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 consumption of potions and some food, while in the range of beacons and conduits, as well as when being attacked by or being close to certain mobs.

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

Behavior[edit]

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 level and duration. For most effects, higher levels increase the strength of the effect.

Internally, and in the /effect command and potion Amplifier NBT tags, the game stores an "amplifier" value, which 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, including opposing effects such as Strength and Weakness, can be simultaneously active on a player. However, it is not possible to apply the same effect multiple times, even if they are of different levels (e.g. Strength and Strength II). When applying an effect already active on the player, higher levels overwrite lower levels, and higher durations overwrite lower durations of the same 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 status effects can be removed by drinking milk. Singleplayer users with cheats enabled and operators in multiplayer servers can use /effect clear <playername> in Java or /effect <playername> clear in Bedrock to achieve the same goal.

Summary of effects[edit]

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	Decreases falling speed and negates fall damage
29	Conduit Power	Increases underwater visibility and mining speed, prevents drowning
30	Dolphin's Grace ^{[Java Edition only]}	Increases swimming speed

List of effects[edit]

See also: Java Edition data values § Status effects

Sources: Blocks, items, and mobs that can produce the effect legitimately in Survival mode. The /effect command can produce all status effects and is not mentioned 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[edit]

Absorption

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

Absorbs damage.

Effect: Adds 4 () × 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 () × |−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[edit]

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 occurring 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[edit]

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 completely black.^[1]; This status effect is exclusive to the Java and Bedrock editions.

See also: § Nausea and § Night Vision

Conduit Power[edit]

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. Despite its ability to prevent drowning, it doesn't stack with Water Breathing, which means if the player has both effects, the Water Breathing will still tick down. This can be a problem with turtle shells.

Dolphin's Grace[edit]

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 Java Edition. Although, players in Bedrock Edition and Legacy Console Edition are also able to experience a gain in speed, it is not considered an effect as no effect icon is shown.

Notes

This effect is only obtainable by players.

Fire Resistance[edit]

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, endermen 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[edit]

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[edit]

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.; It will also decrease the charging time of sweep attack.; Alternative methods of increasing mining speed include: the efficiency enchantment.

See also: § Mining Fatigue

Health Boost[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 mob to disappear (except for bosses).; 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 cave spiders, endermen, phantoms 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 or 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 single piece of armor increases this to 17.5% of the usual distance, and each additional piece increases this by another 17.5%. 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 50% of usual, and stacks with Invisibility.

Players in Spectator mode will see invisible entities as translucent instead.

See also: § Glowing

Jump Boost[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 occurring. 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Notes: Screen flashes for 10 seconds before the effect wears off.; If used in the End everything will appear pink.; If combined with Blindness or used in the Void, the screen will become entirely black.^[1]; If submerged in lava, the screen will appear bright orange.

See also: § Blindness and § Nausea

Poison[edit]

Poison

Sources	Arrow of Poison Cave Spider (on Normal and Hard difficulty) Poisonous Potato (60% chance) Potion of Poison Pufferfish (item) Pufferfish (mob) 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[edit]

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[edit]

Resistance

Sources	Beacon Enchanted Golden Apple Arrow of the Turtle Master^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]} Potion of the Turtle Master^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]}
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[edit]

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[edit]

Slow Falling

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 all fall damage. It also eliminates all damage from thrown ender pearls.

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.

Slowness[edit]

Slowness

Sources	Arrow of Slowness Arrow of the Turtle Master^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]} Potion of Slowness Potion of the Turtle Master^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]} 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 and blocking with a shield.

See also: § Speed

Speed[edit]

"Speed" redirects here. For the various speeds at which a player may travel by different methods, see Transportation.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Allows the use of waterlogged beds.^{[Legacy Console and Bedrock editions only]}

Notes

Alternative methods of slowing or preventing drowning include:

the Respiration enchantment
the Conduit Power status effect

Weakness[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo	Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
	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 or sneak on a magma block underwater for 2 minutes.	Xbox One	Yes	Yes	Yes	20G	Silver
	Free Diver	Stay underwater for 2 minutes.		Xbox 360	Yes	Alt	Yes	30G	Silver
	Great View From Up Here	Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	20G	Bronze

Advancements[edit]

Main article: Advancements

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 13 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 23 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[edit]

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

History[edit]

Beta
1.8			?	The first 19 status effects have been introduced, 8 of which are nonfunctional. No potions are added yet, so the only effects that are obtainable are Regeneration (golden apples), Hunger (raw chicken and rotten flesh), and Poison (cave spiders).
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2	Potions have been added, but are unobtainable without inventory editing. All effects can appear on potions, but Invisibility and Night Vision still do not function.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2	Drinking milk will now clears all status effects.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3	Potions have been revamped and made obtainable. As part of this, 8 effects no longer exist as potions and have become unused.
1.3.1			12w21a	An enchanted golden apple made from blocks of gold has been added, and induced, among others, the formerly unused Resistance status effect.
1.3.1			12w26a	Monster spawners can now be customized using third-party world editors and set to spawn mobs with status effects.
1.4.2			12w32a	Night Vision will now function, and a potion and splash potion of Night Vision have been implemented and added to Creative mode.
				Beacons have been added (to Creative only) and can be used to give status effects to players around them. Several effects without a potion can now be induced, including the formerly unused Haste and Jump Boost effects.
				Villager zombies under the effects of a potion of Weakness can now be given a golden apple to cure it.
			12w34a	Invisibility will now function, and turns mobs invisible. Players under its effect cannot be detected by other players.
				A potion and splash potion of Invisibility have been implemented and added to Creative mode.
				The Wither effect has been added, and it is inflicted by the wither's wither skulls.
			12w39a	Using external programs, potions can now be changed to give different or multiple effects for any length.
1.5			13w09b	Using `/effect` the player can now apply potion effects to other players, with a maximum value of 4.
1.5			13w09c	`/effect` now has a level limit of 255.
1.6.1			13w23a	Regeneration and Instant Health have been 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.
			13w23b	Regeneration has been 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 will now have a rare chance to spawn with status effects on hard difficulty.
			13w24b	Added Absorption effect.
			13w24b	Health Boost will now no longer activate 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 will no longer reappear 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 have been adjusted. There will now no longer be a 20 percentage point reduction per level.
			14w27a	Potion of Leaping has been added.
			14w27a	Jump Boost now has bright green particles.
			14w28a	Effects will 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, which is 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 have been 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.
1.13			18w08b	The Water Breathing status effect will now no longer gives the player enhanced underwater vision.
			18w14a	Added the Slow Falling status effect, which is obtained by drinking a potion of Slow Falling or being hit by an arrow of Slow Falling.
			18w15a	Added the Conduit Power status effect, which is obtained by activating a conduit.
			18w16a	Conduit Power will now give off a different effect.
			18w19a	Added the Dolphin's Grace status effect, which is 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.
			build 1	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. Other effects can be applied using an inventory editor or modifier, though some do not work properly.
			build 4	Drinking milk will now remove all status effects.
			build 12	Armor will now no longer decreases damage from status effects.
0.12.1			build 1	Most status effects work properly now, and added a few new ones. Jump boost can't be obtained, as rabbits have not yet been added.
				Status effects now can be applied with potions.
				Rotten foods will 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 a 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. It is unobtainable in survival due to the lack of a brewing recipe for it.
			build 1	Mining fatigue can now be inflicted upon the player in survival by a elder guardian.
			build 4	The wither effect can now be inflicted with the addition of the wither.
Pocket Edition
1.0			alpha 0.17.0.1	Added Levitation status effect, received when the player is hit by a shulker projectile.
Bedrock Edition
1.5			beta 1.5.0.1	Added the Conduit Power status effect, which is received when the player activates a conduit.
1.6			beta 1.6.0.5	Added the Slow Falling status effect, obtained by drinking a potion of Slow Falling or being hit by an arrow of Slow Falling.
Legacy Console Edition
TU5			Patch 1	Status effects have been introduced. No potions have been added yet, so the only things that cause them are golden apples, raw chicken, rotten flesh and cave spiders.
TU7				Actual potions have been added and some effects got an alchemical ingredient that correspond to them.
TU7				Milk has been now given the ability to cure and clear all status effects.
TU14		1.04		An enchanted golden apple made from blocks of gold has been added, and induced, among others, the formerly unused Resistance status effect.
TU19	CU7	1.12		Night Vision will now function, and a potion and splash potion of Night Vision has been implemented and added to Creative mode.
				Beacons have been added and can be used to give status effects to players around them, and several potion effects without a potion can now be induced.
				Villager zombies under the effects of a potion of Weakness can now be given a golden apple to cure it.
				Invisibility now functions, and turns mobs invisible. Players under its effect can now not be detected by other players. A potion and splash potion of Invisibility was implemented and added to Creative mode.
				The Wither effect has been added, and it is inflicted by the wither's wither skulls.
				Added Absorption effect, will can be 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.
TU69	CU36	1.76	Patch 38	Added the Slow Falling status effect, obtained by drinking a potion of Slow Falling or being hit by an arrow of Slow Falling.

Issues[edit]

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

Trivia[edit]

After drinking a bucket of milk while under the Nausea effect, the screen will flash purple for a tick as if the player was standing in a Nether Portal. This is because the game uses the same effect for Nausea as it does for the nether portal.
If the player puts Blindness and Night Vision together, the screen will turn black and only the sun and moon will be visible (except in rainstorms or thunderstorms).^[1]
The maximum health the player can achieve using Health Boost and Absorption is 2068 (1034 hearts).
If the player gets max health using the method above, and adds Regeneration with the level of 255, while healing to 1034 hearts, their view will jolt, even in Creative mode, as if they are taking damage.
If the player has at least Resistance 5, then they are practically invincible (apart from the /kill command and the void).
- If the player has Regeneration 7 or higher, the void cannot kill them.
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 make slimes bounce out of view with just one jump.
The Levitation status effect will normally rise the player into the air. However, if they go into water, they will just flow along with the water, while not floating.
When having multiple status effects, the status effects' timer's seconds will always be reduced 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 drinks one potion and another potion (which is different, so that it doesn't reset the timer) 5.5 (or any non-integer amounts) seconds later, both status effects' timers will subtract 1 second from both of them simultaneously.
The player 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, the icon shows a normal skeleton head instead of a wither skeleton head.
Using /effect <player> minecraft:levitation <time in seconds> 255 will make the player fly in Survival and not jump, when the effect is over in Survival when in midair, hitting the ground will cause them 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[edit]

Regeneration after eating a golden apple before the official update.
Health Boost and Regeneration II after eating a golden apple in 13w23b.
Weakness after drinking a Potion of Weakness.
The maximum amount of health using Health Boost and Absorption.
The End as seen when a player has night vision.
What things look like when a player has eaten a pufferfish and receives nausea.
The Hunger status effect.
The Glowing effect, added to all entities by command.
A phantom with invisibility.

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

Gameplay

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