Minecraft Potion Recipes

All Minecraft brewing recipes for Java Edition. Ingredients, durations, and every variant in one place.

How Brewing Works

Water Bottle

Nether Wart

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Awkward Potion

Ingredient

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Potion

Modifier (optional)

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Variant

Exception: Weakness is brewed by adding Fermented Spider Eye directly to a Water Bottle — no Nether Wart needed.

Modifiers

Redstone Dust

Extends duration. Cannot combine with Glowstone.

Glowstone Dust

Upgrades to level II (shorter duration). Cannot combine with Redstone.

Fermented Spider Eye

Corrupts the potion, inverting or changing its effect.

Gunpowder

Creates a Splash Potion — throwable, affects an area.

Dragon's Breath

Creates a Lingering Potion from a Splash Potion, leaving an area-effect cloud.

Ingredient	Potion	Effect	Base	+Redstone	+Glowstone
Golden Carrot	Night Vision	See clearly in darkness and underwater	3:00	8:00	—
Fermented Spider Eye on Night Vision Potion	Invisibility corrupted	Become invisible to mobs and players	3:00	8:00	—
Rabbit's Foot	Leaping	Jump higher and take less fall damage	3:00	8:00	1:30 II
Magma Cream	Fire Resistance	Immunity to fire, lava, and magma blocks	3:00	8:00	—
Sugar	Swiftness	Move, sprint, and jump faster	3:00	8:00	1:30 II
Pufferfish	Water Breathing	Breathe underwater and see clearly	3:00	8:00	—
Glistering Melon Slice	Healing	Instantly restore health	Instant	—	Instant II
Ghast Tear	Regeneration	Restore health over time	0:45	1:30	0:22 II
Blaze Powder	Strength	Deal more melee damage	3:00	8:00	1:30 II
Phantom Membrane	Slow Falling	Fall slowly and take no fall damage	1:30	4:00	—
Turtle Scute	Turtle Master mixed	Slowness IV and Resistance IV	0:20	0:40	0:10 II
Spider Eye	Poison	Drain health over time (not lethal)	0:45	1:30	0:22 II
Fermented Spider Eye on Healing or Poison Potion	Harming corrupted	Instantly deal damage	Instant	—	Instant II
Fermented Spider Eye on Swiftness or Leaping Potion	Slowness corrupted	Slow movement speed	1:30	4:00	0:20 IV
Fermented Spider Eye on Water Bottle	Weakness corrupted	Reduce melee damage dealt	1:30	4:00	—

Minecraft brewing guide

This brewing guide covers all 15 potions in Minecraft Java Edition. The most commonly used are the Fire Resistance Potion (Magma Cream), Night Vision Potion (Golden Carrot), Healing Potion (Glistering Melon Slice), Strength Potion (Blaze Powder), Invisibility Potion (Fermented Spider Eye on Night Vision), Swiftness Potion (Sugar), and Slowness Potion (Fermented Spider Eye on Swiftness or Leaping). Most recipes haven't changed since 1.9, so this guide applies to 1.18, 1.19, 1.20, and 1.21.

Four potions are corrupted variants made by adding Fermented Spider Eye to an existing potion rather than to an Awkward Potion: Invisibility (from Night Vision), Slowness (from Swiftness or Leaping), Harming (from Healing or Poison), and Weakness (from a Water Bottle directly, no Nether Wart needed).

Every potion can be converted to a Splash Potion with Gunpowder, then to a Lingering Potion using Dragon's Breath on the splash variant. The Dragon's Breath is collected by hitting a bottle in the Ender Dragon's breath attack. Lingering potions leave a cloud that applies the effect to anyone standing in it.

Redstone and Glowstone are mutually exclusive. Redstone extends duration, Glowstone increases the level. The exception is Slowness, where Glowstone upgrades to level IV rather than the usual II.

Looking for enchantments too? Potions and enchantments are commonly used together for combat and exploration. An enchantments guide is coming soon.

All recipes are for Minecraft Java Edition. Bedrock Edition uses the same brewing recipes with minor differences in some durations.

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