Poison inflicts damage over time, reducing the player's health to
, but cannot kill.
It can be cured by drinking milk, a honey bottle or an antidote.[BE & edu only]
Effect
The amount of damage inflicted to the affected entity is shown in the table below:
| Level | Ticks per |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 0.4 |
| 2 | 12 | 0.8 |
| 3[note 1] | 6 | 1.66 |
| 4[note 1] | 3 | 3.33 |
| 5+[note 2] | 1 | 10 |
- ↑ a b Due to damage immunity, the effective rate of damage is 12 ticks (
× 0.8 per second).
- ↑ Due to damage immunity, the effective rate of damage is 10 ticks (
× 1 per second).
The player's hearts turn yellow-green (
)(
on hardcore mode).
The effective Damage will stop when the effected entity is at
health, but can resume if healing occurs and the effected entity is at more than
health before the effect expires.
Amplifiers outside the range 0–31 (corresponding to levels 1–32) are treated modulo 32 (as though reduced by 32 until they are within the range, or alternatively as the remainder from division by 32, i.e. 33 or 65 is treated as 1).
Causes
| Cause | Potency | Length | Lifetime damage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potion of Poison | I | 0:45 | 36 |
|
| Potion of Poison (extended) | I | 1:30[JE only] 2:00[BE only] |
72 96 |
|
| Potion of Poison II | II | 0:21[JE only] 0:22[BE only] |
35 36 |
|
| Splash Potion of Poison | I | 0:45[JE only] 0:33[BE only] |
36 26 |
Witches throw this splash potion if their target has 8 |
| Splash Potion of Poison (extended) | I | 1:30 | 72 |
|
| Splash Potion of Poison II | II | 0:21[JE only] 0:16[BE only] |
35 26 |
|
| Lingering Potion of Poison | I | 0:11 | 8 |
|
| Lingering Potion of Poison (extended) | I | 0:22[JE only] 0:30[BE only] |
17 24 |
|
| Lingering Potion of Poison II | II | 0:05 | 8 |
|
| Arrow of Poison | I | 0:05 | 4 |
|
| Arrow of Poison (extended) | I | 0:11[JE only] 0:15[BE only] |
8 12 |
|
| Arrow of Poison II | II | 0:02 | 3 |
|
| Cookie | I | 0:45 | 36 |
Affects only parrots.[JE only] Has no effect as the parrot is killed instantly. |
| Poisonous Potato | I | 0:05 | 4 |
60% chance |
| Pufferfish | IV | 1:00 | 100 |
|
| Suspicious Stew | I | 0:12 | 9 |
Must be crafted from a Lily of the Valley |
| Suspicious Stew | I | 0:14 | 11 |
Traded from expert farmer villagers |
| Suspicious Stew | I | 0:10–0:20 | 8 |
Found in shipwreck supply chests |
| Spider Eye | I | 0:04 | 2 |
Dropped from spiders and when eaten will apply poison |
| Cave Spider | I | 0:07 (normal difficulty) 0:15 (hard difficulty) |
5 12 |
Given when it attacks an entity |
| Pufferfish | I | 0:03 (partially inflated) 0:06 (fully inflated) |
2 4 |
Only when touched. |
| Bee | I | 0:10 (normal difficulty) 0:18 (hard difficulty) |
8 14 |
Given when it attacks an entity |
Immune mobs
Boss mobs, undead mobs, spiders, and cave spiders are unaffected by Poison. Witches are 85% resistant to damage from Poison [Java Edition only] / fully immune.[Bedrock Edition only]
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | poison | 19 | effect.minecraft.poison |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | poison | 19 | potion.poison |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Taste of Your Own Medicine | Poison a witch with a splash potion. | Throw a splash potion of poison at a witch (by facing the witch and pressing the use key). | 20G | Silver | ||
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 may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. | nether/all_potions
|
![]() | How Did We Get Here? | Have every effect applied at the same time | A Furious Cocktail | Have all of these 27 status effects applied to the player at the same time:
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
| beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Added Poison. | |||
| Added cave spiders, which inflict Poison upon attacking. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | Poison potions have been added, but are unobtainable without inventory editing. | |||
| Added spider eyes, which give Poison when eaten. | |||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Poison potions have been revamped and made obtainable in the inventory through brewing. | ||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Splash potions have been added, including splash potions of Poison. | ||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Added poisonous potatoes, which have a chance to give Poison when eaten. | |||
| Added witches, which may through splash potions of Poison. | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Added pufferfish, which give Poison when eaten. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Added tipped arrows, including arrows of Poison, which are currently unobtainable in survival. | |||
| 15w33a | Added lingering potions of Poison. | ||||
| Extended potions of Poison have had their effect duration reduced from 2:00 to 1:30. | |||||
| Strong potions of Poison have had their effect duration reducaed from 0:22.5 to 0:21.6. | |||||
| 15w44b | Arrows of Poison can now be obtained by firing an arrow into a Poison lingering potion cloud. | ||||
| 16w06a | Arrows of Poison can now be crafted using lingering potions in the crafting table. | ||||
| Arrows of Poison can no longer be obtained by firing arrows into a Poison lingering potion cloud. | |||||
| 1.12 | pre3 | Cookies now give parrots the Poison effect, though this isn't visible as the parrot is instantly killed. | |||
| 1.13 | 18w08b | Added pufferfish mobs, which inflict Poison to nearby mobs. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | The effect icon texture for poison has been changed. | |||
| Added suspicious stew, which can give the Poison effect when crafted with a lily of the valley or found in shipwrecks. | |||||
| 1.15 | 19w34a | Added bees, which can give the player Poison. | |||
| 19w35a | Honey bottles now remove the Poison effect when consumed. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.11.0 | build 1 | Added Poison. | |||
| Poison can be obtained by eating rotten flesh, pufferfish or being attacked by a cave spider on normal and hard difficulty. | |||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Eating rotten flesh no longer inflicts poison. | |||
| Poison can be obtained from eating poisonous potatoes, spider eyes, potions of poison, as well as splash potions of poison. | |||||
| 0.14.0 | build 1 | Added witches, which throw splash potions of poison. However, the witch, itself, is immune to poison. | |||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | Added arrows of poison, which inflict poison effect. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Poison can now be obtained from lingering potion of poison. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Antidotes now remove the poison effect when consumed. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.5 | The effect icon texture for poison has been changed. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Poison can now be obtained from suspicious stew. | |||
| 1.14.0 | beta 1.14.0.1 | Added bees, which can give the player Poison. | |||
| Honey bottles now remove the Poison effect when consumed. | |||||
