Minecraft: Potions - how to make them? How to brew? Minecraft guide, tips
Last update: 12 July 2020
This page of our Minecraft guide is dedicated to potions. You'll learn how to start brewing potions and find a few recipes that can make the gameplay easier.
Alchemy - how to begin
The basic requirement for the brewing of potions are bottles with water and the Brewing Stand. Also, a cauldron for water may come in handy (it holds a bucket-full of water, which is equal to three bottles of water). The remaining reagents depend on the type of a potion that you want to brew.
Brewing Stand interface
Once you open the brewing stand, you will notice an interface, like the one in the above screenshot. Put an ingredient on the top and up to three bottles, with potion base, or potion to be modified, below. On the right, you will notice an arrow pointing down. If, after you place the ingredient and the bottles/bottle, the arrow does not turn white, this means that you have chosen a wrong arrangement that cannot be processed.
Brewing potions
As the base for brewing potions, you use the Nether Wart (can be found in the Nether). To this potion, you can add any of the following ingredients, which produce the effect provided in the table's right, hand column:
Item | Effect |
Magma Cream | Fire resistance |
Sugar | Swiftness |
Glistering Melon | Increased HP |
Spider Eye | Poison |
Ghast Tear | Regeneration |
Blaze Powder | Adds strength |
Fermented Spider Eye | Weakening |
Golden Carrot | Night vision |
Pufferfish | Water breathing |
Rabbit's Foot | Jump boost |
Turtle Shell | Potion of the Turtle Master |
Phantom Membrane | Slow falling |
Fermented Spider Eye | Corrupts effect |
Glistering Melon Slice and Fermented Spider Eye | Instant damage |
Golden Carrot and Fermented Spider Eye | Invisibility |
Additionally, each potion can be subjected to a modifier:
Item | Effect |
Redstone | Extends the potion's duration |
Glowstone Dust | Increases the potion's effectiveness (most often, also limits duration) |
Gunpowder | Turns the potion into a thrown potion (you can throw it at another player/mob) |
Fermented Spider Eye | Turns the potion into one of adverse effect (apart from when combined with the Golden Carrot, which results in invisibility) |
Important note! To avoid wasting ingredients, brew all three potions from one ingredient.