Set up a brewing stand to see animated bottle placement

Placing and loading your brewing stand

Brewing stands now display glass bottles visually on the frame in real time. This makes potion-making feel more interactive in shared bases.

Steps:

1. Craft or find a brewing stand

2. Place it on solid ground in your base

3. Obtain glass bottles (craft them from glass blocks)

4. Right-click the brewing stand and place bottles in the three input slots

5. Add a heat source (blaze powder) and ingredient to start brewing

What you'll see

Instead of an empty frame, bottles now sit visibly on the stand's arms. As brewing progresses, you can watch the potion color shift inside each bottle without opening your inventory. This is especially useful when brewing multiple batches in a communal SMP base—teammates can see at a glance what potions are being made.

If bottles don't appear, verify the pack is active in your resource packs list and that animated textures are enabled in your video settings.