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A Cauldron is a block that, when filled with water from a bucket by right clicking, will fill up with water. This water can be used to refill three Glass Bottles. These bottles are then brewed into Potions with a Brewing Stand.

History

Alchemy was first hinted at in July 2011, when Notch hinted that redstone dust would later be used in potions.[1] Potion effects were introduced in Beta 1.8, and expanded on in the Beta 1.9 Pre-release.

The cauldron was originally going to be used to make Potions by using Brewing Recipes.[2] But later on, it was replaced by Jeb with the Brewing Stand because of the inconvenient method of brewing with the cauldron. As of Beta 1.9 Pre-release 3 Cauldrons can now be crafted and used to store water (once a Cauldron is emptied, it can be refilled with water from a bucket). Each Cauldron holds three bottles worth of water.

Jeb twitter

The reason why I don't think the potion effects will be in 1.9 is because there's not enough time to add the brewing system.[3]

Jeb_ on September 27th, 2011

Jeb twitter

Potions are delayed because *add to cauldron, pick up, look at tooltip, pour back into cauldron, repeat* was extremely tedious[4]

Jeb_ on September 29th, 2011

Jeb twitter

A quick discussion with @notch led me in on a new way of doing the potion brewing. Cauldron is out...[5]

Jeb_ on September 30th, 2011

Jeb twitter

Look back at me! Your Cauldron is now a Brewing Stand. Anything's possible when working with interaction design.[6]

Jeb_ on September 30th, 2011

Jeb twitter

I'm fully aware the potions are very thin (diet?), but it looks cute http://i.imgur.com/cNX6J.png (Always work in progress, of course)[7]

Jeb_ on September 30th, 2011

Crafting

Ingredients Input » Output
Iron Ingots Template:Grid/Crafting Table

Trivia

  • Cauldrons cannot hold Lava or Milk, but the potions that were once put inside of it in earlier versions had a texture similar to Lava.
  • Potions could be brewed in 1.9 Beta Pre-Release 2 by adding a bucket of water along with various other ingredients to a Cauldron. By adding different ingredients to the cauldron, over two thousand different potions can be brewed.
  • When broken, Cauldrons do not drop any water, only the Cauldron itself.
  • When a Cauldron is being mined with water in it, the water will start to get cracks in it as if it is a block.
  • As of 1.9 Pre-release 3, Cauldrons are available in creative mode and can be crafted in Survival mode.
  • As of 1.0.0, Cauldrons can be used to legitimately store water within the Nether, as opposed to water evaporating by trying to place it down with a bucket.
  • 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 any mob (including the player) that is on fire.
  • In creative mode, if you attempt to fly inside a cauldron with a block above your head, a glitch will occur causing you to be "stuck" in flight form without being able to lift or lower yourself.
  • Standing in a Cauldron while the cauldron is being pulled by a piston will cause you to go through the cauldron rather than to be carried with it.
  • On November 8, 2011, Jeb tweeted a reply to a suggestion for boiling food in a cauldron, saying he may consider it later.[8]
  • It's possible to push a minecart inside of a cauldron by using pistons and half-slabs.

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