You Need a Mint
Collect Dragon's Breath in a Glass Bottle
Overview
You Need a Mint is a task advancement in the End tab of Minecraft's advancement system, carrying the in-game description "Collect Dragon's Breath in a Glass Bottle." It branches directly off Free the End, so that earlier advancement is its prerequisite and must be earned first. The End tab covers advancements for the End dimension, from slaying the Ender Dragon to finding End Cities and the Elytra. You Need a Mint was added in Minecraft 1.12 and remains part of the current 1.21 advancement set.
It is rated Medium difficulty on this site: requires some preparation or specific resources. Part of normal gameplay progression. It uses the standard task frame, meaning it is a normal step in the tree rather than a goal or challenge milestone. Nothing else in the tree depends on it, so it is a leaf at the tip of its branch.
In tree terms, You Need a Mint sits second along its line: the full path from the End root reads The End -> Free the End -> You Need a Mint. That means 2 advancements must be completed before this one becomes available, and You Need a Mint is one of 9 total advancements in the End tab. It shares its parent with 3 sibling advancements (The Next Generation, Remote Getaway, and The End... Again...), all of which open from the same point in the tree.
How to Complete You Need a Mint
Earning You Need a Mint comes down to the following, performed in order:
- During the Ender Dragon fight, when the dragon uses its breath attack on the portal or shoots acid at you, use a glass bottle on the purple particles to collect Dragon's Breath.
- Used for lingering potions.
Tips & Fastest Route
Tips & Fastest Route- Fastest route: During the fight, right-click a glass bottle inside the dragon's purple breath cloud.
- The breath lingers where the dragon's ranged attack lands or where it exhales on the portal; bottle it there.
- Dragon's Breath is the ingredient that turns splash potions into lingering potions.
- Make sure Free the End is already ticked off before you start, otherwise You Need a Mint will not be tracked even if you perform the steps correctly.
- At Medium difficulty, You Need a Mint is a routine step once you have the prerequisites in hand; no special grinding is usually needed beyond the items the steps call for.
Common Mistakes
Common Mistakes- Remember that You Need a Mint will not appear as available until Free the End is done, since the game only tracks an advancement once its parent has been unlocked.
Reward & What It Unlocks
Reward & What It UnlocksCompleting You Need a Mint grants 10 experience points. The XP drops at your position the moment the advancement fires.
It is a leaf advancement, so nothing further unlocks from it; it stands as a completed tip of its branch.
Details
- Advancement ID
minecraft:end/dragon_breath- Icon Item
- Dragon's Breath
- Category
- The End
- Difficulty
- Medium
- XP Reward
- 10 XP
- Version Added
- 1.12
Advancement ID
Category
Version AddedAdvancement Tree
Parent Advancement
Child Advancements
You Need a Mint Advancement FAQ
How do you get the You Need a Mint advancement in Minecraft?
During the fight, right-click a glass bottle inside the dragon's purple breath cloud. In full, during the Ender Dragon fight, when the dragon uses its breath attack on the portal or shoots acid at you, use a glass bottle on the purple particles to collect Dragon's Breath. Used for lingering potions.
What do you need for You Need a Mint?
Before you can work on it you must have completed Free the End. During the Ender Dragon fight, when the dragon uses its breath attack on the portal or shoots acid at you, use a glass bottle on the purple particles to collect Dragon's Breath. Used for lingering potions.
Which advancement tab is You Need a Mint in?
You Need a Mint is in the End tab, hanging beneath Free the End. Its in-game advancement ID is minecraft:end/dragon_breath.
Is You Need a Mint part of the Free the End branch?
Yes. You Need a Mint sits directly below Free the End in the End tree, so you must earn Free the End first. It is a leaf, so nothing further unlocks from it.
How much XP does You Need a Mint give and how hard is it?
You Need a Mint awards 10 XP and is rated Medium difficulty.