Entity effects

Faster, stronger, deadlier are just some of the possibilities.

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The /effect command allows status effects to be cast on players or other entities. Many of the the effects can be given by elements already in the game, such as potions, food or spells.

The command is "/effect" followed by a target, the name of the effect, the number of seconds for the effect to last, the power of the effect (The maximum power for an effect is 255) and true or false to add or remove an effect (true or false is optional). When an effect is added, particles will swirl around the entity. The player can see their own effects at the right side of their screen.

You can clear all effect with "/effect [target] clear".

Syntax:
/effect [target] [name of effect] [time in seconds] [power of effect (0-255)] [true OR false (optional)]
/effect [target] clear

Here are some examples of effects:

List of effects

Name	Command argument	Description
Speed	speed	Run faster
Slowness	slowness	Run slower
Haste	haste	Increases attack speed and mining speed
Mining Fatigue	mining_fatigue	Decreases attack speed and mining speed
Strength	strength	Increases melee damage
Instant Health	instant_health	Heals (but damages undead)
Instant Damage	instant_damage	Hurts (but heals undead)
Jump Boost	jump_boost	Makes you jump higher and reduces fall damage
Nausea	nausea	Creates a drunk effect
Regeneration	regeneration	Heals over time
Resistance	resistance	reduces damage
Fire Resistance	fire_resistance	immune to burning
Water Breathing	water_breathing	You can breathe underwater
Invisibility	invisibility	Makes the player invisible, but armor and weapon can still be seen
Blindness	blindness	Limits the distance you can see and disables sprint and critical hit
Night Vision	night_vision	See in the dark
Hunger	hunger	Players get hungry faster
Weakness	weakness	Reduces melee damage
Poison	poison	Damage over time but can't kill
Wither	wither	Damage over time and can kill
Health Boost	health_boost	Increases maximum health
Absorption	absorption	Reduces damage
Saturation	saturation	Makes you less hungry
Levitation	levitation	Make you go up
Fatal Poison	fatal_poison	Damage over time and can kill
Conduit Power	conduit_power	Increases visibility underwater, prevents drowning and boosts mining speed
Slow Falling	slow_falling	Makes you fall slower
Bad Omen	bad_omen	Makes an illager raid start when you enter a village
Hero of the Village	village_hero	Discounts trades

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Source: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com

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