How do you get Magma Cream in Minecraft?

Magma Cream is crafted from Blaze Powder and Slimeball at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from mob drops, not just the recipe above.

What is Magma Cream used for?

Magma Cream is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Magma Block.

When was Magma Cream added to Minecraft?

Magma Cream was added in the 1.0 full release.

Where do you find Magma Cream in chests?

Magma Cream is chest loot in bastion chests (about 44%, 2 to 6 at a time) and bastion treasure chests (about 34%, 3 to 8 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

How many Magma Cream can you stack?

64 Magma Cream fills a slot, and that slot costs 64 Blaze Powder and 64 Slimeball, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table.

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Magma Cream

A brewing ingredient used to make Potions of Fire Resistance. Also dropped by magma cubes.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Magma Cream at a glance

Miscellaneous holds Magma Cream: an item out of crafting and mob drops. 64 Magma Cream fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Magma Cream additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Magma Block. Of the 2 kinds of generated chest that can hold Magma Cream, bastion chests are the best bet at about 44% per chest. It sits between Magenta Dye and Map in Miscellaneous, number 79 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Blaze Powder
Slimeball
Magma Cream
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting

Used to craft

Magma Block is the one recipe that asks for Magma Cream, and the link below opens that grid. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Magma Cream.

Magma Block

How to obtain

Crafting
Mob drops

Mobs that drop it

Killing a Magma Cube leaves 0 to 1 behind, and an empty-handed kill is common. Looting on Magma Cube pays 1 more Magma Cream a level, 1 becoming 4.

Notes

Shapeless recipe combining blaze powder and a slimeball. Used to craft magma blocks and brew fire resistance.

Frequently asked questions about Magma Cream

How do you get Magma Cream in Minecraft?
Magma Cream is crafted from Blaze Powder and Slimeball at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from mob drops, not just the recipe above.
What is Magma Cream used for?
Magma Cream is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Magma Block.
When was Magma Cream added to Minecraft?
Magma Cream was added in the 1.0 full release.
Where do you find Magma Cream in chests?
Magma Cream is chest loot in bastion chests (about 44%, 2 to 6 at a time) and bastion treasure chests (about 34%, 3 to 8 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
Which mobs drop Magma Cream?
Killing a Magma Cube leaves 0 to 1 behind, and an empty-handed kill is common. Looting on Magma Cube pays 1 more Magma Cream a level, 1 becoming 4.
How many Magma Cream can you stack?
64 Magma Cream fills a slot, and that slot costs 64 Blaze Powder and 64 Slimeball, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table.

Building with it

A slimeball and blaze powder make magma cream, and magma cubes drop it directly. It brews fire resistance, which is the potion that makes the Nether survivable, and four of them make a magma block.

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