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How to Craft Glass Bottle in Minecraft

Glass Bottle in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Collecting water for brewing. Minecraft has used the name Glass Bottle since 1.0.

Glass Bottles come from 3 Glass, worked on a Crafting Table. From the top down: two Glass in the outer columns; then Glass in the middle column. Each attempt hands back 3 Glass Bottles.

Glass Bottle Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Glass Bottle is minecraft:glass_bottle. In commands the namespace may be left off, so glass_bottle works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p glass_bottle
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p glass_bottle 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve glass_bottle 1

Cheats have to be on for Glass Bottle to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Glass Bottles hold water for potion brewing, honey from beehives and dragon's breath from the Ender Dragon. Glass Bottle uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Glass Bottle since 1.0, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with glass (smelt sand).

What A Stack Yields

Work a stack down, 64 glass, and you land on 63 glass bottles. Left over: just 1 glass.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Glass3xSmelt sand

To make Glass Bottle you will gather 3x Glass (smelt sand), and craft them at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

3 Sand makes 3 Glass, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 3 Sand.

  1. 1
    33GlassFurnace, repeat 3x
  2. 2
    Glass BottleGlass BottleGlass Bottlethis page

Gather this first

3Sand

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    3x Glass

  2. 2

    3x Glass Bottle

Minecraft crafting recipe for Glass Bottle: 3 x Glass in a crafting table, making 3 Glass Bottle.

Tips & Notes

  • Shopping list: 3x Glass. Plan the Glass first: smelt sand.
  • The recipe returns 3 Glass Bottle at a time.

Uses for Glass Bottle

  • Collecting water for brewing
  • Catching honey from beehives
  • Collecting dragon's breath

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Glass Bottle on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Glass Bottle in Minecraft?
The list for a Glass Bottle is short: 3 Glass, worked at a Crafting Table. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces 3 Glass Bottles.
What do you need to make a Glass Bottle from scratch?
Gather 3 Sand and you have everything a Glass Bottle needs. The in-between items are all crafted, 2 crafts from start to finish.
Can you craft a Glass Bottle without a crafting table?
The inventory grid is too small for a Glass Bottle, so you need a table. It is laid out as three Glass, and that takes 3 columns, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Glass Bottle?
A Glass Bottle draws its parts from several different places. Glass: smelt sand.
How many Glass Bottles do you get from one craft?
The Glass Bottle recipe makes 3 Glass Bottles in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Glass Bottle in Minecraft?
The Glass Bottle item ID is minecraft:glass_bottle, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write glass_bottle on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Glass Bottle?
/give @p glass_bottle gives you a Glass Bottle. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.
Is the Glass Bottle recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
A Glass Bottle works the same on both: 3 Glass at a Crafting Table, the same pattern, 3 at a time, whether you are on Java or Bedrock.
What version of Minecraft added the Glass Bottle?
Minecraft 1.0 is the earliest release that spells out glass bottle. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. Nothing about it has changed since: the pattern above is today's.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
3 Glass in, 3 Glass Bottles out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.0 uses this name and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
That the ingredients come back
What drops, what villagers trade and what farms regrow in Minecraft Java, followed through the recipes to see what those ingredients can be turned into.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 3 Glass Bottles per craft against the stack size.

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