Updated 23 October 2026. Facts on this page come from minecraft.wiki, minecraft.net and the live Artemis PvP server; sources are listed at the bottom.
Every Status Effect in Minecraft
Status effects are temporary buffs and debuffs from potions, food, beacons, mobs and blocks. Minecraft has over 40 of them, split into positive (Speed, Strength, Regeneration), negative (Poison, Wither, Slowness) and neutral (Bad Omen, Glowing) effects.
What are status effects?
A status effect changes a player or mob for a while: drinking a potion, eating a golden apple, standing near a beacon or getting hit by some mobs all apply one. In Java Edition, positive effects show blue text in potion tooltips and sit on the top row of the HUD; negative effects show red and sit on the bottom row with the neutral ones. On Bedrock, negative effect names show in red.
What does every effect do?
| Effect | What it does | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Absorption | Adds temporary health that absorbs damage | Positive |
| Bad Luck (Java) | Lowers the chance of good fishing loot | Negative |
| Bad Omen | Starts an ominous event on entering a village or trial chamber | Neutral |
| Blindness | Close black fog; no sprinting or critical hits | Negative |
| Breath of the Nautilus | Freezes your oxygen bar | Positive |
| Conduit Power | Underwater vision and mining speed, no drowning | Positive |
| Darkness | Pulsing dark screen and fog | Negative |
| Dolphin's Grace (Java) | Faster swimming | Positive |
| Fatal Poison (Bedrock) | Damage over time that can kill | Negative |
| Fire Resistance | No damage from fire or lava | Positive |
| Glowing (Java) | Outline visible through blocks | Neutral |
| Haste | Faster mining and attacking | Positive |
| Health Boost | More maximum health | Positive |
| Hero of the Village | Villager trade discounts | Positive |
| Hunger | Food drains faster | Negative |
| Infested | 10% chance to spawn 1-3 silverfish when hurt | Negative |
| Instant Damage | Damages (heals the undead) | Negative |
| Instant Health | Heals (damages the undead) | Positive |
| Invisibility | Invisible body (held items and armour still show) | Positive |
| Jump Boost | Higher jumps, less fall damage | Positive |
| Levitation | Floats you upward | Negative |
| Luck (Java) | Better fishing loot | Positive |
| Mining Fatigue | Slower mining and attacking | Negative |
| Nausea | Wobbling, warped screen | Negative |
| Night Vision | See in the dark and underwater | Positive |
| Oozing | Spawns 2 slimes on death | Negative |
| Poison | Damage over time, never below 1 HP | Negative |
| Raid Omen | Starts a raid when it runs out | Neutral |
| Regeneration | Heals over time | Positive |
| Resistance | Takes less damage | Positive |
| Saturation | Restores hunger and saturation | Positive |
| Slowness | Walk slower | Negative |
| Slow Falling | Fall slowly, no fall damage | Positive |
| Speed | Move faster on land | Positive |
| Strength | More melee damage | Positive |
| Trial Omen | Turns nearby trial spawners ominous | Neutral |
| Water Breathing | Breathe underwater | Positive |
| Weakness | Less melee damage | Negative |
| Weaving | 25% less cobweb slowdown; spreads cobwebs on death | Negative |
| Wind Charged | Bursts of wind on death | Negative |
| Wither | Damage over time | Negative |
The newest are Breath of the Nautilus (1.21.11) and, coming in 26.4, Freezing, which slows you and deals damage over time.
Which effects matter most in PvP?
- Strength and Speed: splash potions some Mace PvP kits include.
- Instant Health: the splash potion Pot PvP is built around.
- Regeneration and Absorption: what golden apples give.
- Fire Resistance: makes lava and fire harmless.
- Blindness: stops sprinting and critical hits, a strong debuff.
- Weakness and Slowness: the classic splash debuffs.
How to brew each potion is on the brewing guide; golden apple effects are on golden apples.
Do custom enchants on ArtemisPvP give effects?
Frequently asked questions
What does Blindness do in Minecraft?
Adds close black fog and stops you sprinting and landing critical hits.
Can Poison kill you?
No. Poison stops at 1 HP; Wither and Bedrock's Fatal Poison can kill.
Sources
Every fact on this page was checked against these pages; the wording is ours.