Potion

Potion

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Uncraftable, Luck, Decay: No All others: Yes
Stackable	No

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. For the item that is left once a potion is drank, see Glass Bottle. For specific ingredients and recipes for making potions, see Brewing.

Potions are bottled substances. Most of them are brewable items, many of which give the consumer a time-limited effect when drank.

Obtaining

Potion brewing chart (most efficient recipes, excludes splash and lingering potions). Recipes may differ in Bedrock Edition.

Witches

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

Wandering traders

Wandering traders have a chance to drop potions of Invisibility, but only when they die while drinking the potion.

Fishing

Water bottles may be caught as junk when fishing.

Filling bottles

Using a glass bottle on a water source block or a cauldron that has water turns it into a water bottle. Using a glass bottle on a cauldron that contains potion turns 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, but using a glass bottle on a water source block does not affect the water. Filling bottles from a water source (but not a cauldron) can be automated by placing the bottle(s) in a dispenser (again, the water source block remains unaffected).

Brewing

Main article: Brewing

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

The potion of Luck‌^{[JE only]} and the potion of Decay‌^{[BE only]} cannot be brewed. A potion of luck can be obtained via commands such as /give @s minecraft:potion{Potion:luck}, while a potion of Decay can generate rarely in a cauldron in a swamp hut. Both are also available through the creative inventory.

Natural generation

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 swamp huts contains a random potion, making it the only way to obtain potion of Decay in survival.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Bedrock Edition
Potion of Regeneration	Buried treasure	Chest	1	34.3%
Potion of Water Breathing	Buried treasure	Chest	1	46.9%

Bartering

Piglins may barter a potion of Fire Resistance when given a gold ingot.

Usage

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

Modifiers

Main article: Brewing

Potions can be modified in five ways. The first is by adding glowstone dust 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 corruptible, 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 that cannot be extended, and also the only one that can be enhanced. In Bedrock Edition, the corruption of Healing II and Poison II potions results in a Potion of Harming I.

Some potions cannot be enhanced. For example, the Potion of Invisibility cannot be enhanced, as players cannot be more invisible than they normally are.

Base potions

Base potions are potions that are created first to brew into other potions. Base potions have no effect when the player drinks 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

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 2 ²⁄₃ the duration of its base potion.

Potions with positive effects

Icon	Name	Duration	Effect	Description
	Potion of Regeneration	0:45	Regeneration	Restores 18 × 9 health over time, 1 every 50 ticks (2.5 seconds).
	Potion of Regeneration +	1:30 2:00‌[BE only]		Restores 36 × 18 or 48 × 24‌[BE only] health over time, 1 every 50 ticks (2.5 seconds).
	Potion of Regeneration II	0:22		Restores 18 × 9 health over time, 1 every 25 ticks (1.25 seconds).
	Potion of Swiftness	3:00	Speed	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	Fire Resistance	Gives immunity to all heat-related damage.
	Potion of Fire Resistance +	8:00
	Potion of Healing	Instant	Instant Health	Restores 4 health.
	Potion of Healing II	Instant		Restores 8 health. (doubles with every additional level)
	Potion of Night Vision	3:00	Night Vision	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	Strength	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	Jump Boost	Allows the player to jump higher and reduces fall damage.
	Potion of Leaping +	8:00
	Potion of Leaping II	1:30		Further increases jump height (over 2 blocks) and reduces fall damage
	Potion of Water Breathing	3:00	Water Breathing	Prevents the oxygen bar from decreasing and slightly increases visibility while underwater.
	Potion of Water Breathing +	8:00
	Potion of Invisibility	3:00	Invisibility	Makes player model disappear. Mobs can detect and track the player only at close range, although the range increases when the player wears 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	1:30	Slow Falling	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 +	4:00
	Potion of Luck ‌[JE only]	5:00	Luck	Increases the luck attribute by 1 point.

Potions with negative effects

Icon	Name	Duration	Effect	Description
	Potion of Poison	0:45	Poison	Causes up to 36 × 18 damage over time, but does not reduce health below 1.
	Potion of Poison +	1:30 2:00‌[BE only]		Causes up to 72 × 36 or 96 × 48‌[BE only] damage over time, but does not reduce health below 1.
	Potion of Poison II	0:21.6 0:22.5‌[BE only]		Causes up to 38 × 19 damage over time, but does not reduce health below 1.
	Potion of Weakness	1:30	Weakness	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	Slowness	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	Instant Damage	Damages 6.
	Potion of Harming II	Instant		Damages 12 × 6. (doubles with every additional level)
	Potion of Decay ‌[BE only]	0:40	Wither	Damages 1 every second, making a total of 40 × 20 damage

Potions with mixed effects

Icon	Name	Duration	Use
	Potion of the Turtle Master	0:20	Slows players and mobs by 60%, to about 2.25 blocks per second sprinting, and reduces their damage taken by 60%.
	Potion of the Turtle Master +	0:40
	Potion of the Turtle Master II	0:20	Slows players and mobs by 90%, to about 0.5625 blocks per second sprinting, and reduces their damage taken by 80%.

Uncraftable Potion

In Java Edition, the uncraftable potion is a potion with no effect that is unobtainable in regular gameplay. 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

In Bedrock Edition, cauldrons can be filled up with water, dyed water, and potions. Tapping the cauldron with a potion or water bottle adds 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

In Java Edition, 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.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Sipping	?	?	entity.generic.drink	subtitles.entity.generic.drink	?	?	16
	Witch drinks	?	?	entity.witch.drink	subtitles.entity.witch.drink	?	?	16
	?	?	Plays when a Wandering Trader drinks a potion	entity.wandering_trader.drink_potion	?	1 = 0.65; 2 = 0.7	?	16
	Gear equipped	Players	When eating food that returns items See MC-193071	item.armor.equip_generic	subtitles.item.armor.equip	1.0	1.0	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Potion	potion	item.minecraft.potion item.minecraft.potion.effect.empty item.minecraft.potion.effect.water item.minecraft.potion.effect.mundane item.minecraft.potion.effect.thick item.minecraft.potion.effect.awkward item.minecraft.potion.effect.night_vision item.minecraft.potion.effect.invisibility item.minecraft.potion.effect.leaping item.minecraft.potion.effect.fire_resistance item.minecraft.potion.effect.swiftness item.minecraft.potion.effect.slowness item.minecraft.potion.effect.water_breathing item.minecraft.potion.effect.healing item.minecraft.potion.effect.harming item.minecraft.potion.effect.poison item.minecraft.potion.effect.regeneration item.minecraft.potion.effect.strength item.minecraft.potion.effect.weakness item.minecraft.potion.effect.levitation item.minecraft.potion.effect.luck item.minecraft.potion.effect.turtle_master item.minecraft.potion.effect.slow_falling

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Potion	potion	373	item.potion.name item.emptyPotion.name potion.prefix.mundane potion.prefix.mundane.long potion.prefix.thick potion.prefix.awkward potion.nightVision.postfix potion.invisibility.postfix potion.jump.postfix potion.fireResistance.postfix potion.moveSpeed.postfix potion.moveSlowdown.postfix potion.waterBreathing.postfix potion.heal.postfix potion.harm.postfix potion.poison.postfix potion.regeneration.postfix potion.damageBoost.postfix potion.weakness.postfix potion.wither.postfix potion.turtleMaster.postfix potion.slowFalling.postfix

Item data

Java Edition

•  tag: The item's tag tag.

• •  CustomPotionEffects: The custom potion effects (status effects) this potion or tipped arrow has.
    • 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 is named with the proper effect. The default value is "minecraft:empty", which gives it the "Uncraftable" name.
  •  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

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	2	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	42
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
Potion of Slow Falling	40	41	N/A

Achievements

Main article: Achievement

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore 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.	15G	Bronze

Advancements

Main article: Advancement

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Local Brewery	Brew a potion	Into Fire	Pick up an item from a brewing stand potion slot. This does not need to be a potion. Water bottles or even glass bottles can also trigger this advancement.	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 the player at the same time. Beacon effects also count for the purposes of this advancement. Other potion effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.	nether/all_potions
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 26 effects applied to the player at the same time. Other status effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it.	nether/all_effects

History

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 would 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.
					Potions are brewed using cauldrons by combining ingredients and other potions in cauldrons. Cauldrons, although they are functional and can be used to brew potions, are unavailable in this update.
					In total, there are 161 possible potion combinations and 2,653 different types of potions.
					Jeb later tweeted that both Notch and him had come up with a different way to brew potions, which was revealed to be brewing stands.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Brewing stands have been implemented, which has replaced the (previously unimplemented) cauldrons' brewing functionality, so potions are now obtainable without mods.
1.3.1		12w22a			Potions have been added to the creative inventory.
1.4.2		12w32a			Added potion of Night Vision. However, it is unbrewable.
		12w34a			Added potions of Invisibility.
					Potions of Night Vision are now brewable.
		12w38a			Witches 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 now reduce damage by half hearts, instead of 1 heart as it was before.
		?			Potions of Healing and Regeneration have been nerfed (by 33.3% and 50%).
1.7.2		13w36a			Added potions of Water Breathing.
					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 for potions. Instead, an NBT "Potion" tag is used, e.g. /give @p minecraft:potion 1 0 {Potion:"minecraft:swiftness"}. See here for the old numeric IDs.
					Splash potions now have a separate data value and ID name.
					Added Mundane, Thick and Awkward potions to the creative inventory.
					Mixed potions' colors now blend.
		15w33a			Added lingering potions, which are brewed with splash potions and dragon breath after splash potions are brewed with potions and gunpowder.
					The duration of potions of Poison has been extended, the duration of potions of Regeneration has been extended, and the duration of potions of Poison II has been 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			Added potions of Luck.
					Added the uncraftable potion.
1.11		16w33a			A water bottle is now able to add 1 water level to a cauldron.
		16w38a			The uncraftable potion is now magenta, has no glint, and is now 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 the uncraftable potion in creative inventory.
					The uncraftable potion has been removed from the creative inventory.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 373.
		18w07a			Added potion of the Turtle Master, which gives Slowness IV and Resistance IV for 1 minute.
					Extended potions give both effects for 3 minutes.
					Level 2 potions give level VI of both effects for 1 minute.
		18w14a			Added potions of Slow Falling.
		18w16a			Regular and extended potions of the Turtle Master now give only Resistance III.
					Level 2 potions of the Turtle Master now give only Resistance IV. This is because Resistance VI made the player invincible.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of potions have been changed.
		19w06a			Wandering traders now drink Invisibility potions at night and milk buckets at dawn.
1.16		20w09a			Fire resistance potions can now be obtained through bartering.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.16.2		20w28a			Water Bottles can now be obtained through bartering.
					Potions and splash potions of Fire Resistance now have a 8⁄459 (~1.74%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1		build 1			Added potions.
0.13.0		build 1			Potions of Leaping are 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 empties the cauldron.
					Using a glass bottle to a cauldron filled by a potion now fills the glass bottle with that potion.
					Swamp huts now generate cauldrons filled with a random potion, making potions now obtainable in survival without brewing.
					Potions of Healing, Fire Resistance, Water Breathing and Swiftness can now be obtained by killing witches while they're drinking potions.
0.16.0		build 4			Added potions of Decay.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			2 Potions of Healing II can now be found in a brewing stand inside end ships.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Potions of Water Breathing and potions of Regeneration can now be found inside buried treasure chests.
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.4			Added potions of the Turtle Master.
1.6.0		beta 1.6.0.5			Added potions of Slow Falling.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of potions have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.3			Potions of Invisibility can now be obtained by killing wandering traders while they're drinking potions.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Fire resistance potions can now be obtained through bartering.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added potions.
TU14		1.04			Added potions of Night Vision and potions of Invisibility.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added potions of Leaping and potions of Water Breathing.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added potions of Luck.
					Added lingering potions, which are brewed with splash potions and dragon breath after splash potions are brewed with potions and gunpowder.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added potions of the Turtle Master.
					Added potions of Slow Falling.
					Added potions of Decay.
		1.90			The textures of potions have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added potions.
1.3.12					Added lingering potions, which are brewed with splash potions and dragon breath after splash potions are brewed with potions and gunpowder.
					Added potions of Decay.

• 

  Thick Potion with status effects of "Mining Fatigue" (duration 4:00) and "Instant Health II" (brewed in Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2, now unavailable without commands).

• 

  Invisible sheep. Its wool can still be seen while having an Invisibility potion. This was an intended feature.

Issues

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

Trivia

• 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 does not "downgrade" if a lower level is activated. For example, if a player has Regeneration II, drinking a regular potion of Regeneration does 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 is not shown.^[verify]
• An Instant Damage IV potion is powerful enough to instantly kill players.
• A potion of Poison II lasts for 22.5 seconds, but it is displayed as 22 seconds because the item hover display shows rounded-down integer values.
• If a player uses a potion of Night Vision in the End, the endermen and end portal appear white when far enough away.
• The "Local Brewery" advancement uses the Uncraftable Potion texture for its icon.
• The "How did we get here?" advancement may be a reference to one of Jacksepticeye's jokes
• The potion of the Turtle Master is the only potion that gives multiple effects (Slowness and Resistance).
• Using a potion of Leaping II, a potion of Slow Falling, and a potion of Swiftness II, the player can jump a 9 block gap.

Gallery

• 

  Potion effects and glass bottles.

• 

  The bubble particles appearing when the player drinks a potion (potion of Strength in this case).

• 

  Night Vision effect at around 1800 hours.

• 

  What happens when the player uses the Night Vision potion while in the Nether.

• 

  A brewing stand with a potion displayed next to it.

See also

• Glass Bottle
• Medicine
• Splash Potion
• Lingering Potion

External links

• Minecraft Potions - A Visual Guide

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