Lingering Potion is brewed by adding dragon's breath to any splash potion at a brewing stand. Dragon's breath is collected by using a glass bottle on the purple cloud that the Ender Dragon exhales during its breath attack. The resulting lingering variant still throws like a splash potion, but instead of a one-time effect burst it summons an Area Effect Cloud that persists on the ground for up to 30 seconds, shrinking in radius over time.

Any entity that walks into the cloud receives the potion's effect. This makes lingering potions effective for area denial, mob funnel traps, healing zones, or PvP terrain control. Their most important secondary use is crafting tipped arrows: eight arrows combined with one lingering potion in a crafting grid coats all eight arrows with the chosen effect, converting any bow or crossbow into an effect delivery tool. This makes dragon's breath a valuable farming target for players who build combat systems or supply enchanted arrow collections.