Splash Potion of Weakness in Minecraft is one of the valuable items that can completely change a battle or help you turn a zombie villager back to normal. Brewing this potion might sound complicated, but once you understand the logic behind it, it’s one of the simplest Minecraft potions to make and one of the most useful, too. Let’s break down exactly how to brew Splash Potion of Weakness and turn it into a throwable weapon.
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What the Splash Potion of Weakness Does in Minecraft
When thrown, a Splash Potion of Weakness creates a small explosion that spreads a Weakness effect to anything nearby, including players, mobs, or even yourself if you are caught within its effects. Weakness reduces attack damage for a short time (around 1 minute 30 seconds in most versions), which makes it great to take down enemies during close combat or keep hostile mobs from doing full damage.
It’s also important for curing zombie villagers. Hit a zombie villager with this potion, feed them a golden apple, and it will cure the villager.
Ingredients You Need to Make Splash Potion of Weakness
To make a Splash Potion of Weakness, you’ll first need a basic Potion of Weakness, which then gets upgraded with gunpowder to make it throwable.
Here’s what you need to collect:
- Brewing Stand – Crafted from 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestones.
- Blaze Powder – Used to power the Brewing Stand.
- Water Bottle – Made by filling a glass bottle from any water source.
- Fermented Spider Eye – The secret ingredient for brewing Weakness.
- Gunpowder – Dropped by Creepers, or found in chests.
Crafting the Fermented Spider Eye
Fermented Spider Eye usually trips players up. To craft the eye, combine these three items on a Crafting Table:
- 1 Spider Eye (dropped by spiders)
- 1 Brown Mushroom (found in caves or swamps)
- 1 Sugar (crafted from sugarcane)
How to Brew Potion of Weakness in Minecraft
Unlike most potions in Minecraft, you don’t need Nether Wart to make Potion of Weakness, and that’s part of what makes it a great early-game brew.
- Set up your Brewing Stand and add Blaze Powder to the fuel slot on the left.
- Place one or more Water Bottles in the bottom three slots. You can brew up to three potions at once.
- Put Fermented Spider Eye in the top ingredient slot.
After a few seconds, you’ll hear the brewing sound, and the bottles below will turn into Potions of Weakness (1:30). At this stage, the potion isn’t throwable yet — you’d have to drink it, which isn’t very helpful since it weakens you. Let’s fix that next.
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How to Make a Splash Potion of Weakness in Minecraft
Now we have to convert the basic potion into a throwable Splash Potion of Weakness.
- Keep your Brewing Stand open, with your freshly made Potions of Weakness still inside.
- Add Gunpowder to the top ingredient slot.
- Wait for the bubbles to finish brewing, and there you go!
You’ll now have Splash Potions of Weakness ready to use. The potion explodes on impact, spreading the Weakness effect in a small radius.
How to Use Potion to Cure Zombie Villagers
The potion’s biggest claim to fame is that it cures zombie villagers. Here’s how you can save the villagers who’ve been turned into undead:
- Trap the zombie villager somewhere safe (somewhere away from sunlight and any mobs messing around).
- Throw a Splash Potion of Weakness at them.
- Use a Golden Apple on them.
- Wait a few minutes, you’ll see red particles and shaking, then they’ll turn back into a normal villager.
Combat Tips
Having played countless survival worlds and PvP servers, I can tell you this potion is great in specific situations:
- Mob defense: Weaken a Creeper or Skeleton before they get close to make survival a lot easier.
- PvP battles: A well-aimed Splash Potion of Weakness can completely turn the tide of a duel, especially against someone with strong melee weapons.
- Defending village from Raids: Throw these potions at any invaders, and your Iron Golems and defenses hold out longer.
The key to success is getting your aim right. Remember this potion has an area effect, so aim slightly at the ground near your target instead of going straight.
Other Variants of Potion of Weakness
Once you’ve created the basic Splash Potion, you can experiment with two other forms:
- Lingering Potion of Weakness – Add Dragon’s Breath to Splash Potion to create a lingering cloud that inflicts Weakness on anyone entering it.
- Extended Potion of Weakness – Add Redstone before the Gunpowder to make a long-lasting version, which is helpful for zombie-curing contraptions.
Splash Potions of Weakness might not be the most amazing potion in Minecraft, but it separates the clever players from the rest. Easy to brew, useful in loads of situations, and a must-have for curing villagers in Minecraft.