Potion/Before 1.9

Potion

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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

Main article: 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

Main article: Brewing

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
	Potion of Regeneration	0:45	8193	Restores 18 × 9 health over time, 1 every 50 ticks (2.5 seconds).
	Potion of Regeneration	2:00	8257	Restores 48 × 24 health over time, 1 every 50 ticks (2.5 seconds).
	Potion of Regeneration II	0:22.5	8225	Restores 18 × 9 health over time, 1 every 25 ticks (1.25 seconds).
	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).
	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
	Potion of Healing	Instant	8197	Restores 4 health.
	Potion of Healing II	Instant	8229	Restores 8 health. (doubles with every additional level)
	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
	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)
	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
	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
	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
	Potion of Poison	0:45	8196	Causes up to 36 × 18 damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1.
	Potion of Poison	2:00	8260	Causes up to 96 × 48 damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1.
	Potion of Poison II	0:22.5	8228	Causes up to 38 × 19 damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1.
	Potion of Weakness	1:30	8200	Reduces melee damage by 0.5 (0.25 heart).
	Potion of Weakness	4:00	8264
	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
	Potion of Harming	Instant	8204	Damages 6.
	Potion of Harming II	Instant	8236	Damages 12 × 6. (doubles with every additional level)

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
	Potion of Regeneration II	1:00	8289
	Potion of Swiftness II	4:00	8290
	Potion of Strength II	4:00	8297
	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 (PS)
		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

External links

• Minecraft Potions - A Visual Guide