Bottle o' Enchanting

Bottle o' Enchanting

Rarity tier	Uncommon
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Size	Height: 0.25 blocks Width: 0.25 blocks

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A bottle o' enchanting is an item that can be thrown to break it and release experience orbs.

Obtaining

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Bottle o' Enchanting	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" }

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Cleric	Master	100%	100%	3 × Emerald	Bottle o' Enchanting	12	30	0.05

Usage

A bottle o' enchanting can be thrown by pressing use. On impact, it destroys itself and 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.

Bottles o' enchanting have an enchantment glint like enchanted items do.

Sounds

Java Edition:
Bottles o' enchanting use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Item	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Bottle o' Enchanting	experience_bottle	Item	item.minecraft.experience_bottle

Entity	Identifier	Translation key
Thrown Bottle o' Enchanting	experience_bottle	entity.minecraft.experience_bottle

Bedrock Edition:

Item	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Bottle o' Enchanting	experience_bottle	508	Item	item.experience_bottle.name

Entity	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Bottle o' Enchanting	xp_bottle	68	entity.xp_bottle.name

Entity data

Thrown bottles o' enchanting have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

History

Java Edition

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.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added bottles o' enchanting.
							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.
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

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

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added bottles o' enchanting.
							Bottles o' enchanting are not available within the Creative inventory.
?							Added bottles o' enchanting to the Creative inventory.

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Issues relating to "Bottle o' Enchanting" or "Experience Bottle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Texture

• 
  Texture (without enchantment glint)

Screenshots

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  Bottle o' enchanting splash animation on impact.
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  Players may trade with villagers to obtain bottles o' enchanting in Survival mode.

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