Magma Cream

Magma Cream

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

Magma cream is an item dropped by magma cubes or crafted with blaze powder and slimeballs, used to brew potions of Fire Resistance and craft magma blocks.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Magma Cube[A][B]	0–1	25.00%	0.25	0–2	62.50%	0.75	0–3	81.25%	1.25	0–4	87.50%	1.75

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Magma Cube[A][B]	0–1	1⁄4	1⁄4	0–2	5⁄8	3⁄4	0–3	13⁄16	5⁄4	0–4	7⁄8	7⁄4

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Magma Cube[A][B]	0	3⁄4 (75.00%)	3⁄8 (37.50%)	3⁄16 (18.75%)	1⁄8 (12.50%)
		1	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄2 (50.00%)	7⁄16 (43.75%)	7⁄24 (29.17%)
		2	0	1⁄8 (12.50%)	5⁄16 (31.25%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		3	0	0	1⁄16 (6.25%)	5⁄24 (20.83%)
		4	0	0	0	1⁄24 (4.17%)
		Average	1⁄4 (0.25)	3⁄4 (0.75)	5⁄4 (1.25)	7⁄4 (1.75)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Magma Cube[A][B]	4.00	1.33	0.80	0.57

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Magma Cube[A][B]	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	66.67%	1.33	0–4	66.67%	1.67	0–5	66.67%	2.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Magma Cube[A][B]	0–2	2⁄3	1	0–3	2⁄3	4⁄3	0–4	2⁄3	5⁄3	0–5	2⁄3	2

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Magma Cube[A][B]	0	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		2	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		3	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	2⁄9 (22.22%)
		4	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	4⁄3 (1.33)	5⁄3 (1.67)	2 (2.00)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Magma Cube[A][B]	1.00	0.75	0.60	0.50

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Magma Cream	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	2–6	44.1% { "item": "Magma Cream", "stacksize": "2–6", "chance": 0.44077588319736705, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
		Treasure chest	3–8	33.7% { "item": "Magma Cream", "stacksize": "3–8", "chance": 0.33668648071940255, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Magma Cream	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	2–6	48.3% { "item": "Magma Cream", "stacksize": "2–6", "chance": 0.48259819962491435, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
		Treasure chest	3–8	33.7% { "item": "Magma Cream", "stacksize": "3–8", "chance": 0.33668648071940255, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Blaze Powder + Slimeball

Usage

Brewing ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Mundane Potion	Magma Cream + Water Bottle
Potion of Fire Resistance	Magma Cream + Awkward Potion

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Magma Block	Magma Cream

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Magma Cream	magma_cream	Item	item.minecraft.magma_cream

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Magma Cream	magma_cream	430	Item	item.magma_cream.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Added magma cream.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Magma cream can now be brewed in a water bottle to create a mundane potion, or in an awkward potion to create a potion of Fire Resistance.
1.1			release				Magma cubes now drop magma cream.
1.3.1			1.3				The texture of magma cream has been changed.
1.10			16w20a				Magma cream can now be crafted into magma blocks.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of magma cream has been changed.
1.16			20w07a				Magma cream has a 2⁄109 (~1.83%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–3.
			20w09a				Magma cream now has a 10⁄226 (~4.42%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.
			20w16a				Magma cream now generates in bastion remnants chests.
1.16.2			20w28a				Magma cream can no longer be obtained from bartering with piglins.
			20w30a				The average yield of magma cream from bastion remnant chests has been slightly increased.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Added magma cream.
							Magma cream is currently unobtainable.
			build 8				Magma cubes now drop magma cream.
v0.12.1			build 1				Added magma cream to the Creative mode inventory.
							Magma cream can now be crafted.
Pocket Edition
1.1.3			alpha 1.1.3.0				Magma cream can now be crafted into magma blocks.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of magma cream has been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Magma cream can be obtained from bartering with piglins.
							Magma cream can now be found in bastion remnants chests.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				Magma cream can no longer be obtained from bartering with piglins.

Legacy Console Edition

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 magma cream.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Magma cream can now be crafted into magma blocks.
			1.90				The texture of magma cream has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added magma cream.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Magma Cream" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

In other media

• 
  Some magma cream as it appears in Minecraft Earth

Trivia

• The drop rate of magma cream from magma cubes is more affected by Looting than any other mob drop, increasing by 7 times with the use of Looting III compared to the default rate.