Potion Brewing for Beginners

Quick answer

• Water bottle + nether wart = awkward potion, the base for almost everything.
• Add one ingredient for the effect, e.g. magma cream for Fire Resistance.
• Redstone = longer, glowstone = stronger, gunpowder = splash.

Brewing looks complicated, but every potion follows the same 3 steps. Learn the pattern once and you can make anything.

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What you need

• A brewing stand (3 cobblestone + 1 blaze rod).
• Blaze powder to fuel it. One powder lasts 20 brews.
• Glass bottles filled with water from a cauldron or any water source.
• Nether wart, from Nether fortresses. Plant it on soul sand to farm it.

The 3-step pattern

1. Put up to 3 water bottles in the bottom slots and nether wart on top. You get awkward potions.
2. Add the effect ingredient (see the table below).
3. Optional: add a modifier to make it longer, stronger or throwable.

Ingredients for the best potions

Potion	Add to awkward potion
Fire Resistance	Magma cream
Strength	Blaze powder
Swiftness	Sugar
Healing	Glistering melon slice
Regeneration	Ghast tear
Night Vision	Golden carrot
Water Breathing	Pufferfish
Slow Falling	Phantom membrane
Turtle Master	Turtle shell
Invisibility	Night Vision potion + fermented spider eye

Modifiers

Add	What it does
Redstone dust	Longer (Fire Resistance goes from 3:00 to 8:00)
Glowstone dust	Stronger (level II), but shorter
Fermented spider eye	Corrupts it into a different, usually bad, effect
Gunpowder	Splash potion you can throw
Dragon's breath	Lingering potion that leaves a cloud

Cheat sheet

• Water + nether wart = awkward potion
• Add the effect ingredient
• Redstone = longer, glowstone = stronger
• Gunpowder = splash, dragon's breath = lingering

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