Potion

Type	Potions
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No
First appearances	See History
Data value	dec: 373 hex: 175 bin: 101110101
Name	potion

This article is about the drinkable potions. For the throwable potions, see Splash Potion. For the throwable potions that leave a lingering area of effect, see Lingering Potion.

Potions are brewable items that imbue the consumer with specific, time limited effects.

Obtaining[edit]

Potion brewing chart (most efficient recipes, excludes splash and lingering potions).

Witches[edit]

Witches drop Potions of Healing, Fire Resistance, Swiftness, and Water Breathing, but only when they die while drinking that potion.

Fishing[edit]

Water bottles may be caught as junk when fishing.

Filling bottles[edit]

Using a glass bottle on a water source block or a cauldron that has water will turn it into a water bottle. Using a glass bottle on a cauldron that contains potion will turn it into a bottle of that potion.^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Using a glass bottle on a cauldron also removes ¹⁄₃ of that cauldron's contents.

Brewing[edit]

Main article: Brewing

Almost all potions can be obtained by brewing, starting with the water bottle as the base.

The Potion of Luck^{[Java and Legacy Console editions only]} and the Potion of Decay^{[Bedrock Edition only]} cannot be brewed, and can only be obtained by commands such as /give @s minecraft:potion{Potion:luck}, or through the creative inventory.

Natural generation[edit]

Two Instant Health II potions can be found in a brewing stand on ships in end cities, and one Splash Potion of Weakness can be found in a brewing stand in igloo basements.

The cauldron in witch huts contains a random potion, making the only way to obtain potion of decay in survival.^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

In Bedrock Edition Potion of Regeneration can be found in 34.3% of buried treasure chests in stacks of 1.

In Bedrock Edition Potion of Water Breathing can be found in 46.9% of buried treasure chests in stacks of 1.

Usage[edit]

Potions have a different effect according to their damage value, with the exception of reverted potions being identical to their base potions.

Potions can be used by pressing and holding use, similarly to eating food. Upon using, they will apply the corresponding status effect to the player.

Modifiers[edit]

Main article: Brewing

Potions can be modified in five ways. The first is by adding glowstone to enhance the effect level. The second is by adding redstone to extend the duration of the effect. The third is by adding gunpowder to make a potion a splash potion. The fourth is by adding dragon's breath to turn a splash potion into a lingering potion. The fifth is by adding a fermented spider eye to corrupt the effect, if corruptable, turning it into a different one. The result of a corruption is usually the inverse of the original effect (for example: Swiftness to Slowness).

Corrupting an extended or enhanced potion usually results in a corrupted potion with the same modifier applied, if it is supported by the corrupted effect. Of the four corrupted potions, Harming is the only one which cannot be extended, and also the only one which can be enhanced.

Base potions[edit]

Base potions are potions that are created first to brew into other potions. Base potions have no effect when you drink them.

Icon	Name	Use
	Water Bottle	The starting point for every potion
	Awkward Potion	The base for all effect potions (Potions of Weakness can alternatively be brewed directly from water bottles)
	Thick Potion	No use
	Mundane Potion	No use

Effect potions[edit]

Note that the duration of an enhanced potion is generally half the duration of its base potion, and that the duration of an extended potion is generally 8/3 the duration of its base potion.

Potions with positive effects[edit]

Name	Duration	Effect
Potion of Regeneration	0:45	Restores 18 () health over time, 1 () every 50 ticks (2.5 seconds).
Potion of Regeneration	1:30 2:00^{[Legacy Console and Bedrock editions only]}	Restores 36 ( × 18) (48 ( × 24) ^{[Legacy Console and Bedrock editions only]}) health over time, 1 () every 50 ticks (2.5 seconds).
Potion of Regeneration II	0:22	Restores 18 () health over time, 1 () every 25 ticks (1.25 seconds).
Potion of Swiftness	3:00	Increased speed by 20% and increased FOV (6.6 meters per second sprinting).
Potion of Swiftness	8:00
Potion of Swiftness II	1:30	Increased speed by 40% and increased FOV (8 meters per second sprinting).
Potion of Fire Resistance	3:00	Gives immunity to damage from all heat-related damage
Potion of Fire Resistance	8:00	Gives immunity to damage from all heat-related damage
Potion of Healing	Instant	Restores 4 () health.
Potion of Healing II	Instant	Restores 8 () health. (doubles with every additional level)
Potion of Night Vision	3:00	Visually brightens everything to a light level of 15, brightens up water with a blue shine, brightens up lava with an orange shine (other players cannot see the enhanced lighting without this effect).
Potion of Night Vision	8:00
Potion of Strength	3:00	Increases melee damage by 3 (). Increased melee damage by 130%.^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Potion of Strength	8:00
Potion of Strength II	1:30	Increases melee damage by 6 () (+ 3 () per tier). Increased melee damage by 260%. (+130 percentage points every tier)^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Potion of Leaping	3:00	Allows the player to jump higher and reduces fall damage.
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
Potion of Water Breathing	3:00	Prevents the oxygen bar from decreasing and slightly increases visibility while underwater.
Potion of Water Breathing	8:00
Potion of Invisibility	3:00	Makes player model disappear. Mobs will act neutral towards the player, unless the player is wearing armor (See status effects for specifics on armor). In splash form it is able to make mobs or other players invisible. Armor, items held in hand, arrows stuck into the player, a pig's saddle, a llama's carpet pattern, a shulker's yellow head and the eyes of spiders and enderman are not affected and are still visible.
Potion of Invisibility	8:00
Potion of Slow Falling^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]}	1:30	Makes the player fall at a much slower rate, and not take any damage when hitting the ground. This allows the player to jump across a gap of almost 6 blocks when sprinting with this effect. The player also cannot destroy any crops by jumping on them while experiencing the effects of this potion.
Potion of Slow Falling^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]}	4:00
Potion of Luck ^{[Java and Legacy Console editions only]}	5:00	Increases the luck attribute by 1 point.

Potions with negative effects[edit]

Name	Duration	Effect
Potion of Poison	0:45	Causes up to 36 ( × 18) damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1 ().
Potion of Poison	1:30 2:00^{[Legacy Console and Bedrock editions only]}	Causes up to 72 ( × 36) (96 ( × 48) ^{[Legacy Console and Bedrock editions only]}) damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1 ().
Potion of Poison II	0:21.6 0:22.5^{[Legacy Console and Bedrock editions only]}	Causes up to 38 ( × 19) damage over time, but will not reduce health below 1 ().
Potion of Weakness	1:30	Reduces melee damage by 4 (). Reduces melee damage by 0.5 (0.25 heart).^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Potion of Weakness	4:00
Potion of Slowness	1:30	Slows players and mobs by 15%, to about 4.75 blocks per second sprinting.
Potion of Slowness	4:00
Potion of Slowness IV	0:20	Slows players and mobs by 60%, to about 2.25 blocks per second sprinting.
Potion of Harming	Instant	Damages 6 ().
Potion of Harming II	Instant	Damages 12 (). (doubles with every additional level)
Potion of Decay ^{[Bedrock, Legacy Console, and New Nintendo 3DS editions only]}	0:40	Damages 1 () every second, making a total of 40 ( × 20) damage

Potions with mixed effects[edit]

Name	Duration	Use
Potion of the Turtle Master ^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]}	0:20	Gives the player the status effects Slowness IV and Resistance III.
Potion of the Turtle Master ^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]}	0:40
Potion of the Turtle Master II ^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]}	0:20	Gives the player the status effects Slowness VI and Resistance IV.

Uncraftable Potion[edit]

The uncraftable potion is a potion with no effect that is unobtainable in survival. It is also available in splash potion and lingering potion forms, as well as for tipped arrows.

It can be obtained using the following command: /give @s minecraft:potion{Potion:"minecraft:empty"}. It is also obtained any time a potion has invalid or missing potion effect tags, and thus serves as a placeholder.

Icon	Name
	Uncraftable Potion

Filling cauldrons[edit]

Bedrock Edition and Legacy Console Edition only

Cauldrons can be filled up with water, dyed water, and potions. Tapping the cauldron with a potion or water bottle will add one level of the respective fluid to the cauldron. If the cauldron is already filled with a different fluid, the cauldron is emptied instead.

Custom effects[edit]

Potions can be obtained with any status effect using /give and the tag CustomPotionEffects, which is an array of effects for the potion. See Item format#Potion Effects for more information, and status effect for a list of effects and IDs.

Data values[edit]

Item data[edit]

Java Edition[edit]

tag: The item's tag tag.

- CustomPotionEffects: The custom potion effects (status effects) this potion or tipped arrow has. A potion getting its effects from this tag will be named "Water Bottle". A tipped arrow will be named "Arrow of Splashing".
  - One of these for each effect.
    - Id: The numeric ID of the effect.
    - Amplifier: The amplifier of the effect, with level I having value 0. Negative levels are discussed here. Optional, and defaults to level I.
    - Duration: The duration of the effect in ticks. Values 0 or lower are treated as 1. Optional, and defaults to 1 tick.
    - Ambient: 1 or 0 (true/false) - whether or not this is an effect provided by a beacon and therefore should be less intrusive on the screen. Optional, and defaults to false. Due to a bug, it has no effect on splash potions.
    - ShowParticles: 1 or 0 (true/false) - whether or not this effect produces particles. Optional, and defaults to true. Due to a bug, it has no effect on splash potions.
    - ShowIcon: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if effect icon is shown. false if no icon is shown.
- Potion: The name of the default potion effect. This name differs from the status effect name. For example, the value for an "Instant Health II" potion is "minecraft:strong_healing". A potion or tipped arrow getting its effects from this tag will be named with the proper effect.
- CustomPotionColor: The item uses this custom color, and area-of-effect clouds, arrows, and splash and lingering potions use it for their particle effects. This color does not extend, however, to the particles given off by entities who ultimately receive the effect. The numeric color code are calculated from the Red, Green and Blue components using this formula: Red<<16 + Green<<8 + Blue. For positive values larger than 0x00FFFFFF, the top byte is ignored. All negative values produce white.

Normal potions use an NBT "Potion" tag to indicate the potion type. The values of the tag (to be prefixed with minecraft:) are:

Potion	Regular	Level II	Extended
Uncraftable Potion	empty	–	–
Water Bottle	water	–	–
Mundane Potion	mundane	–	–
Thick Potion	thick	–	–
Awkward Potion	awkward	–	–
Night Vision	night_vision	–	long_night_vision
Invisibility	invisibility	–	long_invisibility
Leaping	leaping	strong_leaping	long_leaping
Fire Resistance	fire_resistance	–	long_fire_resistance
Swiftness	swiftness	strong_swiftness	long_swiftness
Slowness	slowness	strong_slowness	long_slowness
Water Breathing	water_breathing	–	long_water_breathing
Instant Health	healing	strong_healing	–
Harming	harming	strong_harming	–
Poison	poison	strong_poison	long_poison
Regeneration	regeneration	strong_regeneration	long_regeneration
Strength	strength	strong_strength	long_strength
Weakness	weakness	–	long_weakness
Luck	luck	–	–
The Turtle Master	turtle_master	strong_turtle_master	long_turtle_master
Slow Falling	slow_falling	-	long_slow_falling

Bedrock Edition[edit]

Potions use the following item data values to indicate the kind of potion:

Potion	Regular	Extended	Enhanced (Level II)
Water Bottle	0	N/A	N/A
Mundane Potion	1	N/A	N/A
Long Mundane Potion	2	N/A	N/A
Thick Potion	3	N/A	N/A
Awkward Potion	4	N/A	N/A
Potion of Night Vision	5	6	N/A
Potion of Invisibility	7	8	N/A
Potion of Leaping	9	10	11
Potion of Fire Resistance	12	13	N/A
Potion of Swiftness	14	15	16
Potion of Slowness	17	18	N/A
Potion of Water Breathing	19	20	N/A
Potion of Healing	21	N/A	22
Potion of Harming	23	N/A	24
Potion of Poison	25	26	27
Potion of Regeneration	28	29	30
Potion of Strength	31	32	33
Potion of Weakness	34	35	N/A
Potion of Decay	36	N/A	N/A
Potion of the Turtle Master	37	38	39

Achievements[edit]

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo	Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Local Brewery	Brew a potion	Pick up a potion from a brewing stand potion slot. An already-created potion placed and removed qualifies.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Silver

Advancements[edit]

Main article: Advancements

Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
Local Brewery	Brew a potion	Into Fire	Pick up an item from a brewing stand potion slot.	`minecraft:nether/brew_potion`
A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Local Brewery	Have all of these 13 potion effects applied to you at the same time.	`minecraft:nether/all_potions`
How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 23 effects applied to you at the same time.	`minecraft:nether/all_effects`

History[edit]

Java Edition Beta
July 7, 2010				Alchemy was first hinted by Notch when he explained why redstone ore disintegrates into "dust". He states that dust will be used later in potions.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2	Jeb tweeted a screenshot showing potion durations and glass bottles.^[4]
				Potions are now brewed using cauldrons,^[1] by combining ingredients and other potions in cauldrons. Cauldrons, although they are functional and can be used to brew potions, were unavailable in this update.
				In total, there are 161 possible potion combinations and 2,653 different types of potions.^[2]
				Jeb later tweeted that both he and Notch had come up with a different way to brew potions, which was revealed to be brewing stands.^[3]
1.3.1			12w22a	Potions have been added to the creative inventory.
1.4.2			12w32a	Added Potion of Night Vision. It is unbrewable.
			12w34a	Added Potion of Invisibility.
			12w34a	Potions of Night Vision are now brewable.
			12w38a	Witches will now cast potions at players and can rarely drop potions upon death.
			12w39a	Potions are now customizable using NBT editors or MCEdit.
1.6.1			?	Potions of weakness will now reduce damage by half hearts, instead of 1 heart as it was before.
1.7.2			13w36a	Added Potion of Water Breathing.
1.7.2			13w36a	Water bottles can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items from fishing.
1.8			14w27a	Added Potions of Leaping.
1.8.1			pre1	Potion of Leaping can now be extended.
1.9			15w31a	Numeric IDs are now no longer used. Instead an NBT "Potion" tag is used, e.g. `/give <player> minecraft:potion 1 0 {Potion:"minecraft:swiftness"}`. See here for the old numeric IDs.
				Splash potions will now have a separate data value and ID name.
				Added Mundane, Thick and Awkward potions to the creative inventory.
				Mixed potions' colors will now blend.
				Splash water bottles can now be used to extinguish fires.
			15w33a	Lingering potions added.
				Dragon's Breath added.
				Duration of extended Potion of Poison, extended Potion of Regeneration, and Potion of Poison II reduced.
				Potion of Strength has been changed from 130% increase to 3-point increase.
				Potion of Weakness has been changed to 4-point decrease, was 0.5-point decrease.
			15w44b	Potion of Luck added.
			15w44b	Added the uncraftable potion.
1.11			16w38a	The uncraftable potion is now magenta, has no glint, and is obtained anytime a potion is specified with invalid or missing potion effect tags.
				Due to the water bottle without tags being changed to the uncraftable potion, the brewing icon has also been changed to uncraftable potion in creative inventory.
				The uncraftable potion has been from creative inventory.
			16w33a	A water bottle is now able to add 1 water level to a cauldron.
1.13			17w47a	Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 373.
			18w07a	Added potion of the Turtle Master.
			18w14a	Added potion of Slow Falling.
			18w16a	The potion of the Turtle Master has been nerfed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1			build 1	Added potions.
0.13.0			build 1	Potion of Leaping is now obtainable in survival.
0.14.0			build 1	Potions can now be used to fill 1/3 layer of cauldron, filling cauldron with different liquid will empty the cauldron.
				Using a glass bottle to a cauldron filled by a potion will now fill the glass bottle with that potion.
				Witch Hut will now generate cauldrons filled with a random potion, making potions now obtainable in survival without brewing.
0.16.0			build 4	Added Potions of Decay.
Pocket Edition
1.0			alpha 0.17.0.1	2 Potions of Healing II can now be found in a brewing stand inside end ships.
Bedrock Edition
1.4			beta 1.2.14.2	Potion of Water Breathing and Potion of Regeneration can now be found inside buried treasure chests.
1.5			beta 1.5.0.4	Added potion of the Turtle Master.
1.6			beta 1.6.0.5	Added potion of Slow Falling.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	Added potions.
TU14	CU1	1.04	Patch 1	Added Potion of Night Vision and Potion of Invisibility.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	Added Potion of Leaping and Potion of Water Breathing.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15	Added lingering potions, dragon's breath, water splash potions, and Potion of Luck.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38	Added potion of the Turtle Master.
				Added potion of Slow Falling.
				Added potion of Decay.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.3.12				Added lingering potions.
1.3.12				Added Potions of Decay.

Issues[edit]

Issues relating to "Potion" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[edit]

Taking a potion while already under the effects of the same potion does not add onto the effects time, but simply resets it. A potion effect will not "downgrade" if a lower level is activated. For example, if a player has Regeneration II, drinking a regular Potion of Regeneration will not have any effect.
A potion can reach a maximum tier of 127, but using the /effect command, effect levels can reach 255.
When a player drinks two potions by quickly switching to another potion immediately after drinking one, the second drinking animation will not be shown.
An Instant Damage IV potion is powerful enough to instantly kill players.
Potion of Poison II lasts for 22.5 seconds, but it is displayed as 22 seconds because the item hover display only shows rounded-down integer values.
All potions are renewable. The bottles can be obtained from a witch (as can some potions), Glass can be purchased from Librarian Villagers to craft into bottles, and already filled ones can be fished up. All potion ingredients from then on have renewable ingredients, provided blocks of farmland, water and soul sand exist in the world.
Potions of Harming will not harm undead mobs (Zombies, Skeletons, etc.) and instead heals them. Likewise, Potions of Healing will damage undead mobs.
Potions of Regeneration will not harm undead mobs, but will not heal them either.
If you use Night vision potion in the End, the Endermen and Ender portal will appear to be white when far enough away.
The "Local Brewery" achievement uses the Uncraftable Potion texture for its picture.

Gallery[edit]

Potion effects and glass bottles.
Thick Potion with status effects of "Mining Fatigue" (duration 4:00) and "Instant Health II" (brewed in Beta 1.9 Pre-release 2, now unavailable without commands).
The bubble particles appearing when the player drinks a potion (potion of strength in this case).
Night Vision effect at around 1800 hours.
Invisible sheep. Its wool can still be seen while having an invisibility potion. This is an intended feature.^[5]
What happens when the player uses the night vision potion while in the Nether.
A brewing stand with a potion displayed next to it.

References[edit]

↑ “Potions are delayed because *add to cauldron, pick up, look at tooltip, pour back into cauldron, repeat* was extremely tedious” – @jeb_, September 30, 2011
↑ “In the prerelease, there are 161 brewable unique potions. Unless we change it, there will be 2,653 with all ingredients added.” – @jeb_, October 3, 2011
↑ “A quick discussion with @notch led me in on a new way of doing the potion brewing. Cauldron is out...” – @jeb_, September 30, 2011
↑ “This will probably ->NOT<- be included in Beta 1.9, but it's a nice screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/oK2tE.png ” – @jeb_, September 28, 2011
↑ Issue tracker: MC-61

External links[edit]

Minecraft Potions - A Visual Guide

Items

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[1] “Potions are delayed because *add to cauldron, pick up, look at tooltip, pour back into cauldron, repeat* was extremely tedious” – @jeb_, September 30, 2011

[2] “In the prerelease, there are 161 brewable unique potions. Unless we change it, there will be 2,653 with all ingredients added.” – @jeb_, October 3, 2011

[3] “A quick discussion with @notch led me in on a new way of doing the potion brewing. Cauldron is out...” – @jeb_, September 30, 2011

[4] “This will probably ->NOT<- be included in Beta 1.9, but it's a nice screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/oK2tE.png ” – @jeb_, September 28, 2011

[5] Issue tracker: MC-61

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