Brewing

Brewing "grid" (Ingredients are placed at the top. Water bottles placed underneath)

Brewing is the process of creating Potions and Splash Potions by adding various ingredients to water bottles in a Brewing Stand.

[edit] General Guide to Brewing

Potion brewing chart (excludes splash potions)

Every Potion starts with a water bottle. Made by filling a Glass Bottle at a water source, or from a Cauldron.

As seen in the brewing chart on the right, the first step of most potions is to create an Awkward Potion, by placing Nether Wart above water bottles in the brewing "grid". Potions with varied effects are made by adding secondary ingredients to the Awkward Potion. Tertiary ingredients can be added to alter the potion's effect in some way. As a general rule, adding Redstone will increase the duration of the potion, adding Glowstone (Dust) will increase its potency, and adding a Fermented Spider Eye will corrupt the potion's effect. Finally, Splash Potions can be created by adding Gunpowder to any potion. This allows the potion to be thrown as a weapon.

While adding an ingredient into glass bottles filled with water or potion, only one of an ingredient is required to fill all three slots. E.g. One Nether Wart can create three Awkward Potions.

[edit] Brewing Equipment

Name	Icon	Use
Brewing Stand		Used to add ingredients into glass bottles.
Cauldron		Each one can hold a bucket of water (after placement). Will fill 3 glass bottles.
Glass Bottle		Container for all kinds of potions.
Water Bottle		The starting base for all potions. Made by filling a glass bottle from a cauldron or water source.

[edit] Ingredients

[edit] Base Ingredients

Base ingredients are the starting point of all potions. Nether Wart is the primary ingredient added to water bottles at this stage, as it is required to make most of the potions. All other base ingredients will only allow the creation of variations of "Potion of Weakness".

Name	Icon	When added makes
Nether Wart		Awkward Potion
Glowstone Dust		Thick Potion
Redstone Dust		Mundane Potion (Extended)
Fermented Spider Eye		Potion of Weakness

[edit] Secondary Ingredients

Secondary ingredients imbue an Awkward Potion with a particular effect but do not alter potion duration or intensity. When added directly to a Water Bottle, any of these ingredients will produce a Mundane Potion (with the exception of fermented spider eye, which results in a potion of weakness).

Name	Icon	Effect
Magma Cream		Fire Resistance
Sugar		Speed
Glistering Melon		Instant Health
Spider Eye		Poison
Ghast Tear		Regeneration
Blaze Powder		Strength
Fermented Spider Eye		Weakness

[edit] Tertiary Ingredients

Tertiary ingredients change the potion's properties. The "longer duration" and "more potent" versions of a potion can be forever interchanged.

Name	Icon	When added
Redstone Dust		Increases duration
Glowstone Dust		Increases potency
Fermented Spider Eye [note 1]		Corrupts Effect
Gunpowder		Makes potion throwable

[edit] Potions

[edit] Primary

All primary potions are created by brewing a single ingredient with a Water Bottle. Mundane Potion and Potion of Weakness can be combined with Gunpowder to create their throwable Splash Potion counterparts.

Potion	Ingredients	Brewing Setup	Effect	Precursor to
Awkward Potion	Nether Wart + Water Bottle		None	Potion of Healing Potion of Fire Resistance Potion of Poison Potion of Regeneration Potion of Strength Potion of Swiftness
Mundane Potion (Extended)	Redstone Dust + Water Bottle		None	Potion of Weakness (Extended)
Mundane Potion	Ghast Tear, Glistering Melon, Blaze Powder, Magma Cream, Sugar, or Spider Eye + Water Bottle		None	Potion of Weakness
Thick Potion	Glowstone Dust + Water Bottle		None	Potion of Weakness
Potion of Weakness	Fermented Spider Eye + Water Bottle		Reduces all melee attacks by damage. Note that this makes the player unable to do any damage without a weapon.	Potion of Weakness (Extended)

[edit] Secondary

Secondary potions are created by brewing an ingredient with a primary potion and can be combined with Gunpowder to create their throwable Splash Potion counterparts.

[edit] Positive

Potion	Ingredients	Brewing Setup	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Healing	Glistering Melon + Awkward Potion		Restores per potion.	Instant
Potion of Fire Resistance	Magma Cream + Awkward Potion		Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks.	3:00
Potion of Regeneration	Ghast Tear + Awkward Potion		Restores health over time.	0:45
Potion of Strength	Blaze Powder + Awkward Potion		Adds damage to all melee attacks, with or without weapons.	3:00
Potion of Swiftness	Sugar + Awkward Potion		Increases player's movement speed, sprinting speed, and jumping length.	3:00

[edit] Negative

Potion	Ingredients	Brewing Setup	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Poison	Spider Eye + Awkward Potion		Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to at most, at a rate of approximately every 1.5 seconds.	0:45
Potion of Weakness	Fermented Spider Eye + Awkward Potion or Thick Potion or Mundane Potion		Reduces all melee attacks by damage.	1:30
Potion of Weakness (Extended)	Fermented Spider Eye + Mundane Potion (Extended)		Reduces all melee attacks by damage.	4:00

[edit] Tertiary

Tertiary potions are created by brewing an ingredient with a secondary potion or another tertiary potion and can be combined with Gunpowder to create their throwable Splash Potion counterparts.

[edit] Positive

Potion	Ingredients	Brewing Setup	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Fire Resistance (Extended)	Redstone Dust + Potion of Fire Resistance (Base or Reverted)		Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks.	8:00
Potion of Healing II	Glowstone Dust + Potion of Healing (Base or Reverted)		Restores per potion.	Instant
Potion of Regeneration (Extended)	Redstone Dust + Potion of Regeneration Level I or II		Restores health over time.	2:00
Potion of Regeneration II	Glowstone Dust + Potion of Regeneration (Base or Extended)		Restores health over time.	0:22
Potion of Strength (Extended)	Redstone Dust + Potion of Strength Level I or II		Adds damage to all melee attacks, with or without weapons.	8:00
Potion of Strength II	Glowstone Dust + Potion of Strength (Base or Extended)		Adds damage to all melee attacks, with or without weapons.	1:30
Potion of Swiftness (Extended)	Redstone Dust + Potion of Swiftness Level I or II		Increases player's movement, sprinting speed, and jumping length.	8:00
Potion of Swiftness II	Glowstone Dust + Potion of Swiftness (Base or Extended)		Increases player's movement, sprinting speed, and jumping length.	1:30

[edit] Negative

Potion	Ingredients	Brewing Setup	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Harming	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Healing or Potion of Poison		Inflicts of damage.	Instant
Potion of Harming II	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Healing II or Potion of Poison II		Inflicts of damage.	Instant
Potion of Harming II	Glowstone Dust + Potion of Harming (Base or Reverted)		Inflicts of damage.	Instant
Potion of Poison (Extended)	Redstone Dust + Potion of Poison Level I or II		Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to a minimum of , at a rate of approximately per two seconds.	2:00
Potion of Poison II	Glowstone Dust + Potion of Poison (Base or Extended)		Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to a minimum of , at a rate of approximately per second.	0:22
Potion of Slowness	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Resistance or Potion of Swiftness		Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.	1:30
Potion of Slowness (Extended)	Redstone Dust + Potion of Slowness (Base or Reverted)		Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.	3:00
Potion of Slowness (Extended)	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Resistance (Extended) or Potion of Swiftness (Extended)		Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.	3:00
Potion of Weakness	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Strength or Potion of Regeneration		Reduces all melee attacks by damage.	1:30
Potion of Weakness (Extended)	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Strength (Extended) or Potion of Regeneration (Extended)		Reduces all melee attacks by damage.	4:00
Potion of Weakness (Extended)	Redstone Dust + Potion of Weakness (Base or Reverted)		Reduces all melee attacks by damage.	4:00

[edit] Reverted

Reverted potions are potions legitimately obtained by adding glowstone or redstone to an already upgraded potion which does not support the added ingredient, or by adding fermented spider eye to an already reverted potion or a potion which is already upgraded with an ingredient (glowstone or redstone) not supported by the corrupted result.
In the inventory, they will look identical to their base potion, much like mundane and mundane (extended). Their usage is also identical to their base potions, with the exception of turning into reverted potions rather than base potions when adding fermented spider eyes as described above.

[edit] Glowstone

Potion	Ingredients	Brewing Setup	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Fire Resistance (Reverted)	Glowstone Dust + Potion of Fire Resistance (Extended)		Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks.	3:00
Potion of Slowness (Reverted)	Glowstone Dust + Potion of Slowness (Extended)		Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.	1:30
Potion of Weakness (Reverted)	Glowstone Dust + Potion of Weakness (Extended)		Reduces all melee attacks by damage.	1:30

[edit] Redstone

Potion	Ingredients	Brewing Setup	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Healing (Reverted)	Redstone Dust + Potion of Healing II		Restores per potion.	Instant
Potion of Harming (Reverted)	Redstone Dust + Potion of Harming II		Inflicts of damage.	Instant

[edit] Fermented Spider Eye

Potion	Ingredients	Brewing Setup	Effect	Duration (minutes)
Potion of Harming (Reverted)	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Healing (Reverted) or Potion of Poison (Extended)		Inflicts of damage.	Instant
Potion of Slowness (Reverted)	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Resistance (Reverted) or Potion of Swiftness II		Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.	1:30
Potion of Weakness (Reverted)	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Strength II or Potion of Regeneration II		Reduces all melee attacks by damage.	1:30

[edit] Recipes

The following are the most efficient recipes to brew each potion.

Weakness > fermented spider eye
Weakness E > fermented spider eye and redstone (if brewed from an awkward potion the fermented spider eye must be added first)
Strength > nether wart > blaze powder
Strength E > nether wart > blaze powder > redstone
Strength II > nether wart > blaze powder > glowstone
Regeneration > nether wart > ghast tear
Regeneration E > nether wart > ghast tear > redstone
Regeneration II > nether wart > ghast tear > glowstone
Swiftness > nether wart > sugar
Swiftness E > nether wart > sugar > redstone
Swiftness II > nether wart > sugar > glowstone
Slowness > nether wart > sugar or magma cream > fermented spider eye
Slowness E > nether wart > sugar or magma cream > fermented spider eye > redstone
Health > nether wart > glistering melon
Health II > nether wart > glistering melon > glowstone
Harming > nether wart > glistering melon or spider eye > fermented spider eye
Harming II > nether wart > glistering melon or spider eye > fermented spider eye and glowstone
Poison > nether wart > spider eye
Poison E > nether wart > spider eye > redstone
Poison II > nether wart > spider eye > glowstone
Fire Resistance > nether wart > magma cream
Fire Resistance E > nether wart > magma cream > redstone

[edit] History

Potions brewing in Cauldrons (1.9 pre2).

Initially, the Cauldron was where potions were brewed. Code in Beta 1.9 pre2 revealed that Potions were brewed by adding water to the Cauldron followed by certain ingredients. Correctly combined ingredients would confer purely beneficial potion effects, and incorrect combinations added negative effects. The system was complicated, lacked a GUI, and formed many duplicate potions (i.e. two potions that were exactly the same could be made in several different ways), so Notch and Jeb came up with a new brewing method using a Brewing Stand.^[1] Brewing was greatly streamlined and simplified when a brewing GUI was added and most duplicate potions were removed (the total possible potions went down from 150 combinations to only 25 different potions in 31 combinations). However, this new system made some potion effects available in earlier 1.9 pre-releases inaccessible (e.g. Nausea, Blindness and Invisibility).

Throwable Splash Potions were introduced in Beta 1.9 Pre4 and brewed by placing gunpowder and any potion together in a brewing stand. This pre-release also introduced Glistering Melon as an ingredients to replace the instant health effect conferred by the Ghast Tear, which then added the effect of regeneration instead. This version also converted certain ingredients into base-secondary ingredients (the Spider Eye, Glistering Melon and Blaze Powder made Mundane Potion when brewed into a water bottle in addition to their previous functions), bringing the potion total to 28 different potions in 35 combinations.

[edit] Potion type history

Based on information found in minecraft.jar/lang/en_US.lang, the current potion types from Minecraft 1.0.0 are listed below:

• Potion of Swiftness
• Potion of Slowness
• Potion of Strength
• Potion of Weakness
• Potion of Healing
• Potion of Harming
• Potion of Regeneration
• Potion of Fire Resistance
• Potion of Poison

Due to changes in the brewing system, the following potions are currently not accessible:

• Potion of Haste
• Potion of Dullness
• Potion of Leaping
• Potion of Nausea
• Potion of Resistance
• Potion of Water Breathing
• Potion of Invisibility
• Potion of Blindness
• Potion of Night Vision
• Potion of Hunger

[edit] Trivia

Splash potion brewed using gunpowder.

• As long as at least one of the three bottom spaces is filled, the brewing will continue, and additional bottles of water or potion can be added. However, if the ingredient is removed, or the bottom 3 slots are emptied at any time during the process, the process will stop and nothing will have been brewed.
• The three potions do not necessarily have to be the same.
• Upgrading effect of potion that has no time parameter (i.e. Instant Health, Harming) with glowstone dust has no downsides.
• Upgrading one of the above's level II effect using glowstone will seemingly revert it to the original (metadata-wise, this is not the case).
• Upgrading a potion that has no level II effect (i.e. Fire Resistance, Slowness, Weakness) with redstone dust has no downsides.
• Upgrading one of the above's extended potion using redstone will seemingly revert it to the original (metadata-wise, this is not the case).
• Although Jeb said that in the 1.9 pre-release 3 there were 161 possible different potion combinations with 2,653 in the future, in the actual third pre-release only 22 different potions could be made without the use of external programs. Of those, 19 potions had one of 8 different effects.
• The Mundane Potion made from redstone has a different metadata (64) than the mundane potion made from any other ingredient (8192). Unlike Mundane 64, Mundane 8192 can be made into a Splash Mundane Potion by adding gunpowder that is, like its base potion, without any effect.
• There are many Potions that were left behind from 1.9 pre-releases that fill up different metadatas that otherwise cannot be brewed or obtained without a SMP server command or inventory editor. These potions include but are not limited to: Bungling Potion, Buttering Potion, Debonair Potion, Refined Potion.
• Splash potions can be fired by Dispensers.
• More water can be taken to the Nether in one trip by filling Water Buckets, carrying a stack of Glass Bottles, and using a Cauldron. This is because stackable Glass Bottles don't stack once you've filled them with water.
• Some splash potions have the opposite effect on undead mobs such as zombies and skeletons.
• As of the weekly prerelease 12w01a brewing a single ingredient takes 20 seconds.

[edit] Gallery

• 

  Flow Chart for Potion making.

• 

  The same chart, but with images.

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  Basic Potion Combinations.

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  Potion recipes

[edit] See also

• Crafting
• Enchanting
• Smelting

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ Fermented Spider Eyes do not change the potion's properties per se, but affect in a way more reminiscent of inverting, although it's effect on some potions are not connected to the original potion's effect, and therefor, Fermented Spider Eyes' effect is labeled "corrupting" as in any case the resulting effect will always be negative

[edit] References

1. ↑ jebtweet:119710836469149697

[edit] External links

• Minecraft Forum: All About Potions And Brewing - 1.9 Reference Guide
• Minecraft Potions - A Visual Guide