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alternative fule source in brewing

By requiring blaze powder as fuel, brewing becomes a late game feature, even though you can encounter them early game. An alternative fuel source is needed in my opinion.

Suggestion: A magma cream or lava bucket could power a single brewing step while blaze powder is still be the best, allowing 20 brewing steps like it is today.

This would allow earlier brewing but not super-early, and it would be much less efficient than using blaze powder.

This would also require you to be able to find nether wart earlier. Maybe as loot in special places, but still requiring you to get soul sand/soil to farm them. Maybe one inside every generated brewing stand you find?

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• September 13, 2021 07:27
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  • September 14, 2021 16:15
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  For early access brewing/alternative I think using the cauldron would be more appropriate. Having the cauldron over a heat source block (lava, campfire, magma block) would "heat" the cauldron, after that adding ingredients, could make potions, however, less power than a brewstand with a "drawback". For example, you have Haste for 3min you'll have Slowness afterward for 3mins, making a brew stand the "refined" option but allowing players to use potions in survival early on. One way to make the cauldron method appealing in later game would be that you could mix up to 3 potions worth of ingredients (Water breathing, haste, strength), but also you'd get all three drawbacks related to each. This could be trumped by potion sacks/holders/bundle upgrades that would allow potions to be stacked naturally as long as all the components are the same. Having several potions that won't give you drawbacks or one potion that will give you a boost but leave you vulnerable some way afterward makes a player strategize for sure.