Cauldron++

Cauldron++

Cauldron++ is a mod which implements b1.9-pre2 brewing system back into modern Minecraft.

Features

New block: Cauldron(Legacy)

• Can hold water, lava, potion, colored water(for dyeing leather armors) and powder snow(only 1.18+)
• Cauldron with lava will emits light level 15 and hurt player inside.
• Cauldron with snow will freeze player inside.
• You can brew potion by placing water in the cauldron first, and right click the cauldron with brewing materials.
• Using different material with water/potion cauldron can brew different potions or change potion type.
• Available brewing material(originally in b1.9p2): Nether wart, Blaze powder, Spider eye, Fermented spider eye, Ghast tear, Sugar, Magma cream
• Available brewing material(added by this mod): Phantom membrane, Glowstone dust, Redstone dust, Slime ball, Chorus fruit, Golden carrot, Rabbit foot, Golden melon(converting to normal potion), Gunpowder(converting to splash potion), Dragon breath(converting to lingering potion).
• Right click with glass bottle on water/potion cauldron to get water bottle/potion.
• Right click with arrows more than 16 on potion cauldron to get tipped arrow, one level of potion can give you 16 tipped arrows.
• Cauldron with colored water works basically same with Bedrock edition cauldrons.
• Other features(e.g. interaction with dripstone, behavior in rain/snow) work basically same with vanilla cauldrons.

New item: Potion, Splash potion, Lingering potion, Tipped arrow

• Lingering potion & Tipped arrow requires to enable manually in the config file in 1.7.10
• Can stack up to 64.
• Other features works the same as vanilla.

New item: Water bottle

• Can stack up to 64.
• Cannot use in vanilla brewing stands.
• Now right clicking on water will get this item instead of the vanilla water bottle.

Q&A

Q: Why make this mod?

A: I just thought this system is interesting, so i made it to bring it back.

Q: Will there be other versions?

A: Currently only planning on Fabric 1.16.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.10, 1.21.11

License

This mod is open sourced under GPL-v3.0 and CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0.
(c) 2025 redColmula55