Potion item in Minecraft

What it does

Almost every recipe begins the same way: a water bottle plus Nether Wart gives an Awkward Potion, with no effect of its own. Adding an ingredient such as a glistering melon slice, a golden carrot, sugar or magma cream turns it into a real potion. Redstone then makes the effect last longer, glowstone dust makes it stronger, and a fermented spider eye turns some effects into their opposite.

Drinking a potion applies its effect to you and leaves an empty Glass Bottle. Potions do not stack, so each one takes a slot. Gunpowder turns a potion into a splash potion you can throw, and dragon's breath turns that into a lingering potion.

A plain water bottle has uses of its own: poured on dirt, coarse dirt or rooted dirt, it turns them into mud, and the wandering trader buys it. Potions also turn up in buried treasure, ancient cities and trial chambers.