact with water outside of the cauldron. The lava disappears upon putting water in the cauldron.

A redstone comparator with a lava cauldron behind it outputs redstone signal strength of 1 ‌in Java Edition 1.17[upcoming][3] or 3 in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.[4]

A cauldron placed below a down-facing pointed dripstone that has lava placed a block above it will slowly fill up with lava.

Holding powder snow

Information icon
This feature is exclusive to Java Edition. 
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This section describes content that may be included in a future update. 
This content has appeared in development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.

Powder snow is currently the only solid material which can be stored in a cauldron. A cauldron slowly fills with powder snow during snowfall, if starting empty or with layers of powder snow already inside. Up to three layers can be filled. When the cauldron is full, interacting using a bucket, will create a powder snow bucket and empty the cauldron. Entities standing in the cauldron will not take freeze damage, and entities wearing leather boots will still fall through the powder snow.

A redstone comparator with a powder snow cauldron behind it outputs a redstone signal strength proportional to the fill level, up to 3.

Contrary to a cauldron filled with water, a powder snow cauldron, which is not full, cannot be filled up with a powder snow bucket, using the bucket on the cauldron instead places powder snow against it.

Filling cauldrons with potions

Information icon
This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education. 

In Bedrock Edition, a cauldron can hold normal potions, splash potions and lingering potions. Using a potion on a cauldron empties the potion and increases the level of the potion in the cauldron by one level. A glass bottle can then be used on a cauldron with a potion in it, filling the bottle with that potion. The potion can be a normal potion, a splash potion, or a lingering potion, depending on what type was initially put into the cauldron. This reduces the potion in the cauldron by one level.

Using an arrow on a cauldron that has potion transforms the arrow into a tipped arrow with that potion effect, and reduce the potion in the cauldron by one level. Tipping multiple arrows at once can be more efficient, and it may use more than one level at once. 1 level of potion tips up to 16 arrows, 2 levels up to 32, and a full cauldron can tip a full stack of arrows, resulting in 21.33 tipped arrows per potion.

Attempting to put water or a different potion into a cauldron with a potion causes an explosion sound, and the cauldron is emptied.

An entity that stands in a cauldron filled to any level with any potion does not receive the effect of the potion.

Removing dye from items

A cauldron with water can wash the dye off of leather armor and shulker boxes, and can remove the top-most pattern layer of a banner, by pressing use on the cauldron with the leather armor, shulker box, or banner in hand. Each wash reduces the water in the cauldron by one level. The water does not become dyed while removing dye from objects.

Extinguishing fire

A cauldron with water or powder snow extinguishes entities on fire that fall into it. This includes mobs, players, items (if they land in the cauldron before burning up), and flaming arrows. Flaming arrows stuck into the side are also extinguished. Entities must reach the water or powder snow in it. Each entity extinguished causes the water or powder snow in the cauldron to decrease by one level.

Redstone component

Cauldron transmission over piston

An example of a cauldron used in a redstone circuit.

See also: Redstone circuit

A cauldron can act as a power source for a redstone comparator. With a cauldron behind it (either directly, or separated by an unpowered solid block), a comparator outputs a signal strength proportional to how full the cauldron is: 0 for empty, 1 for one-third full or filled with lava‌[upcoming: JE 1.17], 2 for two-thirds full, and 3 for completely full. However, if there is a block between the cauldron and the comparator, the comparator does not immediately update.

As a profession block

If a village has a cauldron that has not been claimed by a villager, any villager that does not already have a profession or job site block may change their profession to leatherworker.

Sounds

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Please remove this notice once you've added suitable sounds to the article.
The specific instructions are: all interaction sounds, e.g. bottle filling

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
None[sound 1]Entity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallNone[sound 1]0.50.7516
FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016
  1. a b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stone1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.stone1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stone0.370.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stone0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.stone0.31.0
PlayersJumping from the blockjump.stone0.121.0
PlayersFalling on the block without fall damageland.stone0.221.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierBlock tags (JE)Translation key
Cauldroncauldroncauldrons‌[upcoming: JE 1.17]block.minecraft.cauldron
Lava Cauldron‌[upcoming: JE 1.17]lava_cauldroncauldronsblock.minecraft.lava_cauldron
Powder Snow Cauldron‌[upcoming: JE 1.17]powder_snow_cauldroncauldronsblock.minecraft.powder_snow_cauldron
Water Cauldron‌[upcoming: JE 1.17]water_cauldroncauldronsblock.minecraft.water_cauldron

Bedrock Edition:

CauldronIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Blockcauldron118tile.cauldron.name
Block with lavalava_cauldron463tile.lava_cauldron.name
Itemcauldron380item.cauldron.name
NameSavegame ID
Block entityCauldron

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, cauldrons use the following data values:

DV Description
0 Empty
1 ⅓ filled
2 ⅔ filled
3 Fully filled

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:
Water cauldron and powder snow cauldron:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
level00
1
2
3
Fullness of a cauldron, 0 is empty and 3 is full.

Bedrock Edition:
Cauldron and brighting cauldron:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
fill_level0x1
0x2
0x4
00
1
2
3
4
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fullness of a cauldron, 0 is empty and 6 is full.
cauldron_liquid0x8waterwater0The cauldron contains water
lava1The cauldron contains lava
powder_snowUnsupported [sic]The cauldron contains powder snow.

Block entity

In Bedrock Edition, a cauldron has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Cauldron/BE

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
Tie Dye OutfitUse a cauldron to dye all 4 unique pieces of leather armor.15GBronze

History

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2Cauldron JE1 Arrran Cauldron 1 Arrran Cauldron 2 Arrran Cauldron 3 Arrran Cauldron 4
Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1 Cauldrons are present in the code, but are not assigned to a block ID (and thus are unobtainable without mods (archived link: [1])).
File:Cauldron (block item) JE1.png The block form of cauldrons, when in the inventory, shows the side texture.
Cauldrons are intended to be used for the creation of potions.
Cauldrons can be made to work with a mod, through which the following has been revealed:
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3The system was deemed too complex and not user-friendly,[5] so the cauldron's ability to brew potions has been replaced with the brewing stand.[6][7]
Cauldrons have been given a block ID, an item ID, and a crafting recipe. The brewing system is finalized and doesn't change in the rest of the pre-releases.
1.3.112w22aCauldrons can now be filled with water, if placed outside during rain or a thunderstorm.
1.4.212w34aHolding a piece of dyed leather armor and right-clicking a water-filled cauldron now washes away all dyes applied to the leather armor.
12w40aEmpty cauldrons can now be found in witch huts.
1.513w02aFile:Cauldron 13w02a.png File:Cauldron (slightly filled with water) 13w02a.png File:Cauldron (moderately filled with water) 13w02a.png File:Cauldron (filled with water) 13w02a.png The walls inside of the cauldron now use the bottom texture, and the cauldron now has no bottom.[8]
File:Cauldron (block item) JE2.png The block form now shows the top texture.
13w02bCauldron JE1 File:Cauldron (slightly filled with water) JE1.png File:Cauldron (moderately filled with water) JE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with water) JE1.png Fixed the model error from 13w02a.
1.6.113w18aWhen used with a redstone comparator, cauldrons now output a signal varying in strength according to the amount of water inside.
1.7.213w37aThe item form of block ID 118 (cauldron) has been removed from the game. It can no longer exist in inventories, but only as a block in the world.
13w43aCauldrons now extinguish burning entities.
1.814w03aFile:Cauldron 14w03a.png Cauldrons now appear completely opaque.[9]
14w03bCauldrons now render as normal again.
14w06aCauldrons now have extra planes inside the feet. These planes are now rendered solid, so the player cannot see through the water.
14w10aCauldron JE2 File:Cauldron (slightly filled with water) JE2.png File:Cauldron (moderately filled with water) JE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with water) JE2.png The cauldron's feet now have planes on all sides. Note that water did not have this color at this point - it still had the bright blue pre-1.13 water.
14w30aRight-clicking a non-empty cauldron with a banner now removes the top-most pattern layer.
1.915w43aA cauldron now generates within igloo basements, 23 full.
15w44aA full cauldron can now be emptied with a bucket, filling the bucket with water.
1.1116w32aWhen a cauldron washes a dyed item (leather armor or banner), it reduces its water level by 1.
16w33aA water bottle is now able to add 1 water level to a cauldron.
16w39aCauldrons now generate naturally in woodland mansions.
July 19, 2017Jeb tweets image of a new jungle planks, cauldron and dandelion textures.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 118, and the item's was 380.
18w10dShulker boxes can now be undyed in a cauldron.
18w15aFile:Cauldron (filled with water) 18w15a.png Water in cauldrons is now white colored.[10]
18w20bFile:Cauldron (slightly filled with water) JE2.png File:Cauldron (moderately filled with water) JE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with water) JE2.png
File:Cauldron (filled with swamp water) JE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with warm ocean water) JE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with lukewarm ocean water) JE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with cold ocean water) JE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with frozen ocean water) JE1.png Water in cauldrons now uses the coloring of biomes.
File:Cauldron (filled with swamp hills water) 18w20b.png Swampland M water has a yellowish color while in a cauldron.[11]
pre3File:Cauldron (filled with swamp water) JE1.png Swampland M water now has the same water color in cauldrons as regular swamps.
1.1418w43aCauldron File:Cauldron (filled with water) JE3.png File:Cauldron (filled with swamp water) JE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with warm ocean water) JE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with lukewarm ocean water) JE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with cold ocean water) JE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with frozen ocean water) JE2.png
Cauldron (item) JE2 BE2 The textures of cauldrons have been changed.
19w03aThe numerous missing cullface arguments for the cauldron have been fixed.
19w13aThe cauldron's hitbox has been fixed.[12]
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1720w45aFile:Cauldron (filled with lava).png Cauldrons can now be filled with lava.
Normal and water cauldrons have been split into different blocks, making filled cauldrons no longer work as a workstation for villagers[13].
20w46aFile:Cauldron (slightly filled with powder snow).png File:Cauldron (moderately filled with powder snow).png File:Cauldron (filled with powder snow).png Cauldrons can now be filled with powder snow.
20w48aCauldrons can now collect water and lava dripped by pointed dripstone.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0build 1Cauldron BE1 File:Cauldron (slightly filled with water) BE1.png File:Cauldron (moderately filled with water) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with water) BE1.png
Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1 Added cauldrons.
Water color in cauldrons can be changed by adding dyes. Items dipped in the water are dyed that color.
Cauldrons are generated naturally in witch huts.
File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Invisibility) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Leaping) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Fire Resistance) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Swiftness) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Slowness) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Water Breathing) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Healing) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Harming) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Poison) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Regeneration) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Strength) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Weakness) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Decay) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of the Turtle Master) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Slow Falling) BE1.png Cauldrons can store potions, and explode if potions are mixed.
v0.15.0build 1Cauldrons are now used to make tipped arrows.
Cauldrons are now used to dye leather horse armor.
Cauldrons can now be moved by pistons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Cauldrons now generate naturally in igloo basements.
Cauldrons now extinguish burning entities.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Cauldrons now generate naturally in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.2File:Cauldron (filled with lava) BE1.png Cauldrons can now be filled with lava.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Cauldron BE2 File:Cauldron (slightly filled with water) BE2.png File:Cauldron (moderately filled with water) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with water) BE2.png
Cauldron (item) JE2 BE2 The textures of cauldrons have been changed.
File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Invisibility) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Leaping) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Fire Resistance) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Swiftness) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Slowness) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Water Breathing) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Healing) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Harming) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Poison) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Regeneration) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Strength) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Weakness) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Decay) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of the Turtle Master) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Slow Falling) BE2.png The textures of cauldrons filled with potions have been changed.
File:Cauldron (filled with lava) BE2.png The texture of cauldrons filled with lava has been changed.
Cauldrons now generate in tannery houses in villages.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.1File:Cauldron (slightly filled with water) JE1.png File:Cauldron (moderately filled with water) JE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with water) JE1.png
Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1 Added cauldrons.
TU12Water is no longer removed from a water bucket when filling a cauldron in creative mode.
TU14 1.04 Cauldrons fill with water if placed outside during rain or a thunderstorm.
TU31CU19 1.22 Patch 3Cauldrons with water in them extinguish burning entities, taking away one water level each time.
TU60CU51 1.64 Patch 301.0.11File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Invisibility) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Leaping) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Fire Resistance) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Swiftness) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Slowness) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Water Breathing) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Healing) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Harming) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Poison) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Regeneration) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Strength) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Weakness) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Decay) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of the Turtle Master) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Slow Falling) BE1.png Cauldrons can now be filled with potions and make an explosion sound if they are mixed.
Effects can now be applied to arrows by using them on a potion-filled cauldron.
Water in a cauldron can now be dyed.
Armor can be dyed in a cauldron filled with dyed water.
Cauldrons can no longer be pushed by pistons.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88File:Cauldron (filled with lava) LCE1.png Cauldrons can now be filled with lava.
1.90Cauldron
Cauldron (item) JE2 BE2 The textures of cauldrons have been changed.
File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Invisibility) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Leaping) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Fire Resistance) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Swiftness) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Slowness) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Water Breathing) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Healing) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Harming) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Poison) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Regeneration) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Strength) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Weakness) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Decay) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of the Turtle Master) BE2.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Slow Falling) BE2.png The textures of cauldrons filled with potions have been changed.
File:Cauldron (filled with lava) CE2.png The texture of cauldrons filled with lava has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Cauldron BE1 File:Cauldron (slightly filled with water) BE1.png File:Cauldron (moderately filled with water) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with water) BE1.png
Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1 Added cauldrons.
Water color in cauldrons can be changed by adding dyes.
Cauldrons can be used to dye leather armor.
File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Invisibility) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Leaping) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Fire Resistance) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Swiftness) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Slowness) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Water Breathing) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Healing) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Harming) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Poison) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Regeneration) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Strength) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Weakness) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Decay) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of the Turtle Master) BE1.png File:Cauldron (filled with Potion of Slow Falling) BE1.png Cauldrons can store potions.
Cauldrons make an explosion sound if potions are mixed, and the potions disappear.
Potions inside cauldrons have a bubbling effect.

Issues

Issues relating to "Cauldron" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • Arrows "stick" to the water in a cauldron.
  • The inside of a cauldron is 0.25 (14) blocks tall.
  • A cauldron holding water is the only way to have water in the Nether without the use of commands.
  • The water within does not work like water in the physical terms; the player cannot float/swim in it, and no bubble/water particles are produced.
  • The player can still 'use' the cauldron without a bottle or water bucket. However, it has no effect on the cauldron or the player.

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References


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