Wither (status effect)

Wither

Sources	See #Causes
Particle	#352A27 (bistre)
Effect ID	See Data values

Wither is a status effect that inflicts damage over time. Unlike Poison, it can kill undead.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Notes
Potion of Decay	II	[needs testing]	‌[Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only] Needs expansion to other potion augmentations if existent.
Splash Potion of Decay	II	[needs testing]	‌[Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only] Needs expansion to other potion augmentations if existent.
Lingering Potion of Decay	II	[needs testing]	‌[Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only] Needs expansion to other potion augmentations if existent.
Arrow of Decay	II	0:02	‌[Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only]
Wither	II	0:40	When wither skulls make a direct hit on the target. Normal and Hard difficulty only.
Wither Skeleton	I	0:10	Melee attack only.
Wither Rose	I	0:02	Only when in range (within the block)
Suspicious Stew‌[upcoming: JE 1.14]	I	0:07	Must be made with Wither Rose

Damage

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 ( × 10)( × 10 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.

Immune mobs

No mobs are immune to wither, though witches are highly resistant to it.

Notes

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

Data values

ID

Potion	Numeric ID‌[BE only]
Decay	36

Effect	Name ID	Numeric ID
Wither	wither	20

Advancements

Main article: Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 23 effects applied to the player at the same time. In Java Edition 1.14,‌[upcoming] additionally have these 2 effects applied at the same time.	minecraft:nether/all_effects

History

Java Edition
1.4.2			12w34a		The Wither effect has been added, and it is inflicted by the wither's wither skulls.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.14			18w43a		Wither Rose added, which inflicts Wither status effect
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.11.0			build 1		Added wither status effect, which unobtainable
0.12.1			build 1		Wither effect now obtainable from wither skeleton attack.
0.16.0			build 4		Wither effect now obtainable from wither skull projectile, and potion of decay as well as splash potion and tipped arrow variants.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1		Wither effect can be obtained from lingering potion of decay.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.5		Changed effect icon texture.

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