Minecraft Potions Guide

Guide, Recipes and IDs

Minecraft Potions
 

You can create potions with Brewing - Alchemy, by adding ingredients to water bottles in the Brewing Stand, and it can be crafted with 3 cobblestone and a blaze rod - you can obtain by killing a Blaze.

The main and most used base potion is Awkward Potion, it can be created with Nether Warts and Water Bottle. This potion is base for all primary potions (and by extension, splash potions).

Water Bottle plus Nether Wart Seeds equal Awkward Potion

If anything goes wrong during the brewing process or sometimes it happens to use a potion with negative effect, its recommended to keep a bucket of milk nearby.

Drinking milk will remove any positive / negative potion effects.

Cow plus Empty Bucket equal Milk

Below are listed all recipies and you can brew potions with effects.
Combine base potion in this case Awkward Potion with various ingredients and start brewing.

Clicking on an ingredient will show you, how you can craft or find it.

Awkward Potion plus question equal Glass Bottle

Potions with positive effects

Awkward Potion plus Sugar equal Potion of Swiftness

Potion of Swiftness 3:00

Increases movement speed for 3:00 minutes.
Potion of Swiftness 8:00 - Increased speed by 20% and increased FOV.
Potion of Swiftness II 1:30 - Increased speed by 40% and increased FOV.
Awkward Potion plus Blaze Powder equal Potion of Strength

Potion of Strength 3:00

Increases damage dealt for 3:00 minutes.
Potion of Strength 8:00 - Increased melee damage by 130%.
Potion of Strength II 1:30 - Increased melee damage by 260%.
Awkward Potion plus Glistering Melon equal Potion of Healing

Potion of Healing

Instantly restores 2 hearts to the player.
Potion of Healing II - Restores 8 health. (doubles with every additional level)
Awkward Potion plus Ghast Tear equal Potion of Regeneration

Potion of Regeneration 0:45

Restores 9 hearts over time. Lasts 45 seconds. 1 every 50 ticks (2.5 seconds).
Potion of Regeneration 2:00 - Restores 48 health over time.
Potion of Regeneration II 0:22.5 - Restores 18 health over time.
Awkward Potion plus Magma Cream equal Potion of Fire Resistance

Potion of Fire Resistance 3:00

No fire or lava damage taken. Lasts 3:00 minutes.
Potion of Fire Resistance 8:00 - Gives immunity to damage from fire, lava, and ranged Blaze attacks.
Awkward Potion plus Golden Carrot equal Potion of Night Vision

Potion of Night Vision 3:00

Brightens your sight for 3:00 minutes.
Potion of Night Vision 8:00 - Visually brightens everything to a light level of 15.
Potion of Night Vision plus Fermented Spider Eye equal Potion of Invisibility

Potion of Invisibility 3:00

Makes you invisible for 3:00 minutes.
Potion of Invisibility 8:00 - Makes player model disappear and mobs will act neutral towards the player if the player is not wearing armor.
Awkward Potion plus Rabbit's Foot equal Potion of Leaping

Potion of Leaping 3:00

Allows the player to jump higher and reduces fall damage for 3:00 minutes.
Potion of Leaping 8:00 - Allows the player to jump higher and reduces fall damage.
Potion of Leaping II 1:30 - Further increases jump height (over 2 blocks) and reduces fall damage.
Awkward Potion plus Pufferfish equal Potion of Water Breathing

Potion of Water Breathing 3:00

Allowes the user to breath underwater for 3:00 minutes.
Potion of Water Breathing 8:00 - Prevents the oxygen bar from decreasing and slightly increases visibility while underwater.

Potions with negative effects

Awkward Potion plus Fermented Spider Eye equal Potion of Weakness

Potion of Weakness 1:30

Lowers damage dealt by the user for 1:30 minutes.
Potion of Weakness 4:00 - Reduces melee damage by 0.5 (0.25 heart).
Awkward Potion plus Spider Eye equal Potion of Poison

Potion of Poison 0:45

Deals damage over time to the user for 45 seconds.
Potion of Poison 2:00 - Causes up to 96 damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1.
Potion of Poison II 0:22.5 - Causes up to 38 damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1.
Potion of Swiftness plus Fermented Spider Eye equal Potion of Slowness

Potion of Slowness 1:30

Decreases the movement speed of the user. Lasts 1:30 minutes.
Potion of Slowness 4:00 - Slows players and mobs by 15%.(+ 15 percentage points every tier),(4.75 blocks per second sprinting)
Potion of Poison plus Fermented Spider Eye equal Potion of Harming

Potion of Harming

Deals damage equal of 3 hearts to the user.
Potion of Harming II - Damages 12. (doubles with every additional level)
Potion of Healing plus Fermented Spider Eye equal Potion of Harming

Potion of Harming

Deals damage equal of 3 hearts to the user.
Potion of Harming II - Damages 12. (doubles with every additional level)

Modifying potions is very easy process, simply add Glowstone Dust / Redstone Dust or Gunpowder it will give your potions boosts and different effects.

You can only apply an effect boost or a duration boost to a potion.

Glass Bottle plus Dust equal Glass Bottle

Glass Bottle plus Glowstone Dust equal Glass Bottle

Effect Boost

Increases the effect of your potion, but decreases its duration.
Glass Bottle plus Redstone Dust equal Glass Bottle

Duration Boost

Increases the effect duration of the potion you use it on.
Glass Bottle plus Gunpowder equal Glass Bottle

Splash Effect

Transforms a normal potion into a throwable potion.

Brewing Potions Guide

Guide to Potions

Guide to Potions

You can add gunpowder to a potion to make it a splash potion (throwable).
Potion Brewing Chart

Potion Brewing Chart

Potion brewing chart (most efficient recipes, excludes splash potions).
Potion Brewing system

Potion Brewing system

Quickly and easily check out the brewing recipes.

Potion Brewing Basics Video