Blindness

Not to be confused with Darkness.

Blindness
Sources	See § Causes
Particle	#1F1F23 (dark gray)
Type	Negative

Blindness is a status effect that impairs the player's vision. It can be cast by illusioners‌ or by consuming suspicious stew made with an Azure Bluet.

Effect

See also: Fog § Blindness fog

The view from a player who is afflicted by blindness.

Blindness impairs the player's vision as if a thick black fog were surrounding them, with only the immediate area being visible (this means that only a few blocks directly around the player are visible to them). However, the sun and moon can be seen as normal, but it has to be during clear weather.‌ Additionally, liquids do not fade into the fog perfectly. The effect also prevents the player from sprinting or inflicting critical hits but does not stop an ongoing sprint.

The effect can be removed by drinking milk. In Minecraft Education and Bedrock Edition when education options are enabled, drinking eye drops also removes blindness.

Additionally, wardens are only naturally blind mobs even without requiring the Blindness status effect, and they can be found in ancient cities.

Blindness does not effect mobs.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Notes
Illusioner ‌	I	0:20	As an attack if regional difficulty is greater than 2.00
Suspicious Stew	I	0:08	Must be crafted with Azure Bluet
Suspicious Stew	I	0:05-0:07	Found in shipwreck supply chests Traded from expert farmer villagers‌

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Blindness	blindness	15	effect.minecraft.blindness

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Blindness	blindness	15	potion.blindness

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 33 status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Oozing Poison Raid Omen Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Trial Omen Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wither Wind Charged The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	nether/all_effects

History

Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			Blindness is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			The effect sprite for Blindness has been added to inventory.png.
1.12		17w16a			Added illusioners, which can affect players with Blindness.
1.14		18w43a			Blindness can now be obtained by eating suspicious stew.
					The texture of the blindness effect icon has now been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0		build 1			Added Blindness.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		?			When Blindness is combined with Night Vision, the screen now appears completely black.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Eye drops now remove the blindness effect when consumed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.5			The texture of the blindness effect icon has now been changed.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Blindness can now be obtained by eating suspicious stew.

Issues

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

Effects 

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