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Slowness decreases walking speed.

Effect

Slowness decreases walking speed by 15% × level and contracts the player's field of view accordingly. Negative levels of Slowness increase walking speed. However, jump-sprinting is barely affected.

Causes

Cause Potency Length Notes
Potion of Slowness I 1:30
Potion of Slowness (extended) I 4:00
Potion of Slowness IV‌[Java Edition only] IV 0:40
Splash Potion of Slowness I 1:30‌[JE only]

1:07‌[BE only]

Witches may throw this potion if their target is at least 8 blocks away.
Splash Potion of Slowness (extended) I 4:00‌[JE only]

3:00‌[BE only]

Splash Potion of Slowness IV‌[Java Edition only] IV 0:20
Lingering Potion of Slowness I 0:22
Lingering Potion of Slowness (extended) I 1:00
Lingering Potion of Slowness IV‌[Java Edition only] IV 0:05
Arrow of Slowness I 0:11 50% chance of being dropped by Strays.
Arrow of Slowness (extended) I 0:30 Fired by Strays.
Arrow of Slowness IV‌[Java Edition only] IV 0:02
Potion of the Turtle Master IV 0:20
Potion of the Turtle Master (extended) IV 0:40
Potion of the Turtle Master II VI 0:20
Splash Potion of the Turtle Master IV 0:20‌[JE only]

0:15‌[BE only]

Splash Potion of the Turtle Master (extended) IV 0:40‌[JE only]

0:30‌[BE only]

Splash Potion of the Turtle Master II VI 0:20‌[JE only]

0:15‌[BE only]

Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master IV 0:05
Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master (extended) IV 0:10
Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master II VI 0:05
Arrow of the Turtle Master IV 0:02
Arrow of the Turtle Master (extended) IV 0:05
Arrow of the Turtle Master II VI 0:02
Stray melee attack ‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Bane of Arthropods(enchantment0

I

IV

0:10

Varies

Only if a Stray attacks the player underwater.

Affects arthropods only.

Unaffected mobs

Boss mobs are immune to the Slowness effect. While not immune, flying mobs are unaffected by the Slowness effect.[1] Shulkers are also unaffected by, though not immune to, Slowness.

Notes

Data values

ID

Potion Namespaced ID[JE only] Numeric ID‌[BE only]
Slowness slowness 17
Slowness (extended) long_slowness 18
Turtle Master turtle_master 37
Turtle Master (extended) long_turtle_master 38
Turtle Master II strong_turtle_master 39
Effect Namespaced ID Numeric ID
Slowness slowness 2


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 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
Advancement-fancy-rawHow Did We Get Here?
Have every effect applied at the same time A Furious CocktailHave all of these 27 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

beta
1.8? Added Slowness, but it is currently unobtainable as no potions exist yet.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2Potions have been added, but are unobtainable without inventory editing.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3Potions have been revamped and made obtainable in the inventory.
1.1418w43a Changed effect icon texture.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.11.0build 1 Slowness is added but unobtainable at the time.
0.12.1build 1Slowness can now be obtained through potions and splash potion.
Added Bane of Arthropod Enchantment, which inflicts slowness to arthropod mobs.
0.14.0build 1Added witch that can throw splash potion of slowness to give slowness effect its target.
0.15.0build 1Slowness can be obtained from arrow of slowness.
Added stray, which shoots an arrow of slowness that inflicts the slowness effect.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Slowness can be obtained from lingering potion of slowness.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0beta 1.5.0.0Strays now use melee attacks when underwater, which inflicts the slowness effect.
beta 1.5.0.4Slowness can be obtained from Potion of Turtle Master as well from Splash potion, lingering potion, and tipped arrow variants.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.5 Changed effect icon texture.

Gallery

References

  1. MC-40949 - Flying mobs do not obey generic.movementSpeed attribute
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