Fire Resistance

This article is about the status effect. For the enchantment, see Fire Protection.

Fire Resistance

Sources	See § Causes
Particle	#FF9900 (amber)
Type	Positive

Fire Resistance is a status effect that grants the affected entity complete immunity to all sources of fire damage.

Effects

Fire Resistance grants immunity to all kinds of fire damage, including fire, blaze fireballs, fire charges, magma blocks, and lava. It also negates any bonus fire damage from bows enchanted with Flame and swords enchanted with Fire Aspect, but the attacks themselves are unaffected.

Fire damage is defined by the game as any damage type in the minecraft/tags/damage_type/is_fire tag. Custom damage types defined by data packs can be added to this tag to allow damage dealt with the damage type through the /damage command to be negated by Fire Resistance.

This effect does not work against direct hits/explosions from ghast fireballs or against melee attacks from a blaze, as neither of these sources are considered to deal fire damage. It does, however, prevent damage from any fire created by a ghast's fireball.

Fire Resistance also reduces the fog effect created due to being submerged under lava.

Any undead mobs that receive Fire Resistance do not take damage from exposure to sunlight.

In Bedrock Edition, Fire Resistance also prevents the affected targets from catching fire, which stops the fire itself from covering the player's screen.

In Java Edition, Fire Resistance does not prevent the affected target from catching fire, but it does prevent any damage that would normally be taken due to being set on fire. This can cause the player (or mob) to start taking damage if the effect expires before said player/mob is able to put themselves out.

Fire Resistance allows snow golems to survive in hot biomes.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Notes
Enchanted Golden Apple	I	5:00
Potion of Fire Resistance	I	3:00	Witches drink this potion when set on fire or in lava.
Potion of Fire Resistance (extended)	I	8:00
Splash Potion of Fire Resistance	I	3:00
Splash Potion of Fire Resistance (extended)	I	8:00
Lingering Potion of Fire Resistance	I	0:45
Lingering Potion of Fire Resistance (extended)	I	2:00
Arrow of Fire Resistance	I	0:22
Arrow of Fire Resistance (extended)	I	1:00
Totem of Undying	I	0:40
Suspicious Stew	I	0:03	Must be crafted with Allium

Immune mobs

• Withers and ender dragons are immune to Fire Resistance.
• Blazes, ghasts, magma cubes, striders, wardens, wither skeletons, zoglins, and zombified piglins are unaffected by Fire Resistance due to already being immune to fire and lava.

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
Fire Resistance	fire_resistance	effect.minecraft.fire_resistance

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Fire Resistance	fire_resistance	12	potion.fireResistance

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Stayin' Frosty	Swim in lava while having the Fire Resistance effect.	—	20	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 17​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/18​[upcoming] status effects applied to the player at the same time: Fire Resistance Freezing Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Night Vision Oozing Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged 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.
	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.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Fire Resistance is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				The effect sprite for Fire Resistance has been added to inventory.png.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Added the potion of Fire Resistance and splash potion of Fire Resistance.
1.3.1			12w21a				Fire Resistance can now be obtained from enchanted golden apples.
1.14			18w43a				The effect icon texture of Fire Resistance has been changed.
1.16			Pre-release 3				Visibility under lava is now slightly better when under the effect of Fire Resistance.
1.16.2			20w28a				Fire Resistance can now be obtained from totems of undying.
			20w29a				The level of Fire Resistance given by the totem of undying is now reduced from II to I.[1]
1.19.4			Pre-release 3				The potion and effect color has been changed from  #E49A3A to  #FF9900.
1.20.2			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 12.
1.20.5			24w09a				Visibility under lava when under the effect of Fire Resistance has been improved again to match Bedrock Edition.
1.21.4			24w45a				Decreased the duration of Fire Resistance obtained from suspicious stew made with an allium from 4 seconds to 3 seconds.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Added Fire Resistance.
							Fire Resistance is currently unobtainable.
v0.12.1			build 1				Fire Resistance can now be obtained from eating enchanted golden apples and a potion of Fire Resistance, as well splash potions of Fire Resistance.
v0.14.0			build 1				Added witches, which can apply the Fire Resistance effect to themselves when set on fire by drinking potions.
v0.15.0			build 1				Added the arrow of Fire Resistance, which causes Fire Resistance.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Fire Resistance can now be obtained from lingering potions of Fire Resistance.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Fire Resistance can now be obtained from totems of undying.
Bedrock Edition
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.5				The effect icon texture of Fire Resistance has been changed.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.9				Fire Resistance can now be obtained from suspicious stew.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Visibility under lava is now slightly better when under the effect of Fire Resistance.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				The level of Fire Resistance given by the totem of undying is now reduced from II to I.[2]
1.18.30			beta 1.18.20.25				Fire Resistance now stops mobs and players from taking damage from cauldrons filled with lava.[3]

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Fire Resistance is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay.
TU7							Added the Potion of Fire Resistance and Splash Potion of Fire Resistance.
TU56	CU48	1.55	1.55	1.55	Patch 26	1.0.6	Fire Resistance can now be obtained from totems of undying.
			1.85				Fire resistance now hides the burning animation from affected entities to match Bedrock Edition.
			1.91				The effect icon texture of Fire Resistance has been changed.

Issues

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

References