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Potion brewing chart (most efficient recipes, excludes splash and lingering potions) for Java Edition. Recipes may differ in Template:Editions.

Brewing is the process of creating Minecraft:potions, splash potions, lingering potions, and Minecraft:medicineTemplate:Only by adding various ingredients to water bottles in a brewing stand.

Brewing equipment

Name	Icon	Use
Brewing stand		Used to brew potions using ingredients and water. Each brewing operation takes .
Minecraft:Water		A water source block can be used to fill infinite glass bottles.
Blaze powder		Fuels the brewing stand. Holds 20 charges.
Water bottle		The starting base for all potions, made by filling a glass bottle from a Minecraft:cauldron or a Minecraft:water source block.

Ingredients

There is no provided in-game recipe book for brewing.

Base ingredients and modifiers

Base ingredients are ingredients that can be added directly to a water bottle. Nether warts are used to make awkward potions, and are the fundamental of the base ingredients, as it is required to make the majority of potions.

Modifiers are ingredients used to alter the properties of a potion or to change a potion effect into a different one. The fermented spider eye is unique as it is the only modifier that can convert a water bottle directly into a usable Minecraft:potion.

Name	Icon	When added to water bottle	When added as a modifier
Nether wart		Awkward potion	—
Redstone dust		Mundane potion	Extends the duration of a potion.
Glowstone dust		Thick potion	Increases the level of a potion.
Fermented spider eye		Minecraft:Potion of Weakness	Changes the effect of a potion.
Minecraft:Gunpowder		Splash water bottle	Turns a potion into a splash potion.
Dragon's breath		Lingering water bottle (from splash water bottle)	Turns a splash potion into a lingering potion.

Enhancement

Generally, upgrading a potion involves a trade-off between duration and potency. A potion with an enhanced effect has shorter duration, and a potion with extended duration cannot have an enhanced effect. However:

• Upgrading the effect of a potion that has no time parameter (e.g. Instant Health) with glowstone dust involves no trade-off.
• Increasing the time of a potion that has no effects with different levels (e.g. Fire Resistance) with redstone dust involves no trade-off.

Corrupting effect

A fermented spider eye changes a potion's base effect, often reversing it or producing a negative potion.

• A corrupted potion usually does the opposite of the original effect.
• Corrupting an enhanced or extended potion into an effect that supports the modifier results in a potion with the same modifier applied.
  • Enhanced potions of Leaping or Swiftness cannot be corrupted.
  • in Template:Editions, potions of Strength II corrupt into regular potions of Weakness.
• A potion of Invisibility is considered the "corrupted" version of a potion of Night Vision.

File:Splash Potion Weakness.png

Splash potion brewed using gunpowder.

Splash and lingering potions

By adding gunpowder, a drinking potion can be turned into a splash potion, which can be thrown to coat entities within the place of impact with a status effect. Subsequently, adding dragon's breath to a splash potion makes a lingering potion, creating a cloud that inflicts effects on entities that enter its area.

• Splash potions and lingering potions can be modified in the same manner as their normal counterparts. For instance, a splash water bottle can be brewed with any of the base ingredients; the result remains a splash potion.
• The lingering potions can also be used to craft their respective versions of tipped arrows.
  • in Template:Editions there is an easier way of using cauldrons for the same effect.
• Splash potions have the same duration as the drinkable form.
• Lingering potions have only one-fourth of the duration of the drinkable form. For instance, a drinkable potion effect of 8:00 is reduced to 2:00 as a lingering potion.

Effect ingredients

Effect ingredients imbue an awkward potion with a particular effect but do not alter potion duration or intensity. When added directly to a water bottle, most of these ingredients produce a mundane potion. The exceptions to this are the golden carrot, pufferfish, turtle shell, and phantom membrane, which cannot be added directly to a water bottle. A corrupted version of a potion can be made by adding a fermented spider eye to it.

Effect ingredients

Name	Icon	Effect	Effect when corrupted
Minecraft:Sugar	Template:Slot	Speed	Slowness
Minecraft:Rabbit's Foot	Template:Slot	Jump Boost
Minecraft:Glistering Melon Slice	Template:Slot	Instant Health	Instant Damage
Minecraft:Spider Eye	Template:Slot	Poison
Minecraft:Blaze Powder	Template:Slot	Strength	NoneTemplate:Only WeaknessTemplate:Only
Minecraft:Golden Carrot	Template:Slot	Night Vision	Minecraft:Invisibility
Minecraft:Ghast Tear	Template:Slot	Regeneration	None
Pufferfish	Template:Slot	Water Breathing
Minecraft:Magma Cream	Template:Slot	Fire Resistance
Minecraft:Turtle Shell	Template:Slot	Slowness + Resistance
Minecraft:Phantom Membrane	Template:Slot	Slow Falling
Minecraft:Breeze Rod	Template:Slot	Wind Charged
Minecraft:Stone	Template:Slot	Infested
Minecraft:Cobweb	Template:Slot	Weaving
Fermented Spider Eye	Template:Slot	Weakness
Minecraft:Slime Block	Template:Slot	Oozing

Brewing recipes

Base potions

Base potions are potions without effects, brewed by adding a single base ingredient to a water bottle. Of these, only the awkward potion can be imbued with an effect ingredient to create a potion with an effect.Template:Only

Base potions

Potion	Recipe(s)	Precursor to
Awkward potion	Template:Brewing Stand	Effect potions
Mundane potion	Template:Brewing Stand	NoneTemplate:Only Minecraft:Potion of WeaknessTemplate:Only
Thick potion	Template:Brewing Stand	NoneTemplate:Only Minecraft:Potion of WeaknessTemplate:Only

Effect potions

Effect potions are primarily created by adding an effect ingredient to an awkward potion, which is created by adding nether wart to a water bottle. Certain effects require a potion to be corrupted by a fermented spider eye. The potion of Weakness can additionally be created by simply adding a fermented spider eye to a water bottle, and it is the only potion that can be brewed without nether wart.

Undead mobs react differently to effects than other mobs. They take damage from potions of Healing, gain health from potions of Harming, and are unaffected by potions of Poison and Regeneration.

Positive effects

Potion	Recipe	Extended	Enhanced	Effects
Template:Slot Potion of Healing	Template:Brewing Stand	—	Template:Slot Potion of Healing	Instant Health: Restores health by Template:Hp. Enhanced: Instant Health II: Restores health by Template:Hp.
Template:Slot Potion of Fire Resistance ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Fire Resistance ( 8:00)	—	Fire Resistance: Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, magma blocks, campfires, and blazes' fireballs.
Template:Slot Potion of Regeneration ( 0:45)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Regeneration ( 1:30Template:Only 2:00Template:Only)	Template:Slot Potion of Regeneration ( 0:22)	Regeneration: Restores health by every 2.5 seconds. Enhanced: Regeneration II: Restores health by every 1.25 seconds.
Template:Slot Potion of Strength ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Strength ( 8:00)	Template:Slot Potion of Strength ( 1:30)	Strength: Increases player's melee attack damage by Template:Hp. Enhanced: Strength II: Increases player's melee attack damage by Template:Hp.
Template:Slot Potion of Swiftness ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Swiftness ( 8:00)	Template:Slot Potion of Swiftness ( 1:30)	Speed: Increases movement speed, sprinting speed, and jumping length by 20%. Enhanced: Speed II: Increases movement speed, sprinting speed, and jumping length by 40%.
Template:Slot Potion of Night Vision ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Night Vision ( 8:00)	—	Night Vision: Makes everything appear to be at the maximum light level, including underwater areas.
Template:Slot Potion of Invisibility ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Invisibility ( 8:00)	—	Minecraft:Invisibility: Renders the player invisible. Equipped items are still visible.
Template:Slot Potion of Water Breathing ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Water Breathing ( 8:00)	—	Water Breathing: Prevents the oxygen bar from depleting when underwater.
Template:Slot Potion of Leaping ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Leaping ( 8:00)	Template:Slot Potion of Leaping ( 1:30)	Jump Boost: Increases jump height by 50%. Enhanced: Jump Boost II: Increases jump height by 150%.
Template:Slot Potion of Slow Falling ( 1:30)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Slow Falling ( 4:00)	—	Slow Falling: Significantly reduces fall speed and acceleration and negates all fall damage.

Negative effects

Potion	Recipe(s)	Extended	Enhanced	Effects	Notes
Template:Slot Potion of Poison ( 0:45)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Poison ( 1:30Template:Only 2:00Template:Only)	Template:Slot Potion of Poison ( 0:21Template:Only 0:22Template:Only))	Poison: Depletes health by Template:Hp every 1.25 seconds. Enhanced: Poison II: Depletes health by Template:Hp every 0.6 seconds.	—
Template:Slot Potion of Weakness ( 1:30)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Weakness ( 4:00)	—	Weakness: Reduces player's melee attack damage by Template:Hp.	Can be used in combination with a golden apple to cure zombie villagers.
Template:Slot Potion of Harming	Template:Brewing Stand	—	Template:Slot Potion of Harming	Instant Damage: Inflicts Template:Hp damage. Enhanced: Instant Damage II: Inflicts Template:Hp damage.	—
Template:Slot Potion of Slowness ( 1:30)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of Slowness ( 4:00)	Template:Slot Potion of Slowness ( 0:20)	Slowness: Reduces movement speed by 15%. Enhanced: Slowness IV: Reduces movement speed by 60%.	—
Template:Slot Potion of Oozing ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	—	—	Oozing: Spawns two size-2 slimes nearby when killed	—
Template:Slot Potion of Weaving ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	—	—	Weaving: Spawns 2–3 cobwebs nearby when killed Doubles walking speed through cobwebs (from 25% to 50%)	—
Template:Slot Potion of Infestation ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	—	—	Infested: Has a 10% chance to spawn 1–2 silverfish nearby when hit	—
Template:Slot Potion of Wind Charging ( 3:00)	Template:Brewing Stand	—	—	Wind Charged: Emits a wind burst when killed	—

Mixed effects

Potion	Recipe	Extended	Enhanced	Effects
Template:Slot Potion of the Turtle Master (0:20)	Template:Brewing Stand	Template:Slot Potion of the Turtle Master (0:40)	Template:Slot Potion of the Turtle Master (0:20)	Slowness IV, Resistance III: Reduces movement speed by 60% and reduces incoming damage by 60%. Enhanced: Slowness VI, Resistance IV: Reduces movement speed by 90% and reduces incoming damage by 80%.

Bedrock Edition exclusive recipes

Brewing recipes in Template:Editions are a superset of that in Template:Editions, which means that all Java Edition recipes are also available in Bedrock Edition, but not the other way round.

Potion	Recipe	Effect	Notes
Template:Slot Potion of Weakness ( 1:30)	Template:Brewing Stand	Weakness: Reduces player's melee attack damage by Template:Hp.	—
	Template:Brewing Stand		Potions of Strength II are brewed into regular potions of Weakness.

Cures

Template:Message boxTemplate:Article other Cures are brewed from awkward potions using different Minecraft:elements. Drinking these removes the specified bad effect. They cannot be modified into splash, lingering, extended, or enhanced versions.

Potion	Recipe	Effect
Antidote	Template:Brewing Stand	Cures Poison
Elixir	Template:Brewing Stand	Cures Weakness
Eye drops	Template:Brewing Stand	Cures Blindness
Tonic	Template:Brewing Stand	Cures Nausea

Un-brewable potions

The potion of LuckTemplate:Only and the potion of DecayTemplate:Only cannot be brewed, and can be obtained only through commands or the Minecraft:Creative inventory.

Custom recipes

{{#vardefine:params|0 }}Template:Hatnote in Template:Editions, brewing recipes can be customized through addons using the same system as other recipes.

History

Trivia

• Although Jeb said that in Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 there would be 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.
• By modifying the Minecraft:item NBT using an editor or Minecraft:commands, it is possible to get a potion that cannot be upgraded into a splash potion.

Gallery

Textures

• Texture file for the brewing user interface before 1.20.2 in Java Edition
  Texture file for the brewing user interface before 1.20.2 in Java Edition

See also

• Minecraft:Crafting
• Enchanting
• Minecraft:MedicineTemplate:Only
• Smelting

References

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External links

• Minecraft Forum: All About Potions And Brewing - 1.9 Reference Guide
• Minecraft Potions - A Visual Guide
• Minecraft Commands - A Searchable Minecraft Database

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