Potion Brewing Guide
Complete guide to brewing potions, effects, and ingredients
Brewing Stand Setup
🔥 Required Items
- • Brewing Stand (Blaze Rod + 3 Cobblestone)
- • Blaze Powder (fuel for brewing)
- • Glass Bottles (sand in furnace)
- • Water (any water source)
- • Nether Wart (Nether Fortress)
⚗️ Brewing Process
- 1. Fill bottles with water
- 2. Add blaze powder as fuel
- 3. Brew Awkward Potion (Nether Wart)
- 4. Add main ingredient for effect
- 5. Optionally modify with modifiers
⏰ Timing & Tips
- • Each brew takes 20 seconds
- • 1 Blaze Powder = 20 brewing operations
- • 3 bottles can brew simultaneously
- • Corrupted potions can't be reversed
- • Store potions in item frames
Base Potions
Awkward Potion
+ Nether Wart
Base for all beneficial potions
Thick Potion
+ Glowstone Dust
Unusable base potion
Mundane Potion
+ Redstone/Sugar/Rabbit's Foot/etc
Unusable base potion
Water Bottle
+ None (starting point)
Base for all brewing
Potion of Healing
Instant Health
Instantly restores health points
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Regeneration
Regeneration
Gradually restores health over time
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Strength
Strength
Increases melee damage
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Swiftness
Speed
Increases movement speed
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Fire Resistance
Fire Resistance
Immunity to fire and lava damage
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Water Breathing
Water Breathing
Prevents drowning underwater
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Night Vision
Night Vision
Allows seeing in darkness
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Invisibility
Invisibility
Makes player invisible to mobs
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Leaping
Jump Boost
Increases jump height
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Slow Falling
Slow Falling
Negates fall damage and slows descent
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Harming
Instant Damage
Instantly deals damage
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Poison
Poison
Gradually reduces health (min 1 HP)
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Weakness
Weakness
Reduces melee damage
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Slowness
Slowness
Decreases movement speed
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion of Turtle Master
Slowness IV + Resistance III
Slowness and damage resistance
⏱️ Brewing Time: 20 seconds
Potion Modifiers
Redstone Dust
Extends duration
Doubles the duration of most effects
Glowstone Dust
Increases potency
Increases effect level (II) but reduces duration
Gunpowder
Makes splash potion
Converts to throwable splash potion
Dragon's Breath
Makes lingering potion
Creates area effect cloud (requires splash potion first)
Fermented Spider Eye
Corrupts potion
Converts beneficial effects to harmful ones
Advanced Brewing Tips
🧪 Ingredient Sources
- • Nether Wart: Nether Fortresses (soul sand)
- • Blaze Powder: Blaze Rods from Blazes
- • Ghast Tear: Ghasts in the Nether
- • Spider Eye: Spiders (25% drop rate)
- • Magma Cream: Magma Cubes or craft
- • Golden Carrot: Craft with gold nuggets
⚔️ Combat Applications
- • PvP: Strength II + Speed II potions
- • Splash Damage: Harming II splash potions
- • Defense: Fire Resistance for Nether
- • Utility: Night Vision for cave exploration
- • Healing: Health II potions for emergencies
- • Escape: Invisibility + Speed potions
🏗️ Building & Exploration
- • Water Breathing: Ocean monument raids
- • Slow Falling: Safe high-altitude building
- • Jump Boost: Easier terrain navigation
- • Night Vision: Mining and cave exploration
- • Fire Resistance: Nether construction
- • Swiftness: Faster travel and gathering
🔬 Efficiency Tips
- • Build automated brewing stations
- • Use hoppers for ingredient input
- • Stock up on common base ingredients
- • Keep brewing charts for reference
- • Store potions organized by effect
- • Always have backup healing potions