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Brewing is how potions and splash potions are made in Minecraft. Jeb had originally announced that brewing will probably not come out in 1.9 (which will not come out, as the next release will be the full version at Minecon), although brewing is implemented in Beta 1.9pre3 and up.
General Guide to Brewing
The player needs to craft a Brewing Stand and right-click on it to display the brewing interface. In the single space at the top, a reagent can be placed to distill into the bottom 3 spaces that can hold any combination of potion and/or water bottles. A brewing process starts when the top space and at least one of the bottom 3 spaces are filled, and is indicated by the column of bubbles to the left animating. At the same time, the brewing progress is indicated by how much the arrow bar on the right fills up. When the bar is full, the brewing process is complete. The reagent is consumed, and the contents of the glass bottles(s) will change depending on the reagent brewed into them.
As long as at least one of the three bottom spaces is filled, the brewing will continue, and additional bottles of water or potion can be added. However, if the reagent is removed, or the bottom 3 slots are emptied at any time during the process, the process will stop and nothing will have been brewed.
Alchemical Components
Alchemical components are supplies used to make potions. All except for the Cauldron are necessary for brewing.
Name | Icon | Use |
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Brewing Stand | Template:Grid | Distills reagents into glass bottles. |
Cauldron | Template:Grid | Each one can hold a water bucket. Each cauldron can fill 3 bottles. |
Glass Bottle | Template:Grid | Container for all kinds of potions. |
Water Bottle | Template:Grid | The starting base for all potions. Made by filling a glass bottle from a cauldron or water source. |
Reagents
Reagents are used in conjunction with the above components to produce a whole array of potions and splash potions.
Base-Affecting Reagents
Base-affecting reagents are necessary to create primary and tertiary potions and affect the duration and intensity of a tertiary potion's effects. Gunpowder affects the application of the potion when used (thrown vs. being consumed by the player).
Name | Icon | Base reagent for | Effect |
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Fermented Spider Eye | Template:Grid | Potion of Weakness | Lessens positive effects Induces negative effects |
Glowstone Dust | Template:Grid | Thick Potion | Increases effects Decreases potion duration |
Nether Wart | Template:Grid | Awkward Potion | |
Redstone Dust | Template:Grid | Mundane Potion | Decreases effects Increases potion duration |
Gunpowder | Template:Grid | Converts into a Splash Potion |
Base-Effecting Reagents
Base-Effecting reagents are used to create both primary and secondary potions, but do not affect potion duration or intensity.
Name | Icon | Base reagent for | Potion Effect |
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Glistering Melon | Template:Grid | Mundane Potion | Instant Health |
Blaze Powder | Template:Grid | Mundane Potion | Strength |
Spider Eye | Template:Grid | Mundane Potion | Poisoning |
Effecting Reagents
Effecting reagents are brewed with primary potions to create secondary potions. They determine the effect a potion will have when the player drinks the final product.
Name | Icon | Potion Effect |
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Ghast Tear | Template:Grid | Regeneration |
Magma Cream | Template:Grid | Fire Resistance |
Sugar | Template:Grid | Speed |
Paired Effecting Reagents
Paired effecting reagents are specific pairs of reagents that create tertiary potions with new effects.
Name | Icon | Potion Effect |
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Spider Eye + Fermented Spider Eye |
Template:Grid Template:Grid |
Harm |
Glistering Melon + Fermented Spider Eye |
Template:Grid Template:Grid |
Harm |
Sugar + Fermented Spider Eye |
Template:Grid Template:Grid |
Slowness |
Magma Cream + Fermented Spider Eye |
Template:Grid Template:Grid |
Slowness |
Potions
Primary
All primary potions are created by brewing a single reagent with a Water Bottle and can be combined with Gunpowder to create their throwable Splash Potion counterparts.
Potion | Ingredients | Brewing Setup | Effect | Precursor to |
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Template:Grid Awkward Potion |
Nether Wart + Water Bottle |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | None | Instant Health Potion of Fire Resistance Potion of Poison Potion of Regeneration Potion of Strength Potion of Swiftness |
Template:Grid Mundane Potion |
Redstone Dust + Water Bottle |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | None | Potion of Weakness (Reduced) |
Template:Grid Mundane Potion |
Spider Eye + Water Bottle |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | None | Potion of Weakness (Reduced) |
Template:Grid Mundane Potion |
Glistering Melon + Water Bottle |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | None | Potion of Weakness (Reduced) |
Template:Grid Mundane Potion |
Blaze Powder + Water Bottle |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | None | Potion of Weakness (Reduced) |
Template:Grid Thick Potion |
Glowstone Dust + Water Bottle |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | None | Potion of Weakness |
Template:Grid Potion of Weakness |
Fermented Spider Eye + Water Bottle |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | All melee damage dealt by the user is halved [note 1] |
Potion of Weakness (Extended) |
Secondary
Secondary potions are created by brewing a reagent with a primary potion and can be combined with Gunpowder to create their throwable Splash Potion counterparts.
Positive
Potion | Ingredients | Brewing Setup | Effect | Duration (minutes) |
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Template:Grid Potion of Healing |
Glistering Melon + Awkward Potion |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Restores per potion. | Instant |
Template:Grid Potion of Fire Resistance |
Magma Cream + Awkward Potion |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Player becomes immune to damage from fire and lava. | 3:00 |
Template:Grid Potion of Regeneration |
Ghast Tear + Awkward Potion |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Restores health over time. | 0:45 |
Template:Grid Potion of Strength |
Blaze Powder + Awkward Potion |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Adds damage to all attacks, with or without weapons. | 3:00 |
Template:Grid Potion of Swiftness |
Sugar + Awkward Potion |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Increases player's movement, sprinting speed, and jumping length. | 3:00 |
Negative
Potion | Ingredients | Brewing Setup | Effect | Duration (minutes) |
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Template:Grid Potion of Poison |
Spider Eye + Awkward Potion |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to at most. | 0:45 |
Template:Grid Potion of Weakness |
Fermented Spider Eye + Thick Potion |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | All melee damage dealt by the user is halved [note 1] |
4:00 |
Template:Grid Potion of Weakness (Reduced) |
Fermented Spider Eye + Mundane Potion |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | All melee damage dealt by the user is halved [note 1] |
1:30 |
Template:Grid Potion of Weakness |
Redstone Dust + Potion of Weakness |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | All melee damage dealt by the user is halved [note 1] |
4:00 |
Tertiary
Tertiary potions are created by brewing a reagent with a secondary potion or another tertiary potion and can be combined with Gunpowder to create their throwable Splash Potion counterparts.
Positive
Potion | Ingredients | Brewing Setup | Effect | Duration (minutes) |
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Template:Grid Potion of Fire Resistance (Extended) |
Redstone Dust + Potion of Fire Resistance |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Player becomes immune to damage from fire and lava. | 8:00 |
Template:Grid Potion of Instant Health II |
Glowstone Dust + Instant Health |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Restores per potion. | Instant |
Template:Grid Potion of Regeneration (Extended) |
Redstone Dust + Potion of Regeneration |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Restores health over time. | 2:00 |
Template:Grid Potion of Regeneration II |
Glowstone Dust + Potion of Regeneration |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Restores health over time. | 0:22 |
Template:Grid Potion of Strength (Extended) |
Redstone Dust + Potion of Strength |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Adds damage to all attacks, with or without weapons. | 8:00 |
Template:Grid Potion of Strength II |
Glowstone Dust + Potion of Strength |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Adds damage to all attacks, with or without weapons. | 1:30 |
Template:Grid Potion of Swiftness (Extended) |
Redstone Dust + Potion of Swiftness |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Increases player's movement, sprinting speed, and jumping length. | 8:00 |
Template:Grid Potion of Swiftness II |
Glowstone Dust + Potion of Swiftness |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Increases player's movement, sprinting speed, and jumping length. | 1:30 |
Negative
Potion | Ingredients | Brewing Setup | Effect | Duration (minutes) |
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Template:Grid Potion of Harming |
Fermented Spider Eye + Instant Health |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Inflicts of damage. | Instant |
Template:Grid Potion of Harming II |
Fermented Spider Eye + Instant Health II |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Inflicts of damage. | Instant |
Template:Grid Potion of Harming II |
Glowstone Dust + Potion of Harming |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Inflicts of damage. | Instant |
Template:Grid Potion of Harming II |
Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Poison II |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Inflicts of damage. | Instant |
Template:Grid Potion of Poison (Extended) |
Redstone Dust + Potion of Poison |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to a minimum of . |
2:00 |
Template:Grid Potion of Poison II |
Glowstone Dust + Potion of Poison |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to a minimum of . |
0:22 |
Template:Grid Potion of Slowness |
Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Resistance |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time. | 1:30 |
Template:Grid Potion of Slowness (Reduced) |
Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Swiftness |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time. | 1:30 |
Template:Grid Potion of Slowness (Extended) |
Redstone Dust + Potion of Slowness |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time. | 4:00 |
Template:Grid Potion of Weakness (Reduced) |
Glowstone Dust + Potion of Weakness |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | All melee damage dealt by the user is halved [note 1] |
1:30 |
Template:Grid Potion of Weakness (Reduced) |
Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Strength |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | All melee damage dealt by the user is halved [note 1] |
1:30 |
Template:Grid Potion of Weakness (Reduced) |
Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Regeneration |
Template:Grid/Brewing Stand | All melee damage dealt by the user is halved [note 1] |
1:30 |
History
Initially, the Cauldron was where potions were brewed. Code in Beta 1.9 pre2 revealed that Potions were brewed by adding water to the Cauldron followed by certain reagents. Correctly combined reagents would confer purely beneficial potion effects, and incorrect combinations added negative effects. The system was complicated, lacked a GUI, and formed many duplicate potions (i.e. two potions that where exactly the same could be made in several different ways), so Notch and Jeb came up with a new brewing method using a Brewing Stand.[1] The Cauldron's role in brewing was relegated to being a slightly more efficient storage vessel for water. Brewing was greatly streamlined and simplified when a brewing GUI was added and most duplicate potions were removed (the total possible potions went 150 combinations to 25 different potions in 31 combinations). However, this new system made some potion effects available in earlier 1.9 pre-releases inaccessible (e.g. Nausea, Blindness and Invisibility).
Throwable Splash Potions were introduced in Beta 1.9 Pre4 and brewed by placing gunpowder and any potion together in a brewing stand. This pre-release also introduced Glistering Melon as an alchemical reagent to replace the instant health effect conferred by the Ghast Tear, which then added the effect of regeneration instead. This version also converted certain reagents into base-secondary reagents (the Spider Eye, Glistering Melon and Blaze Powder made Mundane Potion when brewed into a water bottle in addition to their previous functions), bringing the potion total to 28 different potions in 35 combinations.
Trivia
- Only 1 ingredient is needed to brew into up to 3 potions. These three potions do not necessarily have to be the same.
- Upgrading an Instant Health Potion (I) with glowstone dust has no downsides.
- Upgrading a Fire Resistance Potion with redstone dust has no downsides.
- Although Jeb said that in the 1.9 pre-release 3 there were 161 possible different potion combinations with 2,653 in the future, in the actual third pre-release only 22 different potions could be made without the use of external programs. Of those, 19 potions had one of 8 different effects.
- The Mundane Potion made from redstone has a different metadata (64) than the mundane potion made from any other ingredient (8192). Unlike Mundane 64, Mundane 8192 can be made into a Splash Mundane Potion by adding gunpowder.
- Splash potions can be fired by Dispensers.
Gallery
- Awkward potion creation.png
Awkward potion being created from Nether Wart and Water Bottle
- Potion flow chart.png
Flow Chart for Potion making.
- Potion Flow.png
The same chart, but with images.
See also
Notes
References
External links
- Minecraft Forum: All About Potions And Brewing - 1.9 Reference Guide
- Minecraft Potions - A Visual Guide
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