List of Minecraft Potions

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List of potion effects

This page contains the complete list of potion effects (Minecraft effect id list with descriptions) that are present in the Minecraft computer game (PC edition). Since MCreator 1.9.0, users can add new potion effects too.

If you are looking on how to add new potion effects to the Minecraft, check out the potion mod element wiki page instead.

ID	Name	Effect	Strength	Non-potion/Command causes	Potion	Particle Color	Notes
1	Speed	Expands FOV Increases walking speed by 20%	Speed increases by 20% with each additional level	Sprinting and Creative\|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.
2	Slowness	Contracts FOV Decreases walking speed by 15%	Speed decreases by 15% with each additional level	Charging a bow, sneaking, eating, 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.
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.
4	Mining Fatigue	Blocks break slower by 20% (arm swings slower)	Digging speed decreases by 20% with each additional level	None	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.
5	Strength	Increases damage dealt with melee attacks by 130%.	Increase in damage doubles with each additional level	Beacon	Potion of Strength	Dark red
6	Instant Health	Heals 4 hit points to players. Undead mobs are dealt 6 hit points of 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	Deals 6 hit points of damage to players. Undead mobs are healed by 6 hit points of damage.	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 1/2 block. Reduces fall damage by 1 hit point.	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 hit point each level.	Beacon	Referenced by "Potion of Leaping" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Lavender	If the level is 33, jumping will cause death upon landing. If the level is 128, the player will be unable to jump at all. If the level is 255, fall damage is disabled.
9	Nausea	Wobbles and warps the screen	No effect	Standing near a Nether portal causes 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 hit point over time every 50 ticks/2.5 seconds	Delay between regeneration is reduced by half (rounding down) with each additional level	Golden Apple 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 is full immunity to all damage, with the exception of the void and the `/kill` command.
12	Fire Resistance	Immunity to fire and lava	No effect	Enchanted golden apple	Potion of Fire Resistance	Amber
13	Water Breathing	Sets and holds the air meter at 100% Increases visibility while underwater	No effect	None	Only available in 13w36a. Potion of Water Breathing	Blue	Potion can be brewed by Pufferfish as of 1.7.
14	Invisibility	Causes the entity model to disappear Mobs will not attack/sense the player unless directly touched. 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.	No effect	None	Potion of Invisibility	Light gray	Armor, held items and any particles caused by effects 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 fog cause 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.
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.
17	Hunger	Causes food meter to deplete by 0.025 food bar 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 (100% chance)	Referenced by "Potion of Hunger" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Dull green
18	Weakness	Decreases damage dealt with melee attacks by 3 hit points Zombie villagers can be cured of zombification using a golden apple if they have the weakness potion effect on them. Cave spiders lose ability to poison	Doubles decrease in damage with each additional level	None	Potion of Weakness	Gray
19	Poison	Does 1 hit point of damage every 25 ticks/1.25 seconds until the player or mob is at 1 hit point of 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 Mode) Spider eye Poisonous potato (60% chance)	Potion of Poison	Green	Does not affect undead mobs or spiders. Will stop at half a heart.
20	Wither	Does 1 hit point of 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 a wither 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 is 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.
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 is 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.
23	Saturation	Causes food meter to be replenished by 1 hunger point per tick.	1 hunger point is added with each additional level	None	Referenced by "Potion of Saturation" by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Scarlet
24	Glowing	Causes entities to glow with an outline that can be seen through opaque blocks.	No effect	Being hit with a Spectral Arrow.	Referenced by “Potion of Glowing” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Olive
25	Levitation	Causes the entity to involuntarily rise upwards until the effect runs out.	The entity floats up at a steady rate of level×0.9 blocks per second.	Being hit with a Shulker's projectile.	Referenced by “Potion of Levitation” by game, but potion not currently present unless using custom potion features	Sky blue	Does not affect swimming or flying. Negative levels cause the entity to float downwards, overriding the usual falling due to gravity. Fall damage is not affected.
26	Luck	Increases chance of getting high-quality loot	Adds 1 × level to attribute generic.luck.	None	Potion of Luck	Avocado Green	Makes loot table entries with a high quality score more likely, and entries with negative quality less likely. Currently, only fishing uses quality. The new weight of each entry is floor( base_weight + quality * generic.luck). Negative levels decrease luck.
27	Bad Luck	Reduces chance of getting high-quality loot	Subtracts 1 × level from attribute generic.luck.	None	Not referenced in-game, but available as a custom potion effect.	Khaki	Makes loot table entries with a high quality score less likely, and entries with negative quality more likely. Currently, only fishing uses quality. The new weight of each entry is floor( base_weight + quality * generic.luck). Negative levels increase luck.