Minecraft Potions: All recipes and how to make
The definitive guide on how to make Minecraft Potions
Want to learn how to make Minecraft Potions? Learning how to make Potions in Minecraft will instantly elevate your playthrough and increase your chances of survival. There are many worthwhile Potions to learn first, such as the Potion of Healing and Fire Resistance, which will help you on your journeys through the Overworld and Nether.
Below we've gathered a full Minecraft Potions list, all ingredients needed to make each Potion and a rundown of how to use a Brewing Stand. We've also included an explainer on modifier ingredients that can increase the radius of Potions, increase their strength and more. For a full rundown of all Potions in Minecraft 1.21, keep reading.
In this guide:
- How to make Potions in Minecraft
- Potion modifier ingredients
- Minecraft Potion chart for 1.21
- All Minecraft Potion recipes
- All Minecraft Potion ingredients
- How to make a Brewing Stand
How to make Potions in Minecraft
To make a Potion in Minecraft, you need these things:
- A Brewing Stand for brewing potions.
- Blaze Powder for fuelling your Brewing Stand.
- Glass Bottles to contain your Potions.
- A Water source nearby (Cauldron or Water block).
Every potion starts with a Water Bottle. To make a Water Bottle, just right-click on a water source with a Glass Bottle in your hand.
There are three steps to making a Potion:
- Make an Awkward Potion (Water Bottle + Netherwart) in the Brewing Stand.
- Add an effect ingredient to specify the Potion effect.
- (Optional) Add one or more modifier ingredients to change the nature of the Potion.
Steps 2 and 3 can be done in reverse order if you like, but step 1 always comes first (except when making a Potion of Weakness, which doesn't need an Awkward Potion).
Potion modifier ingredients
Adding Glowstone Dust to some Potions will increase the strength of the effect (usually doubling it). These Potions will have a "II" at the end of their name.
Adding Redstone Dust to some Potions will extend the duration of the effect. These Potions will have a "+" at the end of their name.
Adding Fermented Spider Eye to some potions will corrupt the effect, turning it into a new kind of Potion.
Adding Gunpowder to any Potion will turn it into a Splash Potion. Instead of being drunk, a Splash Potion can be thrown on the ground, affecting everyone in an area around where it shatters.
Adding Dragon's Breath to any Splash Potion will turn it into a Lingering Potion. The effects of a Lingering Potion persist in the area for a short while after breaking, and while the effect is reduced it can also stack if you stay in the area.
Minecraft Potion chart for 1.21
Here is a detailed Minecraft Potion brewing chart from the Official Minecraft Wiki which tells you how to create every kind of Potion:
The chart doesn't tell you how to create Splash or Lingering variations, but you can do that just by adding Gunpowder and Dragon's Breath to each finished Potion.
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All Minecraft Potion recipes
To brew a Potion in Minecraft, you need to add specific ingredients to a Water Bottle. You've already seen that ingredients like Gunpowder and Glowstone Dust can change how a Potion works, but the actual potion effect is created by adding one of the following ingredients:
Note: This table has been updated to include the new potions delivered with the Minecraft 1.21 update.
| Potion | Ingredients | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Awkward Potion | Water Bottle + Nether Wart | Acts as the base for all the other effect potions. |
| Potion of Fire Resistance | Awkward Potion + Magma Cream (made using Slimeballs) | Gives immunity to all heat-related damage for a certain amount of time. |
| Potion of Harming | Potion of Healing/Poison + Fermented Spider Eye | Sends out instant damage to targets. |
| Potion of Healing | Awkward Potion + Glistering Melon | Instantly heals 4 health. |
| Potion of Infestation | Awkward Potion + Stone block | Affected targets have a 10% chance to spawn 1-2 Silverfish when hurt. |
| Potion of Invisibility | Potion of Night Vision + Fermented Spider Eye | Makes player invisible for a limited amount of time. |
| Potion of Leaping | Awkward Potion + Rabbit's Foot | Allows the player to jump half a block higher and reduces fall damage. |
| Potion of Night Vision | Awkward Potion + Golden Carrot | Brightens your surroundings for a limited time. |
| Potion of Oozing | Awkward Potion + Slime Block | Affected targets will spawn two Slimes upon death. |
| Potion of Poison | Awkward Potion + Spider Eye | Causes up to 36 damage over time (1 every 2.5 seconds), but does not reduce health below 1. |
| Potion of Regeneration | Awkward Potion + Ghast Tear | Restores 18 health over time, (1 every 2.5 seconds). |
| Potion of Slow Falling | Awkward Potion + Phantom Membrane | Decreases the fall rate and damage from hitting the ground is reduced to zero. |
| Potion of Slowness | Potion of Swiftness/Leaping + Fermented Spider Eye | Slows players and mobs by 15%. |
| Potion of Strength | Awkward Potion + Blaze Powder | Increases melee damage by 3. |
| Potion of Swiftness | Awkward Potion + Sugar | Increases speed and jump distance by 20% and increases FOV. |
| Potion of the Turtle Master | Awkward Potion + Turtle Shell | Slows players and mobs by 60% and reduces damage taken by 60%. |
| Potion of Water Breathing | Awkward Potion + Pufferfish | Negates the need for air when underwater for a limited time. |
| Potion of Weakness | Water Bottle + Fermented Spider Eye | Reduces melee attack damage by 4. |
| Potion of Weaving | Awkward Potion + Cobweb | Affected targets will spread 2-3 Cobweb blocks upon death. |
| Potion of Wind Charging | Awkward Potion + Breeze Rod | Affected targets will emit a wind burst upon death. |
Not all of these Potions can be turned into Extended or more powerful versions of themselves, but all of them can be turned into Splash and Lingering versions. You can also mix-and-match the modifiers that are allowed, for example to create an Extended Lingering Potion of Poison, or a Splash Potion of Healing II.
Many of these Potions are extremely powerful tools for taking on tough Minecraft mobs. They also form an important part of PvP fights if you're playing on a Minecraft server; the battle is often decided by who has the Potions of Strength and Regeneration to spare. It's worth noting that the Potion of Invisibility won't help you escape the Warden. Whether it will help against the new Creaking mob remains to be seen.
There are a few other Potions in Minecraft that cannot be brewed. Instead, they must be looted or spawned into the game via console commands. This includes Potions such as the Potion of Luck (available in Creative Mode) and Potion of Decay (obtained from swamp huts in Bedrock edition).
All Potion ingredients
Now you know which Potions you want to brew, you'll need the right ingredients to make the magic happen. Below we've listed the Potion ingredients mentioned in the Potions list to streamline the process for you and get you everything you need.
- Blaze Powder: Can be crafted from Blaze Rods (which are dropped from Blazes in Nether Fortresses).
- Breeze Rod: Dropped from Breezes in Trial Chambers.
- Cobweb: Obtained by using Shears. Cobwebs spawn in Mineshafts, Strongholds, Libraries, Igloo basements, Abandoned Villages, Woodland Mansions and spider spawn rooms.
- Dragon’s Breath: Collected from the Ender Dragon's breath attack or purple fireball clouds with a Glass Bottle.
- Fermented Spider Eye: Crafted from Spider’s Eye, Brown Mushroom and Sugar.
- Ghast Tear: Dropped by Ghasts in the Nether.
- Glass Bottle: Crafted from Glass. Can also be acquired from drinking from bottles, fishing or dropped from Witches.
- Glistering Melon Slice: Crafted from 8 Gold Nuggets and 1 Melon Slice.
- Glowstone Dust: Gained from mining Glowstone (found glowing and hanging from ceilings in the Nether). Can also be dropped from Witches.
- Golden Carrot: Crafted from 8 Gold Nuggets and 1 Carrot.
- Gunpowder: Dropped by Creepers, Ghasts and Witches. May appear in a Wandering Trader's stock.
- Magma Cream: Crafted from Blaze Powder and Slime Balls. Can also be dropped by Magma Cubes in the Nether.
- Nether Wart: Harvested from Nether Wart Crops (found within Nether Fortresses and Bastions). You can also farm it within Soul Sand blocks.
- Phantom Membrane: Dropped from Phantoms which spawn in the Overworld when the player has not rested or died in 3 days. Tamed Cats may also offer it as a gift.
- Pufferfish: Can be fished from Lukewarm Oceans and Deep Lukewarm Oceans.
- Rabbit’s Foot: Dropped from Rabbits. Tamed Cats may also offer them as a gift.
- Redstone: Acquired from mining Redstone Ore.
- Spider Eye: Dropped from Spiders and Witches. May also appear within Desert Temple Chests.
- Sugar: Crafted from Sugar Cane or Honey Bottles. Can also be dropped by Witches.
- Turtle Shell: Crafted from 5 Turtle Scutes (dropped from baby Turtles when they mature into adults).
How to make a Brewing Stand
To make a Brewing Stand for making potions, you must combine 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestone in a Crafting Table. Place the 3 Cobblestone in a row, with the Blaze Rod just above it in the centre, like so:
Place the Brewing Stand on the ground and right-click it to open the brewing window. It looks complex at first but it's actually very simple:
- The far-left slot is where you add Blaze Powder to fuel your brewing, just like putting Coal in a Furnace.
- The bottom three slots are where you place the bottles of potions that you want to modify.
- The top slot is where you place an ingredient that you're using to alter the effects of the potions below.
Every time you add a new ingredient to a potion, it'll take 20 seconds of brewing for the effect to occur. But with three potion slots at the bottom, you can brew multiple potions at once to save time. Just remember that you'll need Blaze Powder to keep the Brewing Stand fuelled and working!
That's really all you need in order to start making Potions. It's not like enchantments where you need a whole room in your Minecraft house dedicated to enchanting tables and bookshelves. A single, simple Brewing Stand will do - although a cool tower or castle would certainly provide an epic fantasy aesthetic!
That wraps up our guide to brewing potions in Minecraft. If you're not quite at the stage of venturing into the Nether, you may want to check our page on how to find Diamonds in Minecraft. Alternatively, if you're looking for easy access to the Nether from the start, be sure to consult our list of the best Minecraft seeds. Alternatively, expand the possible number of Potions you can make with Minecraft mods!