This article is about the status effect. For the enchantment, see Protection. For other uses, see Resistance (disambiguation).
Resistance is a status effect that reduces incoming damage.
Effect
Resistance reduces incoming damage by 20% × level from all sources except for starvation, the void, and /kill.
Resistance is applied only to the remaining damage after all other damage reductions (armor and enchantments), but before rounding down to a whole number. This means any equipped armor pieces still lose the usual amount of durability, even at level 5+ where the potion effect grants complete immunity to most sources.
Causes
| Cause | Potency | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Beacon set to Resistance
|
I | 0:08 – 0:17 | Replenishes when in range. Requires beacon pyramid level 2. |
| Beacon set to Resistance II
|
II | 0:17 | Replenishes when in range. Requires beacon pyramid level 4. |
 Enchanted Golden Apple
|
I | 5:00 | |
 Potion of the Turtle Master
|
III | 0:20 | |
| Potion of the Turtle Master (extended)
|
III | 0:40 | |
| Potion of the Turtle Master II
|
IV | 0:20 | |
 Splash Potion of the Turtle Master
|
III | 0:20 | |
| Splash Potion of the Turtle Master (extended)
|
III | 0:40 | |
| Splash Potion of the Turtle Master II
|
IV | 0:20 | |
 Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master
|
III | 0:05 | |
| Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master (extended)
|
III | 0:10 | |
| Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master II
|
IV | 0:05 | |
 Arrow of the Turtle Master
|
III | 0:02 | |
| Arrow of the Turtle Master (extended)
|
III | 0:05 | |
| Arrow of the Turtle Master II
|
IV | 0:02 |
Immune mobs
- Withers and ender dragons are immune to Resistance.
- Creakings that spawn from creaking hearts are unaffected by Resistance, as they are already immune to all 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.
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
 Resistance | resistance |
effect |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resistance | resistance | 11 |
potion |
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:
|
 | 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:
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. |
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Pre-release | 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 Resistance has been added to inventory.png. | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Added enchanted golden apples, which give the Resistance effect for five minutes when eaten. | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w36a | Beacons are now functional and can give the Resistance effect. | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Resistance no longer reduces starvation damage. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w07a | Added the potion of the Turtle Master (along with all typical potion variants), which gives Resistance IV. | |||||
| Level 2 potions of the Turtle Master give Resistance VI. | |||||||
| 18w16a | Potions of the Turtle Master have been nerfed to give only Resistance III. | ||||||
| Level 2 potions of the Turtle Master now give Resistance IV. | |||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The effect icon texture for Resistance has now been changed. | |||||
| 1.19.4 | Pre-release 3 | Effect color changed from #99453A to #8F45ED. | |||||
| 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 11. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Added Resistance, which is unobtainable. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Resistance can now be obtained from eating enchanted golden apples. | |||||
| v0.16.0 | build 1 | Resistance can now be obtained from beacons. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.4 | Resistance can now be obtained from potions of the Turtle Master, as well from the splash potion, lingering potion and tipped arrow variants. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.5 | The effect icon texture for Resistance has now been changed. | |||||
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 | Resistance is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay. |
| TU7 | The effect sprite for Resistance has been added. | ||||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | Added enchanted golden apples, which give the Resistance effect for five minutes when eaten. | |||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Resistance can now be obtained from a beacon. | ||
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Added Potion of the Turtle Master, Splash Potion of the Turtle Master, and Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master which grants resistance. | ||
| Added the Arrow of the Turtle Master. | |||||||
| 1.91 | Changed effect icon texture. | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Resistance" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
