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Potion of Healing

Restores 4 health (2 hearts) at once, 8 at level II — but harms undead mobs such as Zombies and Skeletons.

Brew it from Awkward Potion + Glistering Melon Slice: it gives Instant Health. With Glowstone Dust: Instant Health II.

How to brew it

  1. 1.Water Bottle + Nether Wart → Awkward Potion

  2. 2.Awkward Potion + Glistering Melon Slice → Potion of Healing

In the game

Potion of Healing

Instant Health

Brew a batch

bottles

You need

  • 3 ×Water Bottle
  • 1 ×Nether Wart
  • 1 ×Glistering Melon Slice

2 brews: 40 s on one brewing stand, three bottles at a time. 1 × Blaze Powder fuels them (20 brews each).

How long each bottle lasts

It acts at once, whatever the bottle, so it has no duration. A splash potion’s effect is stronger the closer it lands, up to 4 blocks away.

Related potions

Its ingredients, and where to find them

  • Nether Wart

    • Grows on Soul Sand in Nether Fortresses, and turns up in their chests. Plant it to grow more.

  • Glistering Melon Slice

  • Glowstone Dust

    • Makes a potion stronger (level II), for a shorter time.
    • Dropped by: Witch.
    • Mined from: Glowstone.

  • Gunpowder

    • Turns any potion into a splash potion, to throw.
    • Dropped by: Creeper, Ghast, and Witch.

  • Dragon's Breath

    • Turns a splash potion into a lingering potion: a cloud that gives 1/4 of the time.
    • Collected in Glass Bottles from the Ender Dragon’s breath.

  • Blaze Powder

Every potion, one page each

From the game files: Minecraft Java Edition 26.3.

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