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Particles are a graphical effect in Minecraft. Particles always seem to face the player and will usually disappear after a short period of time. They only appear from another entity such as fire. Particles collide with solid blocks and are slowed by cobwebs, but are unaffected by other entities. Each particle texture is 8x8 pixels.

You can reduce the amount of particles visible in the Options menu. These options range from "All" to "Minimal". "All" renders all particles, "Decreased" renders half the amount of particles, and "Minimal" only renders block breaking particles, explosion particles, and firework particles.

Use the particle command to summon particles.

Particles

The types of particles and their coding names in the game's code are displayed below.

Particle names in italic will always be shown, even if the "Minimal" particle setting is used.

Particle name Block/entity/event Image
hugeexplosion Explosion File:Particle hugeexplosion.png
largeexplode Small explosion File:Particle largeexplode.png
fireworksSpark Firework trail and explosion File:Particle fireworksSpark.png
bubble Water Particle bubble
suspended Underwater File:Particle suspended.png
depthsuspend The void File:Particle depthsuspend.png
townaura Mycelium File:Particle townaura.png
crit Critical hits Particle crit
magicCrit Sword enchanted with Sharpness, Smite, or Bane of Arthropods File:Particle magicCrit.png
smoke Torches, primed TNT, droppers, dispensers, End portals, brewing stands Particle smoke
mobSpell Potion effects, trading File:Particle mobSpell.png
mobSpellAmbient Beacon effects File:Particle mobSpellAmbient.png
spell Splash potions File:Particle spell.png
instantSpell Instant health/damage splash potions File:Particle instantSpell.png
witchMagic Witches File:Particle witchMagic.png
note Note Blocks Particle note
portal Nether portals, Endermen, Endermites, ender pearls, eyes of ender, ender chests Particle portal
enchantmenttable Enchantment tables near bookshelves File:Particle enchantmenttable.png
explode Explosion Particle explode
flame Torches, furnaces, Magma Cubes, monster spawners Particle flame
lava Lava Particle lava
footstep Particle footstep
splash Water, rain, wolves Particle splash
wake Fishing File:Particle wake.png
largesmoke Fire, Minecart with Furnace, Blazes File:Particle largesmoke.png
cloud Dead mobs Particle cloud
reddust Redstone, Redstone Torches File:Particle reddust.png
snowballpoof Snowballs, Eggs, creating Snow Golems or Iron Golems File:Particle snowballpoof.png
dripWater Water File:Particle dripWater.png
dripLava Lava File:Particle dripLava.png
snowshovel File:Particle snowshovel.png
slime Slimes File:Particle slime.png
heart Breeding, taming Particle heart
angryVillager Attacking a villager in a village File:Particle angryVillager.png
happyVillager Bone Meal, trading File:Particle happyVillager.png
barrier Barriers Particle barrier
blockcrack_(id)_(data) Breaking blocks, sprinting, falling, ocelots File:Particle blockcrack.png
iconcrack_(id)_(data) Eating, eyes of ender, breaking tools File:Particle iconcrack.png

Issues

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

Trivia

  • Most particle colors can be changed using resource packs, however the color of smoke particles used in redstone, portals, and Endermen can't be changed without mods.
  • The rain particles affect the rain sound.
  • Mobs spawned using a Monster Spawner emit smoke particles when spawning.
  • Status effect particles will appear where your face is pointing.
  • Bubble particles seem to only appear when they are in water.

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