Splash Potion

For the Minecraft: Story Mode object, see Story Mode:Splash Potion.

Splash Potion

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Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Luck and Uncraftable‌[JE only], Decay‌[BE only]: No All others: Yes
Stackable	No

Splash potions are types of potions that can be thrown as projectiles to affect entities within their range. They are also used as base for lingering potions in brewing.

Variants

Base potions

• Splash Water Bottle
• Splash Awkward Potion
• Splash Mundane Potion
• Splash Thick Potion

Effect potions

• Splash Potion of Night Vision
• Splash Potion of Invisibility
• Splash Potion of Leaping
• Splash Potion of Fire Resistance
• Splash Potion of Swiftness
• Splash Potion of Slowness
• Splash Potion of the Turtle Master
• Splash Potion of Water Breathing
• Splash Potion of Healing
• Splash Potion of Harming
• Splash Potion of Poison
• Splash Potion of Regeneration
• Splash Potion of Strength
• Splash Potion of Weakness
• Splash Potion of Slow Falling
• Splash Potion of Wind Charging
• Splash Potion of Weaving
• Splash Potion of Oozing
• Splash Potion of Infestation
• Splash Potion of Luck‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Splash Potion of Decay‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
• Splash Potion of Freezing​^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]}

Obtaining

Natural generation

One splash potion of Weakness can be found in a brewing stand inside an igloo basement.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Splash Potion of Poison	Trial Chambers	Chamber dispenser	2–5	3.4% { "item": "Splash Potion of Poison", "stacksize": "2–5", "chance": 0.03448275862068961, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Chamber dispenser" }
Splash Potion of Slowness	Trial Chambers	Chamber dispenser	2–5	3.4% { "item": "Splash Potion of Slowness", "stacksize": "2–5", "chance": 0.03448275862068961, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Chamber dispenser" }
Splash Potion of Weakness	Trial Chambers	Chamber dispenser	2–5	3.4% { "item": "Splash Potion of Weakness", "stacksize": "2–5", "chance": 0.03448275862068961, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Chamber dispenser" }

Brewing

Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Gunpowder + Matching Potion

Splash potions are brewed by adding gunpowder to a normal potion, including uncraftable potions of luck‌^{[JE only]} and decay‌^{[BE only]}.

Bartering

Piglins have a 1.74% chance of bartering a splash potion of Fire Resistance when given a gold ingot.

Filling bottles

Using a glass bottle on a cauldron that contains splash potion turns it into a bottle of that splash potion, this also removes ¹⁄₃ of the cauldron's content.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Usage

Brewing

Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Dragon's Breath + Any Splash Potion

Lingering potions are brewed by adding dragon's breath to a splash potion.

Using

Splash potions are thrown by using them. On impact they splash, applying status effects to nearby entities. When thrown by the player, they have a range of 8 blocks if thrown at the best angle. The bottle is lost, unlike drinkable potions. Entities within an 8.25×8.25×4.25 cuboid centered on the thrown potion at impact and within 4 blocks euclidean distance of the thrown potion^{[n 1]} at impact are affected.

Splash and drinkable forms have the same duration.

If the potion directly collides with an entity, the entity gets the full duration and potency of the effect. Otherwise, the farther away the entity is from the center of the impact, the less the effect. For instant effects (i.e., Healing and Harming), the potency of the effect reduces linearly from 100% on a direct hit to 0% at 4 blocks' distance. For other effects, the potency is unchanged, but the duration decreases linearly on the same scale (rounded to the nearest ¹⁄₂₀ second), with no effect being applied if the duration would be 1 second or less.

The entity's distance from the potion's impact point is based on the closest point of the hitbox rather than its center.

Splash water bottles

Splash water bottles have no effect on almost all entities, but they extinguish fire in the block hit and the four blocks horizontally surrounding it.

A splash water bottle deals 1HP damage to endermen, striders, snow golems, and blazes; however, endermen have a chance of teleporting away if hit with one. Splash water bottles will also restore 1800 game ticks (90 seconds) of air to an axolotl.

Splash water bottles can extinguish burning entities.

Mud

Splash water bottles can be used on dirt, coarse dirt, or rooted dirt to turn it into mud.^[1]

Filling cauldrons

In Bedrock Edition, using a splash potion on a cauldron adds one level of that potion to the cauldron. Attempting to add a splash potion to a cauldron with water, dyed water or a non-matching potion empties the cauldron and creates an explosion sound (but no actual explosion).

Uncraftable splash potion

In Java Edition, the uncraftable splash potion is a splash potion with no effect that is unobtainable in survival mode. It is also available in potion and lingering potion forms, as well as for tipped arrows.

It can be obtained using the following command: /give @s minecraft:splash_potion. It is also obtained when a splash potion has invalid or missing potion effect tags, and thus serves as a placeholder.

Behavior

Motion

Thrown by player

When thrown by a player, a splash potion has an initial speed of about 0.5 blocks/tick with a slight initial pitch angle deflection of –20°. Its movement follows the ticking order of acceleration, drag, and position, which can be simulated to predict the overall trajectory. Below is a calculator to predict the initial conditions in order to hit a desired coordinate:

Shot by dispenser

Splash potions shot by dispensers behave in the exact manner as when they were thrown by a player, with the only difference in their initial conditions. The initial position of splash potions when shot by a dispenser offsets exactly 0.7 blocks forward and 0.1 blocks higher from the center of the block. Their initial speed is slightly randomized, which averages to about 1.375 block/tick.

Collisions

Thrown splash potions collide with blocks according to their collision box. They also collide with entities, but with the entities' collision box inflated to about 0.3 blocks in every direction. They collide with all living entities, including minecarts, boats, end crystals, falling blocks, and TNT.

Custom effects

In Java Edition, splash potions can be obtained with any status effect using /give and the potion_contents data component.

Sounds

Java Edition:
Splash potions use the Friendly Mobs sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Splash Potion	splash_potion	Item	item.minecraft.splash_potion item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.empty item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.water item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.mundane item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.thick item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.awkward item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.night_vision item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.invisibility item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.leaping item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.fire_resistance item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.swiftness item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.slowness item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.water_breathing item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.healing item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.harming item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.poison item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.regeneration item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.strength item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.weakness item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.levitation item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.luck item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.turtle_master item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.slow_falling

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Splash Potion	splash_potion	561	Item	potion.emptyPotion.splash.name potion.mundane.splash.name potion.mundane.extended.splash.name potion.thick.splash.name potion.awkward.splash.name potion.nightVision.splash.name potion.invisibility.splash.name potion.jump.splash.name potion.fireResistance.splash.name potion.moveSpeed.splash.name potion.moveSlowdown.splash.name potion.heal.splash.name potion.harm.splash.name potion.poison.splash.name potion.regeneration.splash.name potion.damageBoost.splash.name potion.weakness.splash.name potion.wither.splash.name potion.turtleMaster.splash.name potion.slowFalling.splash.name

Metadata

In Bedrock Edition, splash potions use the following item data values to indicate the kind of potion:

Potion	Regular	Extended	Enhanced (Level II)
Water Bottle	0	N/A	N/A
Mundane Potion	1	2	N/A
Thick Potion	3	N/A	N/A
Awkward Potion	4	N/A	N/A
Potion of Night Vision	5	6	N/A
Potion of Invisibility	7	8	N/A
Potion of Leaping	9	10	11
Potion of Fire Resistance	12	13	N/A
Potion of Swiftness	14	15	16
Potion of Slowness	17	18	42
Potion of Water Breathing	19	20	N/A
Potion of Healing	21	N/A	22
Potion of Harming	23	N/A	24
Potion of Poison	25	26	27
Potion of Regeneration	28	29	30
Potion of Strength	31	32	33
Potion of Weakness	34	35	N/A
Potion of Decay	36	N/A	N/A
Potion of the Turtle Master	37	38	39
Potion of Slow Falling	40	41	N/A
Potion of Wind Charging	43	N/A	N/A
Potion of Weaving	44	N/A	N/A
Potion of Oozing	45	N/A	N/A
Potion of Infestation	46	N/A	N/A

Item data

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Entity

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Splash Potion	splash_potion	entity.minecraft.splash_potion

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Splash Potion	splash_potion	86	entity.splash_potion.name

Entity data

Splash potions when thrown have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Zombie Doctor	Cure a zombie villager.	Throw a splash potion of weakness at a zombie villager and give it a golden apple (by facing the zombie and pressing the use key with a golden apple in your hand).	40	Gold
		Stayin' Frosty	Swim in lava while having the Fire Resistance effect.	—	20	Bronze
		Taste of Your Own Medicine	Poison a witch with a splash potion.	Throw a splash potion of poison at a witch (by facing the witch and pressing the use key).	20	Silver
		Free Diver	Stay underwater for 2 minutes	Drink a potion of water breathing that can last for 2 minutes or more, then jump into water; or activate a conduit; or sneak on a magma block underwater for 2 minutes; or ride a nautilus/zombie nautilus underwater for 2 minutes.	20	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Zombie Doctor	Weaken and then cure a Zombie Villager	Use a golden apple on a zombie villager under the Weakness effect; the advancement is granted when the zombie villager converts into a villager. In multiplayer, only the player that feeds the golden apple gets the advancement.
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 17​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/18​[upcoming] status effects applied to the player at the same time: Fire Resistance Freezing Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Night Vision Oozing Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 34​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/35​[upcoming] status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Breath of the Nautilus Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Freezing Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Oozing Poison Raid Omen Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Trial Omen Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged Wither The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Added splash potions.
Oct 14, 2011							Jeb had commented that while splash water bottles should logically harm endermen and blazes, its coding would be more difficult to implement than is worthwhile.
1.1			12w01a				Splash mundane potions are now labeled as "Mundane Potion" in-game.
1.3.1			12w17a				Splash potions are no longer depleted from the player's inventory when used in Creative.
			12w22a				Splash potions have been added to the new Creative item selection from 12w21b. This includes extended-enhanced potions with both extended duration and enhanced effect for splash potions of Poison, Regeneration, Strength and Swiftness.
1.4.2			12w32a				Added splash potions of Night Vision.
							Splash potions of Night Vision are currently not yet brewable.
			12w34a				Added splash potions of Invisibility.
							Splash potions of Night Vision are now brewable.
			12w38a				Added witches, which can throw splash potions of Poison, Weakness, Harming, and Slowness to fight the player. These are projectiles and cannot be picked up.
			12w39b				Custom potions can now be created with a world editor.[2]
1.5			13w09c				Extended-enhanced potions are no longer available in the Creative inventory for splash potions of Poison, Regeneration, Strength and Swiftness.
1.7.2			13w36a				Added splash potions of Water Breathing.
1.8			14w27a				Added splash potions of Leaping.
1.8.1			pre1				Splash potions of Leaping can now be extended.
1.9			15w31a				Added splash water bottles.
							Thick and awkward splash potions can now be brewed.
							Splash mundane potions have been renamed to "Mundane Splash Potion".
							Splash potions now have the same duration as drinkable potions. Previously they only had 75% of the duration from their drinkable counter part.[3]
			15w33a				Splash potions are now used to brew lingering potions.
			15w33c				Splash potions can now be placed in brewing stands. Before, the only way to get splash potions in a brewing stand was to brew them from normal potions and leave them in the slots.
			15w34a				Splash water bottles now just extinguish fire, without placing flowing water.
			15w43a				A splash potion of weakness can now be found in the brewing stand in an igloo basement.
			15w44b				Added uncraftable splash potions and splash potions of Luck. Uncraftable splash potions currently look identical to splash water bottles.
			15w49a				Splash potions, like all throwable projectiles, now take the thrower's motion into account.
1.11			16w32a				The entity ID has been changed from ThrownPotion to potion.
			16w35a				Splash water bottles now deal 1HP damage to endermen and blazes.
			16w38a				The uncraftable splash potion is now magenta, has no glint, and is now obtained anytime a splash potion is specified with invalid or missing potion effect tags.
							The uncraftable splash potion has been removed from the Creative inventory.
1.13			18w07a				Added splash potions of the Turtle Master.
			18w14a				Added splash potions of Slow Falling.
			18w19a				Changed the effect color of Slow Falling.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of splash potions have been changed.
1.14.3			pre3				Splash water bottles now inflict knockback away from their owner when damaging blazes.
							Damage caused by splash water bottles now counts as being caused by the player who threw it.[4]
							Splash water bottles no longer deal damage to endermen.[5]
1.16			20w09a				The splash potion of Fire Resistance can now be obtained through bartering.
			pre1				Splash water bottles now deal 1HP damage to snow golems and striders.[6]
1.18			21w37a				Endermen now take damage when hit by a splash water bottle again.
1.19			22w11a				Splash water bottles can now be used on dirt, coarse dirt, or rooted dirt to turn it into mud.
1.19.3			22w43a				Splash water bottles can now extinguish burning entities.[7]
1.19.4			pre1				Splash potions no longer have an enchantment glint.
			pre3				Changed colors of the following splash potions: Night Vision, Invisibility, Leaping, Fire Resistance, Swiftness, Slowness, Turtle Master, Water Breathing, Harming, Poison, Strength.
1.20			23w12a				The splash potion of Slow Falling has had its color tweaked to make it more distinguishable from the splash potion of Invisibility.
1.20.2			23w32a				Fire being doused by splash water bottles now emits a block_destroy vibration of frequency 12.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Splash potions of Poison, Slowness and Weakness can now generate in trial chambers dispensers.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w13a				Added splash potions of Infestation, Oozing, Weaving, and Wind Charging.
1.21			24w18a				Uncraftable splash potions now use the splash water bottle color instead of their own distinct color.
1.21.2			24w34a				Thrown splash potions no longer go through the world border if hit.
			24w36a				The calculation for the duration of the effect has been changed. Splash potions thrown at the player's feet now apply the effect for almost the same duration as when thrown at the head.[8]
1.21.5			25w04a				The entity type has been changed from potion to splash_potion.
1.21.6			25w18a				The calculation for the duration of the effect has been changed once again. The duration is now based on how close the entity hitbox and the splash potion hitbox were when the potion landed.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.4			snap3				Added splash potions of Freezing.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added splash potions.
							Splash water bottles, mundane, long mundane, thick, and awkward splash potions are all available in the Creative inventory.
v0.13.0			build 1				Splash potions of Leaping are now obtainable in Survival.
							Splash water bottles are now able to extinguish fire.
v0.14.0			build 1				Splash potions can now be used to fill cauldrons.
							A cauldron now can be filled by splash potions and can be emptied using a glass bottle, which turn into the corresponding splash potion.
							Witches now use splash potions for attacking.
v0.16.0			build 4				As a version exclusive, added splash potions of Decay.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Splash potions can now be used to brew lingering potions.
							A splash potion of weakness can now be found in the brewing stand in an igloo basement.
							Splash water bottles now deal 1HP damage to endermen and blazes.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.4				Added splash potions of the Turtle Master.
1.6.0			beta 1.6.0.5				Added splash potions of Slow Falling.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of splash potions have been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Splash potions of Fire Resistance can now be obtained through bartering.
1.19.0			beta 1.19.0.20				Splash water bottles can now be used on dirt, coarse dirt, or rooted dirt to turn it into mud.
1.19.80			Preview 1.19.80.21				Removed the enchantment glint from splash potions.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.20				The textures for potions have been changed.[9]
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Splash potions of Poison, Slowness and Weakness can now generate in trial chambers dispensers.
1.21.0 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.21.0.20				Added splash potions of Wind Charging, potions of Weaving, potions of Oozing, and potions of Infestation.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.23				Splash potions now have the same duration as drinkable potions. Previously they only had 75% of the duration from their drinkable counter part.
1.21.0							Splash potions of Wind Charging, potions of Weaving, potions of Oozing, and potions of Infestation are now obtainable without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
1.21.100			Preview 1.21.100.20				The sprites of splash potions, when rendered in the world, now have the correct scaling and positional offset.
							They now match Java Edition and also match better with their collider.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.60 Experiment Drop 4 of 2026			Preview 26.60.29				Added splash potions of Freezing.

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 splash potions.
							Splash potions in the hotbar or in inventories display a bar with 1 to 4 light blue squares indicating the strength of the effect: 1 square for the base effect, 2 squares for an enhanced effect, 3 squares for an extended effect, 4 squares for an enhanced and extended effect (only obtainable in Creative).
TU14		1.04					Added splash potions of Night Vision and splash potions of Invisibility.
							Extended-enhanced potions are now listed individually for splash potions of Poison, Regeneration, Strength and Swiftness.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Witches now use splash potions for attacking.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			The distance how far splash potions can be thrown has been massively reduced to match Java Edition.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added splash potions of Leaping and splash potions of Water Breathing. These are both available in four variants unlike Java and Bedrock where the latter group only added two variants of water breathing and three variants for leaping.
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 7		Effects of splash potions are now shown above the HUD when switching items in the hotbar instead of only when hovering over them in the inventory.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		A splash potion of weakness can now be found in the brewing stand in an igloo basement.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added splash water bottles.
							Added splash potions of Luck.
							Splash potion are now used to brew lingering potions.
							Splash potions now have the same duration as drinkable potions. Previously they only had 75% of the duration from their drinkable counter part.
							Removed all types of extended-enhanced potions for all five potion effects.
							Splash potions, like all throwable projectiles, now take the thrower's motion into account.
							The potion strength bar has been removed.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Splash water bottles now deal 1HP damage to endermen and blazes.
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Splash potions once again only have 75% of the duration from their corresponding normal potions.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Splash potions can now be put into a cauldron. This can be used to obtain tipped arrows of that potion.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added splash potions of Decay, Turtle Master, and Slow Falling.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added splash potions.
							Splash water bottles, mundane, thick, and awkward splash potions are all available in the Creative inventory.
1.3.12							Added splash potions of Decay.

Data history

Issues

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

Trivia

• If an enderman is targeted directly by a splash potion, it teleports away before the potion can affect it. However, if an enderman is caught in the splash radius of a potion not aimed at it, it takes damage from the potion.
• If killed by a splash potion of harming, the death message would be: <player> was killed by <attacker> using magic
• A thrown splash potion faces toward the player in first-person view, while it appears rotated horizontally in third-person view. This is the case for all throwable items (ender pearls, eggs, snowballs, and all throwable potions).

Unused splash potions

Bedrock Edition has unused splash potion textures for several effects, along with their normal variants. These effects are: Absorption, Blindness, Haste, Health Boost, Hunger, Mining Fatigue, Nausea, Resistance, Saturation, and Levitation, as well as the Luck potion textures also present in Java Edition. These unused textures were added along with the other potion textures in Pocket Edition v0.12.1 alpha, except for the potion of Levitation, which was added in Pocket Edition 1.0.0. The textures were changed along with the other potion textures during the texture update in Bedrock Edition 1.10.0.

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  Splash Potion of Absorption
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  Splash Potion of Blindness
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  Splash Potion of Haste
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  Splash Potion of Health Boost
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  Splash Potion of Hunger
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  Splash Potion of Mining Fatigue
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  Splash Potion of Nausea
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  Splash Potion of Resistance
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  Splash Potion of Saturation
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  Splash Potion of Levitation

Gallery

Renders

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  Splash Water Bottle
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  Night Vision
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  Invisibility
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  Leaping
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  Fire Resistance
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  Swiftness
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  Slowness
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  Turtle Master
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  Water Breathing
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  Healing
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  Harming
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  Poison
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  Regeneration
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  Strength
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  Weakness
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  Slow Falling
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  Wind Charging
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  Weaving
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  Oozing
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  Infestation
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  Luck
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  Decay
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  Old texture file for the uncraftable splash potion in Java Edition

Screenshots

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  A splash potion hovered over in a brewing stand
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  Splash potions' area of effect

See also

• Brewing
• Glass Bottle
• Potion
• Lingering Potion
• Bottle o' Enchanting

Notes

References