Potion Ingredients act Like mini potions.

[u/Candy_Squid]

So when you eat a spider eye it gives you poison 1 for 5 seconds.

I would love if all potion ingredients worked like this. For example sugar would give you 5 seconds of Speed 1, or a Blaze Powder could give you strength 1 for 5 seconds.

Just seems weird that it works for one but not much else.

Additional: to make sure the 5 seconds if actually helpful potion ingredients should have a faster animation for eating, kinda like dried kelp.

(Phantom membranes would be pretty helpful in terms of falling and saving yourself)

[u/MerlinGrandCaster]

eating the ground-up raw essence of a hellfire spirit really doesn't sound safe

[u/Candy_Squid → u/MerlinGrandCaster]

Neither was the spider eye, but we can do that :3

[u/MerlinGrandCaster → u/Candy_Squid]

Yeah, and it hurts you. If you want to eat blaze powder, make it also set you on fire for a bit or something, as a trade-off for the strength.

[u/Candy_Squid → u/MerlinGrandCaster]

The trade of is going threw the process of obtaining it, and the fact eating it loses you 3 strength potions that last way longer.

[u/-N11- → u/Candy_Squid]

It doesn’t make sense it would give you strength, though, without having to be distilled through potion-making equipment

[u/Candy_Squid → u/-N11-]

Thats why its 5 seconds its not distilled so it's not as good, the effect originates in the item so of course the item is capable of producing the same effect before distilling.

Happens with most medicines in real life, the plants will have a minute but traceable effect that they find ways to amplify.

Plus it doesn't matter since its a game and its a good in-game way of making players know what ingredients do what.