Absorption

Absorption

Sources	See § Causes
Particle	#2552A5 (azure)
Type	Positive

Absorption is a status effect that pads the health bar with extra hearts.

Effect

Absorption adds 4HP additional health points per level to the entity, for the player displayed as yellow hearts above the normal health bar. If the entity takes damage while under this effect, the absorption health points are depleted first, followed by the standard health points. Absorption health cannot be replenished by natural regeneration or other effects and vanishes when the effect ends. Negative absorption levels do not appear to have an immediate effect when applied but give 4HP additional health points per level to the entity when the status effect ends.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Trigger
Golden Apple	I	2:00	When eaten
Enchanted Golden Apple	IV	2:00	When eaten
Totem of Undying	II	0:05	When activated

Immune mobs

• Withers and ender dragons are immune to Absorption.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 34​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/35​[upcoming] status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Breath of the Nautilus Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Freezing Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Oozing Poison Raid Omen Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Trial Omen Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged Wither The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	Postmortal	Use a Totem of Undying to cheat death	Activate a totem of undying by taking fatal damage.

Data values

ID

This section is about the effect IDs. For the IDs on potions, see Potion § Item data. For the IDs on tipped arrows, see Arrow § Metadata.

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Absorption	absorption	effect.minecraft.absorption

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Absorption	absorption	22	potion.absorption

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.6.1			13w24b				Added Absorption, obtainable from eating either tier of golden apples, replacing the original effect, Health Boost.
1.9			15w37a				The Absorption level given by enchanted golden apples has been increased from I to IV.
			15w49a				Changed effect icon texture.
1.11			16w39a				Added the totem of undying, which gives the player Absorption.
1.14			18w43a				Changed effect icon texture again.
1.17			20w49a				The absorption hearts when withered or when poisoned now show the textures for the effect instead of looking blank.[1]
1.20.2			23w31a				The Absorption effect is now removed after all the absorption hearts are gone.[2]
			23w32a				The game no longer uses numeric values when storing mob effects to world. Prior to the removal of numeric IDs, this effect's numeral ID was 22.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Added Absorption, which was unobtainable at the time.
v0.12.1			build 1				Absorption is now obtainable from eating either tier of golden apples.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.2				Enchanted golden apples now give Absorption IV, instead of I.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Totems of undying now grant Absorption.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0			beta 1.8.0.10				Changed effect icon texture.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.5				Changed effect icon texture once again.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added Absorption, obtainable from eating either tier of golden apples.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		The Absorption level given by enchanted golden apples has been increased from I to IV.
TU54	CU44	?	1.52	?	?	1.0.3	Changed effect icon texture.​
		1.52		1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added the totem of undying, which gives the player Absorption.
			1.91				Changed effect icon texture once again.

Issues

Issues relating to "Absorption" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Through the use of commands, the player can achieve 2048HP × 1024 health points — the maximum amount possible to obtain without modifying attributes — using a combination of Absorption and Health Boost.

References