Screen effects

This article is about visual effects that affect the player's heads-up display. For other uses, see Effect (disambiguation).

Screen effects encompass a variety of effects applied alongside or beneath the heads-up display as augmentations to the player's point of view as a method of conveying further information about a player's current state. They are not to be confused with visual effects caused by the game's shaders, which are applied directly in the game rendering.

Summary

Overlays and vignettes

Effect	Image	Visible in third-person view?	Visible with F1?
Suffocation inside a block		No	Yes
When on fire		No	Yes
When in a Nether portal		JE only[1]	BE only[2]
When underwater		No	Yes
Distortion effect overlay		Yes	Yes[3]
Darkness		Yes	No[4]
When near the world border‌[Java Edition only]		Yes	No[5]
When inside powder snow		Yes	BE only[6]
When wearing a pumpkin		No	BE only[7]
When using a spyglass		No	BE only[8]

Animated sprites

Effect	Image	Visible in third-person view?	Visible with F1?
Totem of undying when used		Yes	BE only[9]
Raid Omen when obtained‌[Bedrock Edition only]		Yes	Yes
Hero of the Village when obtained‌[Bedrock Edition only]		Yes	Yes
Elder guardian ghost		Yes	Yes

Visual transformations

Overlays

Suffocation

Suffocation overlay

Visible in third person?	No
Visible with HUD disabled?	Yes
Visible in graphics settings	All[needs testing in Java Edition]
Can be controlled by	None

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This effect manifests when an applicable mob or player's eye level intersects specific blocks; generally those that are full solid cubes and block both vision and movement, with the exception of ice.

In Java Edition this effect involves a darkened version of the block texture covering the entire area of the screen.

In Bedrock Edition, the block's texture is instead arranged into a cube around the player in which the camera can move. This is the case regardless of the player's placement inside the block; the player can be at the edge of it (such that the player's view is partially outside it and the outside texture is clearly visible) and the player can still be rendered as if at the exact center of the cube.

On fire

Fire overlay

Visible in third person?	No
Visible with HUD disabled?	Yes
Visible in graphics settings	All[needs testing in Java Edition]
Can be controlled by	None

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When the player is on fire, this animated effect is applied to the screen. This is caused by being inside of fire or lava (even in Creative mode, although not in Spectator), after exiting such a block (except in Creative/Spectator), or being set on fire through the attack of a burning mob or a burning arrow.

This overlay always displays as fire, even if the player in question is inside of soul fire.

In Java Edition this effect involves two intersecting texture planes being rendered across the bottom half of the screen with the fire texture.

In Bedrock Edition, the fire texture is rendered as a cubemap around the player with only the front and a small part of the sides visible.

Nether portal

Nether Portal overlay

Visible in third person?	JE: Yes BE: No
Visible with HUD disabled?	JE: No BE: Yes
Visible in graphics settings	All[needs testing in Java Edition]
Can be controlled by	None

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Note: this section discusses the Nether portal texture overlay. The Nether portal/nausea wobble effect is discussed in the Distortion effect/Nausea sickness overlay sections.

When the player is inside of a Nether portal, this effect is applied to the screen. It always coincides with either the distortion effect and/or its overlay.

In Java Edition this effect involves the Nether portal texture being stretched across the entirety of the screen.

In Bedrock Edition, the texture is instead arranged into a cube around the player in which the camera can move.

Underwater

Underwater overlay

Visible in third person?	No
Visible with HUD disabled?	Yes
Visible in graphics settings
Can be controlled by	None

The underwater effect is a blue vignette.

Nausea sickness overlay

Nausea sickness overlay

Visible in third person?	Yes
Visible with HUD disabled?	Yes
Visible in graphics settings	All[needs testing in Java Edition]
Can be controlled by	Settings

This effect is a green vignette.

This effect appears only when the player has Nausea, and the distortion effect is set to 0%. The effect becomes more transparent as the slider is turned up, until 100% distortion, in which it disappears.

Darkness vignette

Darkness vignette

Visible in third person?	Yes
Visible with HUD disabled?	No
Visible in graphics settings	Fancy Minimum[12]
Can be controlled by	Settings‌[Java Edition only]

This effect is a black circular blur at the corners. This effect is similar to a regular vignette. This effect appears usually in caves; however, it can appear in any dark place. It also appears when players are inside the structure of trial chambers.

In Bedrock Edition, the vignette gradually fades in as the sky darkens below Y=32, and at Y=-12, it suddenly turns into it's full opacity.

World border overlay

World border overlay

Visible in third person?	Yes
Visible with HUD disabled?	No
Visible in graphics settings	Fancy Minimum[13]
Can be controlled by	None

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

The world border effect is a red vignette. This effect becomes more intense as the player moves closer to the world border. The effect reaches its maximum strength when the player goes past the world border.

Freezing overlay

Freezing overlay

Visible in third person?	Yes
Visible with HUD disabled?	JE: Yes BE: No
Visible in graphics settings	All[needs testing in Java Edition]
Can be controlled by	None

The freezing overlay is a circular formation of crystals and snow flakes that appears when the player is freezing in powder snow. This effect slowly fades in until it is at full opacity.

If the player equips leather armor while freezing, this overlay fades out slowly, then disappears.

Pumpkin blur

Carved pumpkin blur

Visible in third person?	No
Visible with HUD disabled?	JE: No BE: Yes
Visible in graphics settings	All
Can be controlled by	None

The pumpkin blur is a cut-out shape of the carved pumpkin's face that appears when wearing a carved pumpkin. In Java Edition, the texture is stretched to the edges of the screen; in Bedrock Edition, the texture is placed in the middle of the screen, with dark edges filling the rest.

Spyglass scope

Spyglass scope

Visible in third person?	No
Visible with HUD disabled?	JE: No BE: Yes
Visible in graphics settings	All
Can be controlled by	None

The spyglass scope is a brown square in the middle of the screen that appears when using a spyglass. This scope effect quickly zooms in when using a spyglass, until the top and bottom are partly covered.

Animated sprites and models

Mining Fatigue

Elder Guardian ghost

Visible in third person?	Yes
Visible with HUD disabled?	Yes
Visible in graphics settings	No
Can be controlled by	None

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When within a spherical radius of 50 blocks of an elder guardian, the player is inflicted with Mining Fatigue III. This is indicated by a ghost of an elder guardian appearing in the player's view, which moves from the top of the screen to the bottom.

In Java Edition, this occurrence is considered a particle effect; it can be summoned with the /particle minecraft:elder_guardian command.

In Bedrock Edition, this occurrence is caused by a separate mob called the elder guardian ghost. However, when it is summoned using /summon minecraft:elder_guardian_ghost, it is invisible and rises to the sky.

The model of the elder guardian is used for this effect. This means that changing the texture and model associated with the elder guardian also changes what appears on the player's screen.

Totem of Undying

Totem of Undying

Visible in third person?	Yes
Visible with HUD disabled?	JE: No BE: Yes

The effect appears when a totem of undying is used. The totem spins to the middle of the screen and disappears.

In Java Edition, the totem of undying effect is a full 3D model. In Bedrock Edition, the totem of undying effect is a 2D texture.

Hero of the Village

Hero of the Village

Visible in third person?	Yes
Visible with HUD disabled?	Yes

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

This effect appears when the player obtains Hero of the Village from defeating a raid. This effect does not happen when the effect is given through commands. It is similar to the totem of undying effect.

Raid Omen

Raid Omen

Visible in third person?	Yes
Visible with HUD disabled?	Yes

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

This screen effect appears when the player enters a village while under the Bad Omen effect, converting it into Raid Omen. This effect does not appear when giving Raid Omen through commands, and it looks similar to the totem of undying effect.

Transformations

Damage tilt

In Java Edition, when the player receives damage, the screen tilts to the direction opposite of the entity or block who damaged the player.

In Bedrock Edition, when the player receives damage, the screen tilts to the right regardless of the damage direction.

The strength of damage tilting can be adjusted in the settings.

View bobbing

View bobbing is a toggleable feature that adds a slight movement of the screen from left to right when walking. It also affects items and blocks in the player's hand.

Distortion effects

Distortion is seen when the player either goes through a Nether portal or has the Nausea status effect. Different levels do not affect the distortion. However, the effect can be decreased or disabled by changing the distortion effect setting.

FOV based changes

While sprinting, flying, swimming or while affected by a Speed effect, the FOV (field of view) increases. The FOV decreases when being affected by the Slowness effect, while using a spyglass, by using a bow, or by going into water or powder snow. The FOV can be changed in settings with a minimum of 30, and a maximum of 110. Different levels of Slowness or Speed affect the FOV more than others.

FOV effects can be toggled in the settings.

Camera shake

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

With the /camerashake command, a player's camera can perform a shaking effect. This can be either positional (shaking the camera position) or rotational (shaking the camera direction). The effect can be disabled in the settings.

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  Example of a positional camera shake
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  Example of a rotational camera shake

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Taking damage caused the player's screen to tilt toward the damage source. Environmental damage sources, such as fall damage, randomly tilt the player's screen left or right.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.3							The directional damage tilt animation does not work properly in multiplayer, instead always tilting the player's screen left.
Java Edition
1.8			14w27a				Added elder guardian curse screen effect.
1.11			16w39a				Added totem of undying screen effect.​
1.14			18w43a				Changed totem of undying screen effect to .
			19w12a				Totems of undying now show custom model data, including the enchantment glint applied to them in the animation.[14]
1.19.4			23w03a				Taking damage once again causes the player's screen to tilt toward the damage source. However, the random tilt when taking environmental damage is broken, instead tilting the player's screen in the last direction the player was hit from.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							In singleplayer and for the host in multiplayer, taking damage tilts the player's screen toward the damage source. For joining players the screen always tilts left.
Pocket Edition
?							Added elder guardian curse screen effect
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Added totem of undying screen effect.
			?				Taking damage no longer causes the player's screen to tilt toward the damage source, instead always tilting left.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Changed totem of undying screen effect to
			beta 1.11.0.7				A screen effect now plays when a player obtains Bad Omen.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.7				A screen effect now plays when a player gets Hero of the Village.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.4				Added the elder guardian ghost effect, replacing the original elder guardian curse screen effect.
1.18.10			beta 1.18.10.24				Removed the sceen effect that appears when Bad Omen is obtained.
?							Re-added the screen effect that appears when Bad Omen is obtained.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.20				Replaced Bad Omen screen effect with Raid Omen screen effect.
							If a world was imported from the Marketplace, then the Bad Omen screen effect would look like this:
26.50			Preview 26.50.20				Added the nausea sickness overlay.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added elder guardian curse screen effect.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added totem of undying screen effect.​
			1.91				A screen effect now plays when a player obtains Bad Omen.​
							A screen effect now plays when a player gets Hero of the Village.​

References