Where to Find Brewing Stand in Minecraft

You will meet Brewing Stand in Nether Fortresses, Villages (Cleric houses), Igloos, and End Ships, 4 different places, and the fastest of them depends on what you already have for Brewing Stand. Because this is a Nether-side item, you first need an active Nether portal (a frame of obsidian lit with flint and steel) to reach the dimension where it is found. Blaze Rods drop from Blazes, which spawn in Nether Fortress spawner rooms. Nether Fortresses generate in the Nether, extending along the Z-axis. Brewing Stand does not spawn naturally in the world or generate in chests as standard loot: it is something you make at a Crafting Table, so the practical question is where to gather its ingredients rather than where to find the finished item.

Craft it rather than hunt for it: Brewing Stand comes off a Crafting Table from Blaze Rod and Cobblestone, and that grid hands you Brewing Stand every single time you fill it in, which no chest or mob will do. Gather first and craft after, because Brewing Stand takes Blaze Rod (kill Blazes in Nether Fortress spawner rooms) and Cobblestone (mine stone with any pickaxe) before the grid does anything. Travel along the X-axis (east or west) to find Nether Fortresses more efficiently. Serves as the job site block for Cleric villagers. A full stack of Brewing Stand is 64, so gather freely: 27 slots turn that into 1728, and that is a session worth of work stored in one block. Nothing about Brewing Stand has moved since the original 1.0 release: a fresh world and a world from years ago treat Brewing Stand in exactly the same way. As a utility block, Brewing Stand is the sort of thing you place once and use constantly, so most players craft an early one and add more as their base grows.

If you are here for Brewing Stand, Potion of Healing, Potion of Strength, and Potion of Fire Resistance are the neighbours worth knowing, since a route to one tends to pass the others. The item page for Brewing Stand has the numbers this guide leaves out.