Nether Wart - This is the first ingredient used in creating most potions, so you'll want to have plenty on hand.Lots of Blaze Powder - This is created by taking Blaze Rods to your Crafting Table, and it will be used in every potion you create as fuel.A source block can fill unlimited potions, but a cauldron will require replenishing. A Water Source - This can be a cauldron filled with water or a water source block.Just like in real-life brewing, you'll want to get all your ingredients ready ahead of time: That will give you one of these bad boys: A Minecraft Brewing Stand You just need three cobbled blocks-cobblestone, cobbled deepslate, or cobbled black stone-and a single Blaze Rod. You can find these in a Cleric's house in many inhabited villages, or you can make one yourself. Building a Brewing Stationīefore you can do anything, you'll want to build a brewing station. Nether Wart is also found in Fortresses, though with some Nether Wart and a stack of Soul Sand blocks, you can start your own simple Nether Wart farm to save yourself multiple journeys into the Nether. If you're going to really get into brewing potions, you may even want to create a Blaze Farm like this one from YouTuber JC Playz:
But killing them will net you a Blaze Rod, a crucial ingredient in brewing. These floating chandelier-looking mobs will lob fire at you. This is where enemies called Blazes spawn. To start collecting Blaze Rods, you'll first want to find a Fortress. Mobs like Magma Cubes and Ghasts also drop materials that can be used to brew specific potions. There are a few different Nether-specific ingredients crucial to potion brewing, including Blaze Rods and Nether Wart. To begin brewing, you'll need to have at least made your way to the Nether, which means having a Diamond Pickaxe to mine Obsidian, which is used to make a Nether Portal, and then flint and tinder to ignite the portal. The specifics may differ in the Java version of the game.
This guide concerns the Bedrock edition of Minecraft version 1.18, available on Windows 10, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. This guide will walk you through making a brewing station, the basics of potion creation and modification, and rundown the potions to pursue and avoid in Minecraft. Minecraft is no different-there are some incredibly useful potions that you can use to save the day or get ahead. Whether it's a mana potion in Diablo or tossing back a quick espresso in real life, sometimes the right potion makes all the difference.