Potion of Slow Falling: Phantom Membrane Recipe and Uses

A Potion of Slow Falling makes you drift down like a feather and cancels all fall damage, for 1:30 or 4:00 with redstone. Brew it by adding phantom membrane to an Awkward Potion.

Potion of Slow Falling recipe

1. Water bottles + nether wart: Awkward Potions.
2. Add phantom membrane: Slow Falling (1:30).
3. Add redstone: Slow Falling (4:00).

Glowstone does nothing. Slow is slow.

Phantom membrane comes from phantoms, the flying undead that show up after you’ve skipped sleep for three in-game nights. In other words, the ingredient comes from a mob you usually try to avoid. If you need a stack, stay awake for a few nights on purpose, stand somewhere open, and fight them with a bow or a sword with Smite.

What Slow Falling does

You fall at a slow, steady speed and land without any damage, no matter how far you drop. You can still steer while falling, so you can drift sideways a long way off a high point.

Where it’s worth a bottle

• End cities. Shulkers apply Levitation, which lifts you into the air. When it wears off you fall. Slow Falling turns that into a gentle landing instead of a death. It’s the single most useful potion for raiding an end city before you have an elytra.
• Building tall things. Mega builds, towers and sky bases, where one misstep is a lost inventory.
• Mountain descents. Jump off a peak and drift down to the valley. Faster than walking around.
• Before your first elytra. Practice glide routes and launches with a safety net. Our elytra guide covers how to get one.

Slow Falling vs Leaping

Leaping reduces fall damage a little. Slow Falling removes it completely. If falls are the danger, take Slow Falling. A splash version thrown at your feet also catches any friend standing next to you.

The brewing guide has the full stand setup and fuel numbers.