How To Make Potion Of Infestation: A Step‑by‑Step Guide
If you’ve ever wondered how to craft the elusive Potion of Infestation in Minecraft, you’re in the right place. This article breaks down everything you need—from gathering the right ingredients to the exact brewing process—so you can add this powerful potion to your arsenal without any guesswork.
What Is a Potion of Infestation?
The Potion of Infestation is a splash potion that, when thrown, spawns a swarm of hostile mobs (usually silverfish) at the point of impact. It’s especially useful for crowd control in PvP arenas, mob farms, and adventure maps where you need a quick way to overwhelm opponents or create distraction.
Required Materials
Before you start brewing, collect the following items. All of them can be found in the Overworld without the need for special biomes.
- Water Bottles – Fill glass bottles with water from any water source.
- Nether Wart – Grown on soul sand in the Nether; this is the base ingredient for any potion.
- Fermented Spider Eye – Crafted by combining a spider eye, brown mushroom, and sugar.
- Glowstone Dust (optional) – Increases the potion’s potency, turning it into a splash potion.
- Gunpowder – Required if you want a splash version directly from the brewing stand.
Preparing the Ingredients
- Gather nether wart by exploring the Nether. Plant it on soul sand to ensure a steady supply.
- Obtain a spider eye from any spider, then combine it with a brown mushroom and sugar in the crafting grid to create a fermented spider eye.
- Collect glowstone dust from glowstone blocks in the Nether if you prefer a stronger effect.
- Harvest gunpowder from creepers or craft it from blaze powder and gunpowder if you already have a splash potion base.
Brewing the Potion
Follow these precise steps to brew a Potion of Infestation:
- Place a brewing stand on a solid block and fill it with blaze powder as fuel.
- Insert up to three water bottles into the three lower slots of the brewing stand.
- Add nether wart to the top slot. Wait for the brewing process to finish; the bottles will turn into Awkward Potions.
- Replace the nether wart with a fermented spider eye. Brew again, and the Awkward Potions will become Potion of Infestation.
- To make the potion throwable, add gunpowder to the top slot and brew once more. This converts the potion into a splash version.
- If you want a stronger splash effect, replace the gunpowder with glowstone dust in step five. This creates a Potion of Infestation (Enhanced), which has a larger radius of effect.
