Potion of Weakness
Quick answer: Water bottle + fermented spider eye (NO nether wart needed). Weakness - reduces melee attack damage.
Effect
Weakness - reduces melee attack damage.
Recipe
Water bottle
+
fermented spider eye
Potion of Weakness
+ redstone → longer+ glowstone → level II+ gunpowder → splash+ dragon's breath → lingering
| Step | Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Base | Water Bottle directly - the only useful potion that skips the Awkward stage |
| Effect | Water bottle + fermented spider eye (NO nether wart needed) |
| Duration | 1:30 (4:00 extended) |
Variants
Extended (4:00) with redstone. No level II.
Best uses
- Curing zombie villagers: splash Weakness + golden apple starts the conversion - the foundation of every trading hall
- Nerfing a ravager or vindicator's melee in a pinch
- PvP support splash
Edition notes
In Java, brew a fermented spider eye straight into a water bottle. Bedrock also accepts it on awkward, mundane and thick potions, and corrupts Strength II into Weakness. Keep some ready when a zombie villager shows up: Weakness plus a golden apple cures it. Added in 1.0.0 (Beta 1.9-pre2).