How to Make Potions in Minecraft – Complete Guide

Do you want to learn how to create potions in minecraft? Minecraft is a game that encourages exploration, interaction with the world, creative thinking, and crafting. There is something so satisfying about mining, collecting, and combining seemingly random objects to create something functional.

From weapons to furniture and building materials, there is a lot to discover and a lot to do with the highly interactive world of Minecraft and its components. Our focus for this article is potion making in Minecraft. We invite you to stay with us.

What are potions in Minecraft?

In Minecraft lore, potions are consumable or throwable items that give players a specific status effect. They can restore hit points, improve strength or speed, enhance jumping, and the like.

However, they can also do exactly the opposite; damage HP, penalize Speed, weaken Resistances, etc.

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These items are incredibly useful when playing Minecraft survival mode (or even in the minecraft adventure mode) as power-ups and weapons. Crafting them can be a bit tricky, but the results are ultimately worth the experience.

How to make potions in Minecraft

Knowing how to make potions in Minecraft may not be on the same level as knowing how to make a Minecraft server, but it’s still a fairly lengthy process, initially. Once you get the hang of it (and once you start stocking up on ingredients), you should have no trouble crafting potions in your sleep!

Gather your resources to create your potions in Minecraft

Ingredients are the foundation of all potions. You'll need several components to successfully craft a potion, and ingredients are definitely one of those non-negotiables.

The bad news is that acquiring ingredients can be quite risky. We're talking about risky Nether. As in, "Five of the ingredients you need can only be found in the Nether", risky.

This means you will need to do the following:

1. Build a portal
2. Enter the underworld
3. Defeat the monsters
4. Finding a Nether Fortress (without getting lost)

For this step, you definitely need to plan accordingly. We recommend armor and weapons with enchantments. And snowballs. As many snowballs as you can get your hands on. They're pretty effective against Blazes and ridiculously easy to craft - just dig snow with a shovel.

1. Step 1:: Once you are in the Nether, look for the nearest Nether Fortress as soon as possible. You will find Nether Wart (ingredient) growing in the soul sand (optional but highly recommended ingredient) at the bottom of the entrance stairs. Mine them as quickly as you can.
2. Step 2:: Also try to locate a Blaze Generator. If you kill the Blaze, it will drop a Blaze Rod (you'll need this later).
3. Step 3:: If you don't want to get hopelessly lost, consider leaving markers to highlight the way back to the portal. Remember that every block traveled in the Nether is eight blocks traveled in the Overworld.
4. Step 4:: If the Nether is proving too harsh, try switching to “peaceful” mode.
5. Step 5:: Alternatively, and if you already know what Minecraft mods are, you can search for mods that even the Nether playing field.

NOTE: : Once you're safely out of the Nether, continue gathering the other ingredients in the Overworld. There are quite a few!

List of ingredients

Overworld ingredients to create your potions in Minecraft are as follows:

1. Dragon breath: thrown by an Ender dragon
2. Shiny melon: create with one (1) melon and eight (8) gold nuggets.
3. Golden carrot: create with one (1) carrot and eight (8) gold nuggets.
4. Phantom membranes: thrown by ghosts
5. White-spotted puffer: catch with a bucket of water or a fishing rod
6. Rabbit foot: falling dead rabbits
7. Eye of spider: thrown by spiders and murdered witches
8. Sugarcraft using one (1) sugar cane
9. Turtle shell: creates with five (5) shields (thrown by baby turtles)

Inferior ingredients

1. Fire bars: thrown by flames in the abyssal fortresses
2. Ghast Tear: Dropped by Ghasts (look for the ones hovering over the lava)
3. Magma cream: dropped by magma cubes OR created with one (1) fire powder and one (1) slime ball
4. Nether Wart: Located in Nether Fortresses; grows in Soul Sand
5. Soul sand: optional; used to grow Nether Wart in the Overworld

Overworld Potion Modifiers

1. Fermented Spider Eye: create with one (1) spider eye, one (1) brown mushroom and one (1) sugar
2. Glowstone Powder – mine from Glowstones
3. Gunpowder: Dropped by Creepers, Ghasts and Witches; also found in chests
4. Redstone – Redstone Ore Mine

Create your own tools to make your potions in Minecraft

Once you have all your ingredients, you will need to craft your other tools and resources:

1. A brewing station (you can't brew potions without it)
2. A cauldron (optional if you have a water source nearby)
3. Glass bottles (you need to pour and store your potions somehow)
4. and Blaze Powder (fuel for its preparation).

Fortunately, all of these components are infinitely easier to obtain compared to Nether ingredients.

Brewing stand

Pretty much exactly what the name implies. This is what you'll use to brew your potions in Minecraft.

You will need three (3) Cobblestone Blocks and one (1) Blaze Rod.

1. Step 1: – You must have the Workspace communication
2. Step 2:: Place one (1) cobblestone block on each of the bottom three squares of the crafting grid; then place one (1) fire rod on the middle square
3. Step 3:: Once it's crafted, drag your completed crafting base down into your quick access bar

Cauldron (optional)

If you have a water source nearby, a cauldron isn't necessary. But if you have iron to spare, it can make potion making in Minecraft a lot easier.

See, you first need to fill empty glass bottles with water to brew potions. That would require you to go to a water source. A cauldron would be like having a small pool of water next to your brewing stand.

An iron bucket with water can fill a cauldron. You can then right-click on the Cauldron (as you would with the water fountain) with an empty glass bottle to fill it. This drains 1/3 of the Cauldron's contents.

You can fill three bottles with water at one time.

Another neat trick is to transfer existing potions to an empty cauldron. The process is pretty much the same; right-click on an empty cauldron with a full potion bottle and the contents will be transferred.

You can fill the Cauldron with three bottles of the same potion. You can also fill three empty bottles with any potion that is in the Cauldron.

But again, brewing potions near a water source works just as well. You just won't have the additional options of storage / transfer. To craft a cauldron, you will need seven (7) iron ingots.

1. Step 1: – You will need to have the Workspace communication
2. Step 2:: Add the seven (7) iron ingots to the outer squares of the crafting grid, forming a “U”.
3. Step 3:: Once it's crafted, drag your full cauldron down into your hotbar

bottles

You need a way to store your finished potions and carry them with you. You will need three (3) glass blocks.

1. Step 1: – You will need to have the Workbench open
2. Step 2:: Place one (1) glass block on the first and third square of the center row of the crafting grid
3. Step 3:: Place one (1) glass block in the middle square on the bottom row of the crafting grid (the final shape should be a small "v")
4. Step 4:: This will give you three (3) glass bottles. Drag them down to your Hotbar

Blaze Powder

You're almost done! The last thing you need to make potions in Minecraft is Blaze Powder. This is essentially the fire that fuels your brewing stand. It's pretty simple, really! All you need is a Blaze Rod.

1. Step 1: – You must have the Workbench open
2. Step 2:: Place Blaze Rod on any square of the crafting grid
3. Step 3:: the final result should be Blaze Powder (x2)
4. Step 4: – Place Blaze Powder(s) in your inventory

Optional Side Quest: A Nether Wart Farm

We mentioned earlier that you can find Nether Warts growing in Soul Sand on steps leading to a Nether Fortress. If you managed to collect Soul Sand, you can create a Nether Wart farm. Nether Wart is used to create an Uneasy Potion (more on that later) which is basically the base of all potions in Minecraft.

• Farming it in the Overworld saves you from another harrowing, deadly trip to the Nether.

Simply place Soul Sand blocks on the ground and plant one (1) Nether Wart in it. Harvest normally when fully grown.

Just as there are Minecraft mods that teach kids creativity and innovative thinking, the base game itself can teach kids a lot about being patient and resourceful.

Awkward Potion: Your First Potion

Now that you have all your tools and ingredients, you are ready to brew an Awkward Potion. As we said, you cannot create other potions until you have an Awkward Potion ready to use.

1. Step 1:: fill empty glass bottles with water (using a water fountain or your cauldron)
2. Step 2:: open preparation stand

3. Step 3:: You will see three bottom squares on the brew stand grid designated with a “bottle” icon; place one (1) full glass bottle in each square
4. Step 4:: Place one (1) bottom wart on the top square
5. Step 5:- You will see a square in the top left corner designated with a "fire" icon; place one (1) Blaze Powder there

This process takes about 20 seconds and turns all three water bottles into Awkward Potions. On its own, an Awkward Potion doesn't do anything. You'll need to add other ingredients to make it usable. By adding modifiers, such as Glowstone Dust or Gunpowder, you can make the effects more powerful and/or last longer.

Types of potions in Minecraft to make

As you explore the wonderful world of potion making in Minecraft, let us introduce you to a couple of concepts you need to know, specifically the different types of potions you can create and the different types of effects.

First: The types of potions. You really only have two: potions you can drink and “Splash” potions, or potions you can throw.

Drinkables vs Throwables

Most potions in Minecraft that have an awkward potion base are meant to be consumed. These drinkable potions have specific effects and durations and are practically useless if thrown (unless they are made into a Splash potion).

Splash potions, on the other hand, are great for dealing damage or handling multiple opponents. Their results are either short-lived or persistent, depending on the ingredients and components used.

Persistent splash and extended potions

You can add more ingredients to an existing consumable or Splash potion to prolong its effects.

Brewing a Splash Potion

To make a splash potion, you need the following ingredients:

1. One (1) gunpowder
2. one (1) fire powder
3. and three (3) regular potions, that is, the potion you want to turn into a splash potion.

Let's say you want to craft a healing splash potion. First you need to craft a healing potion (recipe below). Want to craft a poison splash potion? Craft the poison first (recipe below).

For this example, let's create a splash poison potion.

1. Step 1:: open preparation stand

2. Step 2:: Place one (1) poison potion on each of the bottom three squares
3. Step 3:: Place one (1) gunpowder in the top square
4. Step 4:: Place one (1) Blaze Powder in the upper left square

Brewing a Lingering Splash Potion

Lingering Splash Potions are great for maximizing damage. Much like Splash Potions, you will need to first brew a regular Potion and turn it into a Splash Potion to achieve a Lingering Splash Potion. You will also need one (1) Dragon's Breath and one (1) Fire Powder.

For this example, we used a poison potion to create a poison cloud.

1. Step 1:: open preparation stand

2. Step 2:: Place one (1) poison potion on one of the three lower squares
3. Step 3:: Place one (1) Dragon's Breath on the top square
4. Step 4:: Place one (1) Blaze Powder in the upper left square

Splash potions are usually potions with negative effects, as there is no point in consuming a poison or slow potion. However, there is a Splash healing potion, which you can use to heal your friends from afar.

On that note, potions in Minecraft can also be classified by three effects: Positive, Negative, and Mixed.

Examples of positive potions would:

1. healing potions
2. Night Vision Potions
3. and strength potions.

Examples of negative potions would be: as we mentioned,

• Poison or slowness.

These are the ones you'll want to have on hand when you take on Survival or Adventure mode.

And if you decided to play with deadly mods, such as, for example, a Dragon Minecraft mod, you will definitely want as many positive potions in your inventory as possible.

Mixed potions, as the name suggests, combine a negative effect to balance a positive effect. A good example of this would be Turtle Master Potion. You gain increased resistance for 20 seconds, but are also Slowed for the same amount of time.

Potion Recipes

In the next section, we break down all the possible options into their ingredients, effects, and duration.

Positive potions

POTION	INGREDIENTS	EFFECTS / DURATION
Fire resistant	Uncomfortable potion Magma cream	3:00
Improved fire resistance	Fire Resistance Potion Red stone dust	8:00
Healing	Uncomfortable potion Shiny melon	+4 life points
Enhanced Healing	healing potion Shiny Stone Powder	+8 life points
Invisibility	Night Vision Potion Fermented Spider Eye	3:00
Extended invisibility	Invisibility Potion Red stone dust	8:00
Jumping	Uncomfortable potion Rabbit foot	+0.50 3:00
Improved jump	Jumping Potion Shiny Stone Powder	+0.50 8:00
Extended jump	Jumping Potion Red stone dust	+1.25 1:30
night vision	Uncomfortable potion Golden carrot	3:00
Extended night vision	Night Vision Potion Red stone dust	8:00
Regeneration	Uncomfortable potion Spectral tear	+1 HP every 2.5 seconds 0:45
Enhanced regeneration	Regeneration Potion Shiny Stone Powder	+1 HP every 2.5 seconds 1:30
Extended regeneration	Regeneration Potion Red stone dust	+1 HP every 1.2 seconds 0:22
Slow fall	Uncomfortable potion Phantom membrane	1:30
Extended slow fall	Potion of Slow Fall Red stone dust	4:00
Force	Uncomfortable potion Blaze Powder	+3 melee damage 3:00
enhanced strength	Potion of strength Shiny Stone Powder	+3 melee damage 8:00
Extended strength	Potion of strength Red stone dust	+6 melee damage 1:30
Speed	Uncomfortable potion Sugar	+20% movement speed 3:00
Improved speed	Potion of Quickness Shiny Stone Powder	+40% movement speed 1:30
Extended Rapidity	Potion of Quickness Red stone dust	+20% movement speed 8:00
Water breathing	Uncomfortable potion White-spotted puffer	3:00
Prolonged breathing of H2O	Water Breathing Potion Red stone dust	8:00

negative potions

POTION	INGREDIENTS	EFFECT/ DURATION
Damaging	Healing potion or poison Fermented Spider Eye	6 pts. Damage
Improved damage	Harmful potion Shiny Stone Powder	12 pts. Damage
Veneno	Uncomfortable potion Eye of spider	-1 HP every 2,5 seconds 0:45
Enhanced Poison	Poison potion Shiny Stone Powder	-1 HP every 1.2 seconds 0:21
Poison spread	Poison potion Red stone dust	-1 HP every 2,5 seconds 1:30
Slowness	Jump or speed potion Fermented Spider Eye	-15% speed 1:30
Improved slowness	Slow Potion Shiny Stone Powder	-15% speed 4:00
Extended slowness	Slow Potion Red stone dust	-60% speed 0:20
Weakness	Uncomfortable potion Fermented Spider Eye	Melee Damage -4 1:30
Extended weakness	Potion of weakness Red stone dust	Melee Damage -4 4:00

Mixed Potions

POTION	INGREDIENTS	EFFECT/ DURATION
Master Turtle	Uncomfortable potion Turtle shell	Slowness IV Resistance III 0:20
Improved Turtle Master	Turtle Master Potion Shiny Stone Powder	Slowness IV Resistance III 0:40
Extended Turtle Master	Turtle Master Potion Red stone dust	Slowness IV Resistance IV 0:20

Conclusion

To recap this Minecraft potions guide, here's what we covered:

1. What are potions in Minecraft?
2. How to make potions in Minecraft
   1. Gather your resources
   2. List of ingredients
   3. Create your tools
   4. Optional Side Quest: A Nether Wart Farm
   5. Awkward Potion: Your First Potion
3. Types of potions to make
   1. Drinkables vs Throwables
   2. Persistent splash and extended potions
4. Potion Recipes

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Now that you know how to make potions in Minecraft, you are definitely better equipped to take on the world. These items portable Stat boosting and enemy damage may essentially be quick fixes, but they could make all the difference in a life or death situation. After all, it's all about time and resource management. We hope we've helped you with this information.