Slow Falling

Not to be confused with Feather Falling.

Slow Falling

Sources	See § Causes
Particle	#F3CFB9 (cream)
Type	Positive[note 1]

Slow Falling is a status effect that causes midair entities to more gradually descend downward and avoid fall damage, but prevents critical hits and smash attacks.

Mechanics

The affected entity falls at a much slower rate than normal, with a terminal velocity of 9.8 m/s, and is unable to take fall damage when falling. However, the entity still takes damage from using an ender pearl. In addition, the entity cannot turn farmland into dirt by jumping on it.

Higher levels do not decrease fall speed further.

Effects on certain activities:

• Sprinting with the Slow Falling effect allows the player to jump across a gap of 5 blocks (6 blocks with enough momentum), compared to 4 (5 blocks with enough momentum) blocks normally.
• Unboosted elytra flight is twice as efficient, but four times slower. Boosts work at normal speed, but the momentum gained doesn't last as long.
• The player cannot land a critical hit while having this effect.^[1]
• The player cannot perform a smash attack with the mace while having this effect.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Notes
Potion of Slow Falling	I	1:30
Potion of Slow Falling (extended)	I	4:00
Splash Potion of Slow Falling	I	1:30
Splash Potion of Slow Falling (extended)	I	4:00
Lingering Potion of Slow Falling	I	0:22
Lingering Potion of Slow Falling (extended)	I	1:00
Arrow of Slow Falling	I	0:11
Arrow of Slow Falling (extended)	I	0:30

Immune mobs

• Withers and ender dragons are immune to Slow Falling.
• Flying mobs, hovering blazes, and shulkers are unaffected by Slow Falling.

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
Slow Falling	slow_falling	effect.minecraft.slow_falling

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Slow Falling	slow_falling	27	potion.slowFalling

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
1.13			18w14a				Added Slow Falling.
			18w14b				Slow Falling is now required for the "A Furious Cocktail" and "How Did We Get Here?" advancements.
			18w19a				Changed the effect color from  #CEFFFF to  #FFEFD1.
1.14			18w43a				The sprite has accidentally been changed to the one used by Dolphin's Grace.
			18w43b				Reverted this erroneous texture change.
1.20			23w12a				Changed the effect color from  #FFEFD1 to  #F3CFB9 to better distinguish it from Invisibility.
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 28.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.6.0			beta 1.6.0.1				Added Slow Falling.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.21				Changed the effect color from  #FFEFD1 to  #F3CFB9 to better distinguish it from Invisibility.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added Slow Falling.

Issues

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

Notes

References