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Minecraft: Brewing
Brewing is another creative process in Minecraft that allows you to brew potions and make your character obtain bonus abilities. Brewing is performed by adding different ingredients to the water bottles on a Brewing Stand.
Brewing Stand Grid
In order to make a Brewing Stand, you will have to use your crafting skills and craft one on the Crafting Table. For that matter you will need 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestones.
The Process of Brewing
In Minecraft brewing process is rather simple and the only thing you need to do is to put the required ingredients into the upper slot and water bottles, Primary or Secondary potions in the others. Different potions have different influences on the character but they usually make him better, stronger and allow him to do things he’s never done before.
Every potion starts with the water bottle, so it might be a good idea to make enough bottles beforehand and fill them with water either from a Cauldron or any other suitable water source. Now, the next thing to do is to add the required ingredient and create a base potion. The base potion itself has no effect but adding another ingredient, that is the next step, will make it better and a lot more functional. The brewing principle remains the same: you take the next ingredient and add it to the water bottle (in this case – basic potion). And, if you want to make the potion even more effective, don’t be shy and add another ingredient. With the help of the third ingredient your potion can become more intense, last longer or turn the effect harmful. On the top of that you can add Gunpowder at any time and convert almost any potion into a Splash Potion that can be thrown at enemies from the distance.
Potions are extremely useful in Minecraft but, at the same time, are not easy to make especially because of the Blaze Rod and Nether Wart. However, if you have enough of those in your inventory, your future is pretty safe. But still – I would recommend to start collecting Nether Wart at the first place because it is the basic element for almost any potion.
And here’s the best part: as you can see yourself, there are 3 slots reserved for water bottles. If you do not know already, you can brew three potions at once with one ingredient only. So, if you are low on different items, just make sure that there are enough bottles in your inventory. Making three potions of any kind is always a good idea, don’t you find?
Brewing Equipment
Before you start brewing potions, it is highly recommended to get everything prepared. Of course, you can do that while brewing potions but it is a lot better to have everything optimized and organize your “Brewing” place the way it should be organized – perfect!
So, here are the basic 4 items you will need to make your brewing comfortable and possible.
1. Brewing Stand.
This is the place where everything is done. Here you will mix different ingredients and will brew some potions. Brewing Stand is the basic element of every brewing and you won’t be able to do a thing without it.
In order to make a Brewing Stand, you will have to use your crafting skills and craft one on the Crafting Table. For that matter you will need 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestones.
2. Cauldron
Water is the basic element for every potion and by placing a Cauldron near your working place you will make it closer to reach. Each Cauldron can hold a bucket of water which is enough for 3 glass bottles.
In order to make one you will need 8 Iron Ingots. Use your crafting skills and craft it on the Crafting Table.
3. Glass Bottle
This is a basic container for all kinds of potions. In order to make one you will need 3 Glass cubes. Use your crafting skills and craft it on the Crafting Table.
4. Water Bottle
Water Bottle is a starting point for any kind of potion. You can easily make one by filling it up with the water from the Cauldron mentioned above or any other suitable water source.
Ingredients
Basic Ingredients
In order to cook almost any potion, you will be forced to add some basic ingredients. The most important one is Nether Wart as far as it is required to make most of the potions. The other basic ingredients will only offer variation of the “Potion of Weakness.”
1. Nether Wart
When added, Nether Wart makes an “Awkward Potion.” Also known as Nether stalk, it is a plant that grows in the Nether. It usually can be found within Nether fortresses around staircases.
2. Glowstone Dust
When added, Glowstone Dust makes a “Thick Potion.” Glowstone Dust is obtained by mining Glowstone blocks, which are only found in the Nether or acquired through Trading.
3. Redstone Dust
When added, Redstone Dust makes a “Mundane Potion (Extended)”. Redstone dust can be obtained by mining Redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better, trading with priest villagers, or by killing witches.
4. Fermented Spider Eye
When added, Fermented Spider Eye makes a “Potion of Weakness”. Spider Eye can be crafted from a Spider Eye, brown mushroom and sugar on a crafting grid.
Secondary Ingredients
Of course, a simple basic ingredient won’t make that big of a difference and that is why you will have to imbue an Awkward Potion with secondary ingredients. They will change your potion consistency but won’t change potion’s duration or intensity. When added directly to a Water Bottle, any of these ingredients will produce a Mundane Potion.
1. Magma Cream
By adding Magma Cream to the Awkward Potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Fire Resistance. Magma Cream is dropped by Magma Cubes and can also be crafted using Blaze Powder and a Slimeball.
2. Sugar
By adding Sugar to the Awkward Potion you will turn it into the Potion of Swiftness. It also has Speed effect. You can get sugar from crafting Sugar Cane.
3. Glistering Melon
By adding Glistering Melon to the Awkward Potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Healing. Glistering Melons can be crafted with 8 Gold Nuggets and a Melon Slice placed anywhere in a crafting grid.
4. Spider Eye
Spider eyes will turn awkward potions into potions of poison.
By adding Spider Eye to the Awkward potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Poison. Spider Eye is dropped by either Spiders or Cave Spiders when killed by the player. However, you won’t get it from a spider that died by itself or environmental damage. It is also dropped by Witches from time to time.
5. Ghast Tear
By adding Ghast Tear to the Awkward potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Regeneration. Ghast Tears are items dropped by Ghasts when they are killed. Unfortunately, Ghast Tears are really hard to get mostly because Ghasts fly over lava or unreachable areas.
6. Blaze Powder
By adding Blaze Powder to the Awkward Potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Strength. Blaze Powder is an item made from a Blaze Rod obtained from a Blaze.
7. Fermented Spider Eye
By adding the Fermented Spider Eye ingredient you will likely change the existing potion’s effect to the opposite one. Using it at the first place is kind of useless because it will turn your potion into the potion of Weakness. Fermented Spider Eye can be crafted from a Spider Eye, brown mushroom and sugar on a Crafting table.
8. Golden Carrot
By adding Golden Carrot to the Awkward Potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Night Vision. In order to obtain one you will have to combine one regular carrot with 8 Gold Nuggets.
Modifiers
For potion correction you can use some items that will either increase some of its abilities or will corrupt the previous effect. This is very useful when you need to make your potion unique and increase its Duration or Strength.
1. Redstone Dust
By adding Redstone Dust ingredient you will be able to increase Potion’s duration and turn it into the Potion of “Something” (Extended). Redstone Dust can be obtained by mining Redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better, trading with priest villagers or by killing witches.
2. Glowstone Dust
By adding the Glowstone Dust you can make almost any kind of potion stronger. For instance, if you add it to the Potion of Strength, you are likely to get a Potion of Strength II. Glowstone Dust is obtained by mining Glowstone blocks, which are only found in the Nether or acquired through Trading.
3. Fermented Spider Eye
By adding the Fermented Spider Eye ingredient you will likely change the existing potion’s effect to the opposite one. For example, when added to the Potion of Strength, will turn it into the Potion of Weakness. Fermented Spider Eye can be crafted from a Spider Eye, brown mushroom and sugar on a crafting grid.
4. Gunpowder
When added, Gunpowder turns any kind of potion in a Splash potion. This doesn’t change Potions’ abilities but adds an amazing possibility to throw it at mobs or other players. Unfortunately, Gunpowder is not an easy to get ingredient and can be obtained by killing Creepers, Ghasts, Witches or looting dungeon chests.
Potions
Based on the unique technique, ingredients and brewing peculiarities, potions in Minecraft can be divided into two categories:
- Primary;
- Secondary (Positive and Negative);
There is also a 3rd type of potions known as Reverted. Usually, by reverting you turn better potions into weaker, less durable and less effective ones.
Primary Potions
All Primary potions are very easy to make because all you need is to add one ingredient to the Water Bottle. These are basic potions and should be used for further brewing and further potion making.
1. Awkward Potion
Ingredients: Nether Wart + Water Bottle
Color: Blue
Effect: Awkward Potion is a base potion for other potions but has no effect when used alone. Can be used to brew the following potions:
- Potion of Healing;
- Potion of Fire Resistance;
- Potion of Poison;
- Potion of Regeneration;
- Potion of Strength;
- Potion of Swiftness.
2. Mundane Potion (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Water Bottle
Color: Blue
Effect: Mundane Potion (Extended) is a base potion for Potion of Weakness (Extended) but has no effect itself.
3. Mundane Potion
Ingredients: Ghast Tear; Glistering Melon; Blaze Powder; Magma Cream; Sugar; Spider Eye + Water Bottle
Color: Blue
Effect: Mundane Potion is a base potion for Potion of Weakness but has no effect when used alone.
4. Thick Potion
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Water Bottle
Color: Blue
Effect: Thick Potion is a base potion for Potion of Weakness but has no effect when used alone.
5. Potion of Weakness
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Water Bottle
Color: Blue
Effect: Potion of Weakness has the direct opposite effect to the Potion of Strength and will reduce all melee attacks by 1 Health Heart damage. You can take a Potion of Strength in order to cancel out the Weakness effect. Potion of Weakness is a base potion for Potion of Weakness (Extended).
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It is not possible to brew a Secondary Potion unless you have a Primary one. In order to make a Secondary Potion you need to mix an ingredient with a primary potion. You can also combine it with the Gunpowder to turn it into a Splash Potion (potions that can be thrown at enemies).
Positive Potions
1. Potion of Healing
Ingredients: Glistering Melon + Awkward Potion
Duration: Instant
Color: Red
Effect: Potion of Healing will restore 3 Health Hearts instantly. It is very useful in any possible situation when you are low on health and have no time or opportunity to hide and restore your health calmly. It will also be more than just useful during the battle, though it will leave you exposed for a second or two while being consumed.
2. Potion of Healing II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Healing (Base or Reverted)
Duration: Instant
Color: Red
Effect: Potion of Healing II will restore 6 Health Hearts instantly. It is very useful in any possible situation when you are low on health and have no time or opportunity to hide and restore your health calmly. It will also be more than just useful during the battle, though it will leave you exposed for a second or two while being consumed.
3. Potion of Regeneration
Ingredients: Ghast Tear + Awkward Potion
Duration: 0:45
Color: Purple
Effect: A lot like Potion of Healing, Potion of Regeneration will restore your health. However, it works a bit different way and restores health during a certain period of time and not instantly. Potion of Regeneration will regenerate your health for 45 seconds and will likely heal 23 Health Hearts (approximately 1 Health Heart every 2 seconds).
4. Potion of Regeneration II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Regeneration (Base or Extended)
Duration: 0:22
Color: Purple
Effect: A lot like Potion of Healing, Potion of Regeneration II will restore your health. However, it works a bit different way and restores health during a certain period of time and not instantly. Potion of Regeneration will regenerate your health for 22 seconds and will likely heal 24 Health Hearts (approximately 1.1 Health Hearts every 1 second).
5. Potion of Regeneration (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Regeneration Level I or II
Duration: 2:00
Color: Purple
Effect: A lot like Potion of Healing, Potion of Regeneration (Extended) will restore your health. However, it works a bit different way and restores health during a certain period of time and not instantly. Potion of Regeneration (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Regeneration and will regenerate your health with the very same Heart Rate (approximately, 1 Health Heart every 2 seconds) but for 2:00 full minutes instead of 0:45 seconds. It will likely heal about 54 Health Hearts in total.
6. Potion of Strength
Ingredients: Blaze Powder + Awkward Potion
Duration: 3:00
Color: Deep Red
Effect: Potion of Strength does exactly what you think it does – it increases your Damage output (by 1.5 Health Hearts). In other words – you will deal a lot more damage when hitting mobs or players with or without weapon. Potion of Strength is one of the most used potions on PVP servers.
7. Potion of Strength II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Strength (Base or Extended)
Duration: 1:30
Color: Dark Red
Effect: Potion of Strength II does exactly what you think it does – it increases your Damage output (by 3 Health Hearts). In other words – you will deal a lot more damage when hitting mobs or players with or without weapon. Potion of Strength is one of the most used potions on PVP servers.
8. Potion of Strength (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Strength Level I or II
Duration: 8:00
Color: Dark Red
Effect: Potion of Strength (Extended) does exactly what you think it does – it increases your Damage output (by 1.5 Health Hearts). In other words – you will deal a lot more damage when hitting mobs or players with or without weapon. However, the Extended version of the potion will last for 8:00 minutes instead of the regular 3:00. Potion of Strength(Extended) is one of the most used potions on PVP servers.
9. Potion of Swiftness
Ingredients: Sugar + Awkward Potion
Duration: 3:00
Color: Sky-Blue
Effect: Potion of Swiftness does a very simple but very important thing: it increases your travel speed by, approximately, 20% allowing you to cover longer distances for the very same period of time. By the way – you won’t get any hunger damages and it won’t deplete you hunger bar faster than normal. Also, thanks to the increased speed, you will be able to jump further.
10. Potion of Swiftness II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Swiftness (Base or Extended)
Duration: 1:30
Color: Light Blue
Effect: Potion of Swiftness II does a very simple but very important thing: it increases your travel speed by, approximately, 40% allowing you to cover longer distances for the very same period of time. By the way – you won’t get any hunger damages and it won’t deplete you hunger bar faster than normal. Also, thanks to the increased speed, you will be able to jump further.
11. Potion of Swiftness (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Swiftness Level I or II
Duration: 8:00
Color: Light Blue
Effect: Potion of Swiftness does a very simple but very important thing: it increases your travel speed by, approximately, 20% allowing you to cover longer distances for the very same period of time. By the way – you won’t get any hunger damages and it won’t deplete you hunger bar faster than normal. Also, thanks to the increased speed, you will be able to jump further. Potion of Swiftness (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Swiftness
12. Potion of Fire Resistance
Ingredients: Magma Cream + Awkward Potion
Duration: 3:00
Color: Orange
Effect: Potion of Fire Resistance gives you a 3 minute protection from any kind of fire impact. This includes everything, meaning that you will take no damage from Fireballs, Arrows set on Fire, the Fire itself or even Lava. Yes, for the time mentioned you will be able to swim through Lava and take no damage. On PVP servers players very often enjoy running with the buckets of Lava and burn the player by spilling the substance. With this potion you will take no damage.
13. Potion of Fire Resistance (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Fire Resistance (Base or Reverted)
Duration: 8:00
Color: Orange
Effect: Potion of Fire Resistance gives you an 8 minute protection from any kind of fire impact and happens to be a prolonged version of the original Potion of Fire Resistance. This includes everything, meaning that you will take no damage from Fireballs, Arrows set on Fire, the Fire itself or even Lava. Yes, for the time mentioned you will be able to swim through Lava and take no damage. On PVP servers players very often enjoy running with the buckets of Lava and burn the player by spilling the substance. With this potion you will take no damage.
14. Potion of Night Vision
Ingredients: Golden Carrot + Awkward Potion
Duration: 3:00
Color: Dark Blue
Effect: Potion of Night Vision allows you to see perfectly well in nighttime and under the water at 15 level of lightning.
15. Potion of Night Vision (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Night Vision
Duration: 8:00
Color: Dark Blue
Effect: Potion of Night Vision (Extended) allows you to see perfectly well in nighttime and under the water at 15 level of lightning. Potion of Night Vision (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Night Vision and will last for 8:00 minutes.
16. Potion of Invisibility
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Night Vision
Duration: 3:00
Color: Grey
Effect: Potion of Invisibility allows you to stay invisible for 3:00 minutes. However, this affects only your character and items he will be holding in his hands will still be visible. Though, you can take the Potion of Invisibility and try to kill someone with your bare hands.
17. Potion of Invisibility (Extended)
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Night Vision (Extended) or Redstone Dust + Potion of Invisibility
Duration: 8:00
Color: Grey
Effect: Potion of Invisibility (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Invisibility and allows you to stay invisible for 8:00 minutes. However, this affects only your character and items he will be holding in his hands will still be visible. Though, you can take the Potion of Invisibility and try to kill someone with your bare hands.
Negative Potions
1. Potion of Weakness
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Awkward Potion or Thick Potion or Mundane Potion
Duration: 1:30
Color: Black
Effect: Potion of Weakness has the direct opposite effect to the Potion of Strength and will reduce all melee attacks by 1 Health Heart damage. You can take a Potion of Strength in order to cancel out the Weakness effect.
2. Potion of Weakness (Extended)
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Mundane Potion (Extended)
Duration: 4:00
Color: Black
Effect: Potion of Weakness (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Weakness (will last for 4 minutes) and has the direct opposite effect to the Potion of Strength (Extended). It will reduce all melee attacks by 1 Health Heart damage. You can take a Potion of Strength (Extended) in order to cancel out the Weakness effect.
3. Potion of Poison
Ingredients: Spider Eye + Awkward Potion
Duration: 0:45
Color: Green
Effect: Potion of Poison allows you to poison mobs or other players and deal them extra damage. However, no matter the duration, Potion of Poison won’t kill your opponents but will reduce the health to 0.5 Health Heart at most. Potion of Poison deals approximately 1 Health Heart of damage every 3 seconds.
4. Potion of Poison II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Poison (Base or Extended)
Duration: 0:22
Color: Green
Effect: Potion of Poison II allows you to poison mobs or other players and deal them extra damage. However, no matter the duration, Potion of Poison won’t kill your opponents but will reduce the health to 0.5 Health Heart at most. Potion of Poison II deals approximately 1 Health Heart of damage every 2 seconds but lasts 22 seconds only.
5. Potion of Poison (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Poison Level I or II
Duration: 2:00
Color: Green
Effect: Potion of Poison (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Poison and allows you to poison mobs or other players and deal them extra damage for 2:00 minutes instead of 0:45 seconds. However, no matter the duration, Potion of Poison won’t kill your opponents but will reduce the health to 0.5 Health Heart at most. Potion of Poison deals approximately 1 Health Heart of damage every 3 seconds.
6. Potion of Slowness
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Resistance or Potion of Swiftness
Duration: 1:30
Color: Dark Grey
Effect: Potion of Slowness allows you decrease your movement speed and become a real Ninja. When used against mobs or players, it will also reduce their movement speed to sneaking.
7. Potion of Slowness (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Slowness (Base or Reverted)
Duration: 3:00
Color: Dark Grey
Effect: Potion of Slowness (Extended) allows you decrease your movement speed and become a real Ninja a lot like the original Potion of Slowness does but in this case instead of 1:30 you will get 3:00 of the Slowness effect. When used against mobs or players, it will also reduce their movement speed to sneaking.
8. Potion of Slowness (Extended)
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Resistance (Extended) or Potion of Swiftness (Extended)
Duration: 3:00
Color: Dark Grey
Effect: Potion of Slowness (Extended) allows you decrease your movement speed and become a real Ninja a lot like the original Potion of Slowness does but in this case instead of 1:30 you will get 3:00 of the Slowness effect. When used against mobs or players, it will also reduce their movement speed to sneaking.
9. Potion of Harming
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Healing or Potion of Poison
Duration: Instant
Color: Dark Red
Effect: Potion of Harming is kind of a dangerous potion because it can kill a mob or a player unlike the Potion of Poison. Potion of Harming will deal 3 Health Hearts of damage instantly.
10. Potion of Harming II
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Healing II or Potion of Poison II
Duration: Instant
Color: Dark Red
Effect: Potion of Harming II is kind of a dangerous potion because it can kill a mob or a player unlike the Potion of Poison. Potion of Harming II will deal 6 Health Hearts of damage instantly.
11. Potion of Harming II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Harming (Base or Reverted)
Duration: Instant
Color: Dark Red
Effect: Potion of Harming II is kind of a dangerous potion because it can kill a mob or a player unlike the Potion of Poison. Potion of Harming II will deal 6 Health Hearts of damage instantly.
Reverted Potions
The idea of reverted potions is usually based on a simple principle of making great things simpler. In most cases it refers to changing a longer, upgraded potion into its original weaker variant. There are two methods of creating a reverted potion:
- The first one typically involves adding Glowstone to the already upgraded potion. As a rule, a greater part of Extended potions is already modified with the Red Glowstone at the first place and it can be unmodified and reverted back to the original potion with the help of the same modifier. However, not all of the potions will react to the revert process.
- The second method involves adding Fermented Spider Eyes, usually followed by the Glowstone. In almost every case this will corrupt the potion and will turn it into a negative one but with the very same strength. After that, depending on the recipe, you will have to add a corresponding Glowstone to the extended negative potion.
Glowstone Potions
1. Potion of Fire Resistance (Reverted) = Potion of Fire Resistance (Extended) + Yellow Glowstone Dust
2. Potion of Slowness (Reverted) = Potion of Slowness (Extended) + Yellow Glowstone Dust
3. Potion of Weakness (Reverted) = Potion of Weakness Slowness (Extended) + Yellow Glowstone Dust
Redstone
4. Potion of Healing (Reverted) = Potion of Healing (Extended) + Red Glowstone Dust
5. Potion of Harming (Reverted) = Potion of Harming (Extended) + Red Glowstone Dust
Fermented Spider Eye
6. Potion of Harming (Reverted) = Potion of Harming (Extended) + Fermented Spider Eye
7. Potion of Slowness (Reverted) = Potion of Slowness (Extended) + Fermented Spider Eye
8. Potion of Weakness (Reverted) = Potion of Weakness (Extended) + Fermented Spider Eye
Brewing is another creative process in Minecraft that allows you to brew potions and make your character obtain bonus abilities. Brewing is performed by adding different ingredients to the water bottles on a Brewing Stand.
Brewing Stand Grid
In order to make a Brewing Stand, you will have to use your crafting skills and craft one on the Crafting Table. For that matter you will need 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestones.
The Process of Brewing
In Minecraft brewing process is rather simple and the only thing you need to do is to put the required ingredients into the upper slot and water bottles, Primary or Secondary potions in the others. Different potions have different influences on the character but they usually make him better, stronger and allow him to do things he’s never done before.
Every potion starts with the water bottle, so it might be a good idea to make enough bottles beforehand and fill them with water either from a Cauldron or any other suitable water source. Now, the next thing to do is to add the required ingredient and create a base potion. The base potion itself has no effect but adding another ingredient, that is the next step, will make it better and a lot more functional. The brewing principle remains the same: you take the next ingredient and add it to the water bottle (in this case – basic potion). And, if you want to make the potion even more effective, don’t be shy and add another ingredient. With the help of the third ingredient your potion can become more intense, last longer or turn the effect harmful. On the top of that you can add Gunpowder at any time and convert almost any potion into a Splash Potion that can be thrown at enemies from the distance.
Potions are extremely useful in Minecraft but, at the same time, are not easy to make especially because of the Blaze Rod and Nether Wart. However, if you have enough of those in your inventory, your future is pretty safe. But still – I would recommend to start collecting Nether Wart at the first place because it is the basic element for almost any potion.
And here’s the best part: as you can see yourself, there are 3 slots reserved for water bottles. If you do not know already, you can brew three potions at once with one ingredient only. So, if you are low on different items, just make sure that there are enough bottles in your inventory. Making three potions of any kind is always a good idea, don’t you find?
Brewing Equipment
Before you start brewing potions, it is highly recommended to get everything prepared. Of course, you can do that while brewing potions but it is a lot better to have everything optimized and organize your “Brewing” place the way it should be organized – perfect!
So, here are the basic 4 items you will need to make your brewing comfortable and possible.
1. Brewing Stand.
This is the place where everything is done. Here you will mix different ingredients and will brew some potions. Brewing Stand is the basic element of every brewing and you won’t be able to do a thing without it.
In order to make a Brewing Stand, you will have to use your crafting skills and craft one on the Crafting Table. For that matter you will need 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestones.
2. Cauldron
Water is the basic element for every potion and by placing a Cauldron near your working place you will make it closer to reach. Each Cauldron can hold a bucket of water which is enough for 3 glass bottles.
In order to make one you will need 8 Iron Ingots. Use your crafting skills and craft it on the Crafting Table.
3. Glass Bottle
This is a basic container for all kinds of potions. In order to make one you will need 3 Glass cubes. Use your crafting skills and craft it on the Crafting Table.
4. Water Bottle
Water Bottle is a starting point for any kind of potion. You can easily make one by filling it up with the water from the Cauldron mentioned above or any other suitable water source.
Ingredients
Basic Ingredients
In order to cook almost any potion, you will be forced to add some basic ingredients. The most important one is Nether Wart as far as it is required to make most of the potions. The other basic ingredients will only offer variation of the “Potion of Weakness.”
1. Nether Wart
When added, Nether Wart makes an “Awkward Potion.” Also known as Nether stalk, it is a plant that grows in the Nether. It usually can be found within Nether fortresses around staircases.
2. Glowstone Dust
When added, Glowstone Dust makes a “Thick Potion.” Glowstone Dust is obtained by mining Glowstone blocks, which are only found in the Nether or acquired through Trading.
3. Redstone Dust
When added, Redstone Dust makes a “Mundane Potion (Extended)”. Redstone dust can be obtained by mining Redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better, trading with priest villagers, or by killing witches.
4. Fermented Spider Eye
When added, Fermented Spider Eye makes a “Potion of Weakness”. Spider Eye can be crafted from a Spider Eye, brown mushroom and sugar on a crafting grid.
Secondary Ingredients
Of course, a simple basic ingredient won’t make that big of a difference and that is why you will have to imbue an Awkward Potion with secondary ingredients. They will change your potion consistency but won’t change potion’s duration or intensity. When added directly to a Water Bottle, any of these ingredients will produce a Mundane Potion.
1. Magma Cream
By adding Magma Cream to the Awkward Potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Fire Resistance. Magma Cream is dropped by Magma Cubes and can also be crafted using Blaze Powder and a Slimeball.
2. Sugar
By adding Sugar to the Awkward Potion you will turn it into the Potion of Swiftness. It also has Speed effect. You can get sugar from crafting Sugar Cane.
3. Glistering Melon
By adding Glistering Melon to the Awkward Potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Healing. Glistering Melons can be crafted with 8 Gold Nuggets and a Melon Slice placed anywhere in a crafting grid.
4. Spider Eye
Spider eyes will turn awkward potions into potions of poison.
By adding Spider Eye to the Awkward potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Poison. Spider Eye is dropped by either Spiders or Cave Spiders when killed by the player. However, you won’t get it from a spider that died by itself or environmental damage. It is also dropped by Witches from time to time.
5. Ghast Tear
By adding Ghast Tear to the Awkward potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Regeneration. Ghast Tears are items dropped by Ghasts when they are killed. Unfortunately, Ghast Tears are really hard to get mostly because Ghasts fly over lava or unreachable areas.
6. Blaze Powder
By adding Blaze Powder to the Awkward Potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Strength. Blaze Powder is an item made from a Blaze Rod obtained from a Blaze.
7. Fermented Spider Eye
By adding the Fermented Spider Eye ingredient you will likely change the existing potion’s effect to the opposite one. Using it at the first place is kind of useless because it will turn your potion into the potion of Weakness. Fermented Spider Eye can be crafted from a Spider Eye, brown mushroom and sugar on a Crafting table.
8. Golden Carrot
By adding Golden Carrot to the Awkward Potion, you will turn it into the Potion of Night Vision. In order to obtain one you will have to combine one regular carrot with 8 Gold Nuggets.
Modifiers
For potion correction you can use some items that will either increase some of its abilities or will corrupt the previous effect. This is very useful when you need to make your potion unique and increase its Duration or Strength.
1. Redstone Dust
By adding Redstone Dust ingredient you will be able to increase Potion’s duration and turn it into the Potion of “Something” (Extended). Redstone Dust can be obtained by mining Redstone ore with an iron pickaxe or better, trading with priest villagers or by killing witches.
2. Glowstone Dust
By adding the Glowstone Dust you can make almost any kind of potion stronger. For instance, if you add it to the Potion of Strength, you are likely to get a Potion of Strength II. Glowstone Dust is obtained by mining Glowstone blocks, which are only found in the Nether or acquired through Trading.
3. Fermented Spider Eye
By adding the Fermented Spider Eye ingredient you will likely change the existing potion’s effect to the opposite one. For example, when added to the Potion of Strength, will turn it into the Potion of Weakness. Fermented Spider Eye can be crafted from a Spider Eye, brown mushroom and sugar on a crafting grid.
4. Gunpowder
When added, Gunpowder turns any kind of potion in a Splash potion. This doesn’t change Potions’ abilities but adds an amazing possibility to throw it at mobs or other players. Unfortunately, Gunpowder is not an easy to get ingredient and can be obtained by killing Creepers, Ghasts, Witches or looting dungeon chests.
Potions
Based on the unique technique, ingredients and brewing peculiarities, potions in Minecraft can be divided into two categories:
- Primary;
- Secondary (Positive and Negative);
There is also a 3rd type of potions known as Reverted. Usually, by reverting you turn better potions into weaker, less durable and less effective ones.
Primary Potions
All Primary potions are very easy to make because all you need is to add one ingredient to the Water Bottle. These are basic potions and should be used for further brewing and further potion making.
1. Awkward Potion
Ingredients: Nether Wart + Water Bottle
Color: Blue
Effect: Awkward Potion is a base potion for other potions but has no effect when used alone. Can be used to brew the following potions:
- Potion of Healing;
- Potion of Fire Resistance;
- Potion of Poison;
- Potion of Regeneration;
- Potion of Strength;
- Potion of Swiftness.
2. Mundane Potion (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Water Bottle
Color: Blue
Effect: Mundane Potion (Extended) is a base potion for Potion of Weakness (Extended) but has no effect itself.
3. Mundane Potion
Ingredients: Ghast Tear; Glistering Melon; Blaze Powder; Magma Cream; Sugar; Spider Eye + Water Bottle
Color: Blue
Effect: Mundane Potion is a base potion for Potion of Weakness but has no effect when used alone.
4. Thick Potion
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Water Bottle
Color: Blue
Effect: Thick Potion is a base potion for Potion of Weakness but has no effect when used alone.
5. Potion of Weakness
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Water Bottle
Color: Blue
Effect: Potion of Weakness has the direct opposite effect to the Potion of Strength and will reduce all melee attacks by 1 Health Heart damage. You can take a Potion of Strength in order to cancel out the Weakness effect. Potion of Weakness is a base potion for Potion of Weakness (Extended).
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It is not possible to brew a Secondary Potion unless you have a Primary one. In order to make a Secondary Potion you need to mix an ingredient with a primary potion. You can also combine it with the Gunpowder to turn it into a Splash Potion (potions that can be thrown at enemies).
Positive Potions
1. Potion of Healing
Ingredients: Glistering Melon + Awkward Potion
Duration: Instant
Color: Red
Effect: Potion of Healing will restore 3 Health Hearts instantly. It is very useful in any possible situation when you are low on health and have no time or opportunity to hide and restore your health calmly. It will also be more than just useful during the battle, though it will leave you exposed for a second or two while being consumed.
2. Potion of Healing II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Healing (Base or Reverted)
Duration: Instant
Color: Red
Effect: Potion of Healing II will restore 6 Health Hearts instantly. It is very useful in any possible situation when you are low on health and have no time or opportunity to hide and restore your health calmly. It will also be more than just useful during the battle, though it will leave you exposed for a second or two while being consumed.
3. Potion of Regeneration
Ingredients: Ghast Tear + Awkward Potion
Duration: 0:45
Color: Purple
Effect: A lot like Potion of Healing, Potion of Regeneration will restore your health. However, it works a bit different way and restores health during a certain period of time and not instantly. Potion of Regeneration will regenerate your health for 45 seconds and will likely heal 23 Health Hearts (approximately 1 Health Heart every 2 seconds).
4. Potion of Regeneration II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Regeneration (Base or Extended)
Duration: 0:22
Color: Purple
Effect: A lot like Potion of Healing, Potion of Regeneration II will restore your health. However, it works a bit different way and restores health during a certain period of time and not instantly. Potion of Regeneration will regenerate your health for 22 seconds and will likely heal 24 Health Hearts (approximately 1.1 Health Hearts every 1 second).
5. Potion of Regeneration (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Regeneration Level I or II
Duration: 2:00
Color: Purple
Effect: A lot like Potion of Healing, Potion of Regeneration (Extended) will restore your health. However, it works a bit different way and restores health during a certain period of time and not instantly. Potion of Regeneration (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Regeneration and will regenerate your health with the very same Heart Rate (approximately, 1 Health Heart every 2 seconds) but for 2:00 full minutes instead of 0:45 seconds. It will likely heal about 54 Health Hearts in total.
6. Potion of Strength
Ingredients: Blaze Powder + Awkward Potion
Duration: 3:00
Color: Deep Red
Effect: Potion of Strength does exactly what you think it does – it increases your Damage output (by 1.5 Health Hearts). In other words – you will deal a lot more damage when hitting mobs or players with or without weapon. Potion of Strength is one of the most used potions on PVP servers.
7. Potion of Strength II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Strength (Base or Extended)
Duration: 1:30
Color: Dark Red
Effect: Potion of Strength II does exactly what you think it does – it increases your Damage output (by 3 Health Hearts). In other words – you will deal a lot more damage when hitting mobs or players with or without weapon. Potion of Strength is one of the most used potions on PVP servers.
8. Potion of Strength (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Strength Level I or II
Duration: 8:00
Color: Dark Red
Effect: Potion of Strength (Extended) does exactly what you think it does – it increases your Damage output (by 1.5 Health Hearts). In other words – you will deal a lot more damage when hitting mobs or players with or without weapon. However, the Extended version of the potion will last for 8:00 minutes instead of the regular 3:00. Potion of Strength(Extended) is one of the most used potions on PVP servers.
9. Potion of Swiftness
Ingredients: Sugar + Awkward Potion
Duration: 3:00
Color: Sky-Blue
Effect: Potion of Swiftness does a very simple but very important thing: it increases your travel speed by, approximately, 20% allowing you to cover longer distances for the very same period of time. By the way – you won’t get any hunger damages and it won’t deplete you hunger bar faster than normal. Also, thanks to the increased speed, you will be able to jump further.
10. Potion of Swiftness II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Swiftness (Base or Extended)
Duration: 1:30
Color: Light Blue
Effect: Potion of Swiftness II does a very simple but very important thing: it increases your travel speed by, approximately, 40% allowing you to cover longer distances for the very same period of time. By the way – you won’t get any hunger damages and it won’t deplete you hunger bar faster than normal. Also, thanks to the increased speed, you will be able to jump further.
11. Potion of Swiftness (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Swiftness Level I or II
Duration: 8:00
Color: Light Blue
Effect: Potion of Swiftness does a very simple but very important thing: it increases your travel speed by, approximately, 20% allowing you to cover longer distances for the very same period of time. By the way – you won’t get any hunger damages and it won’t deplete you hunger bar faster than normal. Also, thanks to the increased speed, you will be able to jump further. Potion of Swiftness (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Swiftness
12. Potion of Fire Resistance
Ingredients: Magma Cream + Awkward Potion
Duration: 3:00
Color: Orange
Effect: Potion of Fire Resistance gives you a 3 minute protection from any kind of fire impact. This includes everything, meaning that you will take no damage from Fireballs, Arrows set on Fire, the Fire itself or even Lava. Yes, for the time mentioned you will be able to swim through Lava and take no damage. On PVP servers players very often enjoy running with the buckets of Lava and burn the player by spilling the substance. With this potion you will take no damage.
13. Potion of Fire Resistance (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Fire Resistance (Base or Reverted)
Duration: 8:00
Color: Orange
Effect: Potion of Fire Resistance gives you an 8 minute protection from any kind of fire impact and happens to be a prolonged version of the original Potion of Fire Resistance. This includes everything, meaning that you will take no damage from Fireballs, Arrows set on Fire, the Fire itself or even Lava. Yes, for the time mentioned you will be able to swim through Lava and take no damage. On PVP servers players very often enjoy running with the buckets of Lava and burn the player by spilling the substance. With this potion you will take no damage.
14. Potion of Night Vision
Ingredients: Golden Carrot + Awkward Potion
Duration: 3:00
Color: Dark Blue
Effect: Potion of Night Vision allows you to see perfectly well in nighttime and under the water at 15 level of lightning.
15. Potion of Night Vision (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Night Vision
Duration: 8:00
Color: Dark Blue
Effect: Potion of Night Vision (Extended) allows you to see perfectly well in nighttime and under the water at 15 level of lightning. Potion of Night Vision (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Night Vision and will last for 8:00 minutes.
16. Potion of Invisibility
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Night Vision
Duration: 3:00
Color: Grey
Effect: Potion of Invisibility allows you to stay invisible for 3:00 minutes. However, this affects only your character and items he will be holding in his hands will still be visible. Though, you can take the Potion of Invisibility and try to kill someone with your bare hands.
17. Potion of Invisibility (Extended)
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Night Vision (Extended) or Redstone Dust + Potion of Invisibility
Duration: 8:00
Color: Grey
Effect: Potion of Invisibility (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Invisibility and allows you to stay invisible for 8:00 minutes. However, this affects only your character and items he will be holding in his hands will still be visible. Though, you can take the Potion of Invisibility and try to kill someone with your bare hands.
Negative Potions
1. Potion of Weakness
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Awkward Potion or Thick Potion or Mundane Potion
Duration: 1:30
Color: Black
Effect: Potion of Weakness has the direct opposite effect to the Potion of Strength and will reduce all melee attacks by 1 Health Heart damage. You can take a Potion of Strength in order to cancel out the Weakness effect.
2. Potion of Weakness (Extended)
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Mundane Potion (Extended)
Duration: 4:00
Color: Black
Effect: Potion of Weakness (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Weakness (will last for 4 minutes) and has the direct opposite effect to the Potion of Strength (Extended). It will reduce all melee attacks by 1 Health Heart damage. You can take a Potion of Strength (Extended) in order to cancel out the Weakness effect.
3. Potion of Poison
Ingredients: Spider Eye + Awkward Potion
Duration: 0:45
Color: Green
Effect: Potion of Poison allows you to poison mobs or other players and deal them extra damage. However, no matter the duration, Potion of Poison won’t kill your opponents but will reduce the health to 0.5 Health Heart at most. Potion of Poison deals approximately 1 Health Heart of damage every 3 seconds.
4. Potion of Poison II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Poison (Base or Extended)
Duration: 0:22
Color: Green
Effect: Potion of Poison II allows you to poison mobs or other players and deal them extra damage. However, no matter the duration, Potion of Poison won’t kill your opponents but will reduce the health to 0.5 Health Heart at most. Potion of Poison II deals approximately 1 Health Heart of damage every 2 seconds but lasts 22 seconds only.
5. Potion of Poison (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Poison Level I or II
Duration: 2:00
Color: Green
Effect: Potion of Poison (Extended) is a prolonged version of the original Potion of Poison and allows you to poison mobs or other players and deal them extra damage for 2:00 minutes instead of 0:45 seconds. However, no matter the duration, Potion of Poison won’t kill your opponents but will reduce the health to 0.5 Health Heart at most. Potion of Poison deals approximately 1 Health Heart of damage every 3 seconds.
6. Potion of Slowness
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Resistance or Potion of Swiftness
Duration: 1:30
Color: Dark Grey
Effect: Potion of Slowness allows you decrease your movement speed and become a real Ninja. When used against mobs or players, it will also reduce their movement speed to sneaking.
7. Potion of Slowness (Extended)
Ingredients: Redstone Dust + Potion of Slowness (Base or Reverted)
Duration: 3:00
Color: Dark Grey
Effect: Potion of Slowness (Extended) allows you decrease your movement speed and become a real Ninja a lot like the original Potion of Slowness does but in this case instead of 1:30 you will get 3:00 of the Slowness effect. When used against mobs or players, it will also reduce their movement speed to sneaking.
8. Potion of Slowness (Extended)
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Resistance (Extended) or Potion of Swiftness (Extended)
Duration: 3:00
Color: Dark Grey
Effect: Potion of Slowness (Extended) allows you decrease your movement speed and become a real Ninja a lot like the original Potion of Slowness does but in this case instead of 1:30 you will get 3:00 of the Slowness effect. When used against mobs or players, it will also reduce their movement speed to sneaking.
9. Potion of Harming
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Healing or Potion of Poison
Duration: Instant
Color: Dark Red
Effect: Potion of Harming is kind of a dangerous potion because it can kill a mob or a player unlike the Potion of Poison. Potion of Harming will deal 3 Health Hearts of damage instantly.
10. Potion of Harming II
Ingredients: Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Healing II or Potion of Poison II
Duration: Instant
Color: Dark Red
Effect: Potion of Harming II is kind of a dangerous potion because it can kill a mob or a player unlike the Potion of Poison. Potion of Harming II will deal 6 Health Hearts of damage instantly.
11. Potion of Harming II
Ingredients: Glowstone Dust + Potion of Harming (Base or Reverted)
Duration: Instant
Color: Dark Red
Effect: Potion of Harming II is kind of a dangerous potion because it can kill a mob or a player unlike the Potion of Poison. Potion of Harming II will deal 6 Health Hearts of damage instantly.
Reverted Potions
The idea of reverted potions is usually based on a simple principle of making great things simpler. In most cases it refers to changing a longer, upgraded potion into its original weaker variant. There are two methods of creating a reverted potion:
- The first one typically involves adding Glowstone to the already upgraded potion. As a rule, a greater part of Extended potions is already modified with the Red Glowstone at the first place and it can be unmodified and reverted back to the original potion with the help of the same modifier. However, not all of the potions will react to the revert process.
- The second method involves adding Fermented Spider Eyes, usually followed by the Glowstone. In almost every case this will corrupt the potion and will turn it into a negative one but with the very same strength. After that, depending on the recipe, you will have to add a corresponding Glowstone to the extended negative potion.
Glowstone Potions
1. Potion of Fire Resistance (Reverted) = Potion of Fire Resistance (Extended) + Yellow Glowstone Dust
2. Potion of Slowness (Reverted) = Potion of Slowness (Extended) + Yellow Glowstone Dust
3. Potion of Weakness (Reverted) = Potion of Weakness Slowness (Extended) + Yellow Glowstone Dust
Redstone
4. Potion of Healing (Reverted) = Potion of Healing (Extended) + Red Glowstone Dust
5. Potion of Harming (Reverted) = Potion of Harming (Extended) + Red Glowstone Dust
Fermented Spider Eye
6. Potion of Harming (Reverted) = Potion of Harming (Extended) + Fermented Spider Eye
7. Potion of Slowness (Reverted) = Potion of Slowness (Extended) + Fermented Spider Eye
8. Potion of Weakness (Reverted) = Potion of Weakness (Extended) + Fermented Spider Eye
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