How to Make Lingering Potions in Minecraft

What Are Lingering Potions?

Lingering Potions create an area-of-effect cloud when thrown. Any entity that walks through the cloud receives the potion's effect. The cloud shrinks over time, lasting about 30 seconds before disappearing. Lingering Potions are also the required ingredient for crafting Tipped Arrows.

Ingredients

Item	Quantity	Source
Dragon's Breath	1	Collected by using a Glass Bottle on the Ender Dragon's breath/fireball attack
Any Splash Potion	1-3	Brewed (potion + Gunpowder)
Blaze Powder	fuel	Crafted from Blaze Rods

Brewing Steps

1. Brew a regular potion.
2. Add Gunpowder to create a Splash Potion.
3. Add Dragon's Breath to convert the Splash Potion into a Lingering Potion.

Duration Mechanics

Lingering Potions have 25 % of the drinkable potion's duration. Each time an entity enters the cloud, it receives a short burst of the effect. The cloud starts at approximately 3 blocks radius and shrinks with each application.

Base Duration	Lingering Duration
3:00	0:45
8:00	2:00
1:30	0:22
0:45	0:11
Instant	Instant (per tick in cloud)

How to Get Dragon's Breath

During the Ender Dragon fight, the dragon periodically breathes purple acid onto the ground or shoots a fireball that creates a lingering cloud. While the purple cloud is on the ground, use an empty Glass Bottle on it (right-click) to collect Dragon's Breath. Each collection fills one bottle. Bring at least 20-30 empty bottles to the fight to stock up.

Crafting Tipped Arrows

Place one Lingering Potion in the centre of a crafting table surrounded by 8 Arrows. This produces 8 Tipped Arrows with the corresponding potion effect. Tipped Arrows are used in bows and crossbows and apply their effect on hit.

Best Uses

• Area denial: Throw Lingering Harming or Poison into chokepoints during PvP to control space.
• Tipped Arrow crafting: The primary practical reason to brew Lingering Potions. Arrows of Harming II, Healing II, and Poison are highly valued in ranged PvP.
• Trap building: Place Lingering Potions in dispensers facing a pressure plate trap for a nasty surprise.

What the cloud actually gives you

A lingering potion carries a duration scale of a quarter, which is stored on the item itself rather than worked out when it lands. Every figure below is that quarter, taken from the drinkable duration of the same potion. The cloud lingering on the floor is a separate matter: it keeps re-applying that shortened effect for as long as it hangs there, which is why a lingering potion outlasts a splash one in practice while giving less per application.

Potion	Which version	Drinkable ticks	In the cloud ticks	In the cloud on the clock
Night vision	Base	3600	901	0:45.1
Night vision	Extended	9600	2401	2:00
Invisibility	Base	3600	901	0:45.1
Invisibility	Extended	9600	2401	2:00
Leaping	Base	3600	901	0:45.1
Leaping	Extended	9600	2401	2:00
Leaping	Enhanced	1800	451	0:22.6
Fire resistance	Base	3600	901	0:45.1
Fire resistance	Extended	9600	2401	2:00
Swiftness	Base	3600	901	0:45.1
Swiftness	Extended	9600	2401	2:00
Swiftness	Enhanced	1800	451	0:22.6
Slowness	Base	1800	451	0:22.6
Slowness	Extended	4800	1201	1:00
Slowness	Enhanced	400	101	0:05.1
Turtle master	Base	400	101	0:05.1
Turtle master	Extended	800	201	0:10.1
Turtle master	Enhanced	400	101	0:05.1
Water breathing	Base	3600	901	0:45.1
Water breathing	Extended	9600	2401	2:00
Poison	Base	900	226	0:11.3
Poison	Extended	1800	451	0:22.6
Poison	Enhanced	432	109	0:05.5
Regeneration	Base	900	226	0:11.3
Regeneration	Extended	1800	451	0:22.6
Regeneration	Enhanced	450	113	0:05.7
Strength	Base	3600	901	0:45.1
Strength	Extended	9600	2401	2:00
Strength	Enhanced	1800	451	0:22.6
Weakness	Base	1800	451	0:22.6
Weakness	Extended	4800	1201	1:00
Luck	Base	6000	1501	1:15
Slow falling	Base	1800	451	0:22.6
Slow falling	Extended	4800	1201	1:00
Wind charged	Base	3600	901	0:45.1
Weaving	Base	3600	901	0:45.1
Oozing	Base	3600	901	0:45.1
Infested	Base	3600	901	0:45.1

Why a lingering cloud beats a bottle sometimes

A lingering potion trades strength for time. The lingering form applies a quarter of the drinkable duration per tick of contact, and the lingering cloud keeps doing that for as long as it sits there, so a lingering potion on a doorway is a wall that keeps working after you have walked away. That makes the lingering form the right answer for a choke point and the wrong answer for a single target in the open. A lingering potion is also the only ingredient that turns arrows into tipped arrows, eight at a time.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does the cloud last?

The cloud lasts approximately 30 seconds in total. Each time a player or mob enters it, the cloud shrinks slightly, so heavy traffic through the cloud causes it to disappear faster.

Can I re-enter the cloud for multiple applications?

Yes, but there is a short cooldown between applications. Each entity can receive the effect once per second while inside the cloud.

Is Dragon's Breath renewable?

Yes. You can resummon the Ender Dragon by placing four End Crystals on the exit portal in the End. Each fight gives you another chance to collect Dragon's Breath.

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Questions about Make Lingering Potions

What exactly is Make Lingering Potions doing here?

Lingering Potions create an area-of-effect cloud when thrown.

How much does Make Lingering Potions actually need?

The cloud shrinks over time, lasting about 30 seconds before disappearing.

What is the first step for Make Lingering Potions?

Brew a regular potion. Add Gunpowder to create a Splash Potion.

How do the choices in Make Lingering Potions compare?

For Dragon's Breath, the table on this page lists Quantity: 1, Source: Collected by using a Glass Bottle on the Ender Dragon's breath/fireball attack.