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

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1 General Guide to Brewing 2 Brewing Equipment 3 Ingredients o 3.1 Base Ingredients o 3.2 Secondary Ingredients o 3.3 Tertiary Ingredients 4 Potions o 4.1 Primary o 4.2 Secondary 4.2.1 Positive 4.2.2 Negative o 4.3 Tertiary 4.3.1 Positive 4.3.2 Negative o 4.4 Reverted 4.4.1 Glowstone 4.4.2 Redstone 4.4.3 Fermented Spider Eye 5 Recipes 6 History o 6.1 Potion type history 7 Trivia 8 Gallery 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 12 External links

[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 Brewing Stand Cauldron Glass Bottle Water Bottle Icon Use Used to add ingredients into glass bottles. Each one can hold a bucket of water (after placement). Will fill 3 glass bottles. Container for all kinds of potions. 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 Nether Wart Glowstone Dust Redstone Dust Fermented Spider Eye Icon When added makes Awkward Potion Thick Potion Mundane Potion (Extended) 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 Magma Cream Sugar Glistering Melon Spider Eye Ghast Tear Blaze Powder Fermented Spider Eye Icon Effect Fire Resistance Speed Instant Health Poison Regeneration Strength 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 Redstone Dust Glowstone Dust Fermented Spider Eye

[note 1]

Icon

When added Increases duration Increases potency Corrupts Effect Makes potion throwable

Gunpowder

[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 Potion of Healing Potion of Fire Resistance Potion of Poison Potion of Regeneration Potion of Strength Potion of Swiftness

Awkward Potion

Nether Wart + Water Bottle

None

Redstone Dust + Mundane Water Bottle Potion (Extended)

None

Potion of Weakness (Extended)

Ghast Tear, Glistering Melon, Blaze Powder, Magma Cream, Mundane Sugar, or Potion 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 Ingredien Brewing Setup ts Effect Duration (minutes)

Potion of Healing

Glistering Melon + Awkward Potion

Restores per potion.

Instant

Magma Cream + Potion of Awkward Fire Resistance Potion

Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks.

3:00

Ghast Tear + Potion of Awkward Regenerati Potion on

Restores health over time by approximate ly every 2.4 seconds.[note

2]

0:45

Potion of Strength

Blaze Powder + Awkward Potion

Adds damage to all melee attacks, with or without weapons.

3:00

Sugar + Awkward Potion of Potion Swiftness

Increases player's movement speed, sprinting speed, and jumping length by approximate ly 20%.

3:00 [edit] Negative Potion Ingredien ts Brewing Setup Effect Duration (minutes)

Spider Eye + Awkward Potion of Potion Poison

Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to at most, at a rate of approximate ly every 1.5 seconds. 0:45

Fermented Spider Eye + Awkward Potion or Potion of Thick Weaknes Potion s or Mundane Potion

Reduces all melee attacks by damage.

1:30

Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Weaknes Mundane Potion s (Extende (Extended ) d)

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 Ingredient Brewing Setup s Effect Duration (minutes)

Redstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Fire Fire Resistance Resistance (Extended) (Base or Reverted)

Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks.

8:00

Glowstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Healing Healing II (Base or Reverted)

Restores per potion.

Instant

Redstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Regenerati Regenerati on on (Extended) Level I or II

Restores health over time by approximate ly every 2.4 seconds.[note

2]

2:00

Glowstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Regenerati Regenerati on on II (Base or Extended)

Restores health over time by approximate ly every 1.2 seconds.[note

2]

0:22

Redstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Strength Strength (Extended) Level I or II

Adds damage to all melee attacks, with or without weapons.

8:00

Glowstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Strength Strength II (Base or Extended)

Adds damage to all melee attacks, with or without weapons.

1:30

Redstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Swiftness Swiftness (Extended) Level I or II

Increases player's movement, sprinting speed, and jumping length by approximate ly 20%.

8:00

Glowstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Swiftness Swiftness (Base or II Extended)

Increases player's movement, sprinting speed, and jumping length by approximate ly 40%.

1:30 [edit] Negative Potion Ingredient s Brewing Setup Effect Duration (minutes)

Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Potion of Healing or Harming Potion of Poison

Inflicts of damage.

Instant

Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Potion of Healing II Harming or II Potion of Poison II

Inflicts of damage.

Instant

Glowstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Harming Harming (Base or II Reverted)

Inflicts of damage.

Instant

Redstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Poison Poison (Extende Level I or d) II

Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to a minimum of , at a rate of approximate ly per two seconds. 2:00

Glowstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Poison Poison II (Base or Extended)

Poisons the player for the given time, reducing the health to a minimum of , at a rate of approximate ly per second. 0:22

Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Potion of Resistance Slowness or Potion of Swiftness

Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.

1:30

Redstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Slowness Slowness (Extende (Base or d) Reverted)

Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.

3:00

Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Potion of Resistance Slowness (Extended) (Extende or d) Potion of Swiftness (Extended)

Player's movement is slowed to a crouch for the given time.

3:00

Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Potion of Strength or Weaknes Potion of s Regenerati on

Reduces all melee attacks by damage.

1:30

Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Potion of Strength Weaknes (Extended) or s (Extende Potion of Regenerati d) on (Extended)

Reduces all melee attacks by damage.

4:00

Redstone Dust + Potion of Weaknes Potion of Weakness s (Extende (Base or Reverted) d)

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 Ingredient s Brewing Setup Effect Duration (minutes)

Glowstone Dust Potion of + Fire Potion of Resistanc Fire e Resistance (Reverted (Extended) )

Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks.

3:00

Glowstone Dust + Potion of Slowness Potion of (Reverted Slowness (Extended) )

Player's movemen t is slowed to a crouch for the given time.

1:30

Glowstone Dust + Potion of Potion of Weakness (Reverted 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)

Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Potion of Healing Harming (Reverted) or (Reverted Potion of ) Poison (Extended)

Inflicts of damage.

Instant

Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Fire Potion of Slowness Resistance (Reverted (Reverted) or ) Potion of Swiftness II

Player's movemen t is slowed to a crouch for the given time.

1:30

Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Potion of Weaknes Strength II or s Potion of (Reverted Regeneratio ) n 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 dust (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 dust Strength II > nether wart > blaze powder > glowstone dust Regeneration > nether wart > ghast tear Regeneration E > nether wart > ghast tear > redstone dust Regeneration II > nether wart > ghast tear > glowstone dust Swiftness > nether wart > sugar Swiftness E > nether wart > sugar > redstone dust Swiftness II > nether wart > sugar > glowstone dust Slowness > nether wart > sugar or magma cream > fermented spider eye Slowness E > nether wart > sugar or magma cream > fermented spider eye > redstone dust Health > nether wart > glistering melon Health II > nether wart > glistering melon > glowstone dust 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 dust Poison > nether wart > spider eye Poison E > nether wart > spider eye > redstone dust Poison II > nether wart > spider eye > glowstone dust Fire Resistance > nether wart > magma cream Fire Resistance E > nether wart > magma cream > redstone dust

[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 basesecondary 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.

Basic Potion Combinations.

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 2. a b c Stacks with regeneration from having a full or mostly full Food Bar.

[edit] References
1. jebtweet:119710836469149697

[edit] External links

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

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