What You Need to Make the Potion
Before you can make your own fire-resistant potion, you need to pull together a list of ingredients and make a brewing stand in Minecraft. The ingredients you’ll need are:
Nether wartMagma creamA water bottle.Blaze powder
How to Make a Fire Resistance Potion in Minecraft
Once you’ve got everything together, here’s how the process works:
How to Use a Fire Resistance Potion in Minecraft
Once you’ve made a fire resistance potion, you can stash it away in a chest for later use, keep it in your inventory in case you find yourself in hot water, or use it immediately if the situation calls for it. To use a fire resistance potion, all you have to do is equip it and then drink it by pressing your use item button. You will see a brief drinking animation, and then the fire resistance effect will take place. While under the effects of a fire resistance potion, you gain temporary immunity to all heat-based forms of damage. That means you won’t take damage when attacked by a Blaze’s fireballs, any natural sources or fire, or even from lava. That makes these potions indispensable for future trips into the Nether. Here’s how to use a fire resistance potion in Minecraft:
How to Get Nether Wart, Blaze Powder, and Magma Cream
The components required to craft fire resistance potions are all found in the Nether, so you’ll have to do a bit of dangerous adventuring before you can craft this useful item. There’s a ton of lava in the Nether, and the fire-based Blaze mob, which is one of Minecraft’s toughest mobs to fight, holds the blaze rods required to make blaze powder. The process of obtaining these items gets a lot easier after you’ve done it once and have access to fire resistance potions.
Windows 10 and Java Edition: Right click.Pocket Edition: Tap the Fish button.Xbox 360 and Xbox One: Press the left trigger.PS3 and PS4: Press the L2 button.Wii U and Switch: Press the ZL button.
After you’ve built yourself a gateway to the Nether, you’re ready to track down the components necessary for making fire resistance potions. Here’s how to get nether wart:
How to Get Blaze Powder
You’ll also have to venture into the Nether to obtain blaze powder. Unless you get lucky with chests, you’ll actually have to fight Blaze enemies to obtain their rods, and then turn the rods into powder.
Finding or Making Magma Cream in Minecraft
Magma cream can be found in random chests in the Nether, and you can also craft it using slime and blaze powder. Here’s how to get some magma cream in Minecraft:
How to Make Water Bottles in Minecraft
The last component you’ll need to make a fire resistance potion is a bottle of water. This can also be found in a witch hut if you’re lucky, but making them is also pretty easy.
Windows 10 and Java Edition: Right click.Pocket Edition: Tap the Fish button.Xbox 360 and Xbox One: Press the left trigger.PS3 and PS4: Press the L2 button.Wii U and Switch: Press the ZL button.
