Slowness

Slowness

Sources	See § Causes
Particle	#8BAFE0 (gray blue)
Type	Negative

Slowness is a status effect that causes entities to move slower, contrary to Speed.

Effect

Slowness reduces movement speed. Movement includes walking, sprinting, sneaking, crawling, and swimming. If a player or mob is riding another mob, Slowness only reduces the speed of the ridden mob if that mob has the effect. The speed of the rider does not matter.

Slowness decreases movement speed by 15% × level and contracts the player's field of view accordingly.

Jumping, falling, climbing, flying, and any motion that is not caused directly by the player or mob with Slowness, are not affected by Slowness. i.e. the player or mob will jump / fall / etc. at the same speed as normal.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Notes
Potion of Slowness	I	1:30
Potion of Slowness (extended)	I	4:00
Potion of Slowness IV	IV	0:20
Splash Potion of Slowness	I	1:30	Witches may throw this potion if their target is at least 8 blocks away.
Splash Potion of Slowness (extended)	I	4:00
Splash Potion of Slowness IV	IV	0:20
Lingering Potion of Slowness	I	0:22
Lingering Potion of Slowness (extended)	I	1:00
Lingering Potion of Slowness IV	IV	0:05
Arrow of Slowness	I	0:11	50% chance of being dropped by Strays.
Arrow of Slowness (extended)	I	0:30	Fired by Strays.
Arrow of Slowness IV	IV	0:02
Arrow from Ominous Item Spawner[1]	IV	0:20	Dispensed by ominous trial spawners.
Potion of the Turtle Master	IV	0:20
Potion of the Turtle Master (extended)	IV	0:40
Potion of the Turtle Master II	VI	0:20
Splash Potion of the Turtle Master	IV	0:20
Splash Potion of the Turtle Master (extended)	IV	0:40
Splash Potion of the Turtle Master II	VI	0:20
Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master	IV	0:05
Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master (extended)	IV	0:10
Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master II	VI	0:05
Arrow of the Turtle Master	IV	0:02
Arrow of the Turtle Master (extended)	IV	0:05
Arrow of the Turtle Master II	VI	0:02
Stray melee attack ‌[Bedrock Edition only]	I	0:09	Only if a Stray doesn't have its bow or if it is underwater.
Bane of Arthropods (enchantment)	IV	0:01-0:03.5	Duration depending on the enchantment's level and some randomness. Only affects arthropods.

Immune mobs

• Withers and ender dragons are immune to Slowness.
• Flying mobs and Shulkers are unaffected by Slowness.^[2]

Notes

• A weapon enchanted with Bane of Arthropods inflicts Slowness IV on spiders, cave spiders, silverfish, endermites and bees; duration is dependent on the enchantment level.
• Levels 7 and above render the player unable to move unless jumping while throwing an ender pearl.
• Alternative methods of reducing travel speed include: walking on soul sands, slime blocks, or honey blocks, or through berry bushes or cobwebs; swimming; riding a boat on land; sneaking; eating; drinking honey bottle, milk or a potion (travel speed is reduced while drinking any potion, regardless of the effects of the potion after drinking is finished); aiming a trident or bow, charging crossbow and blocking with a shield.

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
Slowness	slowness	effect.minecraft.slowness

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Slowness	slowness	2	potion.moveSlowdown

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 Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Slowness 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 Slowness has been added to inventory.png.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Slowness potions have been revamped and made obtainable in the inventory through brewing.
							Added the Bane of Arthropods enchantment, which inflicts Slowness to arthropods.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Splash potions have been added, including splash potions of Slowness.
1.3.1			12w22a				All Slowness potions have been added to the Creative inventory.
1.4.2			12w38a				Added witches, which throw splash potions of Slowness at the player.
1.9			15w31a				Added tipped arrows, including arrows of Slowness, which are currently unobtainable in Survival.
			15w33a				Added lingering potions of Slowness.
			15w44b				Arrows of Slowness can now be obtained by firing an arrow into a Slowness lingering potion cloud.
			16w06a				Arrows of Slowness can now be crafted using lingering potions in the crafting table.
							Arrows of Slowness can no longer be obtained by firing arrows into a Slowness lingering potion cloud.
1.10			16w20a				Added strays, which shoot arrows of Slowness.
1.13			18w07a				Added potion of the Turtle Master, which inflicts Slowness.
1.14			18w43a				The Slowness texture has changed.
			18w43b				The Slowness icon has been corrected.
1.19.4			Pre-release 3				The potion & effect color have been changed from  #5A6C81 to  #8BAFE0.
1.20			23w14a				The Slowness texture has changed slightly.
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 2.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Slowness is added but unobtainable at the time.
v0.12.1			build 1				Slowness can now be obtained through potions and splash potions.
							Added the Bane of Arthropods enchantment, which inflicts Slowness to arthropods.
v0.14.0			build 1				Added witch that can throw splash potion of Slowness to give Slowness effect its target.
v0.15.0			build 1				Slowness can be obtained from arrow of Slowness.
							Added stray, which shoots an arrow of Slowness that inflicts the Slowness effect.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Slowness can be obtained from lingering potion of Slowness.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.0				Strays now use melee attacks when underwater, which inflicts the Slowness effect.
			beta 1.5.0.4				Slowness can be obtained from potion of Turtle Master as well from splash potion, lingering potion, and tipped arrow variants.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.5				Changed effect icon texture.
1.16.0			beta 1.15.0.51				Added potions of Slowness IV, which can be brewed from potions of Slowness using glowstone dust.

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	Slowness is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay.
TU7							The effect sprite for Slowness has been added.
							Added the Bane of Arthropods enchantment, which inflicts Slowness to arthropods.
							Slowness can now be obtained through potions.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Added witches, which throw splash potions of Slowness at the player.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added the Lingering Potion of Slowness.
							Added the Arrow of Slowness.
							Added strays, which shoot arrows of Slowness.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added the Potion of the Turtle Master, which inflicts Slowness.
			1.91				Changed effect icon texture.

Issues

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

References