Potion effects are conferred by food items called Potions, which can be brewed using a Brewing Stand in Beta 1.9 Pre-release 3 in order to acquire the effects.[1]
History
Potion effects were introduced in Beta 1.8.[2] There are currently 19 defined "potion effects" in Minecraft. Two are given by Player actions, Two more by food items, One by a Cave Spider's attack, Six others work but aren't used yet, and Eight have no effect. Jeb later tweeted a potential potion effects screenshot taken from within from Beta 1.9 Pre-release 2.[3] Jeb has also tweeted about the Blindness potion effect, confirming its upcoming existence.[4]
According to a tweet by Jeb on September 30th 2011, in Beta 1.9 Pre-release 2 Milk is a cure all that clears all potion effects/status effects.[5][6]
Parameters
Potion effects are given two parameters on creation: Duration (in ticks) and strength.
| ID | Name (in source code) | Effect | Strength | How it's acquired | Alchemical ingredient | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Speed (potion.moveSpeed) | Expands FOV and increases walking speed | Increases both effects, stronger levels increase FOV further and increase | Sprinting and Flying | Sugar | |
| 2 | Slowness (potion.moveSlowdown) | Contracts FOV and decreases walking speed | Increases both effects, reversing controls if very strong | Charging a Bow | Sugar with Fermented Spider Eye, or Magma Cream with Fermented Spider Eye | |
| 3 | Haste (potion.digSpeed) | Arm swings faster, blocks break faster | Increases both effects, arm motion appears to stop if very strong | |||
| 4 | Mining Fatigue (potion.digSlowDown) | Arm swings slower, blocks break slower, however it is still possible to break blocks just as fast with insta-break on | Increases both effects | |||
| 5 | Strength (potion.damageBoost) | Increases damage dealt with fists | Blaze Powder | |||
| 6 | Instant Health (potion.heal) | Instant health gain | Sets the amount gained | Ghast Tear | Jeb said in a Twitter feed that he may replace instant health with regeneration because Ghast tears are hard to get. (unconfirmed)
Does not have a sprite because it has no lasting effects. | |
| 7 | Instant Damage (potion.harm) | Instant health loss | Sets the amount lost | Spider Eye with Fermented Spider Eye | Death reason is reported as "was killed by magic".
Does not have a sprite because it has no lasting effects. | |
| 8 | Jump Boost (potion.jump) | [1.9pre2] Allows the player to jump higher. | Changes the jump height | |||
| 9 | Nausea (potion.confusion) | Causes the view to wobble similarly to using a portal | No apparent effect | |||
| 10 | Regeneration (potion.regeneration) | Causes health to regenerate over time | Makes health regenerate faster | Eat a Golden Apple | Ghast Tear | |
| 11 | Resistance (potion.resistance) | No apparent effect | ||||
| 12 | Fire Resistance (potion.fireResistance) | [1.9pre2] Makes the player resistant to fire and lava. | Magma Cream | |||
| 13 | Water Breathing (potion.waterBreathing) | Causes air meter to be constantly full while underwater | No apparent effect | |||
| 14 | Invisibility (potion.invisibility) | No apparent effect | ||||
| 15 | Blindness (potion.blindness) | [1.9pre2] Creates thick black fog around the player Screenshot | No apparent effect | |||
| 16 | Night Vision (potion.nightVision) | No apparent effect | ||||
| 17 | Hunger (potion.hunger) | Causes food meter to deplete faster | Increases the depletion rate | Chance on eating Raw Chicken or Rotten Flesh. | ||
| 18 | Weakness (potion.weakness) | [1.9pre2] Lowers the player's attack power. | Decreases your reach. | Fermented Spider Eye | ||
| 19 | Poison (potion.poison) | Deals damage over time | Increases the damage rate | Given by a Cave Spider's attack or eating a Spider Eye. | Spider Eye |
Gallery
- Potion code in java.png
Potion code decompiled by the Minecraft Coder Pack
Status Effect after eating Rotten Flesh.
Status/people Effect after eating Golden Apple.
- 2011-10-06 17.22.15.png
Status Effect after drinking Potion of Weakness.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2tFfLV_PR4
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ks5ag/code_for_potions_in_minecraft_18/
- ↑ http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/118681103350501376
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/118726472696475648
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/119842906528944129
- ↑ "I haven't! In beta 1.9 pre2 milk works like a clear-everything drink"
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