Minecraft · Java Edition 1.21.4

How to make Honey Bottle in Minecraft

Honey Bottle · Recipes: 1 · Output per operation: 4

Using this reference

For Honey Bottle, choose the crafting method before entering a target quantity. A crafting-grid recipe and a stonecutter recipe can produce different amounts from the same kind of input. The calculator rounds up to complete operations, so compare the output and surplus as well as the ingredient total.

An ingredient group separated by slashes means alternatives for that slot, not a request to collect every listed item. Keep the layout of a shaped recipe intact. Furnace time is shown per operation; it is not a fuel budget or the completion time of several parallel furnaces.

A worked example

Suppose you want 13 × Honey Bottle. This recipe produces 4 per operation, so you need 4 operations. That produces 16 in total, leaving 3 extra. The direct material list is Honey Block × 4 and Glass Bottle × 16.

Shapeless crafting

Output per operation: 4

Ingredients per operation
Ingredient	Quantity
Honey Block	1
Glass Bottle	4

No fixed layout: place the listed ingredients in separate crafting slots. Ingredient quantities still matter. Use a crafting table with a 3 × 3 grid.

Versioned recipe data: honey_bottle

How many materials do I need?

Choose a recipeItems wanted

Operations needed: 16
Items produced: 64
Extra items: 0

16 × Honey Block
64 × Glass Bottle

Rounded up to complete operations. These are direct recipe inputs, not a recursive raw-material shopping list. Reusable containers may be returned by the game.

Making the item

Gather the ingredients for your chosen recipe. For an alternative group, pick a listed material for each required slot.
Use the station and layout shown below. Keep different recipe variants separate; do not mix their ingredient lists.
Collect the output. For a larger batch, use the calculator to round up the number of operations.

Why is the recipe not working?

Check the edition and version first. A server data pack can replace vanilla recipes.
Use the exact ingredients or one of the alternatives shown. Similar names do not make two materials interchangeable.
For a shaped recipe, check empty cells and the arrangement; for a shapeless recipe, check the quantities.
Use the correct station. Smelting, stonecutting and smithing do not happen in a crafting grid.

What can I make with this?

Recipes that accept this item as an ingredient. Each link opens the output item’s guide.

Looking for the browser game? Minecraft Classic has a separate guide.

Sources and version

Compiled from public versioned game data; not tested in-game by TabArcade. Names follow the selected game language. We link the recipe files so you can check the exact inputs.

Data reviewed: 2026-11-03 · Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.4