Strength

Strength

Sources	See § Causes
Particle	#932423 (dark red)
Type	Positive

Strength is an effect which increases attack power.

Effect

Increases melee damage by 3 × level in Java Edition. Negative levels decrease melee damage, with attacks being ignored entirely if damage would be 0 or lower.

In Bedrock Edition, melee damage under the effect strength level x can be found by the recursive formula damage(x) = floor(damage(x – 1) × 1.3 + 1) where damage(x) at (x = 0) is the base attack damage with whatever weapon or tool is used to attack, and damage(x) is rounded down to the nearest integer with each recursion.

floor() meaning round down.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Notes
Potion of Strength	I	3:00
Potion of Strength (extended)	I	8:00
Potion of Strength II	II	1:30
Splash Potion of Strength	I	3:00
Splash Potion of Strength (extended)	I	8:00
Splash Potion of Strength II	II	1:30
Lingering Potion of Strength	I	0:45	Potion cloud lasts 30 seconds at most
Lingering Potion of Strength (extended)	I	2:00	Potion cloud lasts 30 seconds at most
Lingering Potion of Strength II	II	0:23	Potion cloud lasts 30 seconds at most
Arrow of Strength	I	0:23
Arrow of Strength (extended)	I	1:00
Arrow of Strength II	II	0:12
Beacon	I	0:05 – 0:17	Replenishes when within range, level 3 only
Beacon	II	0:17	Replenishes when within range, level 4 only
Being a zombie villager	I	2:00 – 5:00	When being cured and the difficulty is Normal. Time is always equivalent to the total conversion time.
Being a zombie villager	II	2:00 – 5:00	When being cured and the difficulty is Hard. Time is always equivalent to the total conversion time.
Spawning within the world	I	Over 3 years	Only applies to some spiders on Hard difficulty.[more information needed]

Immune mobs

Boss mobs are immune to strength. While not immune, any mobs that cannot attack are unaffected by Strength.

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:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Strength	strength	5	effect.minecraft.strength

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Strength	strength	5	potion.damageBoost

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Local Brewery	Have all of these 13 potion effects applied to the player at the same time: Fire Resistance Invisibility Jump Boost Night Vision Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness 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
	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: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Conduit Power Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Wither 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. Note: This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it.	nether/all_effects

History

Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			Strength 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 Strength has been added to inventory.png.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Added Potion of Strength.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Strength now increases damage dealt by melee attacks by 3 per level.
1.6.1		?			Strength now increases damage by 130% per level.
1.9		15w33a			Strength now increases damage by 3 per level again.
1.14		18w43a			Changed effect icon texture.
		18w43b			The Strength texture is fixed.
Upcoming Java Edition
Combat Tests		Combat Test 8b			Strength I/II now adds +20%/+40% (was +3/+6 damage).
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0		build 1			Added Strength, which was unobtainable at the time.
v0.12.1		build 1			Strength can now be obtained from potions and splash potions of strength.
					Zombie villagers now gain strength when being cured.
v0.15.0		build 1			Added the Arrow of Strength, which grants strength.
v0.16.0		build 4			Strength can now be gained from beacons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Strength can now be obtained from lingering potions of strength.
Bedrock Edition
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.5			Changed effect icon texture.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added strength, which can be obtained by a Potion of Strength or Splash Potion of Strength.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Added the ability to get strength from a beacon.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Added the Lingering Potion of Strength.
					Added the Arrow of Strength.
		1.90			Changed effect icon texture.

References

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