While playing survival Minecraft, only a few of us are lucky enough to spawn in the best survival seeds. For the rest of us, our resources are the only help we can rely upon. One of these resources is the criminally underrated Minecraft potions. Due to their complex behavior and limited effects, many new players completely skip them. But, with just enough effort, some of the best Minecraft potions can give you superpowers in-game. Though, we first need to learn how to make a Brewing Stand in Minecraft to create all types of potions. So, that’s what our focus is going to be in this tutorial today. Other than the recipe for Brewing Stand, we will learn how to obtain all the required ingredients to make this essential equipment for making potions in Minecraft. Unfortunately, it isn’t as easy as making a boat in Minecraft, so let’s get started.
The recipe and ingredient list to make a Brewing Stand below applies to both Minecraft Java and Bedrock editions. And we have tested it on the latest Minecraft 1.18 update, so it will work the same even in these best Minecraft 1.18 seeds.
- Materials Required to Make a Brewing StandRecipe to Make a Brewing Stand in MinecraftHow to Use a Brewing Stand in Minecraft
Materials Required to Make a Brewing Stand
Making a Brewing Stand in Minecraft usually is a later process in this sandbox game for most people. You can always spawn near a village with a Brewing Stand in one of the villagers’ houses, but that’s quite rare. So, to make a Brewing Stand on your own, you will require the following ingredients:
Now, we won’t explain how to build a Crafting Table in this article. You can follow our dedicated guide to easily make a Crafting Table in Minecraft. Obtaining cobblestone won’t be an issue too, as it’s one of the most abundant blocks in the game. The hardest part is getting a blaze rod. You can only obtain a blaze rod by killing a Blaze in the Nether realm of Minecraft. So, learn how to make a Nether portal in Minecraft and find a Nether Fortress with a Blaze spawner.
Recipe to Make a Brewing Stand in Minecraft
Once you have the right ingredients, the process to make the Brewing Stand is simple. But make sure you are doing it in a safe place like a house or the mushroom Minecraft biome where mobs can’t destroy it. That said, follow the steps below:
Then, place the collected ingredients in the 3 x 3 grid of the Crafting table. First, place 3 cobblestone blocks in the lowermost row of the grid. After that, place the blaze rod in the middle cell of the center row. You can then pick the Brewing Stand by clicking on it from the results tab on the right side of the crafting grid.
While we are operating the Crafting table, don’t forget to make fuel for our Brewing Stand. If you have any additional blaze rods, place them in any of the cells of the crafting area. Make sure there is no other block in the crafting area. Then, you will see your blaze rod turn into blaze powder, which we require to make the stand work.
How to Use a Brewing Stand in Minecraft
As you might have noticed, the Brewing Stand looks nothing like other Minecraft functional blocks. But don’t get overwhelmed. With a little practice, you can easily make the most out of the Brewing Stand and make Minecraft potions of your liking. Let’s start by taking a look at its UI:
As you can notice, the spot on the top left is where you put the fuel, the blaze powder. Then, next to it is a tube-like space with bubbles on it. This is where you will notice your powder turn into fuel and release bubbles. On its right side is an empty cell where all our key ingredients for specific potions will go. Finally, at the bottom of the Brewing Stand is a space to put glass bottles where our potion gets stored.
