Minecraft/How To Brew


 * This guide assumes that you have made a Nether portal.

To start brewing, you first need a brewing stand.

Making the stuff

 * 1) Enter the Nether, assuming you haven't already. You might first want to see the preparations guide.
 * 2) Find a Nether fortress. It should be a large building in a shade of dark red. But remember to leave a trail of torches to help you get back to your portal.
 * 3) *Don't attack the piglins, unless you didn't take gold armour and they are attacking you.
 * 4) Once found, try to enter it. Chances are, it is isolated from land and surrounded by an ocean of lava. You may need to build a bridge to get to it. Just be mindful of ghasts. You know one spotted you if you hear a high-pitched, angry-sounding squeal.
 * 5) Explore until you find a staircase with a red plant growing at the bottom. This is Nether wart, an ingredient necessary in making most potions. Consider collecting the soul sand it is growing on as well.
 * 6) Now that was the easy part. The hard part is killing blazes (orange floating fire monsters found in Nether fortresses), and collecting their rods.
 * 7) Try to get around 5. If you find a spawner, use it to farm them. Later on, you can create a room around the spawner to kill the blazes from behind a wall. But for now, get out the moment you start feeling overwhelmed.
 * 8) Exit the Nether. Now the hard part is over. The rest is just crafting, mostly.
 * 9) Collect 3 glass blocks. You can get glass by smelting sand.
 * 10) Craft the glass into bottles.
 * 11) Craft a brewing stand.

Making a potion

 * 1) Fill glass bottles with water. This can be done by holding one and interacting with water.
 * 2) Place your brewing stand.
 * 3) Craft blaze powder with your remaining blaze rods. Place them in the top left slot in the brewing stand. This is your fuel.
 * 4) Place water bottles on the bottom three slots of the brewing stand.
 * 5) Place one Nether wart in the top slot.
 * 6) As you wait, find somewhere to place soul sand, and plant your Nether wart on it. They will grow and can be harvested after a while.
 * 7) After the brewing stand is finished, place sugar, magma cream or blaze powder at the top slot again. This will create a potion of speed, fire resistance, or strength, respectively.
 * 8) To see what else you can make, see the brewing reference.