What Does Glistening Watermelon Do?

Glistering Melons are an item that is crafted by placing eight gold nuggets and a melon slice in the crafting interface (1 nugget before 13w23a). They are used mainly for brewing potions with the instant health effect. It can replace redstone in the brewing recipe for a mundane potion.

What are glistening watermelon used for?

A glistering melon slice ^[a] is an inedible item used for brewing potions of healing. It is also one of the many potion ingredients that can be used to make mundane potions.

What happens if you eat a Glistering melon?

Now whenever you eat a Glistering Melon Slice, you will get 3 health points regained! ... Since you get 1 bar of hunger restored when you eat a regular Melon Slice, you would get the same result but you'd also get 3 points of your health restore! It's a perfect balanced trade from your hunger to your health.