Obtaining[]
Witches[]
Witches drop Potions of Healing, Fire Resistance, Swiftness and Water Breathing, but only when they die while drinking that potion.
Fishing[]
Water bottles may be caught as junk when fishing.
Filling bottles[]
Using a glass bottle on water source block or a cauldron will turn it into a water bottle. Using a glass bottle on a cauldron will also lower the water level of that cauldron by 1/3.
Brewing[]
Almost all potions can be obtained by brewing, starting with the water bottle as the base.
Usage[]
Potions have a different effect according to their damage value, with the exception of reverted potions being identical to their base potions.
Potions can be used by pressing and holding use, similarly to eating food. Upon using, they will apply the corresponding status effect to the player.
Tiers[]
Potions have four tiers, those being base, extended, level II, and reverted. On most potions, extended is obtained by adding a piece of redstone to the potion in the brewing stand, while level II requires a glowstone dust. If an extended potion receives a glowstone dust, or a level II potion receives a piece of redstone, it will change to the other effect if available, or become a reverted potion.
Most potions can also be "corrupted" using a fermented spider eyes, which usually inverts the effect (for example: Swiftness to Slowness). Corrupted potions have the same four tiers as normal potions, and tiers are usually kept after corruption.
Base potions[]
Base potions are potions that are created first to brew into other potions. Base potions have no effect when you drink them.
| Icon | Name | DV | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Bottle | 0 | Starting point for every recipe. | |
| Awkward Potion | 16 | Base for all primary potions (and by extension, splash potions, excluding Splash Mundane Potion). | |
| Thick Potion | 32 | Base for Potion of Weakness. | |
| Mundane Potion (extended) | 64 | Base for Potion of Weakness (extended). | |
| Mundane Potion | 8192 | Base for Potion of Weakness and Splash Mundane Potion. |
Primary potions[]
Note, that the duration of tier II potion is always half the duration of its base potion, and the duration of extended tier I potion is 8/3 the duration of base.
Potions with positive effects[]
| Icon | Name | Duration | DV | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Potion of Regeneration | 0:45 | 8193 | Restores 18 × 9 health over time, 1 every 50 ticks (2.5 seconds).
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| Potion of Regeneration | 2:00 | 8257 | Restores 48 × 24 health over time, 1 every 50 ticks (2.5 seconds).
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| Potion of Regeneration II | 0:22.5 | 8225 | Restores 18 × 9 health over time, 1 every 25 ticks (1.25 seconds).
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Potion of Swiftness | 3:00 | 8194 | Increased speed by 20% and increased FOV (6.6 meters per second sprinting). |
| Potion of Swiftness | 8:00 | 8258 | ||
| Potion of Swiftness II | 1:30 | 8226 | Increased speed by 40% and increased FOV (8 meters per second sprinting). | |
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Potion of Fire Resistance | 3:00 | 8195 | Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks. |
| Potion of Fire Resistance | 8:00 | 8259 | ||
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Potion of Healing | Instant | 8197 | Restores 4 health.
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| Potion of Healing II | Instant | 8229 | Restores 8 health. (doubles with every additional level)
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Potion of Night Vision | 3:00 | 8198 | Visually brightens everything to a light level of 15, brightens up water with a blue shine, brightens up lava with an orange shine (other players cannot see the enhanced lighting without this effect). |
| Potion of Night Vision | 8:00 | 8262 | ||
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Potion of Strength | 3:00 | 8201 | Increased melee damage by 130%. |
| Potion of Strength | 8:00 | 8265 | ||
| Potion of Strength II | 1:30 | 8233 | Increased melee damage by 260%. (+ 130 percentage points every tier) | |
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Potion of Leaping | 3:00 | 8203 | Allows the player to jump higher and reduces fall damage. |
| Potion of Leaping | 8:00 | 8267 | ||
| Potion of Leaping II | 1:30 | 8235 | Further increases jump height (over 2 blocks) and reduces fall damage | |
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Potion of Water Breathing | 3:00 | 8205 | Prevents the oxygen bar from decreasing and slightly increases visibility while underwater. |
| Potion of Water Breathing | 8:00 | 8269 | ||
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Potion of Invisibility | 3:00 | 8206 | Makes player model disappear. Mobs will act neutral towards the player, unless the player is wearing armor (See status effects for specifics on armor). In splash form it is able to make mobs or other players invisible. Armor and items held in hand are not affected by this. Some mob 'Armor' (sheep's wool, mushrooms of a mooshroom, wolf collars, eyes of spiders/enderman, 'Arrows', and a snow golem's pumpkin) is still visible. |
| Potion of Invisibility | 8:00 | 8270 |
Potions with negative effects[]
| Icon | Name | Duration | DV | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Potion of Poison | 0:45 | 8196 | Causes up to 36 × 18 damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1.
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| Potion of Poison | 2:00 | 8260 | Causes up to 96 × 48 damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1.
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| Potion of Poison II | 0:22.5 | 8228 | Causes up to 38 × 19 damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1.
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Potion of Weakness | 1:30 | 8200 | Reduces melee damage by 0.5 (0.25 heart). |
| Potion of Weakness | 4:00 | 8264 | ||
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Potion of Slowness | 1:30 | 8202 | Slows players and mobs by 15%. (+ 15 percentage points every tier), (4.75 blocks per second sprinting) |
| Potion of Slowness | 4:00 | 8266 | ||
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Potion of Harming | Instant | 8204 | Damages 6 .
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| Potion of Harming II | Instant | 8236 | Damages 12 × 6. (doubles with every additional level)
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Unbrewable potions[]
This class of potions exist in the game code and are functional, but cannot be brewed. They are extended and empowered versions of existing potions, but the brewing process normally only allows for one of the two to take precedence. Thus, these potions result from custom data values that place both effects on the potion. The data values for these potions are essentially the values of the original potions added by 96 (e.g. the data value for Potion of Strength (8201) + 96 = 8297 (the data value of Potion of Strength II (extended))) See the table below for the complete set of what is included.
| Icon | Name | Duration | DV |
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Potion of Regeneration II | 1:00 | 8289 |
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Potion of Swiftness II | 4:00 | 8290 |
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Potion of Strength II | 4:00 | 8297 |
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Potion of Poison II | 1:00 | 8292 |
Unused potions[]
There are 30 unused potions that were left behind in Beta 1.9-pre2. All unused potions have no effect and appear to be re-textures of other potions. Below is a list of their names and values.
These potions can only be obtained by using the command /give <target> minecraft:potion 1 <data-value> {CustomPotionEffects:[]}. Adding a multiple of 64 to the value will result in the same potion. As with other potions, adding the value with 16384 will result in a splash version of given potion.
Values with a * do not require {CustomPotionEffects:[]} at the end of the command.
| Name | DVs |
|---|---|
| Uninteresting Potion | 2 & 3 |
| Bland Potion | 4 & 5 |
| Clear Potion | 6 & 7* |
| Milky Potion | 8 & 9 |
| Diffuse Potion | 10 & 11 |
| Artless Potion | 12 & 13 |
| Thin Potion | 14 & 15* |
| Flat Potion | 18 & 19 |
| Bulky Potion | 20 & 21 |
| Bungling Potion | 22 & 23* |
| Name | DVs |
|---|---|
| Buttered Potion | 24 & 25 |
| Smooth Potion | 26 & 27* |
| Suave Potion | 28 & 29 |
| Debonair Potion | 30 & 31* |
| Elegant Potion | 34 & 35 |
| Fancy Potion | 36 & 37 |
| Charming Potion | 38 & 39* |
| Dashing Potion | 40 & 41 |
| Refined Potion | 42 & 43* |
| Cordial Potion | 44 & 45 |
| Name | DVs |
|---|---|
| Sparkling Potion | 46 & 47* |
| Potent Potion | 48* & 49 |
| Foul Potion | 50 & 51 |
| Odorless Potion | 52 & 53 |
| Rank Potion | 54 & 55* |
| Harsh Potion | 56 & 57 |
| Acrid Potion | 58 & 59* |
| Gross Potion | 60 & 61 |
| Stinky Potion | 62 & 63* |
| Burpy Potion | 63 & 64 |
Custom effects[]
Potions can be obtained with any status effect using /give and the tag CustomPotionEffects, which is an array of effects for the potion. See Item format#Potion Effects for more information, and status effect for a list of effects and IDs.
Data values[]
Potions have a data value of 373, and an ID name of minecraft:potion. They use their item data to determine which potion effect is applied.
Item data[]
| Potion Effect | Regular | Level II | Extended | Splash | Level II Splash | Extended Splash | IDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regeneration | 8193 | 8225 | 8257 | 16385 | 16417 | 16449 | 10 |
| Swiftness | 8194 | 8226 | 8258 | 16386 | 16418 | 16450 | 1 |
| Fire Resistance | 8195 | 8227 (r) | 8259 | 16387 | 16419 (r) | 16451 | 12 |
| Poison | 8196 | 8228 | 8260 | 16388 | 16420 | 16452 | 19 |
| Instant Health | 8197 | 8229 | 8261 (r) | 16389 | 16421 | 16453 (r) | 6 |
| Night Vision | 8198 | 8230 (r) | 8262 | 16390 | 16422 (r) | 16454 | 16 |
| Weakness | 8200 | 8232 (r) | 8264 | 16392 | 16424 (r) | 16456 | 18 |
| Strength | 8201 | 8233 | 8265 | 16393 | 16425 | 16457 | 5 |
| Slowness | 8202 | 8234 (r) | 8266 | 16394 | 16426 (r) | 16458 | 2 |
| Leaping | 8203 | 8235 | 8267 | 16395 | 16427 | 16459 | 8 |
| Harming | 8204 | 8236 | 8268 (r) | 16396 | 16428 | 16460 (r) | 7 |
| Water Breathing | 8205 | 8237 (r) | 8269 | 16397 | 16429 (r) | 16461 | 13 |
| Invisibility | 8206 | 8238 (r) | 8270 | 16398 | 16430 (r) | 16462 | 14 |
(r) = Reverted Potion
- Bits 0-3 (1, 2, 4 and 8) determine the potion effect. The highest legitimately available is currently 14 decimal = 1110 binary.
- Bits 0-5 (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32) determine the potion's name.
- Bits 5 (32) and 6 (64) determine the potion's modifier.
- If bit 5 is true, the potion is a level II potion (or, in some cases, a reverted potion).
- If bit 6 is true, the potion is an extended potion (or, in some cases, a reverted potion).
- Potions with bits 5 and 6 set to true cannot be brewed, but if obtained through commands or other means, will appear and function as level II and/or extended, depending on which modifiers the effect supports.
- Bits 13 and 14 (8192 and 16384) determines whether the potion is a drinkable potion or a splash potion. If bit 13 is true, it's drinkable. If 14 is true, it's a splash potion.
- Potions with bits 13 and 14 set to false cannot be brewed, but if obtained through commands or other means, they will appear and function as drinkable potions.
- Bits 7-12 and 15 are ignored, thus many potions with distinct data values will have the same properties.
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other platforms | |||||
| Local Brewery | Brew a potion. | Pick up a potion from a brewing stand potion slot. An already-created potion placed and removed qualifies. | 15G | Bronze | ||
