How to make a splash potion in Minecraft

In Minecraft, you can drink potions that provide powerful buffs or apply negative effects. But why would someone drink a drink to intentionally weaken their character? They wouldn’t. Potions that apply debuffs to your character also work on mobs.

Sure, you won’t find any mob in Minecraft that can take a potion and drink it willingly. But you can add a little to induce debilitating effects of all kinds. For that, you need a splash potion. And while these potions can offer significant advantages in combat, in theory they are not difficult to make. Here’s what you need to know.

Ingredients needed for welcome potions

You need three ingredients to make splash potions.

• Gunpowder
  
• a potion
  
• fire dust
  

Almost all potions can be rebrewed into splash potions that apply an area of ​​effect debuff in a small radius. You can even create versions of potions that cannot be created.

However, the effect (potency) of the potion is reduced if you miss the target. The distance to the splash center can affect how much of the effect (healing or damage) an affected entity receives or how long the effect lasts. Splash potions in the Bedrock edition last 25% less than their regular counterparts.

How to make a splash potion

If you know how to brew a potion, you can probably figure out how to cook a splash potion based on the ingredients list. But let’s go over the process anyway:

1. Open the brew station.
   
2. Add gunpowder to the fuel slot or the far upper left box.
   
3. Place your gunpowder in the top center slot of the brewing station UI.
   
4. Adds a maximum of three potion bottles to the bottom row of the UI.
   
5. Wait for the brewing to finish and add the splash potions to your inventory.
   

Always aim the potion at the head of a mob or player to maximize the radius and duration of the potion. For reference, the splash zone is an 8.25 x 8.25 x 4.25 block area that expands outward from the point of impact.

How to get ingredients for welcome potions

If you want to turn your potions into projectiles, you need to farm a little. Collecting gunpowder is quite easy to achieve. You can get it from chests, Creepers, Witches and Ghasts.

Each potion then has its own list of ingredients, with farming methods ranging from easy to difficult. But one of the most difficult components to farm for regular and splash potions is gunpowder.

Fire Powder is crafted from Fire Rods on the Crafting Bench. However, fire rods only drop from killing Blazes in the Nether. It is one of the most challenging mobs in the game, especially for new or unequipped players.

Blaze Mobs are agile, shoot high-damage fireballs, and only have a default 50% drop rate for Blaze Rods. Since one fire rod only produces two fire powders, players must farm many abyssal fortresses to create multiple potions and eventually access the ending.

How splash potions work

It is important to understand that each splash potion in Minecraft only applies one effect to its targets. And both the positive and negative effects of potions can interact with monsters.

For example, a splash healing potion can heal or deal damage to monsters. Mobs that appear in the world, such as spiders and other passive creatures, are healed with this potion. However, mobs of the undead variety, such as zombies and archers or skeleton warriors, take damage.

The exact opposite happens with harmful potions.

Due to the wide range of interactions available in the game, it is worth studying some of the history and gameplay mechanics of Minecraft before investing time and resources into the wrong potions.

As mentioned, not all potions can be turned into splash potions. You cannot transform a normal potion into a splash potion after modifying it with redstone dust. Brewing Redstone increases the duration of a potion and makes it a player-only consumable.

Please note that this may differ between different versions of the game.

However, the production of luminous stone powder reinforces the positive and negative effects of the point. Take the standard damage potion, the damage potion. This drink comes with two levels: Instant Damage and Instant Damage II. You can create the latter by adding glowstone dust to the potion in the brewing stand instead of gunpowder.

After brewing the Instant Damage II version of the damage potion, you can add gunpowder to turn it into a throwable splash potion bottle that deals nine points of damage to mobs.

The Best Splash Potions to Brew

Minecraft has a long list of potions, but not all of them are good splash potions. The following options are worth considering in PVE and PVP scenarios.

1. Potion of Weakness: This explosive potion reduces the attack damage of affected targets by four (two hearts) in Java Edition and has a variable effect on Bedrock. Can have a significant impact on low damage mobs.
   
2. Splash Damage Potion: A splash damage potion damages normal mobs, but does not affect undead mobs such as skeletons, zombies, and all their variations.
   
3. Poison Potion Splash: Poison damage is a great way to take on tough mobs that you are not well prepared for. The poison effect is also a good way to reduce a target’s healing ability.
   
4. Splashing Healing Potion: Splashing healing potions can damage undead mobs found throughout Minecraft realms, similar to how damage potions damage normal mobs.
   
5. Potion of Splash Quickness: The Potion of Splash Quickness applies up to a 40% speed boost to targets. In PvP, you can throw it at yourself and your allies to escape sticky situations. You can also throw it at opposing players and force them to make mistakes like falling off a cliff or walking into lava.
   
6. Invisibility Potion: Throwing an invisibility potion at yourself and other players can make you invisible for up to three minutes, depending on the strength of the drink. It’s great for navigating high mob density areas or sneaking into other players’ bases.
   Note that Wither and Ender Dragon can still see players even when affected by the invisibility buff if they take aggressive steps. You can use it to build fortifications before starting a fight, but not to attack Minecraft final bosses without being detected.
   
7. Potion of Splash Decay: The Potion of Splash Decay applies a withering debuff, which is a more dangerous version of poison. Blackens hearts and damages the affected target every two seconds. Unlike poison, Wither can kill mobs and players.
   
8. Splattered Slow Potion: This potion slows other players and mobs by up to 15%. It is a great tool for fighting large or agile groups of mobs.
   

Other ways to find welcome potions

Players who cannot survive Nether Blaze fights or who do not want to trade gunpowder with others can still obtain splash potions.

For example, potions of weakness can be generated at brewing stations located in the basements of the igloos. You can also get them in end cities and ancient cities.

Additionally, players can trade with Piglins for fire resistance potions. However, giving a Piglin a Gold Bar only has a 1.74% chance of getting a Fire Resistance Potion.

Another way to get splash potions without brewing them is by stealing them from a cauldron. Witch cauldrons can contain potions of all kinds. Adding one of your bottles to the cauldron will generate a potion bottle of the same variety. You also remove a third of the cauldron’s contents with this method. Killing wandering merchants and witches has a chance to drop potions as loot.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use a splash potion on myself in Minecraft?

Although splash potions are throwable versions of normal potions, you can still apply their effects to your character. To do this, aim the potion a block or two in front of you and throw it on the ground. It should be close enough so that the animation of the colored swirls surrounds you and you receive the advantage or disadvantage associated with the potion.

How many types of potions are there in Minecraft?

Minecraft allows players to create three types of potions. Normal potions are classified as edible items and players can consume them from their toolbar. Splash Potions are thrown weapons, while Lingering Potions create an area of ​​effect cloud on the ground that can apply their effects to players and mobs.

How can you stop the effect of a potion?

Drinking a bucket of milk removes the positive and negative effects of potions in Minecraft.

What modifiers can you apply to potions in Minecraft?

Players can modify potions in four ways. You can make them splash with gunpowder, last longer with redstone dust, be stronger with glowstone dust, or give them a persistent area of ​​effect effect by adding dragon breath.

Mid-game crafting to be prepared for the end

Many Minecraft players can start collecting ingredients and brewing potions during the middle of the game. Using potions or fire resistance potions is a great way to make yourself tankier in the Nether to farm fire rods more consistently.

But potions are not mandatory to kill the Ender Dragon and win the game. Many YouTube videos will show you that it is possible to finish Minecraft in Survival mode with minimal equipment investment if you have solid gameplay mechanics.

That said, potions can make your life easier in PVP and PVE content and allow you to explore the game’s deeper, darker, and more dangerous biomes.

Do you think it is worth the investment? If so, what are your favorite beers to use? Tell us in the comments section below. Feel free to share some tips on using splash potions for maximum efficiency in Minecraft Survival and Hardcore.