While playing Minecraft, only a few are lucky enough to spawn in the best survival seeds. For the rest, our resources are the only help we can rely upon. One of these resources is potions, and they are criminally underrated. But to brew potions, you will first need to learn how to make a Brewing Stand in Minecraft to create all types of potions.

So, in this guide, learn how to gather all the ingredients required to make this essential equipment for making potions in Minecraft. Unfortunately, it isn’t as simple as making a boat in Minecraft, so let’s get started.

Items Required to Make a Brewing Stand

Crafting a Brewing Stand is typically a process that most players employ in the later stages of this sandbox game. You can always use Minecraft seed map tools to check village seeds and spawn near a village with a brewing stand, but that’s quite rare.

To make a Brewing Stand on your own, you will require the following ingredients:

  • 3 Cobblestone blocks
  • 1 Blaze rod

Moreover, you need a crafting table to make the brewing stand. Obtaining cobblestone won’t be an issue, as it’s one of the most abundant blocks in the game. The harder part is obtaining a Blaze rod. You can only obtain a Blaze rod by killing a Blaze in the Nether realm. You can reach it by making a Nether portal in Minecraft and finding a Nether Fortress with a Blaze spawner.

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Keep in mind that you need more than one Blaze rod to make the Brewing Stand work. It requires blaze powder as fuel, which can only be crafted using blaze rods. Meanwhile, cobblestone blocks and the crafting table are only a one-time requirement.

Due to the complexities and risks involved, many players tend to push potions towards the later part of the game, but they can come in handy. So, let’s learn how to craft a brewing stand.

How to Make a Brewing Stand in Minecraft

Once you have the right ingredients, the process to make the Brewing Stand is easy. But make sure you’re doing it in a safe place, like a house or the mushroom biome in Minecraft, where hostile mobs don’t interrupt you. That said, follow the steps below:

  • Place down a crafting table and access it by pressing the right-click or secondary action key.
  • First, place 3 cobblestone blocks in the lowermost rowof the crafting grid.
  • After that, place the blaze rod in the middle cell of the center row.
  • This will give you the Brewing Stand, which you can move to your inventory from the output tab on the right side.

While you’re operating the crafting table, don’t forget to make fuel for your Brewing Stand. If you have any additional Blaze rods left, place them in any cell of the crafting area to get Blaze powder, which is required to make the stand work.

How to Use a Brewing Stand in Minecraft

As you might have noticed, the Brewing Stand looks nothing like other functional blocks. But don’t get overwhelmed. With a little practice, you can easily make the most out of the Brewing Stand and make potions of your liking. Let’s start by taking a look at its UI:

  • As you can see below, the spot on the top left is where you put the fuel, the Blaze powder.
  • Next to it is a tube-like space with bubbles on it. This is where you will notice your powder turn into fuel and release bubbles.
  • On its right side are the empty cells where all our key ingredients for specific potions will go.
  • Finally, at the bottom of the Brewing Stand is a space to place glass bottles where our potions get stored.
Image Credit: Minecraft/Mojang (screenshot by Udayveer Singh/Beebom)

Involving only a few easy steps, you are now armed with the knowledge to make and use a Brewing Stand in Minecraft. So, have you tried making your first potion in the game yet? What potion do you feel is the most valuable one? Let us know in the comments below. Until then, happy crafting!

Where to find a brewing stand in Minecraft?

You can find brewing stands in Minecraft village churches but these won’t have any potions in them. Brewing stands can also generate in Igloos with basements having splash potion of weakness and in end ships having two Instant Health 2 potions inside its cells.

What does Glowstone do in a Brewing stand?

Glowstone powder can help in increasing the strength of potions you can make on a Brewing stand.

What does Redstone do in a Brewing stand?

Redstone powder can help in increasing the duration of potions you can make on a Brewing stand.

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