Water Bottle

Water Bottle

Rarity tier	Common
Consumption time	32 game ticks (1.6 seconds)
Always consumable	Yes
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A water bottle is a glass bottle filled with water. It can be emptied onto dirt to convert it to mud, and is a required base ingredient to brew any potion.

Splash water bottles and lingering water bottles are throwable variants obtained via brewing.

Obtaining

Glass bottle

Using a glass bottle on a water source returns a water bottle. This can be automated using a dispenser.

Using a glass bottle on a water-filled cauldron also returns a water bottle, decreasing the water level in the cauldron by one level. This does not work with a dispenser.

Bartering

When given a gold ingot, piglins have a ¹⁰⁄₄₆₉ (~2.13%) chance to barter a water bottle.

Fishing

Water bottles can be fished up as junk items.

Usage

Base potions

Water bottle is a base for multiple potions. Drinking it has no effect.

Name	Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Awkward Potion	Nether Wart + Water Bottle
Potion of Weakness	Fermented Spider Eye + Water Bottle
Mundane Potion	Redstone Dust or  Breeze Rod or  Stone or  Slime Block or  Cobweb or  Magma Cream or  Rabbit's Foot or  Sugar or  Glistering Melon Slice or  Spider Eye or  Ghast Tear or  Blaze Powder + Water Bottle
Thick Potion	Glowstone Dust + Water Bottle

Mud conversion

Using a water bottle, splash water bottle, or lingering water bottle on dirt, coarse dirt, or rooted dirt converts it into mud. This process can be automated with a dispenser. When the regular, splash, or lingering water bottle is used, it leaves a glass bottle in its inventory slot.^[1][2] Throwing splash and lingering water bottles does not convert the dirt into mud, and does not leave a glass bottle behind.

Filling cauldron

A water bottle adds 1 water level to a cauldron.

Splash and lingering 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. Splash and lingering water bottles will also restore 1800 game ticks (90 seconds) of air to an axolotl. Splash water bottles can extinguish burning entities.

In Java Edition, the lingering water bottle creates no effect cloud, while in Bedrock Edition it creates an effect cloud that extinguishes burning entities that walk into it.

Name	Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Splash Water Bottle	Gunpowder + Water Bottle
Lingering Water Bottle	Dragon's Breath + Splash Water Bottle

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Arrow of Splashing	Arrow + Lingering Water Bottle	8	‌[Java Edition only]

Trading

Wandering traders occasionally purchase a water bottle for a single emerald.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Wandering Trader	Purchase	33%	33%	Water Bottle	Emerald	2	—	—

Sounds

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Water Bottle	potion	Item	item.minecraft.potion.effect.water
Splash Water Bottle	splash_potion	Item	item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.water
Lingering Water Bottle	lingering_potion	Item	item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.awkward

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Water Bottle	potion	426	Item	potion.emptyPotion.name
Splash Water Bottle	splash_potion	561	Item	potion.emptyPotion.splash.name
Lingering Water Bottle	lingering_potion	562	Item	potion.emptyPotion.linger.name

Metadata

In Bedrock Edition:

Potion	Regular
Water Bottle	0

Item data

Java Edition:

Normal potions use a "potion" tag inside "potion_contents" component to indicate the potion type.

Bedrock Edition:

Advancements

Icon	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.
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Added water bottles.
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.
1.3.1			12w21b				Water bottles have been added to the Creative inventory.
1.7.2			13w36a				Water bottles can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items from fishing.
1.9			15w31a				Added splash water bottles.
			15w33a				Added lingering water bottle.
			15w34a				Splash and lingering water bottles now just extinguish fire, without placing flowing water.
1.11			16w33a				A water bottle is now able to add 1 water level to a cauldron.
			16w35a				Splash and lingering water bottles now deal 1HP damage to endermen and blazes.
1.14			18w43a				Changed the textures of water bottle.
			19w08a				Splash and lingering water bottles now extinguish lit campfires.
1.14.3			pre3				Splash and lingering water bottles now inflict knockback away from their owner when damaging blazes.
							Damage caused by splash and lingering water bottles now counts as being caused by the player who threw it.[3]
							Splash and lingering water bottles no longer deal damage to endermen.[4]
1.16			pre1				Splash water bottles now deal 1HP damage to snow golems and striders.[5]
1.16.2			20w28a				Water bottles can now be obtained through bartering.
1.17			21w13a				Splash and lingering water bottles now extinguish lit candles.
			21w15a				Splash and lingering water bottles now give axolotls one and a half minutes of moisture when they are thrown at them.
			21w20a				Splash and lingering water bottles now extinguish lit cakes with candles.[6]
1.18			21w37a				Endermen now take damage when hit by a splash or lingering water bottle again.
1.19			22w11a				Water bottles, splash water bottles and lingering 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]
1.20.2 Experiment Villager Trade Rebalance			23w31a				Wandering traders now have a chance to buy a water bottle.
1.20.2			23w32a				Fire being doused by splash water bottles now emits a block_destroy vibration of frequency 12.
1.21			24w18a				Uncraftable potions now use the water bottle color instead of their own distinct color.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added water bottle with its splash variant.
v0.13.0			build 1				Splash water bottles are now able to extinguish fire.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Splash water bottles now deal 1HP damage to endermen and blazes.
							Added lingering water bottle.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Changed the textures for water bottles.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				Water bottles can now be obtained through bartering.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Water bottles can now be used on dirt, coarse dirt, or rooted dirt to turn it into mud.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.20				Changed the textures for water bottles.

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 water bottle.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added splash and lingering water bottles.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Splash and lingering water bottles now deal 1HP damage to endermen and blazes.
			1.90				Changed the textures for water bottles and lingering water bottles.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added water bottle with its splash variant.
1.7.10							Added lingering water bottle.

Issues

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

Gallery

Mojang images

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  Alex holding a water bottle on a banner for Taking Inventory

References