Status effect

"Effect" redirects here. For the command, see commands § effect.

Status effects are various conditions, which can be either helpful or harmful, that affect an entity. They can be inflicted in various ways throughout the game, via the consumptions of potions and some food, while in the range of beacons and conduits^{[upcoming 1.13]}, as well as when being attacked by/being close to certain mobs.

The /effect command allows players to inflict effects upon themselves and other players and entities.

Behavior

Any entities inflicted by a status effect will be affected in various ways for an amount of time. During the effect, swirly particles emanate from the position of the inflicted entity. Players can open their inventory to see any current status effects afflicted upon them, as well as its strength and duration. The level of the effect determines its power. The higher the level, the stronger the effect is.

Internally, and in the /effect command and potion Amplifier NBT tags, the game stores an "amplifier" value rather than the level. The amplifier is one less than the level, for example Strength II has an amplifier of 1.

Due to the way this amplifier is stored in NBT, amplifiers of 128 to 255 (levels 129 to 256) in NBT tags (e.g. on potions) are treated as if they were −128 to −1 (levels −127 to 0) respectively. The /effect command initially applies such amplifiers in their positive-valued sense but this is later converted to the negative-valued interpretation, leading to inconsistent results.

Any number of different status effects can be simultaneously active on a player, even in the case of opposing effects, such as Strength and Weakness. However, it is not possible to apply the same effect multiple times, even if the effects are of different levels (e.g. Strength and Strength II cannot both be active at the same time). In the event of applying an effect already active on the player, the new version of the effect overwrites the old effect, giving a new level and full duration, if the new effect is of equal or greater level.

Note that even with commands, effects cannot be made to last forever. If an effect is set to an excessively large amount of time, such as 182 hours [655200 seconds], it will display as "**:**", but will still continue ticking down and eventually expire.

All of these status effects can be removed by drinking milk. Singleplayer users with cheats enabled and operators in Multiplayer servers can use command /effect with the time of the effect set to 0 or /effect <playername> clear to achieve the same goal.

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  The Hunger status effect.

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  The Glowing effect, added to all entities by command.

Summary of effects

ID		Name	Effect
1		Speed	Increases walking speed
2		Slowness	Decreases walking speed
3		Haste	Increases mining and attack speed
4		Mining Fatigue	Decreases mining and attack speed
5		Strength	Increases melee damage
6		Instant Health	Heals entities, damages undead
7		Instant Damage	Damages entities, heals undead
8		Jump Boost	Increases jump height and reduces fall damage
9		Nausea	Wobbles and warps the screen
10		Regeneration	Regenerates health over time
11		Resistance	Reduces most damage
12		Fire Resistance	Immunity to fire, etc.
13		Water Breathing	Prevents drowning
14		Invisibility	Grants invisibility
15		Blindness [Java and Bedrock editions only]	Impairs vision and disables the ability to sprint and critical hit
16		Night Vision	Negates darkness
17		Hunger	Increases food exhaustion
18		Weakness	Decreases melee damage
19		Poison	Inflicts damage over time (but can't kill)
20		Wither	Inflicts damage over time (can kill)
21		Health Boost [Java and Bedrock editions only]	Increases maximum health
22		Absorption	Adds damage absorption
23		Saturation [Java and Bedrock editions only]	Restores hunger and saturation
24		Glowing [Java Edition only]	Outlines entities (can be seen through blocks)
25		Levitation	Floats entities upwards
26		Luck [Java and Legacy Console editions only]	Can increase chances of high-quality and more loot
27		Bad Luck [Java Edition only]	Can reduce chances of high-quality and more loot
28		Slow Falling [upcoming 1.13]	Decreases falling speed and negates fall damage
29		Conduit Power [upcoming 1.13]	Increases underwater visibility and mining speed, prevents drowning
30		Dolphin's Grace [upcoming 1.13]	Increases swimming speed

List of effects

See also: Java Edition data values § Status effects

Sources

Blocks, items, and mobs which can produce the effect legitimately in Survival mode. The /effect command can produce all status effects so is not repeated below.

Particle

Color of status effect particle in RGB hexadecimal notation, with a common color name.

ID

Status effect identifying number, used in commands and third-party tools.

Name ID

Status effect identifying name, used in commands and third-party tools.

Absorption

Absorption

Sources	Enchanted Golden Apple Golden Apple Totem of Undying
Particle	#2552A5 (azure)
ID	22
Name ID	minecraft:absorption

Absorbs damage.

Effect

Adds 4 health points() on hardcore mode, almost no difference) × level "absorption health". Absorption health cannot be replenished by natural regeneration or other effects, and vanishes when the effect ends.

Negative levels do nothing initially, but give 4 health points() × |−level| (that do not vanish) when the effect ends.

Notes

Absorption hearts of a mounted mob can be seen while riding it.

See also:  § Fire Resistance and  § Resistance .

Bad Luck

Bad Luck

Particle	#C0A44D (khaki)
ID	27
Name ID	minecraft:unluck

Decreases chances of high-quality and more loot.

Effect

Subtracts 1 × level from attribute generic.luck, making loot table entries with a high quality score less likely, and entries with negative quality more likely. It also makes the chance of bonus_rolls occuring less likely. Currently, only fishing uses quality. The new weight of each entry is floor(base_weight + quality * generic.luck).

Negative levels increase luck.

This status effect is exclusive to the Java Edition.

See also:  § Luck

Blindness

Blindness

Sources	Illusioner
Particle	#1F1F23 (dark gray)
ID	15
Name ID	minecraft:blindness

Impairs vision.

Effect

Impairs vision as if a thick black fog were surrounding the player. Also prevents sprinting and critical hits.

Notes

The Sun and Moon can be seen as normal. Also, liquids do not fade into the fog perfectly. If combined with Night Vision, the screen will be covered by fog. The radius of the fog around the player is 4.5 blocks.

This status effect is exclusive to the Java and Bedrock editions.

See also:  § Nausea and  § Night Vision

Conduit Power

Conduit Power

Sources	Activated Conduit
Particle	#1DC2D1 (robin's egg blue)
ID	29
Name ID	minecraft:conduit_power

Increases underwater visibility and mining speed, prevents drowning.

Dolphin's Grace

Dolphin's Grace

Sources	Dolphin
Particle	#88A3BE (rock blue)
ID	30
Name ID	minecraft:dolphins_grace

Increases swimming speed.

This status effect is exclusive to the Java Edition.

Notes

This effect is only obtainable by players.

Fire Resistance

Fire Resistance

Sources	Arrow of Fire Resistance Enchanted Golden Apple Potion of Fire Resistance Totem of Undying[Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only]
Particle	#E49A3A (amber)
ID	12
Name ID	minecraft:fire_resistance

Grants immunity to fire, lava, the direct impact of blaze fireballs and standing on magma blocks.

Effect

No further effects.

Notes

Most Nether mobs (excluding chickens and skeletons) are naturally resistant to fire and lava without requiring the Fire Resistance status effect. However, Nether mobs can still be damaged by the direct impact from a blaze fireball, while Fire Resistance grants immunity to that.

See also:  § Absorption and  § Resistance

Glowing

Glowing

Sources	Spectral Arrow
Particle	#94A061 (olive)
ID	24
Name ID	minecraft:glowing

Outlines entities.

Effect

Causes entities to glow with an outline that can be seen through opaque blocks.

This status effect is exclusive to the Java Edition.

See also:  § Invisibility

The Glowing effect, added to all entities by command.

Haste

Haste

Sources	Beacon
Particle	#D9C043 (yellow)
ID	3
Name ID	minecraft:haste

Increases mining and attack speed.

Effect

Increases mining speed by 20% × level and attack speed by 10% × level.

Negative levels cause blocks to be mined slower and the player's arm to move more slowly, and decrease attack speed.

Notes

At levels 3 or higher, the player's arm will not move while mining.

Alternative methods of increasing mining speed include: the efficiency enchantment.

See also:  § Mining Fatigue

Health Boost

Health Boost

Particle	#F87D23 (orange)
ID	21
Name ID	minecraft:health_boost

Increases maximum health.

Effect

Increases maximum health by 4 () × level. Added hearts will initially appear as damaged until healed.

Negative levels reduce base health, however the entity's actual health is not decreased to the new maximum until damaged or healed.

Notes

Actual health may be above the base value after the effect ends and will not be capped, unless the entity is healed. Extra hearts of a mounted mob can be seen while riding it.

This status effect is exclusive to the Java and Bedrock editions.

See also:  § Instant Health and  § Regeneration

Hunger

See also: Hunger § Food poisoning

Hunger

Sources	Husk Pufferfish Raw chicken (30% chance) Rotten Flesh (80% chance)
Particle	#587653 (dull green)
ID	17
Name ID	minecraft:hunger

Increases hunger.

Effect

Increases food exhaustion by 0.005 × level per game tick (removes per 80/level seconds if target has no saturation).

Turns the hunger bar yellow-green ().

Negative levels will decrease food exhaustion. This does not increase saturation or the hunger bar.

See also:  § Saturation

Instant Damage

Instant Damage

Sources	Arrow of Harming Potion of Harming
Particle	#430A09 (maroon)
ID	7
Name ID	minecraft:instant_damage

Damages entities, heals undead.

Effect

Instantly inflicts damage of 3 () × 2^level.

Undead mobs (including the wither) are healed as if with Instant Health instead. Death is reported as "<player> was killed by magic". If the effect is forced to last longer than 1 tick, it will damage entities every tick. Levels 30–32 provide no damage. Amplifiers outside the range 0–31 (corresponding to levels 1–32) are used modulo 32.

See also:  § Poison and  § Wither

Instant Health

See also: Healing and Health

Instant Health

Sources	Arrow of Healing Potion of Healing
Particle	#F82423 (red)
ID	6
Name ID	minecraft:instant_health

Heals entities, damages undead.

Effect

Instantly heals 2 () × 2^level.

Undead mobs (including the wither) are damaged as if with Instant Damage instead. If the effect is forced to last longer than one tick, it will heal entities every tick. Levels 30–32 provide no healing. Amplifiers outside the range 0–31 (corresponding to levels 1–32) are used modulo 32.

See also:  § Health Boost and  § Regeneration

Invisibility

Invisibility

Sources	Arrow of Invisibility Potion of Invisibility
Particle	#7F8392 (light gray)
ID	14
Name ID	minecraft:invisibility

The visible parts of a decorated llama, an enderman, a saddled pig, a shulker, a charged creeper and a spider

Grants invisibility.

Effect

Causes the entity to disappear.

Boss mobs will not disappear.

Certain features of entities do not disappear:

Feature	Visibility
Armor, held items, stuck arrows, any particles emitted, a shulker's yellow head, the eyes of endermen, phantoms[upcoming 1.13] and spiders, a llama's carpet decoration, a pig's saddle and the aura of a charged creeper.	Visible
Horse saddles and horse armor.	Invisible

Notes

Mobs will not attack/sense the player until the player is much closer than normal. A player with no armor will be detected at 7% of the usual detection distance. Any one piece of armor increases this to 17.5% of the usual distance, and each additional piece increases this by another 17.5 percentage points. After detecting the player, a mob will continue to follow as it does when the player is not invisible.

Additional methods of reducing detection by mobs include:

• Sneaking reduces the detection range to 80% of usual, and stacks with Invisibility.
• Wearing the corresponding mob head reduces the detection range of skeletons, zombies, and creepers to half of usual, and stacks with Invisibility.

Players in Spectator mode see invisible entities as translucent instead.

See also:  § Glowing

Jump Boost

Jump Boost

Sources	Arrow of Leaping Beacon Potion of Leaping
Particle	#22FF4C (bright green)
ID	8
Name ID	minecraft:jump_boost

Increases jump height and reduces fall damage.

Effect

Increases jump height. Reduces fall damage by 1 () each level.

The player can normally jump up a distance of 1 ¹⁄₄ blocks. With Jump Boost I, that increases to 1 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ blocks, and with Jump Boost II, that increases to 2 ¹⁄₂ blocks.

Negative levels decrease jump height and increase fall damage (which also causes the player to start taking damage from short falls that would normally do no damage); extreme negative levels will eliminate all jumping ability and will cause damage even when stepping off a slab.

Notes

When at max level, jumping will not be changed but a player will never take fall damage.

At level 16, the increased height exceeds the damage reduction, causing fall damage on landing.

Levitation

Levitation

Sources	Shulker
Particle	#CEFFFF (sky blue)
ID	25
Name ID	minecraft:levitation

Floats entities.

Effect

Causes the affected entity to float upwards at a rate of 0.9×level blocks per second.

Does not affect swimming or flying. Prevents the use of elytra, but the effects do not show if the player is already gliding. Negative levels cause the entity to float downwards, overriding the usual falling due to gravity; level 0 (amplifier 255) makes falling, jumping and ascending stairs impossible. Fall damage is not affected.

Notes

Additional methods of moving upwards include: flying with elytra, and jumping on a slime block.

Luck

Luck

Sources	Arrow of Luck Potion of Luck
Particle	#339900 (avocado green)
ID	26
Name ID	minecraft:luck

Increases chances of high-quality and more loot.

Effect

Adds 1 × level to attribute generic.luck, making loot table entries with a high quality score more likely, and entries with negative quality less likely. It also increases the chances of bonus_rolls occuring. Currently, only fishing uses quality. The new weight of each entry is floor(base_weight + quality * generic.luck).

Negative levels decrease luck.

Notes

Using a fishing rod enchanted with Luck of the Sea increases a player's generic.luck attribute but doesn't actually grant the Luck status effect.

This status effect is exclusive to the Java and Legacy Console Editions.

See also:  § Bad Luck

Mining Fatigue

Mining Fatigue

Sources	Elder Guardian
Particle	#4A4217 (dark khaki)
ID	4
Name ID	minecraft:mining_fatigue

Reduces mining and attack speed.

Effect

The effects on mining speed are shown in the table below:

Level	Speed	Breaking time ×
1	30%	3 1⁄3
2	9%	11 1⁄9
3	0.27%	370 1⁄27
4+	0.081%	1234 46⁄81

Attack speed decreases by 10% × level.

Negative levels increase attack speed, but still act as level 4 with respect to mining.

Notes

The effect does not affect block breaking in Creative mode, or blocks that are broken instantly.

Other conditions which reduce mining speed include: sneaking; being underwater; riding a horse, pig, or minecart.

See also:  § Haste

Nausea

Nausea

Sources	Pufferfish
Particle	#551D4A (purple)
ID	9
Name ID	minecraft:nausea

Wobbles and warps the view.

Effect

Besides the effect on vision, there are no other effects. The effect on vision builds up over the first two seconds of the effect, and then declines over the last two seconds.

Notes

After a zombie villager is cured, the villager gets Nausea for 10 seconds.

Standing in a nether portal affects vision similarly but doesn't actually grant the status effect.

See also:  § Blindness and  § Night Vision

Night Vision

Night Vision

Sources	Arrow of Night Vision Potion of Night Vision
Particle	#1F1FA1 (medium blue)
ID	16
Name ID	minecraft:night_vision

Improves vision in darkness.

Effect

Allows player to see as if light levels were 15 everywhere. Also, increases ability to see underwater.

Notes

Screen flashes for 10 seconds before the effect wears off. If used in the End everything will appear pink. If combined with Blindness, the screen will be covered by fog. If used in the Void, the player will see nothing other than black. If submerged in lava the screen will appear bright orange.

See also:  § Blindness and  § Nausea

Poison

Poison

Sources	Arrow of Poison Cave Spider (on Normal and Hard difficulty) Poisonous Potato (60% chance) Potion of Poison Pufferfish (item) Pufferfish (mob) [upcoming 1.13] Spider Eye Cookie if parrot (particles only)
Particle	#4E9331 (green)
ID	19
Name ID	minecraft:poison

Inflicts damage over time, reducing the player's health to , and cannot kill.

Effect

The amount of damage inflicted to the affected entity is shown in the table below:

Level	Ticks per	per second
1	25	0.4
2	12	0.8
3	6*	1.66*
4	3*	3.33*
5+	1*	10*

* Due to damage immunity, the effective rate is 12 ticks ( × 0.8 per second) at levels 3 and 4 and 10 ticks ( × 1 per second) at level 5.

The player's hearts turn yellow-green ()( on hardcore mode) .

Damage is suppressed while the player or mob is already at health, but can resume if healing occurs before the effect expires. Amplifiers outside the range 0–31 (corresponding to levels 1–32) are treated modulo 32 (as though reduced by 32 until they are within the range, or alternatively as the remainder from division by 32, i.e. 33 will be treated as 1.)

Undead mobs, spiders and cave spiders are unaffected by this status effect.

See also:  § Instant Damage and  § Wither

Regeneration

Regeneration

Sources	Arrow of Regeneration Beacon Golden Apple Enchanted Golden Apple Potion of Regeneration Totem of Undying
Particle	#CD5CAB (pink)
ID	10
Name ID	minecraft:regeneration

Heals over time.

Effect

The amount of health healed over time is shown in the table below:

Level	Ticks per	per second
1	50	0.2
2	25	0.4
3	12	0.8
4	6	1.66
5	3	3.33
6+	1	10

Undead mobs are unaffected. Amplifiers outside the range 0–31 (corresponding to levels 1–32) are used modulo 32.

Notes

When a villager opens a new tier of trade, it gets Regeneration I for 10 seconds.

See also:  § Health Boost and  § Instant Health

Resistance

Resistance

Sources	Beacon Enchanted Golden Apple Arrow of the Turtle Master[upcoming 1.13] Potion of the Turtle Master[upcoming 1.13]
Particle	#99453A (mahogany)
ID	11
Name ID	minecraft:resistance

Reduces most damage.

Effect

Reduces all incoming damage, except void damage and /kill, by 20% × level.

Negative levels increase damage taken.

Notes

Level 5+ gives the player full immunity to all damage, with the exception of the void and the /kill command.

See also:  § Absorption and  § Fire Resistance

Saturation

Saturation

Particle	#F82423 (red)
ID	23
Name ID	minecraft:saturation

Replenishes hunger.

Effect

Instantly replenishes 1 () × level and 2 × level points of saturation. If the effect is forced to last longer than one tick, it will increase hunger and saturation each tick.

Negative levels decrease hunger and saturation.

Notes

All foods replenish food saturation, but they don't actually add the Saturation status effect.

This status effect is exclusive to the Java and Bedrock editions.

See also:  § Hunger

Slow Falling

Slow Falling^{[upcoming 1.13]}

Sources	Arrow of Slow Falling Potion of Slow Falling
Particle	#CEFFFF (sky blue)
ID	28
Name ID	minecraft:slow_falling

Decreases falling speed and negates fall damage.

Effect

If the player is in the air while having this effect, they will fall down at a much slower rate.

When the player hits the ground, they will not take any fall damage. Also, if any type of entity jumps on a crop with this effect, there is no chance of the crop breaking and dropping as an item.

Notes

If the player is sprinting while having this effect, they are able to jump across a nearly 6 block gap, compared to 4 blocks normally.

If the level is set to 255, the player cannot fall.

Slowness

Slowness

Sources	Arrow of Slowness Arrow of the Turtle Master[upcoming 1.13] [upcoming 1.5] Potion of Slowness Potion of the Turtle Master[upcoming 1.13] [upcoming 1.5] Stray
Particle	#5A6C81 (gray-blue)
ID	2
Name ID	minecraft:slowness

Decreases walking speed.

Effect

Decreases walking speed by 15% × level. Contracts FOV accordingly.

Negative levels increase speed.

Notes

Spiders, cave spiders, silverfish, and endermites get the effect when attacked with a weapon enchanted with Bane of Arthropods.

At levels 7–127, the player will be unable to move unless they jump while moving or throw an ender pearl.

Alternative methods of reducing travel speed include: walking on soul sand or slime blocks, or through cobwebs; swimming; riding a boat on land; sneaking; eating; drinking milk or a potion (travel speed is reduced while drinking any potion, regardless of the effects of the potion after drinking is finished); aiming a bow; blocking with a shield

See also:  § Speed

Speed

Speed

Sources	Arrow of Swiftness Beacon Potion of Swiftness
Particle	#7CAFC6 (electric blue)
ID	1
Name ID	minecraft:speed

Increases walking speed.

Effect

Increases walking speed by 20% × level. Expands field of view (FOV) accordingly.

Negative levels decrease speed.

Notes

At high levels, the player may walk faster than chunks can load.

Alternative methods of increasing travel speed include: sprinting; throwing ender pearls; riding a horse, pig, or minecart; walking on ice or packed ice; and riding a boat on ice or packed ice.

See also:  § Slowness

Strength

Strength

Sources	Arrow of Strength Beacon Potion of Strength
Particle	#932423 (dark red)
ID	5
Name ID	minecraft:strength

Increases melee damage.

Effect

Increases melee damage by 3 () × level.

Negative levels decrease melee damage, with attacks being ignored entirely if damage would be 0 or lower.

Notes

While a zombie villager is being cured, it will have the Strength I effect in Normal difficulty or Strength II in Hard difficulty.

Alternative methods of increasing melee damage include: critical hits.

See also:  § Weakness

Water Breathing

Water Breathing

Sources	Arrow of Water Breathing Potion of Water Breathing Turtle shell
Particle	#2E5299 (blue)
ID	13
Name ID	minecraft:water_breathing

Prevents drowning.

Effect

Prevents the oxygen bar from decreasing completely. Also slightly increases visibility while underwater.

Notes

Alternative methods of slowing or preventing drowning include:

• the Respiration enchantment
• the Conduit Power status effect

Weakness

Weakness

Sources	Arrow of Weakness Potion of Weakness
Particle	#484D48 (gray)
ID	18
Name ID	minecraft:weakness

Reduces melee damage given.

Effect

Melee damage inflicted by the affected entity is reduced by 4 () × level.

Negative levels increase melee damage dealt.

Notes

Zombie villagers can be cured of zombification using a golden apple if they have the weakness status effect on them.

See also:  § Strength

Wither

Wither

Sources	Wither (on Normal and Hard difficulty) Wither Skeleton Arrow of Decay[Bedrock Edition only] Potion of Decay[Bedrock Edition only]
Particle	#352A27 (bistre)
ID	20
Name ID	minecraft:wither

Inflicts damage over time (and can kill).

Effect

The amount of damage inflicted to the affected entity is shown in the table below:

Level	Ticks per	per second
1	40	0.25
2	20	0.5
3	10	1
4	5*	2*
5	2*	4*
6+	1*	10*

* Due to damage immunity, the effective rate is 10 ticks ( × 1 per second) at levels 4 and up.

The player's hearts turn black ()( on hardcore mode), making it harder but still possible for the player to see their Health.

Amplifiers outside the range 0–31 (corresponding to levels 1–32) are used modulo 32.

Notes

Death is reported as "<player> withered away".

See also:  § Instant Damage and  § Poison

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Stayin' Frosty	Swim in lava while having the Fire Resistance effect.		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	20G	Bronze
	Free Diver	Stay underwater for 2 minutes.	Drink a potion of water breathing that can last for 2 minutes or more, then jump into the water.	Xbox One	Yes	Yes	Yes	20G	Silver
				Xbox 360		Alt		30G
	Great View From Up Here	Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker		Yes	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	20G	Bronze

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Local Brewery	Have all of these 11 potion effects applied to you at the same time.	minecraft:nether/all_potions
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 22 effects applied to you at the same time.	minecraft:nether/all_effects
	Great View From Up Here	Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker	The City at the End of the Game	Have the Levitation effect applied, and move a vertical distance of 50 blocks.	minecraft:end/levitate

Video

Note: This video is outdated, as 6 status effects have been added since 1.6.1.

History

Beta
1.8			?		Status effects were introduced. (which ones?) No potions were added yet, so the only things that caused them were golden apples, raw chicken, rotten flesh and cave spiders.
Official release
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2		Actual potions were added and some effects got an alchemical ingredient that correspond to them. Milk was also given the ability to cure and clear all status effects.
1.3.1			12w21a		An enchanted golden apple made from blocks of gold was added, and induced, among others, the formerly unused Resistance status effect.
			12w26a		Monster spawners could be customized using third-party world editors and set to spawn mobs with status effects.
1.4.2			12w32a		Night Vision now functions, and a potion and splash potion of Night Vision was implemented and added to Creative mode.
					Beacons were also added (to Creative only) and could be used to give status effects to players around it, and several potion effects without a potion could be induced.
					Villager zombies under the effects of a potion of Weakness can be given a golden apple to cure it.
			12w34a		Invisibility now functions, and turns mobs invisible. Players under its effect cannot be detected by other players. A potion and splash potion of Invisibility was implemented and added to Creative mode.
					The Wither effect was added, and it is inflicted by the wither's wither skulls.
			12w39a		Using external programs, potions can be changed to give different or multiple effects for any length.
1.5			13w09b		Using /effect you can now apply potion effects to players, with a maximum value of 4
			13w09c		/effect now has a level limit of 255.
1.6.1			13w23a		Regeneration and Instant Health were slightly nerfed, having Regeneration heal twice as slow and Instant Health be 33% less potent.
			13w23b		Added Health Boost effect. It is activated after eating the 1st tier of the golden apple. The enchanted tier does not give the effect at all.
					Regeneration was increased from level 1 to 2 on the normal golden apple, and increased from level 4 to 5 on the enchanted golden apple.
			13w24a		Spiders have a rare chance to spawn with status effects on hard difficulty.
			13w24b		Added Absorption effect.
					Health Boost no longer is activated after eating a golden apple. The Absorption effect is now triggered after eating either tier of the golden apple, and lasts for 2 minutes.
			pre		Added Saturation effect.
1.6.2			?		Extra health from Absorption effect no longer reappears every 30 seconds.
1.7.2			13w36a		Water Breathing potions added.
1.8			14w06a		Added the ability to disable effect particles.
			14w25a		Mining Fatigue mechanics adjusted, no longer a 20 percentage point reduction per level.
			14w27a		Potion of Leaping was added.
					Jump Boost now has bright green particles.
			14w28a		Effects now accept named IDs as well as numerical IDs.
1.9			15w31a		Added Levitation status effect, received when the player is hit by a shulker projectile.
					Added Glowing status effect, received when players or mobs are hit by spectral arrows.
					Status effects are now displayed on the HUD, instead of just in the inventory.
			15w33a		Strength and Weakness effects altered.
			15w34b		Haste and Mining Fatigue affect the new attackSpeed attribute.
			15w44b		New status effects, Luck and Bad Luck.
					Tipped arrows will now display the effect's time, same as potions.
					Tipped arrows are now able to be obtained in survival.
			15w49a		Health Boost and Absorption icons have now changed to look different.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.13			18w08b		The Water Breathing status effect no longer gives the player enhanced underwater vision.
			18w14a		Added the Slow Falling status effect, obtained by drinking potion of Slow Falling or being hit by arrow of Slow Falling.
			18w15a		Added the Conduit Power status effect, obtained by activating a conduit.
			18w16a		Conduit Power now gives off a different effect.
			18w19a		Added the Dolphin's Grace status effect, obtained by swimming near dolphins.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.11.0			December 2, 2014		Jeb tweets an image of status effects in progress.
					When the player is affected with a status effect, there are tabs on the right side of the screen that shows what effects are currently afflicted.
					Jeb states that the only effects obtainable are Poison and Nausea, due to potions not being implemented yet.
			December 4, 2014		Jeb tweets an image of the status effect GUI, which appears to be shown when one of the "tabs" are selected.
			build 1		Added status effects.
					Currently, since potions have not been implemented, the only effects available are: - Poison from cave spiders, rotten flesh and pufferfish - Hunger from raw chicken - Nausea from pufferfish.
			build 4		Drinking milk will now remove all status effects.
			build 12		Armor no longer decreases damage from status effects.
0.12.1			build 1		Added more status effects. Jump boost can't be obtained, as rabbits have not yet been added.
					Status effects now can be applied with potions.
					Rotten foods now cause Hunger rather than Poison due to the addition of hunger.
					The hunger status effect functions correctly now due to the addition of hunger.
			?		Fixed bug where the touch radius was offset for the status effect tab.
0.13.0			build 1		Jump boost can now be obtained in survival because of the addition of rabbits.
0.16.0			build 1		Added an exclusive potion, splash potion and arrow of Decay.
Pocket Edition
1.0			build 1		Added Levitation status effect, received when the player is hit by a shulker projectile.
Legacy Console Edition
TU5			Patch 1		Status effects were introduced. No potions were added yet, so the only things that caused them were golden apples, raw chicken, rotten flesh and cave spiders.
TU7					Actual potions were added and some effects got an alchemical ingredient that correspond to them. Milk was also given the ability to cure and clear all status effects.
TU14		1.04			An enchanted golden apple made from blocks of gold was added, and induced, among others, the formerly unused Resistance status effect.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Night Vision now functions, and a potion and splash potion of Night Vision was implemented and added to Creative mode.
					Beacons were also added and could be used to give status effects to players around it, and several potion effects without a potion could be induced.
					Villager zombies under the effects of a potion of Weakness can be given a golden apple to cure it.
					Invisibility now functions, and turns mobs invisible. Players under its effect cannot be detected by other players. A potion and splash potion of Invisibility was implemented and added to Creative mode.
					The Wither effect was added, and it is inflicted by the wither's wither skulls.
					Added Absorption effect, triggered for 2 minutes when consuming either tier of the golden apple.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added Levitation status effect, received when the player is hit by a shulker projectile.

Issues

Issues relating to "Status effect" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• After drinking a bucket of milk while under the Nausea effect, the screen will flash purple for a tick as if you were standing in a Nether Portal. This is because the game uses the same effect for Nausea as it does for the nether portal.
• If you put Blindness and Night Vision together, the screen will turn black and only the sun and moon will be visible (except in rainstorms or thunderstorms).
• The maximum health the player can achieve using Health Boost and Absorption is 2068 (1034 hearts).
• If you get max health using the method above, and put regeneration level of 255, while healing to 1034 hearts, your view will jolt, even in Creative mode, as if you are taking damage.
• If you have at least Resistance 5, then you are practically invincible. (Apart from the /kill command and the void)
  • If you have Regeneration 7 or higher, the void cannot kill you.
• Endermen inflicted with Invisibility can still be seen due to the fact that the eyes still glow and a slight outline can be seen from a distance. Similarly, spider eyes will glow.
• The Wither effect is the only negative effect that can negatively affect both living and undead mobs.
• The Jump Boost status effect does not make slimes, magma cubes or guardians jump higher.
• Speed allows slimes to jump farther. High levels of speed can take slimes out of view with just one jump.
• The Levitation status effect will normally rise you into the air. However, if you go into water, you will just flow along with the water, while not floating.
• When having multiple status effects, their timer's seconds will always decrement by 1 each simultaneously regardless when the player takes another potion. This is because they use the same "seconds counter" that "ticks" every 20 game ticks to save memory. For example, if the player takes one potion and another potion (different so that they don't reset the timer) 5.5 (or any non-integer amounts) seconds later, their timers will subtract 1 second from both of them simultaneously.
• You can walk/run while having the Levitation effect, especially on level 254.
• Although the Wither effect is given to the player by being hit by wither skeletons or the wither boss, the icon shows a normal skeleton head instead of a wither skeleton head.
• Using /effect <player> minecraft:levitation (Time In Second) 255 will make you fly in Survival and not jump, when the effect is over in Survival when in midair, hitting the ground will cause you to shoot into the air, then the player will most likely die.
• When a creeper has a status effect and explodes, it leaves a lingering potion cloud of the effect(s) that it had before it died.

Gallery

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  Regeneration after eating a golden apple before the official update.

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  Health Boost and Regeneration II after eating a golden apple in 13w23b.

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  Weakness after drinking a Potion of Weakness.

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  The maximum amount of health using Health Boost and Absorption.

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  The end as seen when a player has night vision.

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  What things look like when a player has eaten a pufferfish and receives nausea.

See also

• Fire - gives a damaging condition similar to a status effect

External links

• Minecraft Forum: All About Potions And Brewing - 1.9 Reference Guide
• Minecraft Potions - A Visual Guide

Gameplay

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