Glass Bottle

Glass Bottle

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A glass bottle is an item that can hold water, potions, honey, or dragon's breath.

Glass bottles can be obtained by crafting, drinking from bottles, or from witch drops.

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	17.87%	0.29	0–9	21.98%	0.43	0–12	23.98%	0.57	0–15	24.64%	0.71

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	4964⁄27783	2⁄7	0–9	48845⁄222264	3⁄7	0–12	426371⁄1778112	4⁄7	0–15	1478609⁄6001128	5⁄7

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	0	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	173419⁄222264 (78.02%)	1351741⁄1778112 (76.02%)	4522519⁄6001128 (75.36%)
		1	86⁄1029 (8.36%)	2993⁄37044 (8.08%)	3923⁄65856 (5.96%)	26329⁄666792 (3.95%)
		2	800⁄9261 (8.64%)	3095⁄37044 (8.35%)	2285⁄28224 (8.10%)	33251⁄500094 (6.65%)
		3	157⁄27783 (0.57%)	10211⁄222264 (4.59%)	3145⁄49392 (6.37%)	17023⁄250047 (6.81%)
		4	1⁄343 (0.29%)	52⁄9261 (0.56%)	311⁄12096 (2.57%)	87337⁄2000376 (4.37%)
		5	1⁄9261 (0.01%)	1⁄343 (0.29%)	115⁄21952 (0.52%)	12239⁄666792 (1.84%)
		6	1⁄27783 (0.00%)	185⁄222264 (0.08%)	2729⁄889056 (0.31%)	28289⁄6001128 (0.47%)
		7	0	1⁄12348 (0.01%)	235⁄197568 (0.12%)	2113⁄666792 (0.32%)
		8	0	1⁄37044 (0.00%)	19⁄65856 (0.03%)	1063⁄666792 (0.16%)
		9	0	1⁄222264 (0.00%)	1⁄16464 (0.01%)	3539⁄6001128 (0.06%)
		10	0	0	13⁄592704 (0.00%)	113⁄666792 (0.02%)
		11	0	0	1⁄197568 (0.00%)	103⁄2000376 (0.01%)
		12	0	0	1⁄1778112 (0.00%)	11⁄500094 (0.00%)
		13	0	0	0	1⁄142884 (0.00%)
		14	0	0	0	1⁄666792 (0.00%)
		15	0	0	0	1⁄6001128 (0.00%)
		Average	2⁄7 (0.29)	3⁄7 (0.43)	4⁄7 (0.57)	5⁄7 (0.71)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	3.50	2.33	1.75	1.40

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	17.87%	0.29	0–9	17.87%	0.38	0–12	17.87%	0.48	0–15	17.87%	0.57

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	4964⁄27783	2⁄7	0–9	4964⁄27783	8⁄21	0–12	4964⁄27783	10⁄21	0–15	4964⁄27783	4⁄7

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	0	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)
		1	86⁄1029 (8.36%)	43⁄1029 (4.18%)	43⁄2058 (2.09%)	43⁄3087 (1.39%)
		2	800⁄9261 (8.64%)	223⁄2646 (8.43%)	4657⁄74088 (6.29%)	997⁄23814 (4.19%)
		3	157⁄27783 (0.57%)	9913⁄222264 (4.46%)	113329⁄1778112 (6.37%)	337177⁄6001128 (5.62%)
		4	1⁄343 (0.29%)	157⁄37044 (0.42%)	4649⁄197568 (2.35%)	1369⁄31752 (4.31%)
		5	1⁄9261 (0.01%)	71⁄24696 (0.29%)	523⁄148176 (0.35%)	4651⁄285768 (1.63%)
		6	1⁄27783 (0.00%)	22⁄27783 (0.08%)	397⁄148176 (0.27%)	157⁄55566 (0.28%)
		7	0	5⁄74088 (0.01%)	37⁄32928 (0.11%)	4751⁄2000376 (0.24%)
		8	0	1⁄37044 (0.00%)	73⁄296352 (0.02%)	919⁄666792 (0.14%)
		9	0	1⁄222264 (0.00%)	1⁄21168 (0.00%)	1583⁄3000564 (0.05%)
		10	0	0	1⁄49392 (0.00%)	29⁄222264 (0.01%)
		11	0	0	1⁄197568 (0.00%)	71⁄2000376 (0.00%)
		12	0	0	1⁄1778112 (0.00%)	1⁄55566 (0.00%)
		13	0	0	0	13⁄2000376 (0.00%)
		14	0	0	0	1⁄666792 (0.00%)
		15	0	0	0	1⁄6001128 (0.00%)
		Average	2⁄7 (0.29)	8⁄21 (0.38)	10⁄21 (0.48)	4⁄7 (0.57)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	3.50	2.62	2.10	1.75

This section describes content that is currently in development.

 

This content has appeared in development versions for Third Drop 2026, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition 26.3
Glass Bottle	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1–4	27.5% { "item": "Glass Bottle", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.2747977375984192, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }
		Barrel	1–3	35.5% { "item": "Glass Bottle", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.35542388369628897, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Barrel" }
Bedrock Edition 26.50
Glass Bottle	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1–4	27.5% { "item": "Glass Bottle", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.2747977375984192, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }
		Barrel	1–3	33.6% { "item": "Glass Bottle", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.3358200203334857, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Barrel" }

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Glass	3

Drinking a potion or honey bottle returns the empty glass bottle. Throwing a splash potion or a lingering potion does not return a glass bottle, but brewing a lingering potion gives back a glass bottle.

Using a water bottle, splash water bottle or lingering water bottle on dirt, coarse dirt, or rooted dirt transform it into a mud block, at the same time leaving the player with an empty glass bottle.

Using a water bottle (or, in Bedrock Edition, a potion, splash potion, or lingering potion) on a cauldron that is not yet full adds that liquid to the cauldron, leaving the player with an empty glass bottle.

Glass bottles can be filled to make water bottles, which can then be brewed into potions in a brewing stand.

A bottle may be filled with water by holding it in the hand and using it on a water source block or a cauldron that has water in it. It can also be filled using a waterlogged block.‌^{[Java Edition only][1]}

Also, a bottle may be filled by powering a dispenser containing a bottle and pointed at a water source block. This does not work with cauldrons.^[2]

If filled via a water source, the water is unaffected. If filled via a cauldron, ¹⁄₃ of the water in the cauldron is removed. Therefore, using a cauldron to fill water bottles is inefficient, except in the Nether where it is normally the only way to fill bottles.

In Bedrock Edition, a bottle may be filled with potion by using it on a cauldron containing potion. When the bottle is filled, ¹⁄₃ of the cauldron's potion is removed.

If a bee nest or beehive is full, the player can use a glass bottle on the block, or may power a dispenser that contains a bottle and is pointed at the block, which empties the block and creates a honey bottle. Honey bottles can also be emptied by using them in crafting recipes (such as sugar or honey block). However, a lingering potion use on tipped arrow recipe does not give the bottle back.

Using a glass bottle in cloud emitted when the ender dragon breathes or shoots a dragon fireball fills the bottle with dragon's breath.

When put 2 or more dragon's breath in the brewing stand, after the brewing process, a glass bottle drops as an entity. However, if put only 1 dragon's breath in the brewing stand, after the brewing process, the glass bottle is consumed and cannot be retrieved.^[3]​^{[until: JE 26.3]}

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Cleric	Expert	67%	50%	9 × Glass Bottle	Emerald	12	30	0.05

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Honey Bottle	Glass Bottle + Honey Block	4

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Glass Bottle	glass_bottle	Item	item.minecraft.glass_bottle

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Glass Bottle	glass_bottle	427	Item	item.glass_bottle.name

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Bee our guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Bottle without aggravating the bees.	—	15	Bronze
		Local Brewery	Brew a potion.	Pick up a potion from a brewing stand potion slot. An already-created potion placed and removed qualifies.	15	Bronze
		You Need a Mint	Collect dragons [sic] breath in a glass bottle	Have a dragon's breath bottle in your inventory.	30	Silver

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Local Brewery	Brew a Potion	Take a potion, splash potion, lingering potion, or water bottle from a brewing stand potion slot.
	You Need a Mint	Collect Dragon's Breath in a Glass Bottle	Have a bottle of dragon's breath in the inventory.
	Bee Our Guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Glass Bottle without aggravating the Bees	Use a glass bottle on a beehive or bee nest while not angering the bees inside.

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Added glass bottles.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Glass bottles have been given their sole function of picking up water for the brewing of potions.
1.4.2			12w38b				Witches now have a chance of dropping glass bottles upon death.
1.9			15w33a				Glass bottles can now be used to obtain dragon's breath.
			15w43a				A glass bottle can be found in the brewing stand in an igloo basement.
			15w43c				The glass bottle has been removed from igloo basements.
			15w50a				Added sounds: item.bottle.fill and item.bottle.fill_dragonbreath.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of glass bottles, water bottles and dragon's breath have been changed.
			19w11a				Cleric villagers now buy 9 glass bottles for 1 emerald.
1.15			19w34a				Glass bottles can now be used to collect honey.
							Dispensers may now use glass bottles to collect water and honey.
			19w46a				Using glass bottles to collect honey now unlocks the Bee Our Guest advancement.
1.19			22w11a				Converting dirt, coarse dirt or rooted dirt into mud using a water bottle, splash water bottle or lingering water bottle now leaves the player with an empty glass bottle.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3			snap1				Glass bottles can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels and chests.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added glass bottles.
v0.14.0			build 1				Glass bottles can now be used to empty cauldrons filled with water or potions.
							Glass bottles can now be dropped by witches.
							Potions and splash potions can now be used to fill cauldrons, which turns them into glass bottles.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Glass bottles can now be used to obtain dragon's breath.
							Lingering potions can now be used to fill cauldrons, which turns them into glass bottles.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of glass bottles has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Glass bottles can now be sold to cleric villagers.
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Glass bottles can now be used to collect honey.
							Dispensers may now use glass bottles to collect water and honey.
			beta 1.14.0.4				Glass bottles can now be used to craft honey bottles.
			release				Using bottles to collect honey without angering bees now unlocks the "Bee our guest" achievement.
1.19.0			beta 1.19.0.20				Converting dirt, coarse dirt or rooted dirt into mud using a water bottle, splash water bottle or lingering water bottle now leaves the player with an empty glass bottle.
1.20.40			Preview 1.20.40.20				Added sounds for filling bottles from a water block.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Glass bottles can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels and chests.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

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 glass bottles.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Added witches, which have a chance to drop glass bottles upon death.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Glass bottles can now be used to obtain dragon's breath.
							Added sounds for filling glass bottles with water and dragon's breath.
			1.90				The texture of glass bottles has been changed.
			1.91				Glass bottles can now be sold to cleric villagers.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added glass bottles.
1.7.10							Glass bottles can now be used to obtain dragon's breath.

Issues relating to "Glass Bottle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.