Each and every Minecraft session is different with its own secrets to uncover. One of the things that will remain the same in every world is the presence of water. Normally, if you dive below the surface of the water, you’ll see small bubbles appear above your food gauge. This indicates how long you can breathe under water and it doesn’t last long. With the Potion of Water Breathing in Minecraft, you can stay down for 3 minutes or longer.

If you are using pre 1.15, a water bucket will do you wonders. You have to be close to a block where you can dump the water, but if you use a water bucket in water, it takes the water from around your head and will give you a full breath. You can then dump the water against a block and do it again. You can stay down for a very long time as long as you keep doing this.

In any version, using Respiration 3 on your helmet will help give you a longer breath.

If you are using 1.15 or above, you can still use the water bucket or torch trick, but you have to spam (keep right clicking) fast over and over until your breath gets full. It’s annoying, but you can do it.

Also in 1.15+, using a turtle shell for a helmet will give you some extra time underwater.

How to Make a Water Breathing Potion in Minecraft

The Water Breathing Potion is one of the most useful consumables in Minecraft. There are many variations, but each type lets you breathe underwater. This enables you to fight sea monsters, mine underwater regions, and demolish underwater monuments.

1. To begin, open your Brewing stand and place blaze powder in the fuel cell on the left. The powder will burn automatically and start powering the stand.

How to Make Water Breathing Potion in Minecraft Using Commands

• Executing console commands in your chat window
• Using your Minecart with a command block or standard command block
• In multiplayer servers (through a console)
• As part of your behavior or data packs in functions
• Clicking JSON text with the “run_command” action (for Java Editions only).
• Executed with your WebSocket server or an NPC in the Bedrock Edition
• PC/Mac: /give @p potion{Potion:“minecraft:water_breathing”} 1
• Minecraft Java Edition on PC or Mac (versions 1.9-1.12): /give @p Potion 1 0 {Potion:“minecraft:water_breathing”}

How to use Water Breathing Potion in Minecraft

If you want to reliably tackle an underwater temple you will want water breathing potions. As it is entirely flooded and you will have mining fatigue until you kill the elder guardians of the temple, you will want to prevent having to resurface every few minutes.

When Should Players Use Water Breathing Potions?

Water Breathing potions might seem very niche to some players, but ever since the 1.13 aquatic update, they’ve become important to the game. So much loot is located underwater in ruins and shipwrecks, including treasure maps that can lead to buried treasure of diamonds and hearts of the sea, which is used to make a conduit.

How to Make a Lingering Water Breathing Potion

To make a Lingering Potion of Water Breathing, add Dragon’s Breath to the Splash Potion of Weakness.

What Does the Potion of Water Breathing Do?

Using the Potion of Water Breathing will allow you to temporarily breathe underwater. The Splash Potion of Water Breathing will have the same effect on any player you throw it at. The Lingering Potion of Water Breathing creates a cloud that gives the effect to anyone who steps inside it. The way to use a potion differs depending on your platform:

PC: Right-click and hold.
Mobile: Tap and hold.
Xbox: Press and hold LT.
PlayStation: Press and hold L2.
Nintendo: Press and hold ZL.