How to Make a Speed Potion in Minecraft

Ingredients

Item	Quantity	Source
Sugar	1	Crafted from Sugar Cane
Nether Wart	1	Nether Fortress stairwells
Blaze Powder	fuel	Crafted from Blaze Rods
Glass Bottle	1-3	Crafted from Glass

Brewing Chain

1. Fill Glass Bottles with water to get the Water Bottles a batch of Swiftness starts from.
2. Add Nether Wart to brew the Awkward Potions that Swiftness needs as a base.
3. Add Sugar to produce Potion of Swiftness (3:00).

Variants

Variant	Modifier	Effect	Duration
Potion of Swiftness	-	Speed (+20 % movement)	3:00
Potion of Swiftness (Extended)	Redstone Dust	Speed (+20 %)	8:00
Potion of Swiftness II	Glowstone Dust	Speed II (+40 %)	1:30
Splash Potion of Swiftness	Gunpowder	Speed (throwable)	2:15
Lingering Potion of Swiftness	Dragon's Breath on Splash	Speed (area cloud)	0:45

Splash and Lingering Swiftness

Add Gunpowder to a finished Swiftness potion to create a Splash Potion of Swiftness you can throw. A splash Swiftness affects every entity within a small radius on impact, and the Swiftness it applies is at full strength where the bottle lands, dropping away with distance until it is nothing four blocks out. Add Dragon's Breath to a Splash Potion of Swiftness to create a Lingering Potion of Swiftness, which leaves an area-of-effect cloud of Swiftness on the ground. A lingering Swiftness cloud applies a quarter of the drinkable duration each time it touches you, and it keeps applying that Swiftness for as long as the cloud sits there.

Best Uses

• Travel: The extended 8-minute version is ideal for long overworld journeys, covering far more ground than sprinting alone.
• PvP: Speed II gives a decisive edge in chases and kiting. Combine with Strength for aggressive plays.
• Exploration: Use Swiftness when raiding Ocean Monuments alongside Water Breathing, or when clearing Trial Chambers quickly.

• Long-distance travel: The 8-minute extended version covers huge distances at +20 % speed. If you sprint on top of Speed, your effective speed increase is roughly +56 % compared to walking.
• PvP chasing and kiting: Speed II gives a decisive advantage in melee fights and lets you disengage from unfavourable encounters.
• Nether travel: Since one block in the Nether equals eight blocks in the Overworld, Speed potions in the Nether multiply your effective Overworld travel speed dramatically.
• Corruption to Slowness: Adding a Fermented Spider Eye produces a Potion of Slowness, useful for debuffing enemies in PvP or slowing mobs for trap setups.

Speed in exact numbers

Speed works the opposite way to Strength: instead of a flat number it moves your movement speed by twenty percent of the total per level, so Speed II is forty percent and it scales with anything else already affecting you. That is why a Speed II potion under Soul Speed boots feels different from a Speed II potion on flat stone, and why the effect is worth more the faster you already are.

Speed: what was checked	Value in Java 26.2
What Speed applies	Speed, counted as a beneficial effect
Speed base duration	3600 ticks (3:00)
What Speed changes	movement speed by +20 % of the total, per level
Speed particle colour	#33EBFF, stored as 3402751
Extended Speed with Redstone Dust	9600 ticks (8:00)
Speed II with Glowstone Dust	1800 ticks (1:30) at amplifier 1
Splash Speed at the point of impact	3600 ticks (3:00), the whole drinkable clock
Splash Speed one block away	2701 ticks (2:15.1); distance eats the rest, down to nothing at four blocks
Lingering Speed cloud	901 ticks (0:45.1), one quarter, re-applied while the cloud sits there
Tipped arrow of Speed	451 ticks (0:22.6), one eighth, spread across the eight arrows you craft
Brewing Speed	Sugar on an Awkward Potion
Speed turns into	the Slowness potion, with a Fermented Spider Eye

What Speed changes about a chase

Speed is a share and not a step, so Speed rewards whatever you were already doing. Speed at 20 percent of your total puts you ahead of a zombie at 0.23 and a ravager at 0.35, but not ahead of a big slime at 0.6 or a vex at 0.7, and Speed II at 40 percent does not fix that either. On ice, in a boat lane or with Soul Speed boots, the same bottle of Speed is worth more, because all of it multiplies the same total. Drink Speed to close a gap or to leave a bad fight, and do not expect Speed to outrun the two mobs on this site that are genuinely faster than you.

Brewing Chain (alternative approach)

1. Fill Glass Bottles with water to get Water Bottles.
2. Add Nether Wart to brew Awkward Potions.
3. Add Sugar to produce Potion of Swiftness (3:00).

The Potion of Swiftness grants the Speed status effect. "Swiftness" is the potion name; "Speed" is the effect name. They are the same thing.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Speed stack with sprinting?

Yes. The Speed effect is a multiplier on your base movement speed. Sprinting adds its own 30 % boost on top, so Speed II plus sprinting gives roughly +82 % total speed increase.

What is the difference between Swiftness and Speed?

The potion is called "Potion of Swiftness" and the status effect it grants is called "Speed." They refer to the same thing.

Can I corrupt Swiftness into another potion?

Yes. Adding a Fermented Spider Eye to a Potion of Swiftness creates a Potion of Slowness.

How much faster is Speed, exactly?

Twenty percent of your total movement speed per level, applied as a share rather than a fixed number. Speed II is forty percent, and because it works on the total it stacks with anything else already moving you, which is why the same potion feels stronger on ice or with Depth Strider than it does on flat stone.

How long does Speed last in ticks?

3600 ticks at base, 9600 with Redstone Dust, and 1800 for Speed II. The particle colour is stored as 3402751, which is the pale blue you see trailing behind a sprinting player who drank one.

Does Speed affect swimming and climbing?

Speed increases horizontal movement speed including swimming speed. It does not affect vertical climbing on ladders or vines.

Can I stack multiple Speed potions?

No. Drinking a second Speed potion while one is already active resets the duration to the new potion's timer but does not stack the effect levels. Speed II replaces Speed I.

What is the fastest possible player speed?

Speed II + sprinting + soul speed on an ice highway in the Nether is one of the fastest achievable vanilla speeds. For raw running, Speed II with sprinting reaches about 7.14 m/s compared to the base 4.317 m/s walking speed.

Questions about Make a Speed Potion

Why would you set up Make a Speed Potion at all?

Fill Glass Bottles with water to get the Water Bottles a batch of Swiftness starts from.

What should Make a Speed Potion measure out at?

Travel: The extended 8-minute version is ideal for long overworld journeys, covering far more ground than sprinting alone.

What separates the options in Make a Speed Potion?

For Sugar, the table on this page lists Quantity: 1, Source: Crafted from Sugar Cane.

What goes wrong with Make a Speed Potion?

Drink Speed to close a gap or to leave a bad fight, and do not expect Speed to outrun the two mobs on this site that are genuinely faster than you.