Reliable Recipes adds complete support for data-driven brewing recipes using the backported 26.3 minecraft:brewing recipe type format, allowing you to define brewing stand recipes via JSON in datapacks.

Additionally, you can filter, modify, or remove existing vanilla and modded potion brewing recipes using standard Reliable Recipes actions.

Recipe Fields

A minecraft:brewing recipe consists of three main objects:

• input (Object, required): Defines the container or potion stack being brewed.
  • item or tag (String or Ingredient Object, optional): Direct item ID string (e.g. "minecraft:potion"), tag string ("#c:potions"), or standard ingredient object ({"item": "minecraft:potion"}).
  • potion_contents (Optional): An object specifying potion or potions to match (e.g., "minecraft:awkward" or a list of potion IDs).
• reagent (String or Ingredient Object, required): The ingredient placed in the top slot of the brewing stand (e.g. "minecraft:turtle_helmet" or {"item": "minecraft:turtle_helmet"}).
• output (ItemStack Object, required): The resulting item stack produced by brewing, defined using standard item stack components (e.g. minecraft:potion_contents).

Creating Custom Brewing Recipes

Example 1: Potion to Potion Brewing

Brew an Awkward Potion with a Turtle Helmet to create a Potion of the Turtle Master.

{
  "type": "minecraft:brewing",
  "input": {
    "item": "minecraft:potion",
    "potion_contents": {
      "potions": "minecraft:awkward"
    }
  },
  "reagent": {
    "item": "minecraft:turtle_helmet"
  },
  "output": {
    "id": "minecraft:potion",
    "components": {
      "minecraft:potion_contents": {
        "potion": "minecraft:turtle_master"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example 2: Night Vision Potion Brewing

Brew an Awkward Potion with a Golden Carrot to produce a Night Vision Potion.

{
  "type": "minecraft:brewing",
  "input": {
    "item": "minecraft:potion",
    "potion_contents": {
      "potions": "minecraft:awkward"
    }
  },
  "reagent": {
    "item": "minecraft:golden_carrot"
  },
  "output": {
    "id": "minecraft:potion",
    "components": {
      "minecraft:potion_contents": {
        "potion": "minecraft:night_vision"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example 3: Custom Item Brewing

You can also brew custom items that aren't potions!

{
  "type": "minecraft:brewing",
  "input": {
    "item": "minecraft:glass_bottle"
  },
  "reagent": {
    "item": "minecraft:blaze_powder"
  },
  "output": {
    "id": "minecraft:experience_bottle"
  }
}

Modifying & Removing Vanilla or Modded Potion Recipes

You can use Reliable Recipes JSON rules in ./config/reliable_recipes/ to disable or modify vanilla or modded brewing recipes.

Disabling a Specific Brewing Recipe

To prevent players from brewing Night Vision potions:

[
  {
    "action": "remove_recipe",
    "type": "minecraft:brewing",
    "input": "minecraft:golden_carrot"
  }
]

Disabling All Brewing Recipes

[
  {
    "action": "remove_recipe",
    "type": "minecraft:brewing"
  }
]

Replacing a Brewing Reagent

You can also swap the item used as a reagent.

For example, to brew Night Vision with a Diamond instead of a Golden Carrot:

[
  {
    "action": "replace_input",
    "target": "minecraft:golden_carrot",
    "replacement": "minecraft:diamond"
  }
]

target and replacement each accept a single item ID or a #-prefixed tag.

Unlike replace_input for JSON-based recipes, brewing reagent replacement only looks at target/replacement: other filters like id, type, or mod are ignored.