Status effect

Status effect after eating rotten flesh.

Status effects are various conditions that affect an entity, which can be either helpful or harmful. Status effects can be inflicted in various ways throughout the game, but are generally produced by potions.

The /effect command allows players to inflict effects upon themselves and other players and entities.

[edit]Behavior

Any entities inflicted by a status effect will be affected in various ways for an amount of time. During the effect, swirly particles emanate from the position of the inflicted entity. Players can open their inventory to see any current status effects afflicted upon them, as well as its strength and duration. The level of the effect determines its power. The higher the levels, the stronger the effect is.

The maximum level an effect can have is level 255. Like any other normal potion effect, the effect completely wears off at the end of its duration. Unlike normal potion effects, potions with levels above 127 do not cause particle effects.

Any number of different status effects can be simultaneously active on a player, even in the case of opposing effects, such as Strength and Weakness. However, it is not possible to apply the same effect multiple times, even if the effects are of different levels (e.g. Strength and Strength II cannot both be active at the same time). In the event of applying an effect already active on the player, the new version of the effect overwrites the old effect, giving a new level and full duration, if the new effect is of equal or greater level.

Note that even with commands, effects cannot be made to last forever. If an effect is set to an excessively large amount of time, such as 182 hours [655200 seconds], it will display as "**:**", but will still continue ticking down and eventually expire.

All of these status effects can be removed by drinking milk or using /effect command with the time of the effect set to 0. For Singleplayer users with cheats enabled and operators in Multiplayer servers, command /effect <playername> clear can be applied to achieve the same goal.

[edit]List of effects

There are a total of 23 effects. For technical data, see data values.

ID	Name	Effect	Strength	Non-potion/Command causes	Potion See brewing for information on creation	Particle color	Notes
1	Speed	Expands FOV Increases walking speed by 20%	Speed increases by 20% with each additional level	Sprinting and flying cause similar effects but not the status effect Beacon	Potion of Swiftness	Sky blue	At exceedingly high levels (~level +100), the player walks faster than chunks can load. If a “corrupt” potion is used, speed is decreased.
2	Slowness	Contracts FOV Decreases walking speed by 15%	Speed decreases by 15% with each additional level	Charging a bow, sneaking, eating, walking over Soul Sand, walking over Slime Blocks, drinking water, potions, or milk, and blocking cause similar effects but not the status effect	Potion of Slowness	Gray-blue	At levels 7 or higher, the player will be unable to move unless they jump while moving or use an Ender Pearl. If a "corrupt" potion is used, speed is increased.
3	Haste	Blocks break faster by 20% (arm swings faster)	Digging speed increases by 20% with each additional level	Beacon	Referenced by “Potion of Haste” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Yellow	At levels 3 or higher, when the player mines something, the hands seem to not move. It has no effect on attack speed even though the hands move faster. If a “corrupt” potion is used, blocks are mined and the player's arm moves more slowly.
4	Mining Fatigue	Blocks break slower by 20% (arm swings slower)	Digging speed decreases by 20% with each additional level	Mining whilst sneaking causes a similar effect but not the status effect. Approaching an Elder Guardian	Referenced by “Potion of Dullness” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Dark khaki	The effect does not affect block breaking in Creative mode. Levels 5 and up make the player unable to break any block. It has no effect on attack speed even though the hands move slower. If a “corrupt” potion is used, blocks are mined and the player's arm moves quicker.
5	Strength	Increases damage dealt with melee attacks by 130%.	Increase in damage is multiplied by level (Strength II is 260%, Strength III is 390%, etc.)	Beacon	Potion of Strength	Dark red	Any passive mob (except Villager and Horse) can be killed when Strength is on level 5. If a “corrupt” potion is used, melee attack damage dealt is decreased. If level is too high, player deals no damage.
6	Instant Health	Heals 4 () to players. Undead mobs are dealt6 () damage.	Doubles the amount healed with each additional level	None	Potion of Healing	Red	Undead mobs are harmed instead. If the effect is forced to last longer than 1 tick, it will heal entities every tick.
7	Instant Damage	Damages 6 () to players. Undead mobs are healed by 6 ().	Doubles the amount of damage with each additional level	None	Potion of Harming	Maroon	Undead mobs are healed instead. Death is reported as “<player> was killed by magic”. If the effect is forced to last longer than 1 tick, it will damage entities every tick.
8	Jump Boost	Allows the player to jump higher by approximately ½ block. Reduces fall damage by 1 ().	Increases jump height by about [level]/8+.46 per level. (Jump height is ([level]+4.2)^2/16, ignoring drag). Reduces fall damage by 1 () each level.	Beacon	Upcoming in 1.8 Potion of Leaping	Bright green	If the level is 33, jumping will cause death upon landing. If the level is 128 & 150, the player will be unable to jump at all. If the level is 255, fall damage is disabled. If a “corrupt” potion is used, jump height is decreased; at most levels, the player is unable to jump.
9	Nausea	Wobbles and warps the screen	No effect	Standing near a Nether portalcauses a similar effect but not the status effect Pufferfish	Referenced by “Potion of Nausea” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Purple	When the Nausea effect is canceled, the Nether portal animation would flash onto the screen.
10	Regeneration	Regenerate 1 () over time every 50 ticks/2.5 seconds	Delay between regeneration is reduced by half (rounding down) with each additional level	Golden Apple Enchanted golden apple Beacon	Potion of Regeneration	Pink	Does not affect undead mobs.
11	Resistance	Reduces all incoming damage by 20%	Reduces damage by 20% with each additional level	Enchanted golden apple Beacon	Referenced by “Potion of Resistance” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Mahogany	Level 5+ gives the player full immunity to all damage, with the exception of the void and the /killcommand. If a "corrupt" potion is used, damage taken is increased.
12	Fire Resistance	Immunity to fire and lava	No effect	Enchanted golden apple	Potion of Fire Resistance	Amber	All Nether mobs naturally have Fire Resistance without potion effects.
13	Water Breathing	Prevents the oxygen bar from decreasing Slightly increases visibility while underwater	No effect	None	Potion of Water Breathing	Blue
14	Invisibility	Causes the entity model to disappear Mobs will not attack/sense the player unless directly touched[note 1][1]	No effect	None	Potion of Invisibility	Light gray	Armor, held items, certain features of entities (sheep wool, spider eyes, etc.) and any particles emitted by mobs do not disappear with the entity.
15	Blindness	Creates thick black fog around the player Prevents sprinting and critical hits	No effect	Render distance and the Void fogcause similar effects but not the status effect	Referenced by “Potion of Blindness” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Dark gray	The Sun and Moon can be seen as normal. Also, liquids do not fade into the fog perfectly. If combined with Night Vision, the screen will be covered by fog.
16	Night Vision	Increases brightness to 15 (full) everywhere Increases ability to see underwater	No effect	None	Potion of Night Vision	Medium blue	Screen flashes for 10 seconds before the effect wears off. Effect does not help with seeing through the void fog, instead it changes the color of the void fog from black to sky-blue if day or dark-blue if night. If used in the end everything will appear pink. If combined with Blindness, the screen will be covered by fog.
17	Hunger	Causes food meter to deplete by 0.025 food exhaustion per tick Hunger bar turns yellow-green ()	Increases the effect by 0.025 with each additional level	Rotten flesh (80% chance) Raw chicken (30% chance) Pufferfish	Referenced by “Potion of Hunger” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Dull green	If used with the /effect command on level 127 on any difficulty besides peaceful, It will completely drain your hunger bar in less than 5 seconds. If a “corrupt” potion is used, the Food Bar does not go down.
18	Weakness	Decreases damage dealt with melee attacks by 0.5 damage (0.25 heart) Zombie villagers can be cured of zombification using a golden apple if they have the weakness potion effect on them.	Damage decrease is multiplied by level	None	Potion of Weakness	Gray	If a "corrupt" potion is used, melee attack damage dealt is increased.
19	Poison	Does 1 () damage every 25 ticks/1.25 seconds until the player or mob is at health Hearts turn yellow-green ()	Delay between damage is reduced by half (rounding down) with each additional level	Attacked by a cave spider (excluding in Easy) Spider eye Poisonous potato (60% chance) Pufferfish	Potion of Poison	Green	Does not affect undead mobs or spiders. Will stop at half a heart.
20	Wither	Does 1 () damage every 40 ticks/2 seconds (unlike poison, the effect can kill players and other entities) Hearts turn black ()	Delay between damage is reduced by half (rounding down) with each additional level	Attacked by the Wither and awither skeleton	Referenced by "Potion of Decay" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Bistre	Death is reported as “<player> withered away”.
21	Health Boost	Adds 4 () base health; extra health vanish when the effect ends	4 () base health are added with each additional level	None	Referenced by “Potion of Health Boost” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Orange	Actual health may be above the base value after the effect ends and will not be capped, unless the entity is healed. Extra hearts of the mounted mob from the effect can be seen while riding a mounted mob. This effect can also be given with a strength of 0 to give 4 base health (). If a "corrupt" potion is used, hearts are removed.
22	Absorption	Adds 4 () absorption health that cannot be replenished by natural regeneration or other effects. Absorption health vanish when the effect ends	4 () absorption health are added with each additional level	Golden apple Enchanted Golden Apple	Referenced by “Potion of Absorption” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Azure	Extra hearts of the mounted mob from the effect can be seen while riding a mounted mob. If a "corrupt" potion is used, hearts are given when the potion's effect ends.
23	Saturation	Causes food meter to be replenished by 1 () per tick.	1 () is added with each additional level	None	Referenced by “Potion of Saturation” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Red	At level 20 it fills the hunger bar in a tick.

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   If the player wears any one piece of armor, mobs will be able to see the player at most 1 block away; for every additional piece of armor the player equips, this distance will increase by 3, for a maximum view distance of 10 blocks if the player wears a full set.

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[edit]Issues

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[edit]Trivia

• After drinking a bucket of milk while under the Nausea effect, the screen will flash purple for a tick as if you were standing in a Nether Portal.
• If you put Speed and Slowness together, you'll be able to sprint.
• If you put Blindness and Night Vision together, screen will turn black and you will only be able to see sun and moon.
• The maximum health the player can achieve using Health Boost and Absorption is 2068.
• If you get max health using method above, and put regeneration level of 255, while healing to 2068 hearts, your view will jolt, even in creative mode, like getting hurt. You are not getting hurt though.
• If you have at least resistance 5, then you are practically invincible. (Apart from the /kill command and the void)
• Endermen inflicted with invisibility can still be seen due to the fact that the eyes still glow and a slight outline can be seen from a distance. Similarly, spider eyes will glow.
• Strength level 127 is strong enough to slay an enderdragon with one hit from an iron sword.
• The Wither effect is the only negative effect that can affect both living and undead mobs. It is also the only effect that can successfully damage Endermen when edited into splash potion form.

[edit]Gallery

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  Regeneration after eating a golden apple before the official update.

 
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  Health Boost and Regeneration II after eating a golden apple in 13w23b.

 
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  Weakness after drinking a Potion of Weakness.

 
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  The maximum amount of health using Health Boost and Absorption.

[edit]See also

• Brewing
• Potions
• Splash Potions

[edit]References

1. ↑ 
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDJ3znwrDeo
2. ↑ 
   http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ks5ag/code_for_potions_in_minecraft_18/

[edit]External links

• Minecraft Forum: All About Potions And Brewing - 1.9 Reference Guide
• Minecraft Potions - A Visual Guide