How to Read the Potion Chart in Minecraft

To make potions, some items are always necessary in Minecraft. These include:

1. Brewing stand
2. Blaze powder (to heat the brewing stand)
3. Water source (cauldron or any other kind)
4. Glass bottles

In a Nutshell: Place an awkward potion at the bottom of a Brewing Stand’s interface, place the ingredient in the top slot. After 10 seconds, your potion will be brewed.

To make any kind of potion in Minecraft, there is one step that must be done before any other. This is making an awkward potion, the base for every other potion type. To make an awkward potion, players must combine a water bottle with nether wart in a brewing stand.

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From there, converting awkward potions into specific types of potions is quite easy, so long as gamers have the correct ingredients. Gamers must simply put the awkward potion in combination with the specific ingredient into a brewing stand.

The following are every type of Minecraft potion and the required ingredients for their recipes:

1. Potion of Speed – sugar
2. Potion of Jump Boost – rabbit’s foot
3. Potion of Instant Health – glistering melon slice
4. Potion of Poison – spider eye
5. Potion of Water Breathing – Pufferfish
6. Potion of Fire Resistance – magma cream
7. Potion of Night vision – golden carrot
8. Potion of Strength – blaze powder
9. Potion of Regeneration – ghast tear
10. Potion of Slowness / Resistance – turtle shell
11. Potion of Slow Falling – phantom membrane

On top of these ingredients, there are a number of other optional ingredients that players can add in Minecraft. These optional ingredients incorporate different effects onto the potion. They are:

1. Glowstone dust (makes the potion more intense)
2. Redstone dust (makes the potion last longer)
3. Gunpowder (converts to splash potion)
4. Dragon’s breath (makes the potion lingering)