Cauldron

Cauldron

• Empty
• Water
• Lava
• Powder Snow

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2
Hardness	2
Luminous	Depends on contained liquid
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	11 STONE

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A cauldron is a block that can contain water, lava or powder snow and, in certain situations, collect it from the environment. In Bedrock Edition, it can also hold potions or dyed water. It also serves as a leatherworker's job site block.

Obtaining

Breaking

A cauldron can be obtained using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Regardless of the tool, when a cauldron is destroyed, its contents are lost.

Block	Cauldron
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25
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

A naturally occurring cauldron inside of a witch hut. Notice the incorrect cat skin.

A single empty cauldron is generated in each swamp hut. In Bedrock Edition, the cauldrons generated there are ¹⁄₃ to ²⁄₃ full of a random potion.

A cauldron ²⁄₃ full of water is generated in each igloo basement.

Cauldron in woodland mansion jail.

Cauldrons can be found in a few rooms inside of woodland mansions.

Two filled cauldrons can be found inside savanna, taiga, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra village tannery houses.

A single filled cauldron can be found in plains village and desert village tannery houses.

In Java Edition, three filled cauldrons can be found in plains village tannery houses.

Cauldrons can also generate in trail ruins.

Crafting

A cauldron can be crafted from iron ingots.

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot

Usage

Storage for substances

Cauldrons can hold a variety of substances. Fluids they cannot hold include milk, honey and any food items that exist in bowls; namely mushroom stew, beetroot soup, rabbit stew and suspicious stew. In Java Edition, cauldrons containing fluids are considered by the game to be separate blocks from each other and from empty cauldrons, which does not affect gameplay but does affect the commands needed to place them.

Holding water

A cauldron can be filled with water by using a water bucket on the cauldron. Once completely filled, a cauldron can be used to fill a water bucket by using an empty bucket on the cauldron; this empties the cauldron. Despite containing water, using a fish bucket on a cauldron does not fill it with water, but places water against it, meaning it does nothing to the cauldron.

A cauldron can also be filled by dumping a water bucket on the block above the cauldron. Once the water block is removed, the cauldron is filled to the full level with water.‌

In Java Edition, a cauldron can contain three levels of water. One level of water can be added to a cauldron by using a water bottle on it. One level of water can be removed from a cauldron, filling a water bottle, by using a glass bottle on it.

In Bedrock Edition, a cauldron can contain six levels of water, and using a water bottle or a bottle on a cauldron respectively adds or removes two levels from it. If there are less than two levels remaining, a bottle cannot be used to retrieve the remaining water, and it must be either replaced or removed through a method that reduces the level by one.

A cauldron slowly fills with water when rained upon, if starting empty or with some water. This happens randomly, at 5% of the rate in which snow accumulates on the ground during snowfall.

Water can be stored in a cauldron, even in the Nether. Water in a cauldron does not freeze in cold biomes.

Water in a cauldron does not absorb explosion damage; make sounds and particles; absorb fall damage; allow tridents enchanted with Riptide to activate; or damage endermen‌, striders, or blazes. Cauldrons do not deal drowning damage to mobs inside of them and fish act as if there is no water inside it. The player cannot float or swim in it, as the water is about level with the player's waist. Jumping in a cauldron does not produce any bubble or water particles.

A cauldron placed below a down-facing pointed dripstone that has a waterlogged block‌ or water source placed a block above it slowly fills with water. The same works with lava, allowing for infinite lava generation. The pointed dripstone must be within 10 blocks above the cauldron.

Attempting to add lava or potion to water empties the cauldron.‌

The water in a cauldron cannot be sucked up by a sponge, whether the sponge is touching the cauldron or not.

Applying dye to cauldron water

In Bedrock Edition, a cauldron can hold dyed water. Using a dye on a cauldron filled with water colors the water, consuming the dye. Different dyes may be added to produce mixed colors. Using any piece of leather armor, leather horse armor, or wolf armor on the cauldron dyes that item the color of the water, reducing the water in the cauldron by one level for each item dyed.

Attempting to add water, lava, powder snow, or potions to dyed water empties the cauldron.

Holding lava

Cauldron filled with lava

Cauldrons can be used to hold lava. Lava can be manually added to a cauldron using a lava bucket, and can be removed with an empty bucket. In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, when a cauldron is already filled with water, it empties the cauldron and makes an extinguishing sound.

A cauldron filled with lava emits a light level of 15, similar to lava, and burns any entity inside of it; in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, this includes mobs that do not take damage from lava like zombified piglins.

Lava inside a cauldron does not interact with water outside of the cauldron. The lava disappears upon putting water in the cauldron.

A redstone comparator with a lava cauldron behind it outputs redstone signal strength of 3.

A cauldron placed below a downward-facing pointed dripstone that has lava placed a block above it slowly fills with lava, making lava renewable.

Lava inside cauldrons does not have different height “levels” like water inside cauldrons does, and glass bottles cannot be used on a lava cauldron.

Lava inside cauldrons does not spread fires like free lava.

Holding powder snow

Powder snow is currently the only solid material that can be stored in a cauldron. A cauldron slowly fills with powder snow during snowfall, if starting empty or with any layer of powder snow already inside. Up to three‌ or six‌ layers can be filled. When the cauldron is full, interacting using a bucket creates a powder snow bucket and empties the cauldron. Entities standing in the cauldron do not take freeze damage, and entities wearing leather boots still fall through the powder snow.

A redstone comparator with a powder snow cauldron behind it outputs a redstone signal strength proportional to the fill level, up to 3.

Contrary to a cauldron filled with water, a powder snow cauldron that is not full cannot be filled up with a powder snow bucket, as using the bucket on the cauldron instead places powder snow against it.

Holding potions

In Bedrock Edition, a cauldron can hold normal potions, splash potions and lingering potions. Using a potion on a cauldron empties the potion and increases the level of the potion in the cauldron by two levels. A glass bottle can then be used on a cauldron with a potion in it, filling the bottle with that potion. This reduces the potion in the cauldron by two levels. If there is only one level of potion remaining, it cannot be retrieved using a bottle and must be either replaced or used to tip an arrow.

Using an arrow on a cauldron that contains a potion transforms the arrow into a tipped arrow with that potion effect, and reduces the potion in the cauldron by one level. Tipping multiple arrows at once can be more efficient, and it may use more than one level at once. 1 level of potion tips up to 16 arrows, 2 levels up to 32, 3 levels up to 48, and 4 levels up to a full stack of arrows, resulting in 21.33 tipped arrows per potion. The bottom three levels of a cauldron are only counted as a single level for the purposes of tipping arrows, therefore any quantity of arrows that would leave less than three levels of potion remaining when tipped empties the cauldron completely.

Attempting to put water, lava or a different potion into a cauldron with a potion causes an explosion sound, and the cauldron is emptied.

An entity that stands in a cauldron filled to any level with any potion does not receive the effect of the potion.

Using an empty bucket on a cauldron filled with any potion does nothing, as the bucket remains empty and the potion in the cauldron does not empty.

Removing dye from items

A cauldron with water can wash the dye off of leather armor, leather horse armor, wolf armor, and shulker boxes, and can remove the top-most pattern layer of a banner. This is done by pressing use on the cauldron with the leather armor, wolf armor, shulker box, or banner in hand. Each wash reduces the water in the cauldron by one level. The water does not become dyed while removing dye from objects.

Profession

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

Extinguishing fire

A cauldron with water or powder snow extinguishes entities on fire that fall into it and the entity emits black particles. This includes mobs, players, items (if they land in the cauldron before burning up), and flaming arrows‌. Flaming arrows stuck into the side are also extinguished. Entities must reach the water or powder snow in it. Each entity extinguished causes the substance in the cauldron to decrease by one level. If the cauldron is filled with powder snow, it then becomes a water cauldron.

Redstone component

An example of a cauldron used in a redstone circuit.

A cauldron can act as a power source for a redstone comparator. With a cauldron behind it (either directly, or separated by an unpowered solid block), a comparator outputs a signal strength proportional to how full the cauldron is: 0 for empty, 1 for one-third full, 2 for two-thirds full, and 3 for completely full or filled with lava. However, if there is a block between the cauldron and the comparator, the comparator does not immediately update.

Sounds

Generic

Despite being composed entirely of iron, cauldrons do not use iron sounds.

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 normal 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	0.27	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
	​Water drips	Blocks	When dripping water from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron	block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water_into_cauldron	subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water_into_cauldron​	2.0	0.9-1.0	16
	​Lava drips	Blocks	When dripping lava from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron	block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava_into_cauldron	subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava_into_cauldron​	2.0	0.9-1.0	16
	​Bucket empties	Blocks	When water from a bucket is placed in a cauldron	item.bucket.empty	subtitles.item.bucket.empty​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Bucket fills	Blocks	When water from a bucket is removed from a cauldron	item.bucket.fill	subtitles.item.bucket.fill​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Bucket empties	Blocks	When lava is placed in a cauldron	item.bucket.empty_lava	subtitles.item.bucket.empty​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Bucket fills	Blocks	When lava is removed from a cauldron	item.bucket.fill_lava	subtitles.item.bucket.fill​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Bucket empties	Blocks	When powder snow is placed in a cauldron	item.bucket.empty_powder_snow	subtitles.item.bucket.empty​	1.0	varies	16
	​Bucket fills	Blocks	When powder snow is removed from a cauldron	item.bucket.fill_powder_snow	subtitles.item.bucket.fill​	1.0	varies	16
	​Bottle empties	Blocks	When water from a bottle is placed in a cauldron	item.bottle.empty	subtitles.item.bottle.empty​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Bottle fills	Blocks	When water from a bottle is removed from a cauldron	item.bottle.fill	subtitles.item.bottle.fill​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Leatherworker works	Friendly Creatures	Randomly while a leatherworker is working	entity.villager.work_leatherworker	subtitles.entity.villager.work_leatherworker​	0.9	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When dripping water from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron	cauldron_drip.water .pointed_dripstone	2.0	0.9-1.0
	Blocks	When dripping lava from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron	cauldron_drip.lava .pointed_dripstone	2.0	0.9-1.0
	Blocks	When a different liquid is put in a cauldron with a potion	random.fizz	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When dye is added to a cauldron	cauldron.adddye	0.1	1.0
	Blocks	When armor is dyed using a cauldron	cauldron.dyearmor	0.1	1.0
	Blocks	When dye is removed from armor using a cauldron	cauldron.cleanarmor	0.1	1.0
	Blocks	When all patterns are removed from a banner using a cauldron	cauldron.cleanbanner	0.1	1.0
	Blocks	When a potion is placed in a cauldron	cauldron.fillpotion	0.1	1.0
	Blocks	When a potion is taken from a cauldron	cauldron.takepotion	0.1	1.0
	Blocks	When water from a bucket or bottle is placed in a cauldron	cauldron.fillwater	0.1	1.0
	Blocks	When water from a bucket or bottle is removed from a cauldron	cauldron.takewater	0.1	1.0
	Blocks	When lava is placed in a cauldron	bucket.empty_lava	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When lava is removed from a cauldron	bucket.fill_lava	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When powder snow is placed in a cauldron	bucket.empty_powder_snow	1.0	1.0
	Players	When powder snow is removed from a cauldron	bucket.fill_powder_snow	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Randomly while a leatherworker is working	bucket.fill_water	1.0	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
Cauldron	cauldron	Block & Item	cauldrons	block.minecraft.cauldron item.minecraft.cauldron
Lava Cauldron	lava_cauldron	Block	cauldrons	block.minecraft.lava_cauldron
Powder Snow Cauldron	powder_snow_cauldron	Block	cauldrons	block.minecraft.powder_snow_cauldron
Water Cauldron	water_cauldron	Block	cauldrons	block.minecraft.water_cauldron

Bedrock Edition:

Cauldron	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Block	cauldron	lava_cauldron	118	Block & Ungiveable Item	item.cauldron	tile.cauldron.name
Item	cauldron	None	432	Item	—	item.cauldron.name

Name	[hide]Savegame ID
Block entity	Cauldron

Block states

Java Edition:
Water cauldron and powder snow cauldron:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
level	1	1 2 3	Fullness of a cauldron, 3 is full.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
fill_level	0x1 0x2 0x4	0	0 1 2 3 4 5 6	0 1 2 3 4 5 6	Fullness of a cauldron, 0 is empty and 6 is full.
cauldron_liquid	0x8	water	water	0	The cauldron contains water, potions, or is empty.
			lava	1	The cauldron contains lava.
			powder_snow	Unsupported [sic]	The cauldron contains powder snow.

Block data

In Bedrock Edition, a cauldron has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

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
		Tie Dye Outfit	Use a cauldron to dye all 4 unique pieces of leather armor.	—	15	Bronze

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Cauldrons are present in the code, but are not assigned to a block ID (and thus are unobtainable without mods (archived link: [1])).
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Cauldrons have been given a block ID, an item ID, and a crafting recipe.
1.2.1			12w06a				Cauldrons have now become renewable, due to zombies sometimes dropping iron ingots.
1.4.2			12w40a				Empty cauldrons can now be found in witch huts.
1.5			13w02a				The walls inside of the cauldron now use the bottom texture, and the cauldron now has no bottom.
			13w02b				Fixed the model error from 13w02a.
1.8			14w03a				Cauldrons now appear completely opaque.
			14w03b				Cauldrons now render as normal again.
			14w06a				Cauldrons now have extra planes inside the feet. Additionally, cauldrons now appear solid, meaning water placed into them no longer appears translucent.
			14w10a				The cauldron's feet now have planes on all sides.
1.11			16w39a				Cauldrons now generate naturally in jail cells in woodland mansions.
July 19, 2017							Jeb tweets image of a new jungle planks, cauldron and dandelion textures.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of cauldrons have been changed.
			18w48a				Cauldrons now generate in the updated plains villages.
			18w49a				Cauldrons now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy tundra villages.
			18w50a				Cauldrons now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
			19w03a				The numerous missing cullface arguments for the cauldron have been fixed.
			19w11a				Cauldrons now serve as leatherworker villagers' job site block.
			19w13a				The cauldron's hitbox has been fixed.
1.17			20w45a				Filled cauldrons no longer work as a workstation for villagers.
			20w48a				Cauldrons can now collect water and lava dripped by pointed dripstone.
			21w11a				Lava buckets and powder snow buckets can now be emptied into any filled cauldron.
			21w13a				Filled cauldrons work again as a workstation for villagers.
1.20			23w12a				Cauldrons now generate in trail ruins.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0			build 1				Added cauldrons.
							Cauldrons are generated naturally in witch huts.
v0.15.0			build 1				Cauldrons can now be moved by pistons.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Cauldrons now generate naturally in woodland mansions, their fullness status is unknown.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of cauldrons have been changed.
							Cauldrons now generate in tannery houses in villages.
1.16.0			?				The lighting of cauldrons has been changed.
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.50				Cauldrons can now collect water and lava dripped by pointed dripstone.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Powder snow buckets can now be emptied into cauldrons.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.22				Cauldrons now generate in trail ruins.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.24				Cauldrons drop themselves only if mined using a pickaxe, matching Java Edition.
[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 cauldrons.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Empty cauldrons can now be found in witch huts.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Cauldrons now generate naturally in jail cells in woodland mansions.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Water in a cauldron can now be dyed.
							Armor can be dyed in a cauldron filled with dyed water.
							Cauldrons can no longer be moved by pistons.
TU62	CU52	1.66	1.66	1.66	Patch 31	1.0.12	Cauldrons can once again be moved by pistons.
			1.90				The textures of cauldrons have been changed.
			1.91				Cauldrons now generate in tannery houses in villages.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added cauldrons.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 118, and the item's was 380.
1.17			20w45a				Normal and water cauldrons have been split into different blocks.

Water cauldron

[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				If made to work with a mod, cauldrons can be filled with a water bucket.
							Cauldron water transparency appears inconsistent depending on hardware.
1.3.1			12w22a				Cauldrons can now be filled with water, if placed outside during rain or a thunderstorm.
1.4.2			12w34a				Holding a piece of dyed leather armor and right-clicking a water-filled cauldron now washes away all dyes applied to the leather armor.
1.5			13w02a				The walls inside of the cauldron now use the bottom texture, and the cauldron now has no bottom.
			13w02b				Fixed the model error from 13w02a.
1.6.1			13w18a				When used with a redstone comparator, cauldrons now output a signal varying in strength according to the amount of water inside.
1.7.2			13w43a				Cauldrons now extinguish burning entities.
1.8			14w10a				The cauldron's feet now have planes on all sides.
			14w30a				Right-clicking a non-empty cauldron with a banner now removes the top-most pattern layer.
1.9			15w43a				A cauldron now generates within igloo basements, 2⁄3 full.
			15w44a				A full cauldron can now be emptied with a bucket, filling the bucket with water.
1.11			16w32a				When a cauldron washes a dyed item (leather armor or banner), it reduces its water level by 1.
			16w33a				A water bottle is now able to add 1 water level to a cauldron.
1.13			18w10d				Shulker boxes can now be undyed in a cauldron.
			18w15a				Water in cauldrons is now white colored.
			18w20b				Cauldron water is now colored again, depending on the biome.
							This currently affects ocean temperature variants and swamps.
							Swampland M water has a yellowish color while in a cauldron.
			pre3				Swampland M water now has the same water color in cauldrons as regular swamps.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of cauldrons have been changed.
			19w03a				The numerous missing cullface arguments for the water cauldron have been fixed.
1.17			20w45a				Normal and water cauldrons have been split into different blocks, making filled cauldrons no longer work as a workstation for villagers.
							This also means that any structures before this snapshot that have cauldron(s) fill with water no longer generate(s) cauldron. Instead, water cauldron(s) generate.
							Using a banner on a cauldron to remove the top-most pattern layer now reduces the water level of the cauldron, even in creative mode.
			21w13a				Filled cauldrons work again as a workstation for villagers.
1.20.2			23w31a				The speed of rain filling cauldrons with water is now affected by the game rule randomTickSpeed.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0			build 1				Added water cauldrons.
							Water color in cauldrons can be changed by adding dyes.
							Cauldrons can be used to dye and strip dye from leather armor.
v0.15.0			build 1				Cauldrons can now be used to dye and strip dye from leather horse armor.
							Water cauldrons can now be moved by pistons.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Cauldrons now generate naturally in igloo basements.
							Cauldrons now extinguish burning entities.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of cauldrons have been changed.
1.17.30			beta 1.17.20.23				Dyed water cauldrons can no longer be filled with their respective liquid by water dripped from pointed dripstone if they aren't already full.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.20				Water in cauldrons now looks like lava.
1.20.10			Preview 1.20.10.20				Cauldron water now uses the correct texture.
1.20.80			Preview 1.20.80.20				Cauldrons can now be used to dye and strip dye from wolf armor.
[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 water cauldrons.
TU12							Water is no longer removed from a water bucket when filling a cauldron in creative mode.
TU14		1.04					Cauldrons fill with water if placed outside during rain or a thunderstorm.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Cauldrons with water in them extinguish burning entities, taking away one water level each time.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Using a non-empty cauldron with a banner now removes the top-most pattern layer.
							A cauldron now generates within igloo basements, 2⁄3 full.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		A full cauldron can now be emptied with a bucket, filling the bucket with water.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added cauldrons.
							Water color in cauldrons can be changed by adding dyes.
							Cauldrons can be used to dye leather armor.

Lava cauldron

[hide]Java Edition
1.17			20w45a				Cauldrons can now be filled with lava.
			21w20a				Lava cauldrons now emits redstone signal strength of 3.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.2				Cauldrons can now be filled with lava.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of cauldrons filled with lava has been changed.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
			1.88				Cauldrons can now be filled with lava.
			1.90				The texture of cauldrons filled with lava has been changed.

Powder snow cauldron

[hide]Java Edition
1.17			20w46a				Cauldrons can now be filled with powder snow.
1.17.1			Pre-release 1				Powder snow now fills twice as fast in a cauldron.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Cauldrons can now be filled with powder snow.

Potion cauldron

[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Cauldrons are intended to be used for the creation of potions.
							Cauldrons can be made to work with a mod, through which the following has been revealed: Applying a potion ingredient to a water cauldron cause it to change to a differently-colored lava texture, and adding any further potion ingredients to the filled cauldron cause the liquid to change color. Scooping out a potion with ingredients applied cause the potion to have an effect related to the ingredient, e.g. a potion brewed with a magma cream have Fire Resistance as an effect.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				The system was deemed too complex and not user-friendly, so the cauldron's ability to brew potions has been replaced with the brewing stand. That brewing system is finalized and doesn't change in the rest of the pre-releases.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0			build 1				Cauldrons can store potions, and explode if potions are mixed.
v0.15.0			build 1				Cauldrons are now used to make tipped arrows.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of cauldrons filled with potions have been changed.
1.17.30			beta 1.17.20.23				Potion cauldrons can no longer be filled with their respective liquid by water dripped from pointed dripstone if they aren't already full.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Cauldrons can now be filled with potions and make an explosion sound if they are mixed.
							Effects can now be applied to arrows by using them on a potion-filled cauldron.
			1.90				The textures of cauldrons filled with potions have been changed.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Cauldrons can store potions.
							Cauldrons make an explosion sound if potions are mixed, and the potions disappear.
							Potions inside cauldrons have a bubbling effect.

Issues

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

Trivia

• The inside of a cauldron is 0.25 (¹⁄₄) blocks tall.

Gallery

Renders

Normal water

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  Level 1

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  Level 2

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  Level 3 - full

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  Level 1 (Bedrock Edition)

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  Level 2 (Bedrock Edition)

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  Level 3 - full (Bedrock Edition)

Dyed water

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  White water cauldron

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  Light gray water cauldron

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  Gray water cauldron

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  Black water cauldron

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  Brown water cauldron

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  Red water cauldron

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  Orange water cauldron

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  Yellow water cauldron

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  Lime water cauldron

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  Green water cauldron

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  Cyan water cauldron

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  Light blue water cauldron

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  Blue water cauldron

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  Purple water cauldron

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  Magenta water cauldron

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  Pink water cauldron

Cauldrons filled with potions

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  Night Vision potion cauldron

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  Invisibility potion cauldron

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  Leaping potion cauldron

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  Fire Resistance potion cauldron

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  Swiftness potion cauldron

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  Slowness potion cauldron

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  Turtle Master potion cauldron

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  Water Breathing potion cauldron

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  Healing potion cauldron

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  Harming potion cauldron

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  Poison potion cauldron

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  Regeneration potion cauldron

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  Strength potion cauldron

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  Weakness potion cauldron

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  Slow Falling potion cauldron

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  Decay potion cauldron

Powder snow

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  Level 1

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  Level 2

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  Level 3 - full

Screenshots

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  All cauldron states in Java Edition.

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  All potions in cauldrons.‌

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  All cauldron water colors possible with one dye.‌

Mojang screenshots

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  Cauldrons filled with dyed water.

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  A cauldron filled with potions.

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  Using a cauldron to make tipped arrows.

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  Using a cauldron to make tipped arrows.

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  Using a cauldron to make tipped arrows.

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  A cauldron full of snow.

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  A cauldron.

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  A sample of cauldrons.

Development images

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  How potions were brewed in Beta 1.9 Pre-Release 2 if enabled through a mod.

External links

• "Cauldron" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, November 25, 2024.