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Potion of Slowness

Slows whoever it hits by 15% per level: 60% at level IV.

Brew it from Potion of Swiftness + Fermented Spider Eye: it gives Slowness (1:30). With Redstone Dust, it lasts 4:00. With Glowstone Dust: Slowness IV, for 0:20.

How to brew it

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

  2. 2.Awkward Potion + Sugar → Potion of Swiftness

  3. 3.Potion of Swiftness + Fermented Spider Eye → Potion of Slowness

Also brewed from Potion of Leaping + Fermented Spider Eye.

In the game

Potion of Slowness

Slowness (1:30)

When Applied:

-15% Speed

Brew a batch

bottles

You need

  • 3 ×Water Bottle
  • 1 ×Nether Wart
  • 1 ×Sugar
  • 1 ×Fermented Spider Eye

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

How long each bottle lasts

BottleBase+ Redstone Dust+ Glowstone Dust
Potion1:304:000:20
Splash Potion1:304:000:20
Lingering Potion0:221:000:05
Tipped Arrow0:110:300:02

A splash potion gives the full time where it lands, and less up to 4 blocks away. A lingering potion leaves a cloud that gives 1/4 of it, a tipped arrow 1/8.

Related potions

  • It can also be brewed from Potion of Leaping + Fermented Spider Eye or Potion of Swiftness + Fermented Spider Eye.

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.
  • Sugar

  • Fermented Spider Eye

  • Redstone Dust

  • 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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