Step 4 of 4: add Redstone Dust → Long Potion of Swiftness
Strength
Long Potion of Swiftness
Walk 20% faster per level.
- Drinkable
- Speed I · 8:00
- Splash
- Speed I · 8:00
- Lingering
- Speed I · 2:00
- Tipped arrow
- Speed I · 1:00
Give yourself this potion
/give @s minecraft:potion[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:long_swiftness"}] 78 characters
All potions
Click a potion to see its brewing path and /give command
| Potion | Brew | Base | Extended (+ redstone) | Level II (+ glowstone) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potion of Night Vision recipe | + Golden Carrot to Awkward | — | ||
| Potion of Invisibility recipe | + Fermented Spider Eye to Night Vision | — | ||
| Potion of Leaping recipe | Ra + Rabbit's Foot to Awkward | |||
| Potion of Fire Resistance recipe | + Magma Cream to Awkward | — | ||
| Potion of Swiftness recipe | + Sugar to Awkward | |||
| Potion of Slowness recipe | + Fermented Spider Eye to Swiftness | |||
| Potion of the Turtle Master recipe | + Turtle Shell to Awkward | |||
| Potion of Water Breathing recipe | Pu + Pufferfish to Awkward | — | ||
| Potion of Healing recipe | + Glistering Melon Slice to Awkward | — | ||
| Potion of Harming recipe | + Fermented Spider Eye to Healing | — | ||
| Potion of Poison recipe | + Spider Eye to Awkward | |||
| Potion of Regeneration recipe | + Ghast Tear to Awkward | |||
| Potion of Strength recipe | + Blaze Powder to Awkward | |||
| Potion of Weakness recipe | + Fermented Spider Eye to Water | — | ||
| Potion of Slow Falling recipe | Ph + Phantom Membrane to Awkward | — | ||
| Potion of Wind Charging recipe | + Breeze Rod to Awkward | — | — | |
| Potion of Weaving recipe | Co + Cobweb to Awkward | — | — | |
| Potion of Oozing recipe |  + Slime Block to Awkward | — | — | |
| Potion of Infestation recipe | + Stone to Awkward | — | — | |
| Potion of Luck recipe | Not brewable | — | — |
Brewed as above.
/give command
Vanilla potions or custom effects, Java 1.20.5+ component syntax
Potion contents
Liquid color
/give command
/give @s minecraft:potion[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:long_swiftness"}] Durations are in ticks; 20 ticks = 1 second. 78 characters
How brewing works
Base potions, modifiers and the four forms
A brewing stand takes up to three bottles, one ingredient and blaze powder as fuel. Start with water bottles and nether wart to get Awkward Potions; nearly every effect ingredient only works on Awkward. Adding an effect ingredient straight to water gives a Mundane Potion, and glowstone on water gives a Thick Potion. Neither brews into anything in Java Edition.
After the effect, one modifier: redstone for a longer duration or glowstone for level II. A fermented spider eye corrupts a potion into its opposite: Swiftness or Leaping into Slowness, Healing or Poison into Harming, Night Vision into Invisibility. Corrupting keeps the modifier, so long Swiftness becomes long Slowness.
Gunpowder turns any potion into a splash potion with the same duration. Dragon's breath, bottled from the Ender Dragon's purple breath attack, turns a splash potion into a lingering one whose cloud applies a quarter of the duration. Eight arrows around a lingering potion make tipped arrows at an eighth.
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Frequently asked questions
Recipes, durations and commands
How do you make an Awkward Potion? +
Put water bottles in the bottom three slots of a brewing stand, blaze powder in the fuel slot and nether wart on top. Almost every effect potion starts from Awkward; only Weakness is brewed straight from a water bottle with a fermented spider eye.
What do redstone and glowstone do in brewing? +
Redstone extends the duration (Swiftness goes from 3:00 to 8:00). Glowstone raises the level to II but shortens it (Swiftness II lasts 1:30). They cancel each other: adding one to a potion that already has the other does nothing useful.
How long do splash and lingering potions last? +
Splash potions keep the full duration in Java Edition. A lingering potion's cloud gives a quarter of it, and a tipped arrow an eighth, so a long Swiftness (8:00) becomes 2:00 lingering and 1:00 on an arrow.
How do you make tipped arrows? +
Put one lingering potion in the middle of a crafting table and surround it with eight arrows. You get eight tipped arrows of that potion. Brew the lingering potion by adding gunpowder, then dragon's breath.
Can you brew a Potion of Luck? +
No. Luck has no brewing recipe in Java Edition. It exists in the creative inventory and through /give @s potion[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:luck"}].
What changed in the potion /give syntax? +
Since Java 1.20.5 potions use the potion_contents data component in square brackets instead of NBT, for example /give @s splash_potion[potion_contents={potion:"minecraft:strong_healing"}]. Custom potions add custom_effects with an id, amplifier and duration in ticks, and custom_color as a decimal RGB integer.