Minecraft: How to Make a Potion of Weakness

Minecraft has a lot of items and unique recipes to remember so we have got you covered. In this guide, you will learn how to make a Potion of Weakness that will help you along your Minecraft adventures.

Although it might seem very complex at first, rest assured that our simple steps will help you create a potion of weakness in no time. We will first go over the ingredients you will need and then cover all of the steps for making the potion in Minecraft.

Potion of Weakness Materials

These are the essential materials you will need to create your own basic Potion of Weakness in Minecraft.

Crafting Table
Brewing Stand
1 Blaze Powder
1 Water Bottle
1 Fermented Spider Eye

If you would like to make different versions of a Potion of Weakness then here are the other materials you will need:

Gunpowder (For Splash Potions)
Redstone (For Longer-Lasting Potions)
Dragon's Breath (For Lingering Potions)

What Does a Potion of Weakness Do?

Drinking the Potion of Weakness reduces your attack damage by 4x for the entire duration. Since it applies a negative effect to your character when you drink it, you should use the Splash and Lingering versions of the Potion of Weakness to make your enemies weaker instead.

By using a Lingering Potion of Weakness, you create a lingering cloud that inflicts weakness on other mobs that come close to you.

How to Make a Potion of Weakness

Here are all of the steps you need to take to make a Potion of Weakness.

1. Craft Blaze Powder

You will simply need to put in 1 Blaze Rod to get 2 Blaze Powder.

2. Make a Brewing Stand

You will need to put 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestone in a Crafting Table to create a Brewing Stand.

3. Craft a Fermented Spider Eye

You will need to put 1 Spider Eye, 1 Brown Mushroom, and 1 Sugar to create 1 Fermented Spider Eye.

4. Make a Potion of Weakness

Now that you have gathered all of the important materials, you can create a Potion of Weakness by clicking on the Brewing Stand, and then add the Blaze Powder (this fuels the Brewing Stand), Water Bottle (You can brew up to 3 potions at a time), and Fermented Spider Eye.

How to Make a Splash Potion of Weakness

All you have to do is put 1 Gunpowder in the Brewing Stand once you have created your Potion of Weakness.

How to Make a Longer-Lasting Potion of Weakness

You will need to put 1 Redstone in the Brewing Stand to make your regular Potion of Weakness last longer.

How to Make a Lingering Potion of Weakness

You will need to add 1 Dragon's Breath to a Splash Potion of Weakness in the Brewing Stand.

And that is all you need to know about making a Potion of Weakness and all of its different variants in Minecraft. Here are also some useful tips:

To cure zombie villagers, use the Splash Potion of Weakness on them, then use the Golden Apple.
Witches will sometimes drop a Potion of Weakness when defeated.