Potion of Weakness
(Redirected from Potions of Weakness)
Potion of Weakness
| Rarity tier |
Common |
|---|---|
| Consumption time |
32 game ticks (1.6 seconds) |
| Always consumable |
Yes |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
No |
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"title": "Potion of Weakness",
"rows": [
{
"field": "Common",
"label": "(link to Rarity article, displayed as Rarity tier)"
},
{
"field": "32 game ticks (1.6 seconds)",
"label": "(link to Consumption time article, displayed as Consumption time)"
},
{
"field": "Yes",
"label": "<abbr title=\"Whether or not it can be used while already at full hunger.\">Always consumable</abbr>"
},
{
"field": "Yes",
"label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
},
{
"field": "No",
"label": "Stackable"
}
],
"invimages": [
"Potion of Weakness",
"Splash Potion of Weakness",
"Lingering Potion of Weakness",
"Potion of Weakness Extended",
"Splash Potion of Weakness Extended",
"Lingering Potion of Weakness Extended"
],
"images": [
"Potion of Weakness.png",
"Splash Potion of Weakness.png",
"Lingering Potion of Weakness.png"
]
}
A potion of Weakness is a potion that provides Weakness when used.
Obtaining
[edit | edit source]Brewing
[edit | edit source]| Name | Ingredients | Brewing recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potion of Weakness | Fermented Spider Eye + Water Bottle |
    |
|
| Potion of Weakness[1] | Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Strength or Awkward Potion or Mundane Potion or Thick Potion |
   |
[Bedrock Edition only] Potions of Strength II are brewed into regular potions of Weakness. |
| Potion of Weakness + | Fermented Spider Eye + Long Mundane Potion |
|
[Bedrock Edition only] |
| Potion of Weakness + | Redstone Dust + Potion of Weakness |
 |
|
| Splash Potion of Weakness | Gunpowder + Potion of Weakness |
 |
|
| Lingering Potion of Weakness | Dragon's Breath + Splash Potion of Weakness |
 |
Thrown projectile
[edit | edit source]A witch has a 25% chance of throwing a splash potion of Weakness if a player is 3 or less blocks away and does not already have the Weakness effect. Also, the player's health has to be at 8HP
or less, or the player has to have the Poison effect.
The thrown potion cannot be picked up, but it can cause the Weakness effect.
Generated loot
[edit | edit source]| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
 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" }
|
 Lingering Potion of Weakness
|
Trial Chambers
|
Chamber dispenser | 2–5 | 3.4%{ "item": "Lingering Potion of Weakness", "stacksize": "2–5", "chance": 0.03448275862068961, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Chamber dispenser" }
|
One splash potion of Weakness can be found in the brewing stand inside every igloo basement.
In Bedrock Edition, the cauldron in a swamp hut contains 1 to 2 bottles of a random potion. There is a 10% for it to be a potion of Weakness.
Usage
[edit | edit source]Effect
[edit | edit source]| Potion type | Tier | Duration | Effect | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potion | 1 | Regular: 1:30 Extended: 4:00 |
 Weakness
|
Descreases melee damage. In Java Edition, damaged is reduced by 4HP points.In Bedrock Edition, damage is reduced by 20%, and then reduced by 0.5HP × 0.25 points.
|
| Splash Potion | 1 | Regular: 1:30 Extended: 4:00 | ||
| Lingering Potion | 1 | Regular: 0:22 Extended: 1:00 |
Crafting ingredient
[edit | edit source]| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow of Weakness | Arrow + Lingering Potion of Weakness |
Curing zombie villagers
[edit | edit source]Main article: Zombie Villager § Curing
A golden apple and a splash potion of Weakness can be used to convert a zombie villager into a regular villager.
Sounds
[edit | edit source]Main article: Potion § Sounds
Data values
[edit | edit source]ID
[edit | edit source]| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
 Potion of Weakness | potion | Item | item |
| Splash Potion of Weakness | splash_potion | Item | item |
| Lingering Potion of Weakness | lingering_potion | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potion of Weakness | potion | 426 | Item | potion |
| Splash Potion of Weakness | splash_potion | 561 | Item | potion |
| Lingering Potion of Weakness | lingering_potion | 562 | Item | potion |
Metadata
[edit | edit source]See also: Potion § Metadata
| Potion | Regular | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| Potion of Weakness | 34 | 35 |
Item data
[edit | edit source]See also: Potion § Item data
See also: Data component format
Regular, splash, and lingering potions all use a "potion" tag inside "potion_contents" component to indicate the potion type.
| Potion | Regular | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| Potion of Weakness | weakness |
long_weakness
|
See also: Bedrock Edition level format/Item format
Achievements
[edit | edit source]| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | ||||||
 |  | Local Brewery | Brew a potion. | Pick up a potion from a brewing stand potion slot. An already-created potion placed and removed qualifies. | 15 | Bronze | |
 |  | 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 | |
Advancements
[edit | edit source]| 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. |
  | Local Brewery | Brew a Potion | Pick up an item from a brewing stand potion slot. This does not need to be a potion. Water bottles or even glass bottles can also trigger this advancement. |
  | A Furious Cocktail | Have every potion effect applied at the same time | Have all of these 17 status effects applied to the player at the same time:
|
 | How Did We Get Here? | Have every effect applied at the same time | Have all of these 34 status effects applied to the player at the same time:
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. |
 | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake. |
Trivia
[edit | edit source]- The potion of Weakness is the only potion that provides an effect that does not require an awkward potion in its recipe.
History
[edit | edit source]Java Edition
[edit | edit source]| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | Added potions, but they were completely unobtainable and were random. | |||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 |  Brewing stands have been implemented, making potions of Weakness obtainable without mods. | ||||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 |  Added splash potions of Weakness. | ||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w22a | Potions of Weakness are added to the Creative inventory. The extended-enhanced version (both extended time and level II) also exists in the inventory. | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w38a | Added witches, which can throw splash potions of Weakness to fight the player. These are projectiles and cannot be picked up. | |||||
| 1.5 | 13w09c | Extended-enhanced potions of Weakness no longer exist in the Creative inventory. | |||||
| 1.8.1 | pre1 | Potion of Weakness can now be extended. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | The order of potions has been changed in the Creative inventory. | |||||
| Splash potions now have a separate data value and ID name. | |||||||
| Potions of Weakness can no longer be brewed from awkward potions, mundane potions, thick potions, potions of Regeneration, and potions of Strength. | |||||||
| 15w33a |  Added lingering potions of Weakness.
| ||||||
| The effect of the potion of Weakness has been changed to 4-point decrease, was 0.5-point decrease. | |||||||
| 15w43a | A splash potion of Weakness can now be found in the brewing stand in an igloo basement. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The textures of potions of Weakness have been changed. | |||||
| 1.19.4 | pre1 | Potions no longer have an enchantment glint. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
[edit | edit source]| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added potions of Weakness with its splash variant. | |||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Added witches, which can throw splash potions of Weakness to fight the player. These are projectiles and cannot be picked up. | |||||
| Swamp huts now generate cauldrons filled with 1-3 bottles of a random potion, which has a 10% chance to be a potion of Weakness. This makes potions of Weakness obtainable in Survival without brewing. | |||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Added lingering potions of Weakness.
| |||||
| A splash potion of Weakness can now be found in the brewing stand in an igloo basement. | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 |    The textures for potions of Weakness have been changed. | |||||
| 1.19.80 | Preview 1.19.80.21 | Removed the enchantment glint from potions of Weakness. | |||||
| 1.20.0 | Preview 1.20.0.20 | The textures for potions of Weakness have been changed. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
[edit | edit source]| 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 potions of Weakness. |
| TU8 | Added the awkward potion to the Creative menu. | ||||||
| TU36 | CU25 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.28 | Patch 7 | Effects of potions are now shown above the HUD when switching items in the hotbar instead of only when hovering over them in the inventory. | |
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Added lingering potions, which are brewed with splash potions and dragon breath after splash potions are brewed with regular potions and gunpowder. | |
| Removed all types of extended-enhanced potions for all five potion effects. | |||||||
| Potions effects are now arranged more like Java Edition. | |||||||
| The effect of the potion of Weakness has been changed to 4-point decrease, was 0.5-point decrease. | |||||||
| TU60 | CU51 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 | Patch 30 | 1.0.11 | Potions of Weakness can now be put into a cauldron. This can be used to obtain arrows of Weakness. |
| 1.90 | The textures of potions of Weakness have been changed. | ||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
[edit | edit source]| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | Added potions of Weakness. | ||||||
| 1.7.10 | Added lingering potions of Weakness. | ||||||
Issues
[edit | edit source]Issues relating to "Potion of Weakness" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Taking Inventory: Potion – Minecraft.net on May 11, 2022
- Minecraft Potions - A Visual Guide (version 1.9)
Navigation
[edit | edit source]| Equipment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | |||
| Bottles | |||
| Potions |
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