The Cauldron was originally going to be a craftable essential block in Minecraft. It would have been used to make Potions using Brewing Recipes.[1] It was replaced with the Brewing Stand because of the inconvenient method of brewing with the cauldron. The Cauldron will be left in game as Jeb has said he may find another use for it later.[2][3][4] As of Beta 1.9 Pre-release 3 Cauldrons can now be crafted, and used to store water. Cauldrons can now refill Glass Bottles with the water required for brewing. Each Cauldron holds three bottles worth of water, which is equal to a single bucket.
History
Alchemy was first hinted at in July 2010, when Notch hinted that redstone dust would later be used in potions.[5] Potion effects were introduced in Beta 1.8, and expanded on in the Beta 1.9 Pre-release.
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Crafting
| Ingredients | Input » Output |
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| Iron Ingots | Template:Grid/Crafting Table |
Trivia
- Cauldron cannot hold Lava or Milk but the potions that you are able to put inside had a similar texture as Lava.
- Potions can be brewed in 1.9 Beta Pre-Release 2 by adding a bucket of water along with various other ingredients to a Cauldron which then runs them through a mathematical algorithm that can result in one of over two thousand different potions with positive or negative effects.
- When broken, Cauldrons release no water, only the Cauldron itself.
- When the Cauldron is being mined with water in it, the water will get cracks in it.
- As of 1.9 Pre-release 3, Cauldrons are available in creative mode and can be crafted in Survival mode.
- As of 1.9 Pre-release 3, Cauldrons can be used to store water within the Nether. Whether this was intended or is a bug is unknown.
- Cauldrons are hollow with and without water, as such, Cauldrons can be used as a 'bucket block'.
- Even if a Cauldron has water in it, a Piston can push it.
- Even if a Cauldron has water in it, it will not extinguish you.
- If a cauldron is destroyed by any tool apart from a pickaxe, it will not drop as an item.
- In creative mode, if you attempt to fly inside a cauldron while a block resides above your head, a glitch will occur, causing you to be "stuck" in flight form without being able to lift nor lower yourself.
- Standing in a Cauldron being pulled by a piston will cause it to go through you rather than carrying you in it.
- In 1.0 a Cauldron can hold water while in the nether, instead of evaporating like the bucket.
- On November 8, 2011, Jeb tweeted a reply to a suggestion for boiling food in a cauldron, saying he may consider it later.[11]
Gallery
How potions were brewed in beta 1.9 pre2.
How cauldrons look with the three different heights of water in them.
See also
References
- ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/119466949708222465
- ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/119779696236969984
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/kwfd4/jeb_im_fully_aware_the_potions_are_very_thin_diet/c2nsqzq
- ↑ Sure I haven't removed the cauldrons, they're just not used for potion brewing any longer. Maybe we'll add a new purpose for the cauldron later.
- ↑ http://notch.tumblr.com/post/779956568/the-rationale-for-redstone
- ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/118764434196922368
- ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/119466949708222465
- ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/119710836469149697
- ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/119762786619359232
- ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/119763532312096769
- ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/133828493938130945