Minecraft is one of the longest-running and most recognizable sandbox games in the world. With over 600 million total Minecraft players and billions of randomly generated maps, players have an infinite world to explore. But exploring under the oceans can be extremely difficult, unless players have a few Potions of Water Breathing to help out.
Updated May 23, 2021 by Mina Smith: Brewing your own Potion of Water Breathing in Minecraft is more important now than ever before. With all of the new updates to the game and the "end game" spike with the new Nether, it can be important to search shipwrecks and plunder underwater ruins for difficult-to-obtain items and maps. Because of this, we've updated this article for better clarity and added some additional information regarding how to brew these incredibly useful potions.
There are several variations of Potion of Water Breathing, but each of them allows players to breathe underwater. This will allow Minecraft players to destroy underwater monuments, fight sea critters, and even mine underwater with ease. However, making potions in Minecraft is never easy. The recipe for Potion of Water Breathing has to be followed carefully to get the right result.
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Before trying to make some of these Water Breathing potions, players will need a variety of materials and crafting stations at ready. The first thing they will need is a Crafting Table, which players will most likely have no issue getting. It can be crafted with 4 Wood Planks at any time, and Crafting Tables can be used for just about anything in Minecraft.
Players will also need:
- 2 Blaze Rod
- 3 Cobblestones
- 1 Water Bottle
- 1 Nether Wart
- 1 Puffer Fish
- 1 Redstone (optional)
Using one of the Blaze Rods and three Cobblestones from the list above, craft a Brewing Station. Brewing Stations can also be stolen from Minecraft villages or villagers, if players don't care to make one themselves.
Once players have their list of ingredients and Brewing Station all ready, they will need to put the potion together. First, use the remaining Blaze Rod to make Blaze Powder. Then head to the Brewing Station, and follow these directions in this order:
- Open Brewing Station Menu in Minecraft.
- Add the Blaze Powder to the left-hand box. This will activate the Brewing Station and get everything bubbling.
- Add a Water Bottle to one of the three boxes at the bottom of the Brewing Station Menu (players can brew multiple potions if they fill each of these three slots with a water bottle).
- Add the Nether Wart to the top box, then wait for brewing to complete. Players will now have an Awkward Potion.
- Put the Puffer Fish in the top box, then wait for brewing to complete. The Awkward Potion will now be a Potion of Water Breathing.
- Optional: Add a Redstone at this stage and get a Potion of Water Breathing that lasts longer.
Now players will be able to swim freely, without worrying about drowning or coming to the surface to breathe. The effect of the Potion is only temporary, but will give players some time to discover what lies beneath the sea, like underwater temples, underwater mining, and even building an underwater Minecraft city if players get bored enough.
Minecraft is available now on Mobile, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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Source: LifeWire