Potion Guide
Potion of Swiftness
minecraft:swiftnessBrewing
Variants
Give commands
/give @p minecraft:potion[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:swiftness"}]/give @p minecraft:splash_potion[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:swiftness"}]/give @p minecraft:lingering_potion[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:swiftness"}]/give @p minecraft:tipped_arrow[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:swiftness"}] 8Lingering potions apply effects at 1/4 duration, tipped arrows at 1/8 of the drinkable potion.
How brewing works
Every recipe starts with Water Bottles in a brewing stand fueled by Blaze Powder. Ingredients are brewed step by step - first Nether Wart, then the effect ingredient, then optional modifiers:
Fuels the brewing stand - one piece powers 20 brewing operations.
Turns a Water Bottle into an Awkward Potion, the base for almost every effect.
Extends the potion's duration (long variant).
Amplifies the effect to level II (strong variant), usually halving the duration.
Converts a potion into a throwable Splash Potion.
Turns a Splash Potion into a Lingering Potion that leaves an effect cloud.
Corrupts effects: Swiftness/Leaping become Slowness, Healing/Poison become Harming, Night Vision becomes Invisibility, a Water Bottle becomes Weakness.
Craft 8 Arrows around a Lingering Potion to get Tipped Arrows with its effect.
Brewing knowledge, fully mapped
Every brewable potion in Minecraft Java 1.21 as an interactive guide: full brewing paths from nether wart to the finished potion, effect durations for base, extended and amplified variants, splash and lingering versions, tipped arrows - plus /give commands for every single one.
All potions and variants
Every potion with its normal, extended (redstone) and amplified (glowstone) variant, including exact durations and effect levels.
Interactive brewing paths
Follow the complete chain: water bottle, awkward potion, effect ingredient, modifiers - step by step at the brewing stand.
Splash, lingering and arrows
Gunpowder for splash, dragon's breath for lingering, and the tipped arrow variants crafted from lingering potions.
Ingredient overview
See which ingredient creates which effect - from sugar and blaze powder to turtle shell and phantom membrane.
Give commands included
Copy the /give command for any potion, splash, lingering or tipped arrow without touching NBT by hand.
Corrupted-recipe hints
Learn which potions come from fermented spider eye corruption - like Slowness from Swiftness or Harming from Healing.
How to brew potions
- 1
Brew the base
Fill glass bottles with water and brew nether wart into them at a brewing stand - fueled by blaze powder - to get awkward potions.
- 2
Add the effect
Brew the effect ingredient into the awkward potion - sugar for Swiftness, magma cream for Fire Resistance, and so on.
- 3
Modify it
Extend with redstone, amplify with glowstone, make it splash with gunpowder or lingering with dragon's breath.
Frequently asked questions
- Why does brewing always start with nether wart?
- Nether wart turns water bottles into awkward potions, the neutral base almost all effect ingredients require. The exceptions: fermented spider eye (Weakness) and a few gimmick potions work directly on water bottles.
- Can a potion be both extended and amplified?
- No - redstone (duration) and glowstone (potency) overwrite each other. A potion is either extended or level II, never both.
- How do tipped arrows work?
- Craft eight arrows around a lingering potion to get eight tipped arrows with that effect. They apply a shortened version of the effect on hit - and yes, Instant Damage arrows are a thing.
- What's the difference between splash and lingering?
- Splash potions (gunpowder) apply their effect once on impact in a small radius. Lingering potions (dragon's breath) leave a cloud that keeps applying the effect for several seconds - ideal for area denial and tipped arrow crafting.
- Which potions can't be brewed?
- Luck and Decay (Bedrock) have no Java brewing recipe, and effects like Levitation exist only via commands - the guide marks unbrewable effects and still gives you their /give commands.
- How does the fermented spider eye work?
- It corrupts potions into their counterpart: Swiftness becomes Slowness, Healing becomes Harming, Night Vision becomes Invisibility, and on a plain water bottle it brews Weakness.