Potions are just one of the many RPG features in Minecraft, but they're often a bit underrated by players. When you're dealing with a horde of mobs or looking to conquer an underwater ocean monument, potions can be a total lifesaver. Many of them are also not terribly expensive to craft.
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PostsTo start brewing, you first need to visit the Nether. After slaying a Blaze and getting a Blaze Rod, you can craft a brewing stand. Every potion also requires Nether Wart, which is a red plant found growing inside Nether Fortresses. So make sure to grab a bunch, as well as soul sand, and start a small farm in the overworld.
Updated November 22, 2024 by Jacqueline Zalace: There aren't too many potions in Minecraft, so we've converted this list into a ranking of all the craftable (or brewable) potions in the game. Now, you can find a ranked list of all the best potions in Minecraft from worst to best.
15 Poison
Main Ingredients
Spider Eye
Effect
Deplete half a heart every 1.25 seconds
The worst potion of the bunch is the Potion of Poison. While you can poison others, it doesn't have the most amount of uses. Unlike the Potion of Harming (which appears next), poison will do damage over time.
If you are looking to cause some poison damage, you can easily make this potion by just combining an Awkward Potion with a spider eye. If you have a spider farm, then you definitely have a few stacks of eyes that you can use to mass produce these potions.
14 Harming
Main Ingredients
Potion of Poison
Potion of Healing
Fermented Spider Eye
Effect
Take 6 hearts of immediate damage
This potion does not require an Awkward Potion to make.
The Potion of Harming is a great potion to give to an unsuspecting friend if you're playing co-op. It does six hearts of damage and will certainly shock anyone who drinks it, or you can drink it yourself. However, it's recommended to turn this into a Splash Potion of Harming to throw at enemies.
To make this, you'll need to make a Potion of Poison and a Potion of Healing. Then simply combine that with a fermented spider eye and you'll create a Potion of Harming. You can then drink it yourself or give it to a friend. Alternatively, add gunpowder to make it a splash potion. It's great for dealing with creepers from a safe distance.
13 Slowness
Main Ingredients
Potion of Swiftness
Potion of Leaping
Effect
Slow by 85%
This potion does not require an Awkward Potion to make.
The Potion of Slowness is the first negative effect potion on our list that does not deal any damage. As such, it's a great way to prank friends without causing them any harm. Additionally, if you set up PvP games on your server, this could be a fun addition.
Like the Potion of Harming, the Potion of Slowness is made of two existing potions in the game; Swiftness and Leaping. Interestingly, both of these potions are used to speed up and reach new places, which is the exact opposite of this potion.
12 Weakness
Main Ingredients
Fermented Spider Eye
Effect
Reduce melee attack by 4
The Potion of Weakness is the highest-placing 'negative' potion on our list. This is due to the fact that it has great practical abilities in both PvP and PvE. You can apply this to mobs, or other players if you are looking to have a combat-based game.
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PostsWith a Potion of Weakness used in a PvP battle, you can draw out the combat so it doesn't end after one swing of an enchanted sword. Overall though, this still places relatively low on our list, and most players probably won't make this.
11 Turtle Master
Main Ingredients
Turtle Shell
Effect
Gain slowness and resistance
In its simplest form, the Potion of the Turtle Master is a Slowness IV and Resistance III potion that makes you feel just like a turtle. The only issue is that it can take a fair amount of time to gather the required ingredients. You will also need to make friends with some turtles and nurse some turtle babies to adulthood.
To make the Potion of the Turtle Master, simply grab a Turtle Shell. Of course, this requires you to gather scute from baby turtles (this drops when babies grow into adults) and turn five of them into a shell.
10 Leaping
Main Ingredients
Rabbit's Foot
Effect
Increase jump by half a block
Reaching high places fast is made much easier with a Potion of Leaping. If you're going caving or you plan on traveling across mountain biomes, this potion might come in handy in the long run. That being said, it requires one fairly rare ingredient: a rabbit's foot, dropped by any rabbit when killed.
When combined with the Jump Boost effect from Beacons, you'll be able to reach some incredible heights. If you manage to boost your speed as well, you can clear some serious distance in just one jump.
9 Invisibility
Main Ingredients
Potion of Night Vision
Fermented Spider Eye
Effect
Become invisible!
This potion does not require an Awkward Potion to make.
Invisibility is another more niche potion, but it does have its advantages. It's a bit more expensive to make, requiring you to craft a Night Vision Potion first (with a Golden Carrot). Add in a Fermented Spider Eye, and you'll get Invisibility.
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PostsInvisibility is powerful, but Mojang has balanced the effect by making it so that any items that are equipped or worn still appear. This means that for the potion to be fully effective, you'll need to unequip everything, which makes you extremely vulnerable. If you have this effect while crouching, your name will also be invisible from other players.
8 Swiftness
Main Ingredients
Sugar
Effect
Increased movement speed, sprinting speed, and jumping length (all by 20%)
A highly underrated potion, the Potion of Swiftness is incredibly useful in numerous situations. Exploring and combat are significantly improved thanks to this potion, which will up your movement speed by a fair amount. All you need is sugar, which is incredibly easy to find by collecting and farming sugarcane.
This potion is great for exploring and wanting to get from one place to another faster, or if you simply want to escape a sticky situation. If you happen to have a very large base that you are trying to look at (from the ground), this potion can come in handy too.
7 Healing
Main Ingredients
Glistering Melon Slice
Effect
Instantly restore 4 hearts
In combat situations, any extra health is always welcome. That's why Potions of Healing are extremely valuable items in the game, and fairly expensive to make. You need to craft a Glistering Melon Slice first, which requires gold nuggets and a slice of melon.
These are a must-have in tough fights, such as in the Nether, against the Ender Dragon or the Wither, or inside an End City. It's not quite as high as others on our list because at low health, four hearts may not be very helpful.
6 Regeneration
Main Ingredients
Ghast Tear
Effect
Restore half a heart every 2.5 seconds
Aside from just restoring pure health, the Regeneration potion is almost more powerful, as it continuously provides you with value long after consuming the potion. The cost for it, however, is a Ghast Tear, which is dropped when a Ghast is killed. If you weren't aware, this is generally no easy task.
The Potion of Regeneration is helpful if you want to maintain health over a set period of time, making it a bit more long-term than the Potion of Healing. Still, both are great to have on hand when you're preparing for a tough battle.
