Lingering Potion

This article is about throwable potions that leave a lingering area of effect. For the throwable potions without a lingering effect, see Splash Potion. For the drinkable potions, see Potion.

Lingering Potion

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Uncraftable, Luck, Decay: No All others: Yes
Stackable	No

Lingering potions are variants of splash potions that can be thrown to leave clouds with status effects that linger on the ground.

Obtaining

Brewing

Main article: Brewing

Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Dragon's Breath + Any Splash Potion

Usage

Creating area effect clouds

Lingering potions are thrown, like splash potions, by using them. On impact they explode, creating a cloud. The cloud is made of the potion particles corresponding to the potion that was thrown.

The cloud starts with a radius of 3 blocks, decreasing to 0 over the course of 30 seconds. During the cloud's existence, any player or mob that walks into it after the first second gets the corresponding status effect; this decreases the radius by a ¹⁄₂ block immediately, causing the cloud to disappear more quickly.

For effects with duration, the duration applied by the cloud is ¹⁄₄ that of the corresponding potion. For effects without duration such as Healing or Harming, the potency of the effect is ¹⁄₂ that of the corresponding potion.

The effect may be applied consecutively if the player or mob remains in the cloud. For example, a player throwing a Lingering Potion of Healing II straight down consumes the cloud within a few seconds while being healed 5 times for a total of 20 × 10 health. As far as healing is concerned, this makes the lingering potion much more powerful than the regular or splash potion, provided that the player is away from other mobs or players.

Lingering potions can also be thrown out of dispensers just like splash potions.

Lingering water bottle

Like the splash water bottle, a lingering water bottle puts out fire and damages enderman and blaze by 1. It creates no effect cloud.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Tipped Arrow	Arrow + Matching Lingering Potion	888888888888888888888	Arrows of Decay are exclusive to Bedrock Edition unless obtained via creative or commands. Arrows of luck are exclusive to Java Edition. A custom potion obtained via commands cannot craft arrows with the potion's custom name, lore, or the CustomPotionColor.

Filling cauldrons

In Bedrock Edition, using a lingering potion on a cauldron adds one level of that potion to the cauldron. Attempting to add a lingering potion to a cauldron with water, dyed water or a non-matching potion empties the cauldron and creates an explosion sound (but no actual explosion).

Uncraftable Lingering Potion

In Java Edition, the uncraftable potion is a splash potion with no effect that is unobtainable in regular gameplay. It is also available in potion and splash potion forms, as well as for tipped arrows.

It can be obtained using the following command: /give @s minecraft:lingering_potion{Potion:"minecraft:empty"}. It is also obtained any time a potion has invalid or missing potion effect tags, and thus serves as a placeholder.

Icon	Name
	Uncraftable Lingering Potion

Custom effects

In Java Edition, lingering potions can be obtained with any status effect using /give and the tag CustomPotionEffects, which is an array of effects for the potion. See Item format#Potion Effects for more information, and status effect for a list of effects and IDs.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Bottle smashes	?	?	entity.splash_potion.break	subtitles.entity.potion.splash	?	1.0	16
	Bottle thrown	?	?	entity.lingering_potion.throw	subtitles.entity.potion.throw	?	(<1.0)	16
	Dispensed item	?	?	block.dispenser.launch	subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense	?	?	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Lingering Potion	lingering_potion	item.minecraft.lingering_potion item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.empty item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.water item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.mundane item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.thick item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.awkward item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.night_vision item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.invisibility item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.leaping item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.fire_resistance item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.swiftness item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.slowness item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.water_breathing item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.healing item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.harming item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.poison item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.regeneration item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.strength item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.weakness item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.levitation item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.luck item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.turtle_master item.minecraft.lingering_potion.effect.slow_falling

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Lingering Potion	lingering_potion	441	potion.prefix.linger item.potion.name potion.prefix.mundane potion.prefix.mundane.long potion.prefix.thick potion.prefix.awkward potion.nightVision.postfix potion.invisibility.postfix potion.jump.postfix potion.fireResistance.postfix potion.moveSpeed.postfix potion.moveSlowdown.postfix potion.waterBreathing.postfix potion.heal.postfix potion.harm.postfix potion.poison.postfix potion.regeneration.postfix potion.damageBoost.postfix potion.weakness.postfix potion.wither.postfix potion.turtleMaster.postfix potion.slowFalling.postfix

Item data

•  tag: The item's tag tag.

• •  CustomPotionEffects: The custom potion effects (status effects) this potion or tipped arrow has.
    • One of these for each effect.
      •  Id: The numeric ID of the effect.
      •  Amplifier: The amplifier of the effect, with level I having value 0. Negative levels are discussed here. Optional, and defaults to level I.
      •  Duration: The duration of the effect in ticks. Values 0 or lower are treated as 1. Optional, and defaults to 1 tick.
      •  Ambient: 1 or 0 (true/false) - whether or not this is an effect provided by a beacon and therefore should be less intrusive on the screen. Optional, and defaults to false.
      •  ShowParticles: 1 or 0 (true/false) - whether or not this effect produces particles. Optional, and defaults to true.
      •  ShowIcon: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if effect icon is shown. false if no icon is shown.
  •  Potion: The name of the default potion effect. This name differs from the status effect name. For example, the value for an "Instant Health II" potion is "minecraft:strong_healing". A potion or tipped arrow getting its effects from this tag is named with the proper effect. The default value is "minecraft:empty", which gives it the "Uncraftable" name.
  •  CustomPotionColor: The item uses this custom color, and area-of-effect clouds, arrows, and splash and lingering potions use it for their particle effects. This color does not extend, however, to the particles given off by entities who ultimately receive the effect. The numeric color code are calculated from the Red, Green and Blue components using this formula: Red<<16 + Green<<8 + Blue. For positive values larger than 0x00FFFFFF, the top byte is ignored. All negative values produce white.

Thrown potion

Thrown lingering potion

Network ID	JE: 73

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Lingering Potion	potion	entity.minecraft.potion

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Lingering Potion	lingering_potion	101	entity.lingering_potion.name

Entity Data

See also: Chunk format and Potion data values

Lingering potions when thrown have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all projectiles see Template:Nbt inherit/projectile/template
  •  Item: The item that was thrown. The entity renders as a lingering potion if the id is lingering_potion, otherwise it renders as a splash potion.
    • Tags common to all potion items see Template:Nbt inherit/itempotion/template

Area Effect Cloud

Area Effect Cloud

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Area Effect Cloud	area_effect_cloud	entity.minecraft.area_effect_cloud

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Area Effect Cloud	area_effect_cloud	95	entity.area_effect_cloud.name

Entity data

See also: Chunk format

The cloud that is created when lingering potions are thrown – and when creepers with potion effects explode – is an entity, which has entity data that defines the properties of the entity.

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  •  Age: Age of the field. Increases by 1 every tick. When this is bigger than Duration + WaitTime the area effect cloud dissipates.
  •  Color: The color of the displayed particle. Uses the same format as the color tag from Display Properties.
  •  Duration: The maximum age of the field after WaitTime.
  •  ReapplicationDelay: The number of ticks before reapplying the effect.
  •  WaitTime: The time before deploying the field. The Radius is ignored, meaning that any specified effects is not applied and specified particles appear only at the center of the field, until Age hits this number.
  •  DurationOnUse: The amount the duration of the field changes upon applying the effect.
  •  Owner: The UUID of the entity who created the cloud, stored as four ints.
  •  Radius: The field's radius.
  •  RadiusOnUse: The amount the radius changes upon applying the effect. Normally negative.
  •  RadiusPerTick: The amount the radius changes per tick. Normally negative.
  •  Particle: The particle displayed by the field. This is the exact same as used in the /particle command, including additional parameters used for dust, falling_dust, block and item particles.
  •  Potion: The name of the default potion effect. See potion data values for valid IDs.
  •  Effects: A list of the applied effects.
    • An individual effect.
      •  Id: The numeric ID of the effect.
      •  Amplifier: The amplifier of the effect, with level I having value 0. Negative levels are discussed here. Optional, and defaults to level I.
      •  Duration: The duration of the effect in ticks. Values 0 or lower are treated as 1. Optional, and defaults to 1 tick.
      •  Ambient: 1 or 0 (true/false) - whether or not this is an effect provided by a beacon and therefore should be less intrusive on the screen. Optional, and defaults to false. Due to a bug, it has no effect on splash potions.
      •  ShowParticles: 1 or 0 (true/false) - whether or not this effect produces particles. Optional, and defaults to true. Due to a bug, it has no effect on splash potions.
      •  ShowIcon: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if effect icon is shown. false if no icon is shown.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Zombie Doctor	Weaken and then cure a Zombie Villager	We Need to Go Deeper	Throw a splash potion of Weakness at a zombie villager, feed it a golden apple, and wait for it to be cured.	story/cure_zombie_villager
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Local Brewery	Have all of these 13 potion effects applied to the player at the same time. Beacon effects also count for the purposes of this advancement. Other potion effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.	nether/all_potions
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 26 effects applied to the player at the same time. Beacon effects also count for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. Note: This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it.	nether/all_effects
	Bullseye	Hit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters away	Take Aim	Be at least 30 blocks away when the center of a target is shot with a projectile horizontally by the player.	adventure/bullseye

History

Java Edition
1.9		15w33a			Added lingering potions.
					Added lingering water bottle, and Mundane, Awkward, and Thick lingering potions.
		15w33c			The bug where the player could not place splash potions in the brewing stand has now been fixed. This now allows for easier creation of lingering potions.
		16w06a			Lingering potions can now be used to craft tipped arrows.
1.11		16w32a			The entity ID has now been changed from AreaEffectCloud to area_effect_cloud.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 441.
		18w07a			Added the lingering potions of the Turtle Master.
		18w14a			Added lingering potions of Slow Falling.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of lingering potions have now been changed.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added lingering potions.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.4			Added lingering potions of the Turtle Master.
1.6.0		beta 1.6.0.5			Added lingering potions of Slow Falling.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of lingering potions have now been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Added lingering potions.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added lingering potions of the Turtle Master.
					Added lingering potions of Slow Falling.
		1.90			The textures of lingering potions have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.7.10					Added lingering potions.

Issues

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See also

• Glass Bottle
• Potion
• Splash Potion

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