How to Make a Splash Potion in Minecraft [Brewing Guide]

What are Splash Potions in Minecraft and How Do They Work?

Splash potions in Minecraft are pots that you can throw at mobs or players by having the potion in your hand and right-clicking. Then the effect of the splash potion will be applied to the player or mob that you've thrown it at.

So if you take a splash potion of poison and throw it at someone, they'll get poisoned! If you throw the potion on the ground under yourself or at a mob while you're very close to it, you will also gain the effect of the splash potion.

Another thing you should know regarding any splash potion is that the splash regeneration and harming potions work differently for undead mobs like skeletons and zombies. If you throw a splash regeneration potion at an undead mob, it will damage it even though it heals other normal mobs and players. And if you throw a harming potion at an undead mob, it will actually heal them.

How to Brew Splash Potions in Minecraft

There are some preparations you need to complete before you make any splash potions. So here are the required items you'll need to make a splash potion in Minecraft:

• Brewing stand
• Blaze powder
• Gunpowder
• Harmful or regular potion bottles of your choice (here we'll use Regeneration II potions)

The items above are pretty easy to get and craft since most of them require a single trip to the Nether. That's because crafting a brewing stand and blaze powder requires a blaze rod. Blaze rods can be obtained by killing blazes that spawn in Nether fortresses.

The key item to making splash potions is gunpowder. And gunpowder can be obtained by destroying creepers. Just make sure they don't explode into your face as they won't drop any gunpowder that way to make the harmful potions which you'll use to destroy even more creepers!

Once you get all the items needed to create splash potions, first you'll want to place your brewing stand in a good location somewhere around your Minecraft house. Then here's how you can brew and make a Minecraft splash potion step-by-step: 

1. Open the brewing stand by right-clicking it
2. In the top left empty box of the brewing stand add blaze powder
3. Place the gunpowder in the top center empty box
4. Add the regular or harming potions of your choice in the bottom empty boxes
5. Wait until the brewing process is finished in the brewing stand to get a splash potion

And that's everything you need to know for how to make a splash potion in Minecraft! Making regular potions is easy, and turning them into a splash potion is easier with the requirement of gunpowder. 

Just make sure to not throw any splash invisibility potions as you won't be able to find the players and mobs you've thrown the splash potion at!