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Darkness is a status effect that causes the player's vision to dim occasionally. The effect is caused by the Sculk Shrieker and the Warden.

Effect

Just as its name implies, Darkness dims the vision of the player slowly to pitch-black and then slowly goes back to the original vision for a few seconds. Some areas can still be seen while blacking out when properly lighted.

Unlike other effects, Darkness doesn't make any particles on the player while it is active. However, the particle still appears when it is triggered by command.

This effect is similar to Blindness, however it does not prevent sprinting or critical hits, and has a slightly different dimming effect.

Causes

Cause Potency Length Notes
Sculk Shrieker I 0:13 When activated‌[Bedrock Edition only]
When activated and no warden is summoned‌[Java Edition only]
Warden I 0:32 When within 20 blocks‌[Java Edition only]

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Darknessdarkness30effect.darkness

History

October 3, 2020Darkness was shown in Minecraft Live 2020.
October 16, 2021Darkness More information was announced about Darkness, revealing that it is a status effect and is given by Sculk Shriekers. The darkness effect was delayed until The Wild Update.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.19Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1Darkness Added darkness.
Bedrock Edition
Vanilla Experiments (experimental)beta 1.18.0.22Darkness Added darkness.
1.18.10beta 1.18.10.21Moved the darkness effect to the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.

References


  1. Only seen with commands

Issues

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

See also

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