Anyone who has played Minecraft will agree that it is an extremely complex game. It is full of details and multiple interactions. Today we will talk about potions in Minecraft, which are elements that will help us and facilitate many activities within this incredible world where everything happens.
Minecraft is a game that does not go unnoticed, that is trendy on social media and has a very large online community. This game develops skills such as memory, concentration, visual dexterity and above all creativity.
What are potions in Minecraft?
The different and very varied potions that can be made in Minecraft are obtained by different means, alchemy is one of the main ones and thanks to which most of them are obtained. Potions in Minecraft are used by its players to obtain effects that help you advance faster in the game . Although their use is not mandatory, they represent a significant advantage.
By using potions, depending on their usefulness, you will be able to perform various tasks that were previously more difficult, such as explore the world of Minecraft or defeat bosses or hostile enemies, with a higher chance of success.
How to get potions in Minecraft?
- Through creature loot: as is the case with witches, who drop different potions: apnea, healing, speed and fireproof body. They will only do this when they die.
- Fishing: you can get water pots.
- Filling Bottles : If you use a glass vial on a cauldron containing water or on a glass fountain, it will turn it into a water bottle. Following the same principle, if you use a glass vial on a cauldron with a potion, it will be filled with the same.
- Natural Generation: In the basements of the igloos there are potion stands where you will find a splash potion of weakness. Also, at the potion brewing stations on the ships in the End cities you can find two Instant Healing II potions.
- Alchemy: this, as we have already mentioned, is the main way to get them and which we will speak about especially.
What ingredients are used to make potions using alchemy in Minecraft?
It depends on the type of potion we want to make and the effect we hope to obtain from it. Although, in general, there are three different categories of ingredients.
Base Ingredients
Basic ingredients are those that are added to pots of water. It is the elemental that you must have, they constitute the starting point for the beginning of each potion . There are 4 ingredients with which you can make practically any type of potion.
The basic ingredients are:
- Nether Wart : used for rare potions , they are used as the base for these potions.
- The luminous stone powder: is very useful in dense potions . It does not have a specific effect.
- Redstone Powder : It becomes important in vulgar potions . It has no specific effect.
- The Fermented Spider Eye : Used to prepare Weakness Potions . Adding a durability of one minute and thirty seconds.
Secondary Ingredients
This is the name given to the ingredients that will alter the rare potion, as they add specific effects to it. These ingredients do not influence its duration or intensity.
These can be added directly to a bottle of water and except for the Golden Carrot, which cannot be added directly to a vial of water, all others will form vulgar potions.
Known secondary ingredients are:
- Magma Cream: This ingredient grants fire resistance for a period of three minutes.
- Sugar - This ingredient will increase speed by 20% for a period of three minutes.
- Spider Eye – This ingredient applies poison for 45 seconds.
- Ghast's Tear : Provides Regeneration for a period of 45 seconds.
- Sparkling Watermelon – This ingredient heals two hearts instantly.
- Blaze Powder – Causes an increase in strength for a period of three minutes.
- Pufferfish: Allows you to breathe underwater for three minutes.
- Rabbit's Foot – You will have the ability to super jump for three minutes.
- Golden Carrot – You will have night vision for three minutes.
Modifiers
These are the ingredients that will produce changes in potions. Being able to change the extended duration and greater power.
The modifying ingredients are:
- Redstone Dust : Increases the duration of the potion.
- Gunpowder: This makes the potion throwable.
- Glowstone Powder – This ingredient will increase potency.
- Dragon's Breath : Makes the potion resistant.
- Fermented Spider Eye – Corrupts the potion's effect. This results in the base potion's effect being reversed or producing a negative effect.
The invisibility potion is considered a corrupted version of the potion with the opposite effect, obviously night vision.
What do you need to make potions?
For this we need a Potion Holder , which provides an interface where you can create them. This interface will consist of 5 different spaces or squares , each with a special use.
Other necessary tools :
- It is necessary a cauldron : it will be used to fill glass bottles with buckets of water.
- Blaze Powder : which is used as fuel for making potions.
- Funnel : it is used in the Potion Stand, its function is automate a part of the process of its preparation.
- Bottle glass: this will become the container where the potions we make will be stored.
- Bottle with water : is the necessary base for making all types of potions.
How to make potions in Minecraft?
Now, brewing a potion really isn't that complicated. You just need to make sure you have all the tools and ingredients needed for this.
Using the mentioned Potion Stand , we will add the necessary elements in the interface intended for this. In 3 of the spaces, potions are added, which can be water jars or previously prepared potions. In space number 4, the ingredient for the potion will be added. Of course, fuel cannot be missing, we are talking about Blaze Powder.
If our components are correct, the process will start with a bubble on the left bar, the one on the right will go down . This process will take a little longer than those made in the oven.
We hope this guide has helped you learn a little more about Potions in Minecraft and the different ways to obtain them . Let us know in the comments which potion you use the most while playing the game. We read you.
