Splash Potions

This article is about the throwable potions. For the drinkable potions, see Potions. For the random main menu text, see Splash.

Splash Potions

Type	Potions
Effects	See potion effects.
Stackable	No
First appearance	Beta 1.9pre4
Data value	dec: 373 hex: 175 bin: 000101110101

Splash Potions are a variant of potion which may be thrown as a weapon, like a grenade. The player can turn any brewable potion into a Splash Potion by brewing one with gunpowder. Their flask has a different shape than the original, resembling more of a retort-type flask. Not only can the player throw these potions, but they can also be released from dispensers. They can affect both passive and hostile mobs. This gives purpose to negative potions as weapons against enemies, although some are immune to certain effects. Positive potions can be used to help, such as on wolves or livestock to recover their health. Splash potions can be thrown to the ground to be consumed making it faster than drinking a regular potion.

[edit] Brewing

Main article: Brewing

For ingredients that go into potions, splash potions, and known potion recipes see brewing. According to Jeb there were 161 possible potion combinations in Beta 1.9 Pre-release 3, and there may be 2,653 potions later.^[1]

[edit] Mob Effects

Splash Potions can have varying effects depending on what they are used on versus what they actually are.

[edit] Effects on Inflicted Damage

There are three splash potions which affect the inflicted damage of a few mobs: Weakness, Strength, and Strength II. Their effect also differs by difficulty. This table only applies when the mob is carrying their default weapon, or no weapon if the mob doesn't have one.

Mob	Difficulty	Default damage	Weakness	Strength	Strength II
Enderman	Easy	4 ()	3 ()	6 ()	7 ()
	Normal	7 ()	5 ()	10 ()	13 ()
	Hard	10 ()	7 ()	15 ()	19 ( × 9.5)
Zombie Pigman Wither[note 1]	Easy	3 ()	2 ()	5 ()	6 ()
	Normal	5 ()	3 ()	8 ()	11 ()
	Hard	7 ()	4 ()	12 ()	16 ()
Zombie	Easy	3 ()	2 ()	4 ()	6 ()
	Normal	4 ()	2 ()	7 ()	10 ()
	Hard	6 ()	3 ()	10 ()	15 ()
Spider Cave Spider	Easy	2 ()	1 ()	3 ()	5 ()
	Normal	2 ()	0 ()	5 ()	8 ()
	Hard	3 ()	0 ()	7 ()	12 ()
Blaze[note 1]	Easy	4 ()	3 ()	5 ()	7 ()
	Normal	6 ()	4 ()	9 ()	12 ()
	Hard	9 ()	6 ()	13 ()	18 ( × 9)
Wither Skeleton	Easy	5 ()	4 ()	7 ()	8 ()
	Normal	8 ()	7 ()	12 ()	16 ()
	Hard	12 ()	10 ()	16 ()	20 ( × 10)

Cave Spiders will not poison players in normal or hard difficulty when they have been hit by a weakness splash potion, since they can not deal any damage.

In general the Weakness splash potion lowers the attack damage by:

• 1 () in easy difficulty
• 2 () in normal difficulty
• 3 () in hard difficulty

The Strength splash potion increases the attack damage by:

• 1 () or 2 () in easy difficulty
• 3 () in normal difficulty
• 4 () or 5 () in hard difficulty

The Strength II splash potion increases the attack damage by:

• 3 () in easy difficulty
• 6 () in normal difficulty
• 9 () in hard difficulty

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ ^{a b}
   This applies to the mob's contact damage only.

[edit] Splash Potions

Here is a full list of the names, effects, and damage values of splash potions that are currently obtainable through brewing. Note, that the base duration of splash potion is always ¾ the duration of corresponding drinkable potion.

Icon	Name	DV
	Splash Mundane Potion	16384

[edit] Splash Potions with Positive Effects

Icon	Name	Duration	DV	Notes
	Splash Potion of Regeneration	0:33	16385	Restores up to 38 ( × 19) health over time.	Undead (i.e. skeletons, zombies and Zombie Pigmen) are unaffected by regeneration.
	Splash Potion of Regeneration	1:30	16449	Restores up to 85 ( × 42.5) health over time.
	Splash Potion of Regeneration II	0:16	16417	Restores up to 39 ( × 19.5) health over time.
	Splash Potion of Swiftness	2:15	16386	-
	Splash Potion of Swiftness	6:00	16450
	Splash Potion of Swiftness II	1:07	16418
	Splash Potion of Fire Resistance	2:15	16387	-
	Splash Potion of Fire Resistance	6:00	16451
	Splash Potion of Fire Resistance (reverted)	2:15	16419
	Splash Potion of Healing	Instant	16389	Undead are hurt by instant health effect.
	Splash Potion of Healing (reverted)	Instant	16453
	Splash Potion of Healing II	Instant	16421
	Splash Potion of Strength	2:15	16393	-
	Splash Potion of Strength	6:00	16457
	Splash Potion of Strength II	1:07	16425
	Splash Potion of Invisibility	2:15	16386	-
	Splash Potion of Invisibility	6:00	16450
	Splash Potion of Night Vision	2:15	16422	-
	Splash Potion of Night Vision	6:00	16454

[edit] Splash Potions with Negative Effects

Icon	Name	Duration	DV	Notes
	Splash Potion of Poison	0:33	16388	Undead and Spiders (including Cave Spiders) are immune to poison.
	Splash Potion of Poison	1:30	16452
	Splash Potion of Poison II	0:16	16420
	Splash Potion of Weakness	1:07	16392	-
	Splash Potion of Weakness	3:00	16456
	Splash Potion of Weakness (reverted)	1:07	16424
	Splash Potion of Slowness	1:07	16394	-
	Splash Potion of Slowness	3:00	16458
	Splash Potion of Slowness (reverted)	1:07	16426
	Splash Potion of Harming	Instant	16396	Undead are healed by instant damage effect.
	Splash Potion of Harming (reverted)	Instant	16460
	Splash Potion of Harming II	Instant	16428

[edit] Unbrewable splash potions

This class of splash potions exist in the game code and are functional, but cannot be brewed. This seems to exist primarily as potions that have both an extended mode and empowered mode, but the brewing process normally only allows for one of the two to take precedence. Thus, these potions result from custom data values that place both effects on the potion. These potions must be spawned in using mods, commands, or external editors.

Icon	Name	Duration	Damage value
	Splash Potion of Regeneration II	0:45	16481
	Splash Potion of Swiftness II	3:00	16482
	Splash Potion of Strength II	3:00	16489
	Splash Potion of Poison II	0:45	16484

[edit] Damage Value Table

(r) = Reverted Potion

Bits 14 (8192) and 15 (16384) determine whether the potion is a drinkable potion or a splash potion. If bit 14 is true and bit 15 is false, it's drinkable. If 14 is false and 15 is true, it's a splash potion.
If bit 6 (32) is true, the potion is a level II potion (or, in some cases, a reverted potion).
If bit 7 (64) is true, the potion is an extended potion (or, in some cases, a reverted potion).
Potions with bit 6 and 7 set to 1 cannot legitimately be obtained, thus, there are no legitimate potions that are both extended and level II.
Bits 1-4 (1, 2, 4 and 8) determine the potion effect. The highest legitimately available is currently 12_decimal = 1100_binary.

[edit] Potion Jump

By simultaneously throwing a Potion with the Instant Harm effect and jumping, the player will be able to jump 2 blocks high instead of the usual 1. Try to face backwards to the area you wish to land on when doing this. It is recommended that you use a Potion of Regeneration in addition to prevent death.

• Video Example

This happens because when a mob or player receives damage, they get a knockback. This knockback creates some vertical momentum. This is the momentum that is used to boost a jump.

[edit] Gallery

• 

  Splash potion of weakness in a brewing stand

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  Splash Potion of Harming, Instant Damage II

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  Radius of a Splash Potion's Effect Falloff

[edit] History

[edit] Trivia

• When a Splash Potion of Invisibility is used on a Spider Jockey, only the spider will go invisible (Bug?).
• The effects of Splash potions travel roughly five blocks from the place it lands, the duration shortening the further away an entity is from the center. For potions that have no time parameter (i.e. Potion of Healing, Harming) the effect is weakened instead.
• Splash Effect Potions will affect the player if they are within its radius. This can be dangerous with harmful potions, but useful with positive potions:
  • A group of players clustered together can all benefit from the effects of a single potion, depending on their distance from the center.
  • A splash potion of Healing will damage undead even as it heals the players.
  • Splashes are the only way to provide fire resistance, regeneration, et al. to friendly mobs such as golems, cats, or tame wolves. Except for feeding wolves, they are also the only way to heal such mobs.
• Splash potions can do minor explosive pushing damage, although this does not seem to harm Creepers and Skeletons in Creative Mode.
• Jeb has said that while water splash potions should logically harm Endermen and Blazes, its coding would be more difficult to implement than is worth while.^[3]
• Splash effects are slightly less than expected. Standing against a block at eye-level and hitting it with a potion gives you the longest duration, as opposed to straight down.
• Splash Potions of Poison will affect other players even on non-PvP multiplayer servers.
• Splash potions of harming are very effective in PvP as they bypass non-enchanted armor.
• If Endermen are targeted directly by a splash potion, they tend to teleport away before the potion can take effect. However, if they are caught in the splash radius of a potion not aimed at them, they will be affected.
• By adding 16384 to the Damage value to the 3 base potions, (Thick, Mundane, and Awkward, which do not have legitimate splash variants) it is possible to obtain Splash versions of said potions. Note that the /give command is required to achieve this.
• Using a splash potion of invisibility on an Enderman or spider mobs will still show their eyes and a ghost
• If killed by a potion a message will pop up saying: [playername] was killed by magic
• Splash Potions of harming are technically the strongest weapons in the game, since they have the highest damage-per-second output. However, this is generally ineffective since they do not have long range, and the player could damage themselves in the process.

[edit] See also

• Brewing
• Potions
• Potion effects
• Glass Bottle

[edit] References

1. ↑
   http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/120520408792432641
2. ↑
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D8OcQ1zyzY
3. ↑
   http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/lbrqq/water_balloons/c2rey4s?context=3

[edit] External links

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