Brewing Stand

A brewing stand is a block used for brewing potions using water bottles and suitable ingredients. It also serves as a cleric's job site block.

Brewing Stand

• Empty
• Right
• Left
• Full

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	JE: Yes (1) BE: No
Transparent	JE: Yes BE: Partial (diffuses sky light, -2 to light)
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	6 METAL

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Obtaining

Breaking

A brewing stand can be mined with anything, but pickaxes are the fastest. When broken, it also drops all of its contents.

Block	Brewing Stand
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	0.75
Wooden	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.1
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Brewing stands generate in end ships. They have two Instant Health II potions in their holders.

A brewing stand also generates in the basement of igloos with a splash potion of Weakness in it.

Brewing stands can generate without potions in village churches.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Blaze Rod + Any stone-tier block		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.

Usage

Brewing stand GUI in Java Edition

By default, the interface of a brewing stand is labeled "Brewing Stand", but this name can be customized by naming it in an anvil before placing it.

Brewing stands cannot be pushed by pistons in Java Edition.

Brewing

The main purpose of brewing stands is to allow for the brewing of potions. Their interface can be opened by pressing use on them.

Brewing stands need blaze powder as fuel. Each piece brews 20 batches of potions, with each stage of brewing counting separately. A single brew takes 20 seconds (400 ticks) to complete. Unlike furnaces, there is no time limit; fuel is consumed only when there are water bottles and an ingredient to brew into it.

Brewing stands interact with hoppers as follows:

• They accept brewing ingredients from hoppers pointing down into the top.
• Any valid brewing ingredient is pushed into the ingredient slot, regardless of whether it would actually start the brewing process.
• Any valid potion recipe can be preloaded for "hands-free" brewing of a complex recipe, with the nether wart falling through into the stand for the first step.
• Bottles (including empty bottles) and fuel are accepted from hoppers pointing into the side.
• Finished products can be pulled out by hoppers below, but each stage of brewing counts as a batch of "finished" potions.

In Minecraft Education, elements can be combined in the brewing stand to make the medicine potions: antidote, elixir, eye drops, and tonic.

Profession

If a brewing stand has not been claimed by a villager, any nearby unemployed villager has a chance to change their profession to cleric and claim the brewing stand as their job site block.

Light source

Brewing stands emit a light level of 1.‌

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Brewing Stand bubbles	Blocks	When a potion finishes brewing	block.brewing_stand.brew	subtitles.block.brewing_stand.brew​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Cleric works	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while a cleric is working	entity.villager.work_cleric	subtitles.entity.villager.work_cleric​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	​Chest locked	Blocks	When a player attempts to open a brewing stand locked using the [String] Lock tag	block.chest.locked​​	subtitles.block.chest.locked​​​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a potion finishes brewing	random.potion.brewed	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Randomly while a cleric is working	random.potion.brewed	1.0	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Brewing Stand	brewing_stand	Block & Item	block.minecraft.brewing_stand item.minecraft.brewing_stand

Name	[hide]Identifier
Block entity	brewing_stand

Bedrock Edition:

Brewing Stand	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Block	brewing_stand	117	Block & Ungiveable Item	item.brewing_stand	—
Item	brewing_stand	431	Item	—	item.brewing_stand.name

Name	[hide]Savegame ID
Block entity	BrewingStand

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
has_bottle_0	false	false true	True when a bottle is in slot 1.
has_bottle_1	false	false true	True when a bottle is in slot 2.
has_bottle_2	false	false true	True when a bottle is in slot 3.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
brewing_stand_slot_a_bit	0x1	false	false true	0 1	True when a bottle is in slot 1.
brewing_stand_slot_b_bit	0x2	false	false true	0 1	True when a bottle is in slot 2.
brewing_stand_slot_c_bit	0x4	false	false true	0 1	True when a bottle is in slot 3.

Block data

A brewing stand has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Block entity data
  • • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template[show]
  • [Short] BrewTime: The number of ticks the potions have to brew.
  • [String] CustomName: Optional. The name of this container in JSON text component, which appears in its GUI where the default name ordinarily appears. Is not preserved when removed.
  • [Byte] Fuel: Remaining fuel for the brewing stand. 20 when full, and counts down by 1 each time a potion is brewed.
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] Items: List of items in this container.
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object]: An item in the brewing stand, including the slot tag:
      Slot 0: Left potion slot.
      Slot 1: Middle potion slot.
      Slot 2: Right potion slot.
      Slot 3: Where the potion ingredient goes.
      Slot 4: Fuel (Blaze Powder).
      • • Tags common to all items see Template:Nbt inherit/item/template[show]
  • [String] Lock: Optional. When not blank, prevents the container from being opened unless the opener is holding an item whose name matches this string.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Achievements

[hide]
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

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	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.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Cauldrons are implemented to be used to brew potions, but are not available in-game yet.
			September 30, 2011				Jeb reveals that brewing is done through a brewing stand instead of a cauldron.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Added brewing stands.
							Brewing potions with brewing stands currently take 30 seconds.
							When the first brewing stand was shown by Jeb, it had an additional 2D sub-stand for bottles, but the stands for bottles are now designed in 3D.
1.1			12w01a				Brewing time for brewing stands has been reduced to 20 seconds.
1.3.1			12w15a				⇧ Shift + clicking can now be used to put items in brewing stands.
1.8			14w11a				The model of brewing stands has been changed. Stands with no bottles appear glitched from some angles, the left and right slots appear identical when filled in (although both distinct appearences still exist as metadata), and the arm angles have changed due to the 22.5º rotation limit.
							Brewing stands' targeting hitbox is now a full cube - previously it was a cuboid around the base plates.
			14w11b				Empty brewing stands' model have been fixed, although the other changes still remain.
			14w25a				Brewing stand models have changed such that bottles in the left and right slots now indeed appear different. However, the leftmost one appears stretched. Arms are also now affected by directional shading.
1.9			15w31a				Brewing stands now generate in end cities.
			15w33a				Brewing stands can now brew lingering potions.
			15w33c				A bug where the player couldn't put in a splash potion to make a lingering potion has been fixed.
			15w42a				Brewing stands now require blaze powder to operate.
			15w43a				Brewing stands now generate in the basement of igloos.
							Each blaze powder now fuels 20 brewing stand operations rather than 30.
			15w44a				Brewing stand models no longer have a stretched bottle.
			15w47b				Sounds have been added for brewing stands.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of brewing stands have been changed.
			18w44a				The texture of the brewing stand item has been changed.
			18w48a				Brewing stands now generate in the updated plains villages.
			18w49a				Brewing stands now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy villages.
			18w50a				Brewing stands now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
			19w03c				The three plates, but not the rod, of a brewing stand now use correct cullface arguments.
			19w11a				Brewing stands now serve as cleric villagers' job site block.
1.16.2			20w28a				Brewing stands can now be crafted with blackstone.
1.17			21w07a				Brewing stands can now be crafted with grimstone (now known as deepslate).
			21w08a				Brewing stands can no longer be crafted with deepslate.
							Brewing stands can now be crafted with cobbled deepslate.
			21w11a				Tweaked the brewing stand GUI texture.
1.19			22w11a				Changed texture and model.
			22w17a				Changed base texture and model.
1.21.4			24w44a				Now drop when broken with any tool.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added brewing stands.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Brewing stands now generate in igloo basements.
							Brewing stands now generate in end ships.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Brewing stands now require blaze powder to operate.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of brewing stands have been changed.
							A brewing stand can now generate in village temples.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.52				Brewing stands can now be crafted with blackstone.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.50				Brewing stands can now be crafted with cobbled deepslate.
1.19.0			beta 1.19.0.20				Slightly changed its texture, to make their arms connect to their bases.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.24				Brewing stands are mined faster when using an improper tool.
[hide]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 brewing stands.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Brewing stands now appear in igloos. The lack of a fuel requirement means that potions can now be made without going to the Nether.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Brewing stands now require blaze powder to operate.
							Sounds have been added for brewing stands.
							Brewing stands now generate in end cities.
			1.90				The textures of brewing stands have been changed.
			1.91				A brewing stand can now generate in village temples.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added brewing stands.

• 

  The first picture of a brewing stand. A giant mushroom is also seen in this picture.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.11			16w32a				The block entity ID has been changed from Cauldron to brewing_stand.
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 117, and the item's 379.

Issues

Issues relating to "Brewing Stand" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Even when the brewing stand is not in use, there is still smoke coming out of the top of it.
• In Java Edition, when a brewing stand is broken, particles from a bottle appear, even if no bottle is in the stand.
• No matter what potion (including water bottles) is in the stand it always looks like a full red bottle.
• Brewing stands always face east, no matter what direction they are placed.
• According to Searge, for thematic reasons, a brewing stand was added to the basement of the igloo. Because of this, blaze powder was required for fuel to preserve game progression. In this way, the player is prevented from using it before going to the Nether.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  A brewing stand in action.

• 

  A brewing stand in an igloo basement.

• 

  The GUI of the brewing stand in 1.8.x and below.

• 

  "Steve is experimenting with different potion effects in a Savanna Village hut. Potion effect particles of different colors are visible around them."

See also

• Glass Bottle
• Splash Potion

External links

• Taking Inventory: Brewing Stand – Minecraft.net on October 11, 2019