Night Vision is a status effect that enhances the player's ability to see in darkness and underwater.
Effect[]
Night vision greatly increases the brightness, so the player can easily see in a light level of 0. However, it is not as bright as a light level of 15 (e.g. with the "Moody" brightness setting, it is similar to block light level 12–13 and no sky light in the overworld within the "Bright" brightness setting), and as such the player can distinguish between light levels.
In Java Edition 20w14∞, in certain dimensions with unique lighting, the player can see the color spectrum that is not parts of the vanilla lighting system (e.g. vivid shades of green, blue, etc.) easily as the effect is not as fully bright, even with the "Bright" brightness setting (in other cases, in some dimensions (such as Easter Egg dimensions like ant) already have the full brightness at any light levels (including light level 0), so the night vision effect is indifferent from the player without the effect in the dimensions). However, the extreme darkest saturated color that can be seen in the uniquely generated dimension with this status effect is
blue within the relative luminance value of exactly 0.0722 (as in an Easter egg dimension called blue).
Causes[]
| Cause | Potency | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potion of Night Vision | I | 3:00 | |
| Potion of Night Vision (extended) | I | 8:00 | |
| Splash Potion of Night Vision | I | 3:00[Java Edition only] 2:15[Bedrock Edition only] |
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| Splash Potion of Night Vision (extended) | I | 8:00[Java Edition only] 6:00[Bedrock Edition only] |
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| Lingering Potion of Night Vision | I | 0:45 | |
| Lingering Potion of Night Vision (extended) | I | 2:00 | |
| Arrow of Night Vision | I | 0:22 | |
| Arrow of Night Vision (extended) | I | 1:00 | |
| Conduit Power | — | Indefinite | Area effect 32–96 blocks radius from an activated conduit, depending on activation level. |
| Suspicious Stew | I | 0:05 | Must be made with Poppy |
| Suspicious Stew | I | 0:07-0:10 | Found in shipwreck supply chests Traded from expert farmer villagers[JE only] |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Resource location | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night Vision | night_vision | 16 | effect.minecraft.night_vision |
| Name | Resource location | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night Vision | night_vision | 16 | potion.nightVision |
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Furious Cocktail | Have every potion effect applied at the same time | Local Brewery | Have all of these 13 status effects applied to the player at the same time: The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. | nether/all_potions
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| How Did We Get Here? | Have every effect applied at the same time | A Furious Cocktail | Have all of these 26 effects applied to the player at the same time:
Note: This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless if one or more of its child advancements have been completed. | nether/all_effects
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History[]
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Night Vision 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 Night Vision has been added to inventory.png.
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| Potions which grant the Night Vision effect are added. | |||||
| Milk now clears the Night Vision effect. | |||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Night Vision no longer has an associated potion. | ||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Added golden carrots and brewable night vision potions. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Added the Arrow of Night Vision. | |||
Potions no longer use damage values to determine their effect, the effects moved to the Potion NBT. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  Changed effect icon texture. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Added night Vision, which was unobtainable at the time. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Night vision can now be obtained from Potion of Night Vision and from splash potion variants. | |||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Added the Arrow of Night Vision. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Added lingering potion of night vision. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.5 | Changed effect icon texture. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Night vision can now be obtained from suspicious stew. | |||
Trivia[]
- Despite mobs being unaffected due to Night Vision's purely visual effects, boss mobs and Giants are both immune to this potion.
- If used in the Nether, the background appears a brighter red.[verify]
- If used in the End, everything appears tinted pink. Endermen and the end portal appear white when far enough away.
- If combined with blindness or used in the Void,[JE only] the screen becomes entirely black.[1]
- If submerged in lava, the screen appears bright orange.
- If in water in a swamp biome, the view is foggy and obscured.
