Potions are consumable items that can be used to give buffs and debuffs to yourself or to other mobs. Read on to learn what types of Potions are available as well as to see cheat sheets on how to brew every Potion in Minecraft.

List of All Potions

List of Items
Potion of Decay	Potion of Fire Resistance	Potion of Harming	Potion of Healing
Potion of Invisibility	Potion of Leaping	Potion of Luck	Potion of Night Vision
Potion of Poison	Potion of Regeneration	Potion of Slow Falling	Potion of Slowness
Potion of Strength	Potion of Swiftness	Potion of the Turtle Master	Potion of Water Breathing
Potion of Weakness	Water Bottle

Potion Recipe Cheat Sheet

Base Effect Potion Recipes

Ingredient	Effect			Resulting Potion
Water Bottle	+	Nether Wart	=	Awkward Potion
Awkward Potion	+	Sugar	=	Potion of Swiftness
	+	Rabbit's Foot	=	Potion of Leaping
	+	Glistering Melon	=	Potion of Healing
	+	Spider Eye	=	Potion of Poison
	+	Pufferfish	=	Potion of Water Breathing
	+	Magma Cream	=	Potion of Fire Resistance
	+	Golden Carrot	=	Potion of Night Vision
	+	Blaze Powder	=	Potion of Strength
	+	Ghast Tear	=	Potion of Regeneration
	+	Turtle Shell	=	Potion of the Turtle Master
	+	Phantom Membrane	=	Potion of Slow Falling
Water Bottle	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	Potion of Weakness

Enhanced Potion Recipes

Effect Potion	Enhancer			Resulting Potion
Potion of Swiftness	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Swiftness +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	Potion of Swiftness II
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	Potion of Slowness
Potion of Leaping	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Leaping +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	Potion of Leaping II
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	Potion of Slowness
Potion of Healing	+	Redstone Dust	=	N/A
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	Potion of Healing II
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	Potion of Harming
Potion of Poison	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Poison +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	Potion of Poison II
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	Potion of Harming
Potion of Water Breathing	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Water Breathing +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	N/A
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	N/A
Potion of Fire Resistance	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Fire Resistance +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	N/A
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	N/A
Potion of Night Vision	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Night Vision +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	N/A
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	Potion of Invisibility
Potion of Strength	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Strength +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	Potion of Strength II
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	N/A
Potion of Regeneration	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Regeneration +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	Potion of Regeneration II
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	N/A
Potion of the Turtle Master	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of the Turtle Master +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	Potion of the Turtle Master II
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	N/A
Potion of Slow Falling	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Slow Falling +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	N/A
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	N/A
Potion of Slowness	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Slowness +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	Potion of Slowness IV
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	N/A
Potion of Harming	+	Redstone Dust	=	N/A
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	Potion of Harming II
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	N/A
Potion of Invisibility	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Invisibility +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	N/A
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	N/A
Potion of Weakness	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Weakness +
	+	Glowstone Dust	=	N/A
	+	Fermented Spider Eye	=	N/A

How to Get Potions

Brew Potions at a Brewing Stand

While individual potions may be obtained in other ways, such as drops from Witches, or found as treasures in chests, brewing is the most reliable way to obtain any type of potion.

How to Brew Potions

Obtain Brewing Equipment

Before you can begin brewing your own potions, you will need a handful of items and equipment that are necessary to brew potions. These include the following:

Item / Equipment	Use
Brewing Stand	Handles the actual brewing.
Blaze Powder	Fuels the brewing stand.
Nether Wart	Used as a base ingredient for most potions.
Glass Bottle	Container for Potions.
Water Bucket or other Water Source	Used to fill up Glass Bottles to turn them into Water Bottles. Required as a starting point for all potions.

Once you have these items and equipment ready, you can start out by preparing the base for each potion.

Prepare Base Potions

Each step of the Brewing process will require the Brewing Stand and fuel in the form of Blaze Powder. To begin brewing your first potions, start by adding up to 3 Water Bottles at the bottom of the Brewing Stand. Each Water Bottle can become its own potion.

With the set-up complete, almost every potion starts by brewing a Nether Wart into the Water Bottles. Place a Nether Wart at the top of the Brewing Stand and wait until it gets brewed into the Water Bottle creating an Awkward Potion.

Add an Effect Ingredient

Once the Awkward Potion is ready, you may now brew in an effect ingredient that will determine the buffs the potion will provide. Below is a list of Ingredients and the different effects each potion will produce.

Ingredient	Effect	Resulting Potion
Sugar	Speed	Potion of Swiftness
Rabbit's Foot	Jump Boost	Potion of Leaping
Glistering Melon	Instant Health	Potion of Healing
Spider Eye	Poison	Potion of Poison
Pufferfish	Water Breathing	Potion of Water Breathing
Magma Cream	Fire Resistance	Potion of Fire Resistance
Golden Carrot	Night Vision	Potion of Night Vision
Blaze Powder	Strength	Potion of Strength
Ghast Tear	Regeneration	Potion of Regeneration
Turtle Shell	Slowness, Resistance	Potion of the Turtle Master
Phantom Membrane	Slow Falling	Potion of Slow Falling

Add an Enhancer Ingredient

After the effect ingredient is brewed into the Awkward Potion, you should now have an Effect Potion. Drinking it will buff (or debuff) your character with its effect.

However, enhancer ingredients can further alter the effects of the Effect Potion. Learning to take advantage of these enhancers will bring your potions to a whole new level.

Ingredient	Enhancement
Redstone Dust	Extends the duration of a Potion's effects. Cannot be used with Glowstone Dust.
Glowstone Dust	Improves the effect of a Potion. Cannot be used with Redstone Dust.
Fermented Spider Eye	Corrupts the effect of a Potion.
Gunpowder	Converts a Potion into a Splash Potion. Splash Potions are thrown instead of drunk and provide the effect to every mob nearby.
Dragon's Breath	Converts a Splash Potion into a Lingering Potion. Lingering Potions allow a Splash Potion's effects to linger where it was thrown, allowing for more players/mobs to be affected.

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