Weakness Potion in Minecraft: Detailed Guide

How to Brew a Weakness Potion

Required Ingredients:

• Water Bottle — created from glass bottles and water.
• Fermented Spider Eye — dropped by regular spiders and cave spiders.
• Nether Wart (not required) — unlike most potions, the Weakness Potion can be brewed without it.
• Blaze Powder — used as fuel for the brewing stand.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Place the brewing stand and add blaze powder to the fuel slot.
2. Insert a water bottle into one of the bottle slots.
3. Add a fermented spider eye to the ingredient slot.
4. Wait for the process to complete — you'll get a regular Weakness Potion.
   

How to Make a Splash Weakness Potion

The splash version of the Weakness Potion is used for area effects, for example when curing zombie villagers.

Additional Ingredient:

• Gunpowder — obtained from creepers, ghasts, or witches.

Instructions:

1. After brewing a regular Weakness Potion, leave it in the brewing stand.
2. Add gunpowder to the ingredient slot.
3. Wait for the process to complete — now the Weakness Potion becomes splashable.
   

Lingering Weakness Potion in Minecraft

The Lingering Weakness Potion is a variant similar to the splash potion but spreads differently. It creates a cloud that applies the effect to anyone who enters it.

How to Make a Lingering Weakness Potion?

Additional Ingredient:

• Dragon's Breath — collected using a glass bottle when the Ender Dragon breathes.

Instructions:

1. Brew a Splash Weakness Potion (regular Weakness Potion + gunpowder).
2. Leave it in the brewing stand.
3. Add dragon's breath to the ingredient slot.
4. After the process is complete, you'll get a Lingering Weakness Potion.
   

How Does a Lingering Potion Work?

• When thrown, it creates an area of effect cloud that lasts for 30 seconds.
• Any mob or player inside the cloud receives the Weakness effect.
• Unlike splash potions, it doesn't work instantly but applies the effect over time.

Uses:

• In combat: create a weakening zone to reduce melee damage from enemies.
• For curing zombie villagers: convenient if multiple infected villagers are in one spot.

How to Make an Extended Duration Weakness Potion

To increase the effect duration, you'll need Redstone Dust.

Steps:

1. Leave the prepared regular Weakness Potion in the brewing stand.
2. Add Redstone Dust to the ingredient slot.
3. Wait for the process to complete — the potion will now last longer.
   

How to Use a Weakness Potion

In Combat:

• Usage: throw a splash Weakness Potion at the enemy to reduce their damage.
• Effect: reduces melee damage by 4 points.
• Duration: default — 1 minute 30 seconds, with Redstone — 4 minutes.

For Curing Zombie Villagers:

1. Find a zombie villager.
2. Use a Splash Weakness Potion to apply the effect.
3. Give them a Golden Apple.
4. Wait about 2–5 minutes — they will turn into a regular villager.

Conclusion

The Weakness Potion reduces enemy damage and helps cure zombie villagers. It comes in regular, splash, and lingering forms. Splash is instant, while lingering creates a cloud effect. Useful for both combat and peaceful purposes.