Minecraft offers a range of potions that can give players both positive and negative effects, including a Potion of Weakness. This potion is usually used to weaken enemies in mines and the Nether, especially if players are surrounded by multiple foes. For those situations, players can also make this potion as a Splash potion which helps debuff multiple enemies with a single throw.
Potion brewing isn't as complicated a system in Minecraft as it might seem, but the game itself isn't going to show players how to do it. Once a player has learned the process of making a single potion, it is just experimentation with other ingredients to figure out what results in the creation of the other potions. A Potion of Weakness will give enemies or the drinker a Weakness effect and reduce their attack damage.
How To Make A Potion Of Weakness In Minecraft
In order to make any potions, players will need to craft a Brewing Stand and some Glass Bottles. The materials needed to make a Brewing Stand and many ingredients in potion-making originate in the Nether. A Brewing Stand requires a single Blaze Rod centered above a row of Cobblestone, and three Glass Bottles can be made using three pieces of Glass in the shape of a "V."
Make sure to get extra Blaze Rods to turn into Blaze Powder later, they will be used to fuel the Brewing Stand.
To make a Potion of Weakness in Minecraft, players will need a Water Bottle and a Fermented Spider Eye. A Water Bottle is made by filling an empty Glass Bottle with water like one would a Bucket. The Fermented Spider Eye is a lot more complicated.
To craft a Fermented Spider Eye, players will need one each of the following: Brown Mushroom, Sugar, and Spider Eye. Players are also recommended to setup a Sugar farm in Minecraft, as the resource can be used for other recipes as well. Once players have enough sugar, place the Brown Mushroom into the top left of the crafting menu. Then place the Sugar to the right of it. Finally, place the Spider Eye directly underneath the Sugar.
Once players have their Water Bottle and Fermented Spider Eye ready, they will need to open the Brewing Stand menu and place Blaze Powder into the designated Blaze Powder outline on the left.
Place a number of Water Bottles equal to the number of Potions of Weakness desired in the bottom three slots.
The final step to create the Potion of Weakness is to place the Fermented Spider Eye in the box above the Water Bottles and wait for them to brew. The end result should be a Potion of Weakness that lasts one minute and thirty seconds.
If Minecraft players would like to increase the duration time of their Potion of Weakness, repeat these steps with Redstone in place of the Fermented Spider Eye and the Potion of Weakness in place of the Water Bottles.
If players would like to create a Splash Potion of Weakness, repeat these steps with Gun Powder in place of the Fermented Spider Eye and the Potion of Weakness in place of the Water Bottles.
