Bottle o' Enchanting
Bottle o' Enchanting
| Rarity tier |
Uncommon |
|---|---|
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Size |
Height: 0.25 blocks |
{
"title": "Bottle o' Enchanting",
"rows": [
{
"field": "Uncommon",
"label": "(link to Rarity article, displayed as Rarity tier)"
},
{
"field": "Yes",
"label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
},
{
"field": "Yes (64)",
"label": "Stackable"
},
{
"field": "Height: 0.25 blocks<br>Width: 0.25 blocks",
"label": "Size"
}
],
"invimages": [
"Bottle o' Enchanting"
],
"images": [
"Bottle o' Enchanting.gif"
]
}
A bottle o' enchanting is an item that stores experience orbs. The orbs can be released by throwing the bottle.
Obtaining
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
|
 Ancient City
|
Chest | 1–3 | 23.2%{ "item": "Bottle o' Enchanting", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.23238142813184637, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
|
 Pillager Outpost
|
Chest | 1 | 60.9%{ "item": "Bottle o' Enchanting", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.6090815176558978, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
| |
 Shipwreck
|
Treasure chest | 1 | 14.1%{ "item": "Bottle o' Enchanting", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14087321982167356, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Treasure chest" }
| |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
|
|
Ancient City
|
Chest | 1–3 | 23.2%{ "item": "Bottle o' Enchanting", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.23238142813184637, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
|
 Buried Treasure
|
Chest | 1 | 11.8%{ "item": "Bottle o' Enchanting", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11781380948217901, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }
| |
| Pillager Outpost
|
Chest | 1 | 60.9%{ "item": "Bottle o' Enchanting", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.6090815176558978, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
| |
| Shipwreck
|
Treasure chest | 1 | 14.1%{ "item": "Bottle o' Enchanting", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14087321982167356, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Treasure chest" }
| |
Trading
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | |||
 Master Cleric | 100% | 100% | 3 ×  Emerald |  |
Usage
A bottle o' enchanting can be thrown by pressing use. On impact, it drops experience orbs worth 3–11XP (average 7.0) and sends out blue particles. Bottles o' enchanting can be used to increase the player's level for enchanting, using an anvil, or repairing tools and armor enchanted with Mending.
Sounds
Java Edition:
Bottles o' enchanting use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Bottle smashes | Friendly Mobs | When a bottle o' enchanting impacts something | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.9-1.0 | 16 | |
| Bottle thrown | Friendly Mobs | When a bottle o' enchanting is thrown by a player | entity | subtitles | 0.5 | 1⁄3-0.5 | 16 | |
| Dispensed item | Blocks | When a bottle o' enchanting is dispensed from a dispenser | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.2 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | When a splash potion impacts something | random | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Players | When a splash potion is thrown by a player | random | 0.5 | 0.33-0.5 | |
| Players | When a splash potion is dispensed from a dispenser | random | 1.0 | 0.83-1.25 | |
Data values
ID
| Item | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle o' Enchanting | experience_bottle | Item | item |
| Entity | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
 Thrown Bottle o' Enchanting | experience_bottle | entity |
| Item | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle o' Enchanting | experience_bottle | 508 | Item | item |
| Entity | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle o' Enchanting | xp_bottle | 68 | entity |
Entity data
See also: Chunk format
Thrown bottles o' enchanting have entity data that define various properties of the entity.
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
- Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
- Tags common to all projectiles see Template:Nbt inherit/projectile/template
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Item: The item to render as, may be absent.
- A single item stack see Template:Nbt inherit/itemnoslot/template
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2.1 | 12w04a |  Added bottles o' enchanting.
| |||||
| Bottles o' enchanting can currently be obtained only in Creative mode. | |||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | With the implementation of the trading system, the player can now trade with priest villagers to obtain 2–4 bottles o' enchanting for 1 emerald. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | With the trading revamp, villagers no longer sell bottles o' enchanting, making them again unobtainable in Survival. | |||||
| 14w31a | Cleric villagers now sell bottles o' enchanting for 3–11 emeralds each, making them renewable again. | ||||||
| 1.9 | 15w49a | Bottles o' enchanting, like all projectiles, now take thrower's motion into account. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w11a | Bottles o' enchanting can now generate in shipwreck chests. | |||||
| 18w21a | The rarity of bottles o' enchanting has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon". | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of bottles o' enchanting has now been changed. | |||||
| 18w47a | Bottles o' enchanting can now generate in pillager outpost chests. | ||||||
| 18w50a | Now have an optional Item tag that can specify a different item stack to render. | ||||||
| 19w11a | Cleric villagers now sell bottles o' enchanting for 3 emeralds. | ||||||
| 1.19 | 22w13a | Bottles o' enchanting may now be found in ancient city chests. | |||||
| 1.21.2 | 24w34a | Thrown bottles o' enchanting no longer go through the world border if hit. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added bottles o' enchanting.
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| Due to the lack of trading, bottles o' enchanting are currently available only in Creative mode, similar to 12w04a when it was first released. | |||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | With villager trading added, it is now possible to obtain bottles o' enchanting legitimately. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Bottles o' enchanting can now be found inside shipwreck and buried treasure chests. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Bottles o' enchanting can now be found in pillager outpost chests. | |||||
| The texture of bottles o' enchanting has now been changed. | |||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Trading has now been changed and bottles o' enchanting are now sold by cleric villagers for 3 emeralds. | |||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.21 | The rarity of bottles o' enchanting has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon" to match Java Edition. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.21.100 | Preview 1.21.100.20 | The sprites of bottles o' enchanting, when rendered in the world, now have the correct scaling and positional offset. | |||||
| They now match Java Edition and also match better with their collider. | |||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added bottles o' enchanting. |
| Bottles o' enchanting can currently be obtained only in creative mode. | |||||||
| Bottle o' enchanting can be found in the Miscellaneous tab in the Creative inventory. | |||||||
| TU12 | Moved bottle o' enchanting to the Brewing tab in the Creative inventory. | ||||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | With the implementation of the trading system, the player can now trade with priest villagers to obtain 2–4 bottles o' enchanting for 1 emerald. | |||||
| TU25 | CU14 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.17 | The distance how far bottles o' enchanting can be thrown has been massively reduced to match Java Edition. | ||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Cleric villagers now sell bottles o' enchanting for 3–11 emeralds each. | |
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Bottles o' enchanting, like all projectiles, now take thrower's motion into account. | |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Bottles o' enchanting can now be found inside shipwreck and buried treasure chests. | ||
| 1.90 | The texture of bottles o' enchanting has now been changed. | ||||||
| 1.91 | Bottles o' enchanting can now be found in pillager outpost chests. | ||||||
| Trading has now been changed and bottles o' enchanting are now sold by cleric villagers for 3 emeralds. | |||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | Added bottles o' enchanting.
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| Bottles o' enchanting are not available within the Creative inventory. | |||||||
| ? | Added bottles o' enchanting to the Creative inventory. | ||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11 | 16w32a | The entity ID has now been changed from ThrownExpBottle to xp_bottle. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 384. | |||||
| pre5 | The entity ID has now been changed to experience_bottle. | ||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | The entity ID has now been changed from potion.experience to xp_bottle. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Bottle o' Enchanting" or "Experience Bottle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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Bottle o' enchanting splash animation on impact. -
Players may trade with villagers to obtain bottles o' enchanting in Survival mode.
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