Glass Bottle

Glass Bottle
Rarity tier	; Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

A glass bottle is an item that can hold water, potions, honey, or dragon's breath.

Obtaining

Glass bottles can be obtained by crafting, drinking from bottles, or from witch drops.

Mob loot

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	17.87%	0.29	0–9	21.98%	0.43	0–12	23.98%	0.57	0–15	24.64%	0.71

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	⁴⁹⁶⁴⁄₂₇₇₈₃	²⁄₇	0–9	⁴⁸⁸⁴⁵⁄₂₂₂₂₆₄	³⁄₇	0–12	⁴²⁶³⁷¹⁄_1778112	⁴⁄₇	0–15	^1478609⁄_6001128	⁵⁄₇

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	0	²²⁸¹⁹⁄₂₇₇₈₃ (82.13%)	¹⁷³⁴¹⁹⁄₂₂₂₂₆₄ (78.02%)	^1351741⁄_1778112 (76.02%)	^4522519⁄_6001128 (75.36%)
		1	⁸⁶⁄₁₀₂₉ (8.36%)	²⁹⁹³⁄₃₇₀₄₄ (8.08%)	³⁹²³⁄₆₅₈₅₆ (5.96%)	²⁶³²⁹⁄₆₆₆₇₉₂ (3.95%)
		2	⁸⁰⁰⁄₉₂₆₁ (8.64%)	³⁰⁹⁵⁄₃₇₀₄₄ (8.35%)	²²⁸⁵⁄₂₈₂₂₄ (8.10%)	³³²⁵¹⁄₅₀₀₀₉₄ (6.65%)
		3	¹⁵⁷⁄₂₇₇₈₃ (0.57%)	¹⁰²¹¹⁄₂₂₂₂₆₄ (4.59%)	³¹⁴⁵⁄₄₉₃₉₂ (6.37%)	¹⁷⁰²³⁄₂₅₀₀₄₇ (6.81%)
		4	¹⁄₃₄₃ (0.29%)	⁵²⁄₉₂₆₁ (0.56%)	³¹¹⁄₁₂₀₉₆ (2.57%)	⁸⁷³³⁷⁄_2000376 (4.37%)
		5	¹⁄₉₂₆₁ (0.01%)	¹⁄₃₄₃ (0.29%)	¹¹⁵⁄₂₁₉₅₂ (0.52%)	¹²²³⁹⁄₆₆₆₇₉₂ (1.84%)
		6	¹⁄₂₇₇₈₃ (0.00%)	¹⁸⁵⁄₂₂₂₂₆₄ (0.08%)	²⁷²⁹⁄₈₈₉₀₅₆ (0.31%)	²⁸²⁸⁹⁄_6001128 (0.47%)
		7	0	¹⁄₁₂₃₄₈ (0.01%)	²³⁵⁄₁₉₇₅₆₈ (0.12%)	²¹¹³⁄₆₆₆₇₉₂ (0.32%)
		8	0	¹⁄₃₇₀₄₄ (0.00%)	¹⁹⁄₆₅₈₅₆ (0.03%)	¹⁰⁶³⁄₆₆₆₇₉₂ (0.16%)
		9	0	¹⁄₂₂₂₂₆₄ (0.00%)	¹⁄₁₆₄₆₄ (0.01%)	³⁵³⁹⁄_6001128 (0.06%)
		10	0	0	¹³⁄₅₉₂₇₀₄ (0.00%)	¹¹³⁄₆₆₆₇₉₂ (0.02%)
		11	0	0	¹⁄₁₉₇₅₆₈ (0.00%)	¹⁰³⁄_2000376 (0.01%)
		12	0	0	¹⁄_1778112 (0.00%)	¹¹⁄₅₀₀₀₉₄ (0.00%)
		13	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₄₂₈₈₄ (0.00%)
		14	0	0	0	¹⁄₆₆₆₇₉₂ (0.00%)
		15	0	0	0	¹⁄_6001128 (0.00%)
		Average	²⁄₇ (0.29)	³⁄₇ (0.43)	⁴⁄₇ (0.57)	⁵⁄₇ (0.71)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	3.50	2.33	1.75	1.40

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	17.87%	0.29	0–9	17.87%	0.38	0–12	17.87%	0.48	0–15	17.87%	0.57

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	⁴⁹⁶⁴⁄₂₇₇₈₃	²⁄₇	0–9	⁴⁹⁶⁴⁄₂₇₇₈₃	⁸⁄₂₁	0–12	⁴⁹⁶⁴⁄₂₇₇₈₃	¹⁰⁄₂₁	0–15	⁴⁹⁶⁴⁄₂₇₇₈₃	⁴⁄₇

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	0	²²⁸¹⁹⁄₂₇₇₈₃ (82.13%)	²²⁸¹⁹⁄₂₇₇₈₃ (82.13%)	²²⁸¹⁹⁄₂₇₇₈₃ (82.13%)	²²⁸¹⁹⁄₂₇₇₈₃ (82.13%)
		1	⁸⁶⁄₁₀₂₉ (8.36%)	⁴³⁄₁₀₂₉ (4.18%)	⁴³⁄₂₀₅₈ (2.09%)	⁴³⁄₃₀₈₇ (1.39%)
		2	⁸⁰⁰⁄₉₂₆₁ (8.64%)	²²³⁄₂₆₄₆ (8.43%)	⁴⁶⁵⁷⁄₇₄₀₈₈ (6.29%)	⁹⁹⁷⁄₂₃₈₁₄ (4.19%)
		3	¹⁵⁷⁄₂₇₇₈₃ (0.57%)	⁹⁹¹³⁄₂₂₂₂₆₄ (4.46%)	¹¹³³²⁹⁄_1778112 (6.37%)	³³⁷¹⁷⁷⁄_6001128 (5.62%)
		4	¹⁄₃₄₃ (0.29%)	¹⁵⁷⁄₃₇₀₄₄ (0.42%)	⁴⁶⁴⁹⁄₁₉₇₅₆₈ (2.35%)	¹³⁶⁹⁄₃₁₇₅₂ (4.31%)
		5	¹⁄₉₂₆₁ (0.01%)	⁷¹⁄₂₄₆₉₆ (0.29%)	⁵²³⁄₁₄₈₁₇₆ (0.35%)	⁴⁶⁵¹⁄₂₈₅₇₆₈ (1.63%)
		6	¹⁄₂₇₇₈₃ (0.00%)	²²⁄₂₇₇₈₃ (0.08%)	³⁹⁷⁄₁₄₈₁₇₆ (0.27%)	¹⁵⁷⁄₅₅₅₆₆ (0.28%)
		7	0	⁵⁄₇₄₀₈₈ (0.01%)	³⁷⁄₃₂₉₂₈ (0.11%)	⁴⁷⁵¹⁄_2000376 (0.24%)
		8	0	¹⁄₃₇₀₄₄ (0.00%)	⁷³⁄₂₉₆₃₅₂ (0.02%)	⁹¹⁹⁄₆₆₆₇₉₂ (0.14%)
		9	0	¹⁄₂₂₂₂₆₄ (0.00%)	¹⁄₂₁₁₆₈ (0.00%)	¹⁵⁸³⁄_3000564 (0.05%)
		10	0	0	¹⁄₄₉₃₉₂ (0.00%)	²⁹⁄₂₂₂₂₆₄ (0.01%)
		11	0	0	¹⁄₁₉₇₅₆₈ (0.00%)	⁷¹⁄_2000376 (0.00%)
		12	0	0	¹⁄_1778112 (0.00%)	¹⁄₅₅₅₆₆ (0.00%)
		13	0	0	0	¹³⁄_2000376 (0.00%)
		14	0	0	0	¹⁄₆₆₆₇₉₂ (0.00%)
		15	0	0	0	¹⁄_6001128 (0.00%)
		Average	²⁄₇ (0.29)	⁸⁄₂₁ (0.38)	¹⁰⁄₂₁ (0.48)	⁴⁄₇ (0.57)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	3.50	2.62	2.10	1.75

Generated loot

Item

Structure

Container

Quantity

Chance

Java Edition and Bedrock Edition

Glass Bottle

Abandoned Camp

Common chest

1–4

27.5%

Barrel

1–3

35.5%

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Glass	3

Drinking

Drinking a potion or honey bottle returns the empty glass bottle. Throwing a splash potion or a lingering potion does not return a glass bottle, but brewing a lingering potion gives back a glass bottle.

Mud

Using a water bottle, splash water bottle or lingering water bottle on dirt, coarse dirt, or rooted dirt transform it into a mud block, at the same time leaving the player with an empty glass bottle.

Cauldrons

Using a water bottle (or, in Bedrock Edition, a potion, splash potion, or lingering potion) on a cauldron that is not yet full adds that liquid to the cauldron, leaving the player with an empty glass bottle.

Usage

Glass bottles can be filled to make water bottles, which can then be brewed into potions in a brewing stand.

Collecting liquids

Water

A bottle may be filled with water by holding it in the hand and using it on a water source block or a cauldron that has water in it. It can also be filled using a waterlogged block.‌^{[Java Edition only]}^[1]

Also, a bottle may be filled by powering a dispenser containing a bottle and pointed at a water source block. This does not work with cauldrons.^[2]

If filled via a water source, the water is unaffected. If filled via a cauldron, ¹⁄₃ of the water in the cauldron is removed. Therefore, using a cauldron to fill water bottles is inefficient, except in the Nether where it is normally the only way to fill bottles.

Potion

In Bedrock Edition, a bottle may be filled with potion by using it on a cauldron containing potion. When the bottle is filled, ¹⁄₃ of the cauldron's potion is removed.

Honey

If a bee nest or beehive is full, the player can use a glass bottle on the block, or may power a dispenser that contains a bottle and is pointed at the block, which empties the block and creates a honey bottle. Honey bottles can also be emptied by using them in crafting recipes (such as sugar or honey block). However, a lingering potion use on tipped arrow recipe does not give the bottle back.

Dragon's breath

Using a glass bottle in cloud emitted when the ender dragon breathes or shoots a dragon fireball fills the bottle with dragon's breath.

When putting dragon's breath in the brewing stand, after the brewing process, a glass bottle drops as an entity.

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Villager		JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Cleric	Expert	67%	50%	9 × Glass Bottle	Emerald	12	30	0.05

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Honey Bottle	Glass Bottle + Honey Block	4

[1]

[2]

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Bottle fills	Blocks	When a bottle is filled with a liquid from a cauldron, or honey from a bee nest or beehive	`item.bottle.fill`	`subtitles.item.bottle.fill`	1.0	1.0	16
	Bottle fills	Friendly Mobs	When a bottle is filled with water from a water source	`item.bottle.fill`	`subtitles.item.bottle.fill`	1.0	1.0	16
	Bottle empties	Blocks	When a water bottle is emptied	`item.bottle.empty`	`subtitles.item.bottle.empty`	1.0	1.0	16
	Bottle fills	Friendly Mobs	When a bottle is filled with dragon's breath	`item.bottle.fill_dragonbreath`	`subtitles.item.bottle.fill`	1.0	1.0	16

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	?	Blocks	When water from a bottle is placed in a cauldron^{[sound 1]}	`cauldron.fillwater`	?	0.1	1.0
	?	Blocks	When water from a bottle is taken from a cauldron^{[sound 1]}	`cauldron.takewater`	?	0.1	1.0
	?	Blocks	When a bottle is filled with a potion from a cauldron^{[sound 1]}	`cauldron.fillpotion`	?	0.1	1.0
	?	Blocks	When a potion bottle is emptied into a cauldron^{[sound 1]}	`cauldron.takepotion`	?	0.1	1.0
	?	Sound	When a bottle is emptied	`bottle.empty`	?	1.0	1.0
	?	Sound	When a bottle is filled	`bottle.fill`	?	1.0	1.0
	?	Blocks	When a bottle is filled with honey from a bee nest or beehive^{[sound 2]}	`bucket.fill_water`	?	1.0	1.0
	?	Sound	When a bottle is filled with dragon's breath	`bottle.dragonbreath`	?	1.0	1.0


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Bee our guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Bottle without aggravating the bees.	—	15	Bronze
		Local Brewery	Brew a potion.	Pick up a potion from a brewing stand potion slot. An already-created potion placed and removed qualifies.	15	Bronze
		You Need a Mint	Collect dragons [sic] breath in a glass bottle	Have a dragon's breath bottle in your inventory.	30	Silver

Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
Local Brewery	Brew a Potion	Take a potion, splash potion, lingering potion, or water bottle from a brewing stand potion slot.
You Need a Mint	Collect Dragon's Breath in a Glass Bottle	Have a bottle of dragon's breath in the inventory.
Bee Our Guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Glass Bottle without aggravating the Bees	Use a glass bottle on a beehive or bee nest while not angering the bees inside.

Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2	Added glass bottles.
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3	Glass bottles have been given their sole function of picking up water for the brewing of potions.
1.4.2	12w38b	Witches now have a chance of dropping glass bottles upon death.
1.9	15w33a	Glass bottles can now be used to obtain dragon's breath.
	15w43a	A glass bottle can be found in the brewing stand in an igloo basement.
	15w43c	The glass bottle has been removed from igloo basements.
	15w50a	Added sounds: `item.bottle.fill` and `item.bottle.fill_dragonbreath`.
1.14	18w43a	The textures of glass bottles, water bottles and dragon's breath have been changed.
1.14	19w11a	Cleric villagers now buy 9 glass bottles for 1 emerald.
1.15	19w34a	Glass bottles can now be used to collect honey.
	19w34a	Dispensers may now use glass bottles to collect water and honey.
	19w46a	Using glass bottles to collect honey now unlocks the Bee Our Guest advancement.
1.19	22w11a	Converting dirt, coarse dirt or rooted dirt into mud using a water bottle, splash water bottle or lingering water bottle now leaves the player with an empty glass bottle.
26.3	snap1	Glass bottles can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels and chests.
26.3	snap3	A glass bottle is now returned as an item after brewing a lingering potion with a single dragon's breath in the brewing ingredient slot. Previously it would only drop as an entity if there were at least two.^[3]

Glass Bottle

Obtaining

Mob loot

Generated loot

Crafting

Drinking

Mud

Cauldrons

Usage

Collecting liquids

Water

Potion

Honey

Dragon's breath

Trading

Crafting ingredient

Sounds

Data values

ID

Achievements

Advancements

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Data history

Issues

References

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1	build 1	Added glass bottles.
v0.14.0	build 1	Glass bottles can now be used to empty cauldrons filled with water or potions.
		Glass bottles can now be dropped by witches.
		Potions and splash potions can now be used to fill cauldrons, which turns them into glass bottles.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Glass bottles can now be used to obtain dragon's breath.
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Lingering potions can now be used to fill cauldrons, which turns them into glass bottles.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The texture of glass bottles has been changed.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.4	Glass bottles can now be sold to cleric villagers.
1.14.0	beta 1.14.0.1	Glass bottles can now be used to collect honey.
	beta 1.14.0.1	Dispensers may now use glass bottles to collect water and honey.
	beta 1.14.0.4	Glass bottles can now be used to craft honey bottles.
	release	Using bottles to collect honey without angering bees now unlocks the "Bee our guest" achievement.
1.19.0	beta 1.19.0.20	Converting dirt, coarse dirt or rooted dirt into mud using a water bottle, splash water bottle or lingering water bottle now leaves the player with an empty glass bottle.
1.20.40	Preview 1.20.40.20	Added sounds for filling bottles from a water block.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.27	Glass bottles can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels and chests.
26.50	Preview 26.50.22	All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added glass bottles.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1		Added witches, which have a chance to drop glass bottles upon death.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Glass bottles can now be used to obtain dragon's breath.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added sounds for filling glass bottles with water and dragon's breath.
			1.90				The texture of glass bottles has been changed.
			1.91				Glass bottles can now be sold to cleric villagers.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added glass bottles.
1.7.10							Glass bottles can now be used to obtain dragon's breath.