How to Make a Cauldron in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Craft a cauldron with 7 iron ingots in a U shape: fill the left and right columns and the bottom row. It stores water, lava, and powder snow, washes dye off items, and it is the leatherworker villager's job site block.

What you need

7 iron ingots

Step by step

Smelt iron ore until you have 7 iron ingots.
Open the crafting table.
Fill the left column and right column with 3 ingots each.
Place the last ingot in the bottom-center slot to close the U.
Take the cauldron.
Fill it with a water bucket, lava bucket, or powder snow bucket, or leave it in the rain to collect water slowly. Use it to wash dye off leather armor and shulker boxes, strip the top layer off a banner, or extinguish yourself when burning.

Java vs Bedrock

The recipe is the same in Java and Bedrock, but Bedrock cauldrons can also hold potions and dyed water, and dipping arrows into a potion cauldron is the cheapest way to make tipped arrows there. In both editions, a cauldron under pointed dripstone slowly refills with water or lava, which makes lava renewable since 1.17.

Versions: javabedrock

Frequently asked questions

What does a cauldron do in Minecraft?

It stores one bucket of water, lava, or powder snow, removes dye from leather armor, shulker boxes, and banners, puts out fire on entities, and collects water or lava from rain and pointed dripstone.

Can a cauldron hold lava?

Yes, in both editions. A cauldron placed under pointed dripstone with a lava source above slowly refills, giving infinite lava for fuel.

What is the difference between Java and Bedrock cauldrons?

In Bedrock, cauldrons can hold potions and dyed water and can tip arrows with potion effects. In Java they only hold water, lava, and powder snow.

Which villager uses the cauldron?

The leatherworker. It trades leather armor, saddles, and leather horse armor.