Overview
A Honey Bottle restores 6 hunger and clears the Poison effect the moment you drink it, which makes it a portable antidote that also feeds you. Poison is a common problem — cave spiders in mineshafts, witches, poisonous potatoes, a badly chosen suspicious stew — and honey is far easier to carry than milk because it stacks to 16 and does not remove your beneficial effects the way a milk bucket does. That single distinction is why experienced players keep honey rather than milk in the mineshaft kit. Getting it means beekeeping: a bee nest or a crafted beehive at honey level 5 gives 3 bottles when used with glass bottles, and putting a campfire under the hive stops the bees becoming hostile when you harvest. Bees pollinate crops nearby as a bonus, so a hive next to a farm speeds up growth. Honey bottles also craft back into honey blocks, which are used for sticky redstone contraptions and to break falls without water. A stack of honey and a bee farm quietly solves a whole category of cave problems that most players still answer with a milk bucket and a lost potion effect.
Curing Poison without losing your other status effects, feeding you 6 hunger points, and supplying honey blocks for redstone builds and fall-damage-free descents. It is an antidote that does not cost you your buffs.
As food, Honey Bottle is judged on two numbers: hunger restored and saturation. It gives back 6 hunger and 1.2 saturation. It stacks only to 16.
You make it with Honey Block and Glass Bottle. The one thing it makes is Sugar.
How to get it
Use a Glass Bottle on a bee nest or beehive at honey level 5 for 3 bottles. Alternatively craft 4 bottles from 1 honey block and 4 glass bottles.
Tips
- Honey clears Poison but leaves Strength and Regeneration intact, unlike Milk, which strips everything.
- Put a Campfire under the hive before harvesting or the bees will sting you for it.
- Bottles stack to 16, so a mineshaft kit carries a full antidote supply in a single slot.
- Bees pollinate crops within range of the hive, so site the hive beside the farm rather than away from it.
Properties
Eating it restores 6 hunger and 1.2 saturation — a ratio of 0.2, which is what decides how long you stay full rather than how fast the bar refills. One inventory slot holds 16, so a double chest holds 864.
- Renewable
- Yes
- Category
- Food
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Honey Bottle ×4
Used to craft
Honey Bottle is an ingredient in 2 recipes, producing Honey Block and Sugar.
How it compares to other foods
Sorted by saturation ratio, Honey Bottle is 32 of 41 foods in the game. Ratio is saturation divided by hunger restored: it is what decides how long the hunger bar stays still, not how fast it refills.
Golden Carrot leads the list at a ratio of 2.4, and anything at or above 1.6 is worth carrying on a long trip.
| Item | Hunger restored | Saturation | Saturation ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dried Kelp | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Potato | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Honey Bottle ← | 6 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| Rotten Flesh | 4 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Raw Cod | 2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Raw Salmon | 2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
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Frequently asked questions
How do you make Honey Bottle in Minecraft?
Honey Bottle is crafted from Honey Block and Glass Bottle.
What is the stack size of Honey Bottle?
Honey Bottle stacks to 16.
Is Honey Bottle worth eating?
It restores 6 hunger and 1.2 saturation, a ratio of 0.2. Anything above a ratio of 1.6 keeps you full longer per slot, so treat this as a stopgap rather than a staple.
