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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]
Splash Potion of Night Vision (extended) I 8:00‌[Java Edition only]
6:00‌[Bedrock Edition only]
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]

Brewing[]

Potion Reagent, Base Extended Enhanced Effects

Potion of Night Vision




Potion of Night Vision (extended)
- Night Vision
Increases vision in darkness, making everything appear to be at the maximum light level (including underwater areas).

Data values[]

ID[]

This section is about the effect IDs. For the IDs on potions, see Potion § Item data. For for the IDs on tipped arrows, see Arrow § Metadata.

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Night Visionnight_vision16effect.minecraft.night_vision

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Night Visionnight_vision16potion.nightVision

Advancements[]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-fancy-rawA Furious Cocktail
Have every potion effect applied at the same time Local BreweryHave all of these 17 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 may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.nether/all_potions
Advancement-fancy-rawHow Did We Get Here?
Have every effect applied at the same time A Furious CocktailHave all of these 33 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 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
1.8Pre-releaseNight Vision is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2Night Vision JE1 BE1 The effect sprite for Night Vision has been added to inventory.png.
Potions which grant the Night Vision effect are added.
Milk now clears the Night Vision effect.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3Night Vision no longer has an associated potion.
1.4.212w34aAdded golden carrots and brewable night vision potions.
1.915w31aAdded the Arrow of Night Vision.
Potions no longer use damage values to determine their effect, the effects moved to the Potion NBT.
1.1418w43aNight Vision JE2 BE2 Changed effect icon texture.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0build 1Night Vision JE1 BE1 Added night Vision, which was unobtainable at the time.
v0.12.1build 1Night vision can now be obtained from Potion of Night Vision and from splash potion variants.
v0.15.0build 1Added the Arrow of Night Vision.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added lingering potion of night vision.
Bedrock Edition
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.5Night Vision JE2 BE2 Changed effect icon texture.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.9Night vision can now be obtained from suspicious stew.

Trivia[]

  • Mobs are unaffected by Night Vision due to its purely visual effects. However, withers, ender dragons, and giants are completely immune to this effect.
  • If used in the Nether, the fog becomes brighter and more vibrant than it normally is.
  • If used in the End, everything appears tinted pink. Endermen and the end portal appear white when far enough away.
  • If submerged in lava, the screen appears bright orange.
  • If in water in a swamp biome, the view is foggy and obscured.
  • Java Edition players usually do not use or make this potion because of full bright resource packs or editing the options.txt file in the .minecraft folder.[citation needed]

References[]


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