How to Make a Potion of Swiftness: Brewing Guide and Recipe

A Potion of Swiftness is a potion in Minecraft that can be made by infusing an Awkward Potion with Sugar in a Brewing Stand. Learn more about the Potion of Swiftness and its different types, the ingredients for its recipe, how to make it, and what it's used for.

Potion of Swiftness Overview

Potion of Swiftness Basic Information

Potion of Swiftness
Effect	Speed
Duration	3:00
Stack	1

Potion of Swiftness Types

Alternative Types
Lingering Potion of Swiftness II Duration: 0:22	Lingering Potion of Swiftness + Duration: 2:00
Lingering Potion of Swiftness Duration: 0:45	Splash Potion of Swiftness II Duration: 1:07
Splash Potion of Swiftness + Duration: 6:00	Splash Potion of Swiftness Duration: 2:15
Potion of Swiftness II Duration: 1:30	Potion of Swiftness + Duration: 8:00
Potion of Swiftness Duration: 3:00

There are three types of potions in the game, Potions, Splash Potions, and Lingering Potions.

Potions are for drinking, while Splash Potions and Lingering Potions are for throwing. Splash Potions are absorbed by target entities, while Lingering Potions create an effect cloud on the target location, and entities that pass the location will gain the effect.

How to Make a Potion of Swiftness

Place the Ingredients in a Brewing Stand

Place the Base on to any of the bottom slots in the Brewing Stand, and the Ingredient on to the top slot to create the Resulting Potion. The required fuel at the top left is Blaze Powder.

Potion of Swiftness Recipes

Base	Ingredient			Resulting Potion
Water Bottle	+	Nether Wart	=	Awkward Potion
Awkward Potion	+	Sugar	=	Potion of Swiftness
Potion of Swiftness	+	Redstone Dust	=	Potion of Swiftness +
Potion of Swiftness	+	Glowstone Dust	=	Potion of Swiftness II
Potion of Swiftness	+	Gunpowder	=	Splash Potion of Swiftness
Potion of Swiftness +	+	Gunpowder	=	Splash Potion of Swiftness +
Potion of Swiftness II	+	Gunpowder	=	Splash Potion of Swiftness II
Splash Potion of Swiftness	+	Dragon's Breath	=	Lingering Potion of Swiftness
Splash Potion of Swiftness +	+	Dragon's Breath	=	Lingering Potion of Swiftness +
Splash Potion of Swiftness II	+	Dragon's Breath	=	Lingering Potion of Swiftness II

How to Use a Potion of Swiftness

Hasten Your Speed

The Potion of Swiftness boosts your speed and helps you walk faster than usual. This effect can be useful for escaping, self-defense, or attacking other players or mobs.

You can either drink a Potion of Swiftness, or you can throw a Splash or Lingering Potion of Swiftness to a desired location for the effect.

Drink Potions to Obtain their Effects

1	Select the Potion in your Hotbar
2	Click the "Use" or "Drink" button
3	Effect will be visible through particles

Throw Splash and Lingering Potions to Use Them

1	Select the Splash or Lingering Potion in your Hotbar
2	Aim for your desired location and click the "Use" or "Throw" button
3	Effect will be visible through particles

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List of All Items

Item Subcategories
Food	Tools	Arrows
Armor	Weapons	Materials
Decorations	Transportation	Potions
Mob Eggs	Records	Dyes

List of All Potions

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