How To Make and Use a Potion of Weakness in Minecraft
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A Potion of Weakness in Minecraft is a consumable item that significantly reduces an entity’s melee damage by inflicting Weakness. The Weakness status effect reduces an entity’s base damage by 20% or 4 points of Attack Damage multiplied by the effect level. The higher the level, the lower the damage dealt. Potions of Weakness only apply Weakness I. However, this is potent enough for players to notice the difference.
On its own, a Potion of Weakness is not recommended for consumption due to its negative effects. However, when used to create its Splash and Lingering variants, the Potion of Weakness becomes a formidable weapon against enemies that are stronger than you, be it a hostile mob or another player. Unfortunately, the potion doesn’t work on the Ender Dragon, the Wither, or passive mobs, but you can use it on any other entity to give you an advantage in fights.
The Potion of Weakness is also a key item in turning Zombie Villagers back into regular Villagers. This process will be discussed further in the guide, so keep reading to find out how!
Whether you want to weaken your opponents or bring Villagers back to life, it’s worth learning how to make a Potion of Weakness.
How to Brew a Regular Potion of Weakness in Minecraft?
To brew a regular Potion of Weakness in Minecraft, gather the required ingredients and tools, then follow the recipe below:
Ingredients required:
Tools required for the brewing process:
1 – Make a Water Bottle
Before you start brewing, you need a Water Bottle. This recipe uses only 1 Water Bottle but you can use up to three in the Brewing Stand.
To get a Water Bottle, first make a Glass Bottle by putting 3 Glass Blocks in a Crafting Table. Then, equip the Glass Bottle and use it on a water source.
2 – Make a Fermented Spider Eye
The main ingredient for the Potion of Weakness is a Fermented Spider Eye. This item can be crafted by putting 1 Spider Eye, 1 Brown Mushroom, and 1 Sugar in a Crafting Table.
If you don’t know where to find these ingredients, you can get Spider Eyes by defeating Spiders which appear at night. Brown Mushrooms generate naturally in areas with not much light such as under trees, in swamps, in mushroom fields, and in the Nether. Lastly, you can get Sugar by either putting a Sugar Cane or a Honey Bottle in a Crafting Table, or by defeating Witches.
| 🛈 Fermented Spider Eye is a base ingredient for three other potion recipes: Potion of Slowness, Potion of Harming, and Potion of Invisibility. |
3 – Gather Nether Wart and Blaze Rods
Next, you need to find Nether Wart and some Blazes. You can find both in Nether Fortresses. Nether Warts typically grow on Soul Sand and are easy to spot. Blazes, on the other hand, drop Blaze Rods upon death. Make sure to get both, then put the Blaze Rods in a Crafting Table to get some Blaze Powder.
4 – Brew a Potion of Weakness
Most potions need a base potion, the most common one being the Awkward Potion. When brewing a Potion of Weakness, you don’t need one.
Simply put the Fermented Spider Eye in the base ingredient slot of the Brewing Stand. Then, place the Water Bottle in any of the potion slots to begin the brewing process.
Once it’s done, you will get a regular Potion of Weakness (01:30)! This potion inflicts Weakness on anyone who drinks it for 1 minute and 30 seconds.
| 🛈 The Potion of Weakness is the only potion that doesn’t require you to brew an Awkward Potion or any other base potion beforehand. In the Bedrock Edition, you can use a Mundane Potion as an alternative base potion, but it’s not needed. |
How to Use a Potion of Weakness
Like all regular potions, the only way to use a Potion of Weakness is to drink it.
In the Java and Education Editions, you can do this by pressing right-click and holding until the drinking action is done.
In the Bedrock Edition, the following controls are used:
- Keyboard & Mouse: Right-click and hold.
- Controller: Press the LT, L2, or ZL button and hold.
- Mobile: Tap the screen and hold.
An empty Glass Bottle will be left behind after drinking. Particle effects will also appear on the screen to indicate that you’re affected by Weakness. You can check the effect’s duration by opening the inventory menu.
How to Extend the Duration of a Potion of Weakness?
To extend the duration of a Potion of Weakness, add Redstone Dust to a regular Potion of Weakness (01:30). The extended variant’s effects will then last for 4 minutes.
| Result: Potion of Weakness + (04:00) |
How to Make Other Variants of the Potion of Weakness?
The Potion of Weakness has Splash and Lingering variants that can be brewed by using Gunpowder and Dragon’s Breath respectively. Find out how to make each one by following the recipes below:
How to Make a Splash Potion of Weakness
Splash Potion of Weakness (01:30/01:07)
To create a Splash Potion of Weakness, simply add Gunpowder to a regular Potion of Weakness (01:30) in a Brewing Stand. When this Splash variant is thrown at another entity, it inflicts Weakness for 1 minute and 30 seconds in the Java Edition, and 1 minute and 7 seconds in the Bedrock Edition.
Splash Potion of Weakness + (04:00/03:00)
There are two ways to extend the duration of the Splash Potion variant:
- Add Redstone Dust to a Splash Potion of Weakness (01:30/01:07) in a Brewing Stand.
- Add Gunpowder to a Potion of Weakness + (04:00) in a Brewing Stand.
Both methods return an extended variant of the Splash Potion of Weakness that inflicts Weakness for 4 minutes in the Java Edition and 3 minutes in the Bedrock Edition.
How to Make a Lingering Potion of Weakness
Lingering Potion of Weakness (00:22)
To create a Lingering Potion of Weakness, add Dragon’s Breath to a Splash Potion of Weakness (01:30/01:07). When this Lingering variant is thrown at a block or area, any entity passing through the resulting cloud will be affected by Weakness for 22 seconds.
Lingering Potion of Weakness + (01:00)
There are two ways to extend the duration of the Lingering Potion variant:
- Add Redstone Dust to a Lingering Potion of Weakness (00:22) in a Brewing Stand.
- Add Dragon’s Breath to a Splash Potion of Weakness + (04:00/03:00) in a Brewing Stand.
Both methods return an extended variant of the Lingering Potion of Weakness that inflicts Weakness for 1 minute.
How to Make an Arrow of Weakness Using a Lingering Potion of Weakness
Arrow of Weakness (00:11)
To make an Arrow of Weakness, put 8 Arrows and 1 Lingering Potion of Weakness (00:22) in a Crafting Table. When another entity is hit by an Arrow of Weakness, they will be affected by Weakness for 11 seconds.
Arrow of the Weakness + (00:30)
To make this variant of the Arrow of Weakness, put 8 Arrows and 1 Lingering Potion of Weakness + (01:00) in a Crafting Table. The resulting Arrows of Weakness will have an extended duration, giving affected entities Weakness for 30 seconds.
How to Remove the Effects of a Potion of Weakness?
Like all status effects, drinking milk will remove the negative effects of a Potion of Weakness. You can drink milk by using a Milk Bucket.
To make a Milk Bucket, simply craft a Bucket using 3 Iron Ingots and use it on a cow, mooshroom, or goat.
How to Cure a Zombie Villager Using a Potion of Weakness?
To cure a Zombie Villager, you need a Golden Apple and a Splash Potion of Weakness (any variant). You can get Golden Apples by looting chests or simply crafting one using 8 Gold Ingots and 1 Apple.
Before you do anything, we recommend either trapping the Zombie Villager with a roof above their head to prevent them from burning in the daylight or doing this at night.
When you’re ready, throw the Splash Potion of Weakness at the Zombie Villager. Then, equip the Golden Apple and feed it to the Zombie Villager by interacting with them. The Zombie Villager will begin to shake with particle effects surrounding their form.
Wait for 3-5 minutes and the villager will return to normal.
Where to Find a Potion of Weakness in Creative Mode?
In Creative Mode, you can find the Potion of Weakness and its variants in the Creative Inventory Menu by simply looking for them or searching their names.
You can also use console commands if you have cheats enabled. If you’re using the Java Edition, enter the following command in the chat window to get a Potion of Weakness:
/give @p potion{Potion:"minecraft:weakness"} 1- give: This is the main command.
- @p: This refers to the nearest player or you. This can also be replaced by your username.
- potion{Potion:”minecraft:weakness”}: This indicates that you want to give the entity above a Potion of [].
- 1: This is the amount of the above item that you want to have.
If you’re using the Bedrock Edition, enter the following command instead:
/give @p potion 1 34Check out the Minecraft Wiki to learn more about the /give command and other syntaxes you can use!
