The Night Vision Potion: Uses and Crafting

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The night vision potion in Minecraft allows you to see clearly even in total darkness or underwater.

It lasts 3 minutes by default, Where 8 minutes in Java Edition with redstone powder.

To make it, you'll need a water vial, a wart from Nether and an golden carrot.

What is the Night Vision Potion used for in Minecraft ?

The night vision potion gives you day vision, even in total darkness. It works in caves, at night on the surface, and underwater. It’s one of the game’s most useful effects for exploring without torches.

Specifically, here are the situations in which this potion makes all the difference:

  • Exploration of deep caves : You can spot mobs and resources without placing a single torch.
  • Night Battle : You can see the creatures from a distance before they attack you.
  • Underwater Exploration : Night vision eliminates the foggy effect caused by water. If you're also looking to breathe underwater, there are other solutions in Minecraft.
  • Exploration from Nether and the’End : the dark areas become perfectly legible.

The effect of night vision lasts 3 minutes in its basic form. With redstone powder, you can extend it to 8 minutes by Java Edition and 6 minutes in Bedrock Edition.

Ingredients for Making a Night Vision Potion

To make a night vision potion in Minecraft, you'll need these ingredients:

  • 1 vial of water
  • 1 wart on the Nether
  • 1 golden carrot
  • Blaze powder (distillation fuel)

The wart on the Nether is obtained in the Nether, in fortresses or bastions. It’s essential: it’s what turns your vial of water into strange potion, the base ingredient for almost all potions.

The golden carrot It is crafted on a workbench using 1 gold nugget surrounded by 8 gold nuggets. It can also be found in the chests of blacksmith villages or manors.

The powder of blaze is obtained by killing monsters in the Nether. These mobs drop blaze sticks, which you can turn into powder at the crafting table.

How to Make a Night Vision Potion in Minecraft ?

Before you brew your night vision potion, you'll need two items: vials and a still.

Making Vials

Vials are crafted using 3 glass blocks on the workbench. Here is the layout:

Craft an empty vial on the workbench in Minecraft
Crafting an empty vial on the workbench in Minecraft ©Antonin for Alucare.fr

Once you've crafted them, fill them by right-clicking on a water block or a cauldron filled with water. You'll get vials of water that are ready to use.

Building the still

The still is the essential item for brewing all your potions in Minecraft. Without it, it's impossible to make a night-vision potion.

Ingredients : 3 stones and 1 blaze stick. Here is the layout on the workbench:

Craft a still using blaze sticks in Minecraft
Crafted in the still using blaze sticks in Minecraft ©Antonin for Alucare.fr

Place the still in your base and right-click to open its interface. You can brew up to 3 potions at the same time. Place the blaze powder in the designated slot to power it:

Placing the blaze powder in the Minecraft still
Placing the blaze powder in the Minecraft still ©Antonin for Alucare.fr

Recipe for the Night Vision Potion (3 minutes)

Here are the steps to get your night vision potion Basic:

  1. Place your vials of water in the three slots at the bottom of the still.
  2. Add the wart from the Nether in the top slot. Wait until the arrow is completely white.
  3. You get a strange potion.
Nether Wart in the still for the strange potion
Nether Wart in the still for the strange potion ©Antonin for Alucare.fr
  • Leave the strange potion where it is. Then add the golden carrot to the top slot.
Golden carrot added to the still Minecraft
Golden carrot added to the Minecraft still ©Antonin for Alucare.fr

Wait until the brewing is complete. You'll receive a night vision potion that lasts 3 minutes.

Upgrade the Night Vision Potion

There are three ways to improve your night vision potion in Minecraft.

Long-Lasting Night Vision Potion

Add some redstone powder to your potion in the still.

The duration then increases to 8 minutes in Java Edition and 6 minutes away by Bedrock Edition. This is the most commonly used version for long exploration sessions.

Disposable Night Vision Potion

Would you rather throw your potion instead of drinking it? Add some gunpowder in the still. You get a single-use potion, also known as splash potion of night vision in the game

This disposable night vision potion is handy for casting a spell on your allies with a single throw. Gunpowder turns any potion into a disposable version.

Persistent Night Vision Potion

Add some dragon's breath a single-use night vision potion. You get a long-lasting potion, also known as lingering potion of night vision.

When cast, it creates a cloud on the ground that applies the effect to anyone who steps into it.

This is useful for protecting an area or helping multiple players at the same time. You can obtain the dragon's breath by collecting the breath spat out by the dragon from the’End with an empty vial.

How to Get the Night Vision Potion Some Other Way

You can find night vision potions without having to craft them. Here are some alternative sources:

  • Boxes structures: some village, fortress, or bastion vaults contain them.
  • Barter with wandering wizards or other NPCs in certain versions of the game.
  • Booty of fight against witches, who sometimes drop potions.

These sources are unreliable. Making your own night vision potion is always more reliable.

Use the Night Vision Potion as an ingredient

The night vision potion also serves as a base for making the invisibility potion. Just add a fermented spider eye to the still along with your night vision potion.

Fermented spider eye is obtained by combining a spider eye, sugar, and a brown mushroom on the workbench. It is the ingredient that transforms certain positive effects into negative or alternative effects in Minecraft.

Summary Table of Night Vision Potions

Version Added ingredient Duration / Effect
Basic Potion Golden carrot 3 minutes
Long-Lasting Potion Redstone Powder 8 min (Java) / 6 min (Bedrock)
Disposable Potion Gunpowder Night Vision to be cast on allies
Long-Lasting Potion Dragon's breath Cloud on the ground, mixed reactions

You have now mastered all versions of the night vision potion in Minecraft. You can also check out the other useful potions in the game:

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Minecraft

Released on : November 18, 2011

Developed by : Markus Persson, Mojang Studios

Edited by : Mojang Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Xbox Game Studios

Available on : PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox

Genres : Multiplayer