Potion of Harming

A potion of Harming is a potion that provides Instant Damage when used.

Name	Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Potion of Harming	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Healing
Potion of Harming	Fermented Spider Eye + Potion of Poison
Potion of Harming II	Glowstone Dust + Potion of Harming
Splash Potion of Harming	Gunpowder + Potion of Harming
Lingering Potion of Harming	Dragon's Breath + Splash Potion of Harming

Potion type	Tier	Duration	Effect	Description
Potion	1	Instant	Instant Damage	Damages 6HP.
	2			Damages 12HP × 6 (doubles with every additional level).
Splash Potion	1			Damages 6HP.
	2			Damages 12HP × 6 (doubles with every additional level).
Lingering Potion	1			Damages 6HP.
	2			Damages 12HP × 6 (doubles with every additional level).

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Arrow of Harming	Arrow + Lingering Potion of Harming	88

A potion of Harming heals when used on undead mobs.

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Potion of Harming	potion	Item	item.minecraft.potion.effect.Harming
Splash Potion of Harming	splash_potion	Item	item.minecraft.splash_potion.effect.harming
Lingering Potion of Harming	lingering_potion	Item	item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.harming

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Potion of Harming	potion	426	Item	potion.harm.name
Splash Potion of Harming	splash_potion	561	Item	potion.harm.splash.name
Lingering Potion of Harming	lingering_potion	562	Item	potion.harm.linger.name

In Bedrock Edition:

Potion	Regular	Enhanced
Potion of Harming	23	24

Java Edition:

Normal potions use a "potion" tag inside "potion_contents" component to indicate the potion type.

Potion	Regular	Level II
Potion of Harming	harming	strong_harming

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Added potions of Harming. They can only be obtained by adding a fermented spider eye to a potion of Poison.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Added splash potions of Harming.
							Potions of Harming can now be brewed by adding a fermented spider eye to a potion of Healing.
1.3.1			12w22a				Added the potion of Harming to the Creative inventory.
1.4.2			12w38a				Added witches, which can throw splash potions of Harming to fight the player. These are projectiles and cannot be picked up.
1.7.2			13w36a				Potions of Harming can now be brewed from potions of Water Breathing and a fermented spider eye.
1.9			15w31a				Potions of Harming can no longer be brewed from potions of Water Breathing.
			15w33a				Added the lingering potion of Harming.
1.14			18w43a				Changed the textures of potions of Harming.
1.19.4			pre3				Changed color of potion of Harming.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added potions of Harming with its splash variant.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added lingering potions of Harming.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures for potions of Harming have been changed.
1.19.80			Preview 1.19.80.21				Removed the enchantment glint from potions of Harming.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.20				The textures for potions of Harming have been changed.

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 the potion of Harming with its splash variant.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added the lingering potion of Harming.
			1.90				Changed the textures of potions of Harming.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added the potion of Harming with its splash variant.
1.7.10							Added the lingering potions of Harming.

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

• Suspicious Stew
• Glass Bottle
• Medicine
• Uncraftable potion
• Dragon Fireball
• Potion of Healing
• Potion of Poison
• Wither
• Arrow of Harming
• Instant Damage

v t e Brewing
Equipment	Brewing Stand
Ingredients	Blaze Powder Breeze Rod Cobweb Dragon's Breath Fermented Spider Eye Ghast Tear Glistering Melon Slice Glowstone Dust Golden Carrot Gunpowder Magma Cream Nether Wart Phantom Membrane Pufferfish Rabbit's Foot Redstone Dust Slime Block Spider Eye Stone Sugar Turtle Shell
Bottles	Glass Water
Potions	Awkward Mundane Thick Uncraftable‌[JE only] Night Vision Invisibility Leaping Fire Resistance Swiftness Slowness Turtle Master Water Breathing Healing Harming Poison Regeneration Strength Weakness Slow Falling Wind Charging Weaving Oozing Infestation Luck‌[JE only] Decay‌[BE only] Types Potion Splash Potion Lingering Potion