Glowing

This article is about the status effect exclusive to Java Edition. For the NBT tag, see Entity format § Entity format.

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

Glowing

Sources	See § Causes
Particle	#94A061 (olive)
Type	Neutral[note 1]

Glowing is a status effect that shows entity positions through blocks.

Effect

The Glowing effect causes entities to glow with an outline that can be seen through blocks and entities. This outline is white by default, but can be set to display other colors if the entity is part of a team (the color being the color of the team). The outline displays around any holes in a mob's texture or model, though only when that part of the model can be seen all the way through. If multiple entities with glowing are near each other, the outlines merge to prevent overlapping/Z-Fighting.

This does not affect mob models as seen in the inventory, of either the player or ridden mobs.^[1]

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Notes
Spectral Arrow	I	0:10	When shot by it.
Bell	I	0:03	Hitting a bell applies the effect to any illagers, ravagers, or witches within 32 blocks of the bell.

Immune mobs

Withers and ender dragons are immune to Glowing.

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.

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Glowing	glowing	effect.minecraft.glowing

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.9			15w31a				Added Glowing effect.
1.14			18w43a				The effect icon texture of Glowing has been changed.
			19w13b				Hitting a bell now gives the glowing effect to raiders within a 32-block-radius of the bell.
1.17			21w10a				Glowing is now based on the outline of all layers on an entity, not just the base layer.
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 24.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	Added the Glowing effect, but is only obtainable via inventory editing.
			1.91				The effect icon texture of glowing has been changed.

Issues

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

Gallery

• 
  First screenshot of the glowing effect
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  The Glowing outlines on the husk and spider merged into one
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  The Glowing effect outlines holes in the skeleton's rib cage only if they go all the way through.
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  Pillagers with glowing effect, as caused by a bell

Notes

References