POTION BENEFICIAL Present since 1.14 or earlier

Potion of Invisibility how to brew it in Minecraft

A Potion of Invisibility hides your body from players and mobs, but not your armor or the items in your hands. It works best to slip past mobs or scout an area, as long as you accept walking around with little or no armor.

Brew it step by step

Put Blaze Powder in the fuel slot and up to 3 bottles at the bottom, then add each ingredient at the top.

01 + → Awkward PotionNether Wart + Water Bottle
02 + → Potion of Night VisionGolden Carrot + Awkward Potion
03 + → Potion of InvisibilityFermented Spider Eye + Potion of Night Vision
+ + → OptionalPotion of Invisibility (+)Redstone Dust · Extends the duration · 8:00
+ + → OptionalSplash PotionGunpowder · Throwable
+ + → OptionalLingering PotionDragon's Breath · Leaves a cloud, base for Tipped Arrows

// Fuel: Blaze Powder

At a glance

Effect: Invisibility
Duration: 3:00
With Redstone: 8:00
Level II: Doesn’t exist
Key ingredient: Fermented Spider Eye

All variants and durations

Variant	Normal	With Redstone	Level II
Potion	3:00	8:00	—
Splash Potion	3:00	8:00	—
Lingering Potion	0:45	2:00	—
Tipped Arrow	0:23	1:00	—

■ Normal · ■ With Redstone · Lingering = ¼ of the duration, Tipped Arrow = ⅛

What Invisibility does

BeneficialInvisibility

Makes you invisible; mobs only notice you up close. Worn armor and held items still show.

Commands

Potion/give →

/give @s minecraft:potion[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:long_invisibility"}]

Splash Potion/give →

/give @s minecraft:splash_potion[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:long_invisibility"}]

Lingering Potion/give →

/give @s minecraft:lingering_potion[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:long_invisibility"}]

What invisibility really hides

Mobs do not ignore you completely: they only notice you once you are close. Every piece of armor you wear makes you easier to spot again, and armor and held items stay visible on screen for other players. A few swirling particles also drift around you from time to time, which is enough to give you away to an attentive player.

The Warden does not care at all. It is blind and tracks vibrations and smell, so being invisible changes nothing in an Ancient City. Sneaking remains your real protection there.

Good uses

Crossing a dangerous area. A Nether Fortress, a Woodland Mansion corridor or a mob-heavy cave is easier to cross when most mobs only react at the last moment.
Scouting. Check what waits in a structure before you come back geared up.
Hide and seek with friends. Without armor, you are almost impossible to see in multiplayer.

How to get it

Brew a Potion of Night Vision, then add a Fermented Spider Eye. Extend the Night Vision with Redstone Dust before converting it, and you get the long version directly. The Wandering Trader also sells an extended Potion of Invisibility for emeralds, and drinks one himself when night falls.

Pitfalls

A Spectral Arrow gives you Glowing, which shows your outline through walls even while you are invisible.
Taking your armor off to stay hidden means any hit hurts much more. Keep a Potion of Healing at hand.
A Milk Bucket removes the effect instantly, which is handy if you need to be seen again.

✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026