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

Splash Potions are a variant of Potion which may be thrown as a weapon. The player can turn any brewable potion into a Splash Potion by mixing 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] History

Splash Potions were introduced in Beta 1.9 Pre-release 4.

[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.

Note: Effects needing further confirmation are in italics.

[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.

[edit] Base Potions

Icon	Name	DV	Notes
	Splash Mundane Potion	16384	No effects. Brewed from Mundane Potion. Mundane Potion (extended) cannot be brewed with gunpowder.

[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

[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.

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

[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

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  Splash potion of weakness

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  Splash Potion of Harming, Instant Damage II

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  Radius of a Splash Potion's Effect Falloff

[edit] Trivia

• 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.
• 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 too difficult to implement.^[2]
• 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.
• Potions and Splash Potions don't appear on the item list on Creative.
• 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.

[edit] See also

• Brewing
• Potions
• Potion effects
• Glass Bottle

[edit] References

1. ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/120520408792432641
2. ↑ 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