Night vision potion is a kind of magical potion that allows players to see clearly in the dark for a certain amount of time which can be beneficial for exploring caves or detecting sneakily approaching opponents
But how to make night vision potion in minecraft? It is brewed using blaze powder, a golden carrot, a water bottle along with a few more ingredients.
In this detailed post, I’ll walk you through step by step on how to make the ingredients you need for night vision potion (if you don’t already have them) and how to brew night vision potion in minecraft.
Types Of Night Potions
There are 3 variations of night vision potions that you need to be aware of, these are:
- Regular potion: Allows you to see in the dark and under water.
- Splash potion: Allows you to see in the dark and under water and you can also use it on other players.
- Lingering potion: Also allows you to see in the dark and under water. Plus, it creates a cloud that gives the effect to anyone it touches.
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This post will teach you how to make all those 3 variation night vision potions, but lets begin with how to make the ingredients needed for the night vision potion.
Minecraft Night Vision Potion Ingredients
Here’s a list of stuff you need to make the night vision potion:
- 1 Blaze Powder
- 1 Golden Carrot
- A Crafting Table
- 1 Nether Wart
- 1 Water Bottle
- A Brewing Stand
If you don’t have them, don’t worry. Let me give you a quick breakdown of how to get them.
How To Get Blaze Powder
To get blaze powder, you need to travel to the nether and locate the nether fortress. If you’re lucky, the nether fortress will be located near the spawn site.
There are blaze spawners once you reach the nether fortress, kill a blaze and it will drop a blaze rod.
Collect this and go to your crafting menu and place the blaze rod in a box to receive blaze powder.
How To Make A Golden Carrot
To make golden carrots, first locate a farm and collect some carrots, then seek for gold and smelt the gold to create 9 gold nuggets.
Go to the crafting table and place the carrot in the middle box, place the gold nuggets in the rest, and then we can collect our golden carrot.
How To Make A Crafting Table
To make a crafting table, chop down some trees to get logs, then head to the crafting menu and place the log to get planks.
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Place four planks in the four boxes in the crafting menu and you can get yourself a crafting table.
How To Get Nether Wart
To get nether warts, travel to the nether and locate the nether fortress. Then look for a nether wart farm, where you can get nether warts.
How To Make A Water Bottle
To make a water bottle, you must first obtain glass. To obtain glass, you must melt sand and get 3 glasses.
Go to the crafting table and interact with it, then place one in the top left, one in the middle, and one in the top right to get three water bottles.
How To Make A Brewing Stand
To create a brewing stand, mine three cobblestones and find a blaze rod.
Interact with the crafting table, place the cobblestone in the bottom three boxes, and then place the blaze rod in the center.
How To Make Regular Night Vision Potion
Here’s the step by step recipe for a normal potion of night vision:
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Step 01
Place your brewing stand and interact with it so u can go to the brewing menu, to activate the brewing stand place some blaze powder in the upper left-hand box.
You can tell that it’s active from the little yellow bar.
Step 02
Now take a water bottle and place it in one of the bottom boxes of the brewing stand and take your nether wart and add it to the top box which will make an awkward potion.
This does not have any effect by itself so, you need to add a golden carrot and when the process is complete you’ll finally have your potion of night vision for 3 minutes.
How to Make a Splash Potion of Night Vision
To turn your regular night vision potion into a splash potion:
Place gunpowder in the top box of the brewing stand while the potion is in one of the bottom boxes.
How To Make Lingering Potion Of Night Vision
To make lingering potion, you are going to first need some dragon breath. How to get dragon breath?
You need to go through the end portal and find the ender dragon then wait till the ender dragon shoots dragon fire. After it shoots fire, you have to get a bottle and right click on it, and you get yourself some dragon’s breath.
Now to make the lingering potion, use the dragon’s breath and place it on the top box of the brewing stand while the potion is in one of the bottom boxes. And that’s all!
Bottom Line
In summary, making a night vision potion in Minecraft is a simple process that just requires a couple of key ingredients and a brewing stand. With this potion, you’ll be able to explore the game’s dark areas or spot opponents with ease.
FAQs
How To Increase The Time Of The Night Vision Potion?
You can extend the time of the potion by adding redstone. Place a redstone on the top box of the brewing stand while the potion is in one of the bottom boxes.
What Is The Command For Night Vision Potion?
To give someone a night vision potion in the creative mode, open the chat and type the command – /give @(player_name) minecraft:potion{Potion:”long_night_vision”} and press enter.