This article is about the effect increasing movement speed. For the effect that increases mining efficiency and attack speed, see Haste. For other methods of gaining movement speed, see Speed boost.
Speed is a status effect that causes entities to move faster on foot, contrary to Slowness.
Effects
Speed increases an entity's speed while walking or sprinting by +20% multiplied by the effect level. For slimes and magma cubes, the effect causes them to jump farther.
Speed expands an affected player's field of view (FOV).
Causes
| Cause | Potency | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Potion of Swiftness
|
I | 3:00 |  Witches drink this potion if their target is over 11 blocks away.
|
| Potion of Swiftness (extended)
|
I | 8:00 | |
| Potion of Swiftness II
|
II | 1:30 | |
 Splash Potion of Swiftness
|
I | 3:00 | |
| Splash Potion of Swiftness (extended)
|
I | 8:00 | |
| Splash Potion of Swiftness II
|
II | 1:30 | |
 Lingering Potion of Swiftness
|
I | 0:45 | |
| Lingering Potion of Swiftness (extended)
|
I | 2:00 | |
| Lingering Potion of Swiftness II
|
II | 0:22 | |
 Arrow of Swiftness
|
I | 0:22 | |
| Arrow of Swiftness (extended)
|
I | 1:00 | |
| Arrow of Swiftness II
|
II | 0:11 | |
 Beacon set to Speed
|
I | 0:05 – 0:17 | Replenishes when in range. |
| Beacon set to Speed II
|
II | 0:17 | Replenishes when in range. Requires beacon pyramid level 4. |
| Spawning within the world | I | ∞ | Only applies to  spiders on Hard difficulty.[JE only]
|
Immune mobs
- Withers and ender dragons are immune to Speed.
- Flying mobs and shulkers are unaffected by Speed.[1]
Notes
- Alternative methods of traveling more quickly include: sprinting; walking on ice, packed ice or blue ice; riding a horse, pig, or minecart; riding a boat on ice, packed ice, or blue ice; throwing ender pearls; walking on soul soil or soul sand while wearing Soul Speed boots; or swimming near a dolphin to gain Dolphin's Grace.
- At Speed 2 or above, sprinting without jumping is faster than sprint-jumping.
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 |
|---|---|---|
 Speed | speed |
effect |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | speed | 1 |
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 | Speed 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 Speed has been added to inventory.png.
| |||||
| Speed can now be obtained through potions. | |||||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Changed how Speed potions are brewed. | ||||||
| Added the Potion of Swiftness (normal, extended and level II) | |||||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w32a | Added the ability to get Speed from a beacon. | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w24a | Spiders now have a chance of spawning with Speed on Hard difficulty. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Added the Arrow of Swiftness.
| |||||
Potions no longer use damage values to determine their effect, the effects moved to the Potion NBT. | |||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  Changed effect icon texture. | |||||
| 18w43b |  Removed the dark background. | ||||||
| 1.19.4 | pre3 | The potion and effect color has been changed from #7CAFC6 to #33EBFF. | |||||
| 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 1. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Speed is added but unobtainable at the time. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Speed can now be obtained through potions and splash potion. | |||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Added witch that can drink potion of Swiftness to grant itself Speed effect. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Speed can be obtained from arrow of Swiftness. | |||||
| v0.16.0 | build 4 | Speed can be obtained from beacon. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Speed can be obtained from lingering potion of Swiftness. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.5 | Changed effect icon texture. | |||||
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 | Speed is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay. |
| TU7 | The effect sprite for Speed has been added. | ||||||
| Speed can now be obtained through potions. | |||||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Added the ability to get Speed from a beacon. | ||
| Spiders now have a chance of spawning with Speed on Hard difficulty. | |||||||
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Added the Lingering Potion of Swiftness.
| |
| Added the Arrow of Swiftness. | |||||||
| 1.91 | Changed effect icon texture. | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Speed" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
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A player with the Speed effect -
A spider naturally spawned with the Speed effect. -
Speed II potion item description
