Hunger (effect)

Hunger

Sources	See § Causes
Particle	#587653 (dull green)
Type	Negative

Hunger is a status effect which causes hunger and saturation to deplete faster than normal.

Effect

Hunger increases food exhaustion by 0.005 × level per game tick (removes 1 () saturation point every (40 ÷ level) seconds). It also turns the hunger bar a yellow-green color (). Negative levels decrease food exhaustion, although they do not increase saturation or the hunger bar.

The status effect does not decrease hunger level on Peaceful, although it still recolors the hunger bar.

Hunger inflicted by eating rotten flesh, raw chicken or by being attacked by a husk (if status effect lasts long enough) adds 3.0 to the player's exhaustion level over the course of 30 seconds, draining ³⁄₄ of a saturation point. When a pufferfish is eaten, 4.5 exhaustion points are added over the course of 15 seconds, draining 1 () and ¹⁄₈ (0.125) saturation points.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Notes
Husk	I	(7 x regional difficulty) seconds	Applied when the player is attacked by a Husk.
Pufferfish	III	0:15	Does not apply to wolves when fed pufferfish.‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Rotten Flesh	I	0:30	80% chance of receiving. Does not apply to wolves when fed rotten flesh.
Raw Chicken	I	0:30	30% chance of receiving. Does not apply to wolves when fed raw chicken.

Immune mobs

• Withers and ender dragons are immune to Hunger.
• All mobs are unaffected by Hunger as they do not have hunger or saturation.

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

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Hunger	hunger	effect.minecraft.hunger

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Hunger	hunger	17	potion.hunger

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added Hunger.
							Hunger can be obtained through eating raw chicken and rotten flesh.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Hunger now has an icon.
1.7.2			13w36a				Added pufferfish, which give Hunger when eaten.
1.10			16w20a				Added husks, which can give Hunger when attacking.
1.14			18w43a				The effect icon texture of Hunger has now been changed.
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 17.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Added Hunger.
							Hunger does not currently work due to the hunger bar not being implemented.
							Hunger can be obtained from eating pufferfish[verify for Bedrock Edition] and raw chicken.
v0.12.1			build 1				Hunger now works.
							Hunger can now be obtained from eating rotten flesh.
v0.15.0			build 1				Added husks, which inflict Hunger.
Bedrock Edition
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.5				Updated the hunger icon.

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	Added Hunger.
							Hunger can be obtained through eating raw chicken and rotten flesh.
TU7							Hunger now has an icon.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added pufferfish, which give Hunger when eaten.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added husks, which can give Hunger when attacking.
			1.91				Updated the hunger icon.

Issues

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