Brewing Stand & Base Ingredients

Brewing stand: 3 cobblestone+1 blaze rod (rods from nether blazes). Put water bottles on top, blaze powder as fuel. Brewing process: base material = awkward potion + secondary material = effect potion + modifier (glowstone/redstone/gunpowder/dragon breath).

How brewing actually works Brewing: One Base, Then One Choice Nether wart always comes first. Everything after it is a branch. 1 · Water bottles up to 3 at once 2 · Nether wart (mandatory) wart 3 · Awkward potion no effect yet 4 · Effect ingredient e.g. sugar, blaze ✓ usable 5 · Optional modifiers (choose at most one path) Redstone → longer duration 3:00 → 8:00 for most potions Glowstone → stronger level Speed I → Speed II, shorter duration Fermented spider eye → corrupt Healing → Harming, Night Vision → Invisibility Fuel and capacity Blaze powder: 1 = 20 brews Each run brews all 3 bottles at once using one ingredient. Glowstone and redstone are mutually exclusive — you cannot stack both.
Every potion starts the same way: water bottles plus nether wart, which produces an awkward potion that does nothing on its own. Only then does the effect ingredient go in, and only finished potions can take a modifier. Redstone extends duration, glowstone raises the level at the cost of duration, and a fermented spider eye flips the effect to its opposite — and since glowstone and redstone are mutually exclusive, you always have to pick one direction.

Positive Effect Potion Recipes

Speed (sugar, +20% speed), Jump Boost (rabbit foot, +0.5 blocks), Strength (blaze powder, +3 hearts melee), Regeneration (ghast tear, +1 heart/2.5s), Fire Resistance (magma cream, immune to fire), Water Breathing (pufferfish, no oxygen drain), Night Vision (golden carrot, see in darkness), Slow Falling (phantom membrane, no fall damage).

Negative & Utility Potions

Poison (spider eye), Weakness (fermented spider eye, -4 attack), Slowness (sugar+fermented spider eye, -15% speed), Harming (glistering melon+fermented spider eye, 6 hearts instant). Fermented spider eye corrupts positive potions into negative versions.

Batch Brewing Tips

One brewing operation handles up to 3 bottles. Efficiency: stock a chest of water bottles (right-click water source with glass bottles). Brew 3 at a time: first nether wart -> 3 awkward potions, then material -> 3 effect potions. For splash: add gunpowder last. Full automation uses hopper chains + droppers + brewing stand redstone control.

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✓ Last verified on Minecraft 1.22 (2026-09-22) Minecraft mechanics change with every update — this guide is only guaranteed to work in the stated version.