The Potion of Weakness gives whoever drinks it, or is hit by it, the weakness effect. This means their melee attack damage is reduced. At first, it might not sound very helpful, but it’s actually used in making advanced potions and is important for curing zombie villagers. Plus, it’s the easiest potion to brew in Minecraft since it’s the only one that does NOT require a nether wart. Now, let’s go over how to get a Potion of Weakness in Minecraft.
Obtaining a Potion of Weakness
You can get a Potion of Weakness in two main ways:
Ingredients Required for Brewing a Potion of Weakness
To brew a Potion of Weakness, here’s what you’ll need:
1. Crafting Table
Beginners start with a 2×2 crafting grid, but almost everything you’ll need—including potions—requires a 3×3 grid. To upgrade, you need a crafting table.
2. Brewing Stand
To make a Brewing Stand, you’ll need 1 Blaze Rod and 3 cobblestone. Blaze rods are dropped by blazes in the Nether, while cobblestone is found underground almost everywhere.
3. Blaze Powder
Blaze Powder fuels your brewing. Make it using one more Blaze Rod:
4. Bottle of Water
A Bottle of Water in Minecraft is easy to get. You can find them while fishing, or craft one from a Glass Bottle. Here’s how to make a glass bottle and fill it with water:
5. Fermented Spider’s Eye
This is probably the trickiest ingredient. You have to craft it using 1 brown mushroom, 1 sugar, and 1 spider’s eye. Brown mushrooms are common in swamps, the Nether, and other dark places. Sugar is easily crafted from sugar cane, or can sometimes be found in loot. Spider eyes are usually dropped by spiders and cave spiders when you defeat them, or occasionally by witches. Once you have all three:
Crafting the Potion of Weakness
Once you’ve got all your ingredients, here’s how to brew your Potion of Weakness:
Crafting a Longer-lasting Potion of Weakness
The default Potion of Weakness lasts 1 minute and 30 seconds. If you want it to last longer (up to 4 minutes), you’ll need some Redstone Dust. You can find Redstone deep underground with an iron pickaxe or better. Here’s how to boost your potion’s duration:
Crafting Additional Potions Using the Potion of Weakness
By itself, the Potion of Weakness only adds a de-buff. But when you use it with other materials, you can create new potions that are more useful in combat.
1. Splash Potion of Weakness
A Splash Potion of Weakness is a throwable potion. Instead of drinking it, you throw it at another player or enemy to reduce their attack damage. To craft it, you need Gunpowder, Blaze Powder, and a Potion of Weakness.
2. Lingering Potion of Weakness
A Lingering Potion of Weakness works like a stronger version of the Splash Potion. Instead of disappearing in one use, it creates a cloud where it lands—any players or mobs who walk through the cloud get the weakness effect. Great for crowd control! To make one, you’ll need Dragon’s Breath, Blaze Powder, and a Splash Potion of Weakness. Dragon’s Breath is obtained in the End from the Ender Dragon. If you have a longer-lasting version of the Splash Potion, you can use it for an even better effect. Just like with Splash Potions, you can use the Lingering Potion of Weakness with a Golden Apple to cure Zombie villagers.
