POTION BENEFICIAL Present since 1.14 or earlier

Potion of Leaping how to brew it in Minecraft

A Potion of Leaping gives you Jump Boost: every jump goes higher, and falls hurt a little less. It is a travel and parkour potion, great for crossing mountains and ravines, less great in tight tunnels.

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 LeapingRabbit's Foot + Awkward Potion
+ + → OptionalPotion of Leaping (+)Redstone Dust · Extends the duration · 8:00
+ + → OptionalPotion of Leaping IIGlowstone Dust · Level II, shorter · 1:30
+ + → OptionalSplash PotionGunpowder · Throwable
+ + → OptionalLingering PotionDragon's Breath · Leaves a cloud, base for Tipped Arrows

// Fuel: Blaze Powder

At a glance

Effect: Jump Boost
Duration: 3:00
With Redstone: 8:00
Level II: 1:30
Key ingredient: Rabbit's Foot

All variants and durations

Variant	Normal	With Redstone	Level II
Potion	3:00	8:00	1:30
Splash Potion	3:00	8:00	1:30
Lingering Potion	0:45	2:00	0:23
Tipped Arrow	0:23	1:00	0:11

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

What Jump Boost does

BeneficialJump Boost

Lets you jump higher (about half a block more per level) and reduces fall damage.

Other ways to get Jump Boost

UseCornflower

Suspicious Stew · 5 s

Given byBeacon

Commands

Potion/give →

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

Splash Potion/give →

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

Lingering Potion/give →

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

When Leaping helps

Higher jumps mean fewer blocks to place and fewer detours. With Leaping you hop over fences and walls, climb rough mountain terrain without building stairs, and get out of a shallow pit without digging. Level II goes higher still, at the cost of a shorter duration.

Combined with a Potion of Swiftness, sprint-jumping across open land covers ground very quickly. It is a cheap way to travel before you own an Elytra.

Pitfalls

Every jump is a big jump. You cannot choose a small hop. Near lava, cliffs or the void, a reflex jump can take you further than you planned.
Fall damage still exists. The effect reduces it a little, but the higher arcs mean longer falls. Pair it with Feather Falling boots, or keep a Potion of Slow Falling for big drops.
Low ceilings get in the way. In a two-block mine tunnel you constantly hit your head, which slows you down instead of speeding you up.

Getting Rabbit's Feet

The Rabbit's Foot is the hard part. Rabbits drop it only now and then when you kill them, and Looting improves your odds. In deserts, a Husk riding a Camel Husk can drop one too. Cleric villagers buy Rabbit's Feet, so do not trade away the ones you need for brewing.

A second use: Slowness

A Fermented Spider Eye turns Leaping into a Potion of Slowness, exactly like Swiftness does. If you have Rabbit's Feet but no sugar to spare, it is another way to get there.

✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026