Weakness
For the enchantment in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Weakening.
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Weakness decreases attack power.
It can be cured by a milk bucket or with elixir.[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Contents
Effect[edit]
Melee damage inflicted by the affected entity is reduced by 4
× level. Negative levels increase melee damage dealt.
This effect is also used to cure zombie villagers, preceding the golden apple.
Causes[edit]
| Cause | Potency | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potion of Weakness | I | 1:30 | |
| Potion of Weakness (extended) | I | 4:00 | |
| Splash Potion of Weakness | I | 1:30[JE only] 1:07[BE only] |
Witches throw this splash potion if their target is within 3 blocks. |
| Splash Potion of Weakness (extended) | I | 4:00[JE only] 3:00[BE only] |
|
| Lingering Potion of Weakness | I | 0:22 | |
| Lingering Potion of Weakness (extended) | I | 1:00 | |
| Arrow of Weakness | I | 0:11 | |
| Arrow of Weakness (extended) | I | 0:30 | |
| Suspicious Stew | I | 0:09 | Must be crafted from a Tulip |
| Suspicious Stew | I | 0:07 | Traded from expert farmer villagers |
| Suspicious Stew | I | 0:06–0:08 | Found in shipwreck supply chests |
Immune mobs[edit]
Boss mobs and passive mobs are immune to Weakness.
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
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.
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | weakness | 18 | effect.minecraft.weakness |
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | weakness | 18 | potion.weakness |
Achievements[edit]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zombie Doctor | Cure a zombie villager. | Throw a splash potion of weakness at a zombie villager and give it a golden apple (by facing the zombie and pressing the use key with a golden apple in your hand) | 40G | Gold | ||
Advancements[edit]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Zombie Doctor | Weaken and then cure a Zombie Villager | We Need to Go Deeper | Throw a splash potion of Weakness at a zombie villager, feed it a golden apple, and wait for it to be cured. | story/cure_zombie_villager
|
 | 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:
| 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:
Note: This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it. | nether/all_effects
|
History[edit]
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Weakness 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 Weakness has been added to inventory.png.
| |||
| Potions have been added, but are unobtainable without inventory editing. All effects can appear on potions. | |||||
| Drinking milk now clears all status effects. | |||||
| Weakness is now functional.[verify] | |||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Potions have been revamped and made obtainable. | ||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w32a | Weakness can now be used to cure zombie villagers. | |||
| 12w38a | Added witches, which can throw splash potions of weakness at their targets. | ||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Added tipped arrows. | |||
| 15w33a | Each level of weakness effect changed from 0.5 ( × 1⁄4) reduction to damage to 4. | ||||
| Added Lingering Potions. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  Changed effect icon texture.
| |||
| Weakness can now be obtained from suspicious stew. | |||||
| 18w43b |  The effect icon has been fixed. | ||||
| 19w11a | Expert-level farmer villagers may now sell suspicious stew, including the weakness one. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Added Weakness, which is currently unobtainable. | |||
| build 4 | Milk now cures all status effects, including Weakness. | ||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Weakness is now obtainable from potion and splash potion of weakness. | |||
| Weakness can now be used to cure zombie villagers. | |||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Added witches that utilize splash potions to inflict weakness. | |||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Added Arrow of Weakness that inflicts weakness. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Weakness can now be obtained from lingering potion of weakness. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Elixirs now remove the weakness effect when consumed. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.5 | Changed effect icon texture. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Weakness can now be obtained from suspicious stew. | |||
| beta 1.13.0.15 | Master-level farmer villagers may now sell suspicious stew, including the weakness one[verify]. | ||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Trading has been changed, expert-level farmer villagers now sell suspicious stew (including weakness) for an emerald. | |||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Weakness" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
