How to Make a Glass Bottle in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Craft 3 glass bottles with 3 glass blocks in a V shape: one on the middle-left, one on the middle-right, one in the bottom-center. Fill them with water to start brewing potions, or collect honey and dragon's breath with them.

What you need

3 glass (smelted from sand)

Step by step

Smelt 3 sand into 3 glass in a furnace.
Open the crafting table.
Place 1 glass in the middle-left slot.
Place 1 glass in the middle-right slot.
Place 1 glass in the bottom-center slot, completing the V.
Take the 3 glass bottles.
Use one on a water source or a filled cauldron to get a water bottle, the base of every potion.

Java vs Bedrock

The glass bottle recipe is the same in Java and Bedrock and gives 3 bottles per craft. Bottles hold water, potions, honey, and dragon's breath. In the Nether, where you cannot place water, filling bottles from a cauldron is the only way to get water bottles. Using a water bottle on dirt turns it into mud, and drinking a potion or honey returns the empty bottle for reuse.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you fill a glass bottle with water in Minecraft?

Use the empty bottle on a water source block or a water-filled cauldron. In the Nether, cauldrons are the only option since placed water evaporates.

How do you get dragon's breath in Minecraft?

Use an empty glass bottle on the purple breath clouds the Ender Dragon leaves on the ground during the fight. Dragon's breath brews lingering potions.

How do you make honey bottles?

Use an empty glass bottle on a full bee nest or beehive (honey level 5). Place a campfire underneath first to keep the bees calm.

Do glass bottles get used up?

No. Drinking a potion or honey bottle returns the empty glass bottle, so a bottle collection lasts forever. Splash and lingering potions are the exceptions; their bottles break on impact.