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Status Effect

Status effect after eating rotten flesh.

Status effects are various conditions that affect an entity, which can be either helpful or harmful. Status effects can be inflicted in various ways throughout the game, but are generally produced by potions.

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

Behavior

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 strength and duration. The strength of the effect determines the power of the effect. The higher the levels, the stronger the effect is. The maximum level an effect can have is level 127. Any levels higher then 127 would "corrupt" the effect, or create a negative effect (e.g. Instant Health +128 would damage the player; Slowness +128 would speed up the player). However, there are some exceptions like speed, setting it to level 250 with the /effect command would make the player go at an incredible speed. At the end of its duration, the effect completely wears off (like any other normal potion effect).

Any number of different status effects can be simultaneously active on a player, even in the case of opposing effects, such as Strength and Weakness. However, it is not possible to apply the same effect multiple times, even if the effects are of different levels (e.g. Strength and Strength II cannot both be active at the same time). In the event of applying an effect already active on the player, the new version of the effect overwrites the old effect, giving a new level and full duration, if the new effect is of equal or greater 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, it will display as "**:**", but will still continue ticking down and eventually expire.

All of these status effects can be removed by drinking milk or using /effect command with the time of the effect set to 0. For Singleplayer users with cheats enabled and operators in Multiplayer servers, command /effect can be applied to achieve the same goal.

List of effects

As of the 1.6.1 Pre-release, there is a total of 23 effects. For technical data, see data values.

ID Name Effect Strength Non-potion/Command causes Potion
See brewing for information on creation
Particle Color Notes
1
Speed
  • Expands FOV
  • Increases walking speed by 20%
Speed increases by 20% with each additional level
Potion of Swiftness

Sky blue
At exceedingly high levels (~level +100), the player walks faster than chunks can load.
2
Slowness
  • Contracts FOV
  • Decreases walking speed by 15%
Speed decreases by 15% with each additional level Charging a bow, sneaking, eating, drinking water, potions, or milk, and blocking cause similar effects but not the status effect
Potion of Slowness

Gray-blue
At levels 7 or higher, the player will be unable to move unless they jump while moving.
3
Haste
Blocks break faster by 20% (arm swings faster) Digging speed increases by 20% with each additional level Beacon Referenced by "Potion of Haste" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Yellow
At levels 3 or higher, when the player mines something, the hands seem to not move.
4
Mining Fatigue
Blocks break slower by 20% (arm swings slower) Digging speed decreases by 20% with each additional level None Referenced by "Potion of Dullness" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Dark khaki
The effect does not affect block breaking in Creative mode. Levels 5 and up make the player unable to break any block.
5
Strength
Increases damage dealt with melee attacks by 130%. Increase in damage doubles with each additional level Beacon Potion of Strength
Dark red
Any passive mob (except Villager and Horse) can be killed when Strength is on level 5.
6 ♥
Instant Health
Heals 4♥♥ to players. Undead mobs are dealt 6♥♥♥ damage. Doubles the amount healed with each additional level None
Potion of Healing

Red
Undead mobs are harmed instead. If the effect is forced to last longer than 1 tick, it will heal entities every tick.
7 ♥
Instant Damage
Damages 6♥♥♥ to players. Undead mobs are healed by 6♥♥♥. Doubles the amount of damage with each additional level None
Potion of Harming

Maroon
Undead mobs are healed 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.
8
Jump Boost
  • Allows the player to jump higher by approximately 1/2 block.
  • Reduces fall damage by 1♥.
Increases jump height by about [level]/8+.46 per level. (Jump height is ([level]+4.2)^2/16, ignoring drag). Reduces fall damage by 1♥ each level. Beacon Referenced by "Potion of Leaping" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Lavender
If the level is 33, jumping will cause death upon landing.

If the level is 128, the player will be unable to jump at all.
If the level is 255, fall damage is disabled.

9
Nausea
Wobbles and warps the screen No effect Referenced by "Potion of Nausea" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Purple
When the Nausea effect is canceled, the Nether portal animation would flash onto the screen.
10
Regeneration
Regenerate 1♥ over time every 50 ticks/2.5 seconds Delay between regeneration is reduced by half (rounding down) with each additional level
Potion of Regeneration

Pink
Does not affect undead mobs.
11
Resistance
Reduces all incoming damage by 20% Reduces damage by 20% with each additional level
  • Enchanted golden apple
  • Beacon
Referenced by "Potion of Resistance" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Mahogany
Level +5 is full immunity to all damage, with the exception of the void and the /kill command. If the level is negative, you take more damage.
12
Fire Resistance
Immunity to fire and lava No effect Enchanted golden apple
Potion of Fire Resistance

Amber
13
Water Breathing
  • Sets and holds the air meter at 100%
  • Increases visibility while underwater
No effect None
Grid Potion of Water Breathing
[note 1]
Potion of Water Breathing

Blue
Potion can be brewed by Pufferfish as of 1.7.
14
Invisibility
  • Causes the entity model to disappear
  • Mobs will not attack/sense the player unless directly touched[note 2][1]
No effect None
Potion of Invisibility

Light gray
Armor, held items and any particles caused by effects do not disappear with the entity.
15
Blindness
  • Creates thick black fog around the player
  • Prevents sprinting and critical hits
No effect Render distance and the Void fog cause similar effects but not the status effect Referenced by "Potion of Blindness" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Dark gray
The Sun and Moon can be seen as normal. Also, liquids do not fade into the fog perfectly.
16
Night Vision
  • Increases brightness to 15 (full) everywhere
  • Increases ability to see underwater
No effect None
Potion of Night Vision

Medium blue
Screen flashes for 10 seconds before the effect wears off. Effect does not help with seeing through the void fog, instead it changes the color of the void fog from black to sky-blue if day or dark-blue if night.
17
Hunger
  • Causes food meter to deplete by 0.025 food exhaustion per tick
  • Hunger bar turns yellow-green (🍗)
Increases the effect by 0.025 with each additional level Referenced by "Potion of Hunger" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Dull green
Staying still until the effect passes is recommended so as not to lose any hunger.
18
Weakness
  • Decreases damage dealt with melee attacks by 3♥♥
  • Zombie villagers can be cured of zombification using a golden apple if they have the weakness potion effect on them.
  • Cave spiders lose ability to poison
Doubles decrease in damage with each additional level None
Potion of Weakness

Gray
19
Poison
  • Does 1♥ damage every 25 ticks/1.25 seconds until the player or mob is at ♥ health
  • Hearts turn yellow-green (♥)
Delay between damage is reduced by half (rounding down) with each additional level
Potion of Poison

Green
Does not affect undead mobs or spiders. Will stop at half a heart.
20
Wither
  • Does 1♥ damage every 40 ticks/2 seconds (unlike poison, the effect can kill players and other entities)
  • Hearts turn black (♥)
Delay between damage is reduced by half (rounding down) with each additional level Attacked by the Wither and a wither skeleton Referenced by "Potion of Decay" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Bistre
Death is reported as "<player> withered away".
21
Health Boost
Adds 8 (Empty HeartEmpty HeartEmpty HeartEmpty Heart) base health; extra health vanish when the effect ends 4 (Empty HeartEmpty Heart) base health are added with each additional level None Referenced by "Potion of Health Boost" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Orange
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 the mounted mob from the effect can be seen while riding a mounted mob. This Effect can also be given with a strength of 0 to give 4 base health (Empty HeartEmpty Heart).
22
Absorption
Adds 4♥♥ absorption health that cannot be replenished by natural regeneration or other effects. Absorption health vanish when the effect ends 4♥♥ absorption health are added with each additional level
  • Golden apple
  • Enchanted Golden Apple
Referenced by "Potion of Absorption" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Azure
Extra hearts of the mounted mob from the effect can be seen while riding a mounted mob.
23 🍗
Saturation
Causes food meter to be replenished by 1 (🍗) per tick. 1 (🍗) is added with each additional level None Referenced by "Potion of Saturation" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features
Scarlet
  1. Only available in 13w36a.
  2. If the player wears any one piece of armor, mobs will be able to see the player at most 1 block away; for every additional piece of armor the player equips, this distance will increase by 3, for a maximum view distance of 10 blocks if the player wears a full set.

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History

Beta
1.8 Status effects were introduced.[2] No potions were added yet, so the only things that caused them were golden apples, raw chicken, rotten flesh and cave spiders.
1.9pre2 Actual potions were added and some effects got an alchemical ingredient that correspond to them. Milk was also given the ability to cure and clear all status effects. Ghast tears were ingredients in potions of Healing.
1.9pre4 Ghast tears' role was changed to making potions of Regeneration, and glistering melons were introduced for potions of Healing.
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1.3.112w21a An enchanted golden apple made from blocks of gold was added, and induced, among others, the formerly unused Resistance potion effect.
12w26a Monster spawners could be customized using third-party world editors and set to spawn mobs with potion effects.
1.4.212w32a Night Vision now functions, and a potion and splash potion of Night Vision was implemented and added to Creative mode, however there was no brewing recipe yet.
Beacons were also added (to Creative only) and could be used to give potion effects to players around it, and several potion effects without a potion could be induced.
Villager zombies under the effects of a potion of Weakness can be given a golden apple to cure it.
12w34a Invisibility now functions, and turns mobs invisible. Players under its effect cannot be detected by other players. A potion and splash potion of Invisibility was implemented and added to Creative mode. The golden carrot was added as the ingredient for the potion of Night Vision which, when inverted, creates a potion of Invisibility.
The Wither effect was added, and it is inflicted by the Wither's Wither skulls.
12w39a Using external programs, Potions can be changed to give different or multiple effects for any length.
1.513w09b Using /effect you can now apply potion affects to players, Albeit with a level limit of 4
13w09c /effect no longer has a level limit, allowing thus overpowered effects.
1.613w23a Regeneration and Instant Health were slightly nerfed, having regeneration heal twice as slow and Instant health be 33% less potent.
13w23b Added Health Boost effect.
13w24b Added Absorption effect.
Spiders have a rare chance to spawn with potion effects on Hard difficulty.
1.6.1pre Added Saturation effect.
1.6.2Extra Health from Absorption effect no longer reappears every 30 seconds.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • After drinking a bucket of milk while under the Nausea effect, the screen will flash purple for a tick as if you were standing in a Nether Portal.
  • If the command /effect [player] [effect id] 0 is executed and the player already has that effect, the effect will be removed
  • If fog is turned off by a mod, Blindness is ineffective.
  • Being on fire is not a status effect, although it behaves similarly to one. It is distinguished from status effects in that the /effect command cannot cause it, it has no swirling particles (although it has its own animation, of flames visible on the entity), it does not appear in the inventory screen and has no icon, it cannot be cured by drinking milk, and it can be inflicted on almost any entity (including vehicles, items, and other non-mob entities).
  • If you put Speed and Slowness together, you'll be able to sprint.
  • The maximum health the player can achieve using Health Boost and Absorption is 2068.
  • If you get max health using method above, and put regeneration level of 255, while healing to 2068 hearts, your view will jolt, even in creative mode, like getting hurt. You are not getting hurt though.
  • If you have at least resistance 5, then you are invincible. (Apart from the /kill command and the void)
  • If you get blindness and night vision at the same time, you will not be able to see anything, except for the block you hold.
  • Endermen inflicted with invisibility can still be seen due to the fact that the eyes still glow and a slight outline can be seen from a distance. Similarly, spider eyes will glow.
  • Strength level 127 is enough to slay an enderdragon with one hit from a diamond sword.

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