Totem of Undying

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Totem of Undying

Rarity tier	Uncommon
Item description‌[BE only]	Prevents death
Status effects	Absorption II (0:05) Regeneration II (0:45) Fire Resistance I (0:40)
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A totem of undying is an item that can prevent players or mobs from dying when they take fatal damage. It is dropped by evokers, which spawn in woodland mansions and raids.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Evokers always drop one totem of undying upon death, which is not affected by Looting.

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Evoker	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Evoker	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Evoker	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Evoker	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Evoker	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Evoker	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Evoker	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Evoker	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Usage

If a player or a mob is holding a totem of undying in the off-hand or main hand slot and receives otherwise fatal damage, the totem prevents their death. The totem of undying must be held in the user's hand for it to work — it does not work if it is in the hotbar, unless selected. Totems of undying prevent a game over in Hardcore mode in the same way they prevent a death in Easy, Normal, and Hard mode.

A totem can be used only once, and disappears when the effect is activated. It does not prevent death caused by void damage or the /kill command. In Java Edition, it also does not prevent death caused by an arrow of Harming if the arrow kills the holder with just the arrow's physical damage, as the arrow's Instant Damage effect is applied after the totem has activated, effectively killing the player a second time. ^[1]

When a totem of undying is activated, it restores 1HP, removes all existing status effects and grants several positive status effects:

• Regeneration II (1HP every 25 ticks, HP × 0.4 per second) for 45 seconds (long enough to heal HP × 18)
• Fire Resistance I for 40 seconds
• 5 seconds of Absorption II (providing HP)

When activated, multiple green and yellow particles are displayed around the player that held the totem. A screen effect also plays, showing the totem hovering in front of the player's screen, similar to the animation seen when a player receives the Raid Omen effect or the Hero of the Village effect in Bedrock Edition, or enters the same area as an elder guardian.

Any mob that can hold a totem of undying (in a hand or in the mouth) is revived if killed while it is holding the totem. The totem functions exactly as it does with players, although undead mobs are not affected by the Regeneration effect.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Totem of Undying	totem_of_undying	Item	item.minecraft.totem_of_undying

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Totem of Undying	totem_of_undying	totem	568	Item	item.totem.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Cheating Death	Use the Totem of Undying to cheat death	Have the totem of undying in your hand when you take fatal damage.	30	Silver

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: JE 26.4]/18​[upcoming: JE 26.4] status effects applied to the player at the same time: Fire Resistance Freezing​[upcoming: JE 26.4] 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: JE 26.4]/35​[upcoming: JE 26.4] 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​[upcoming: JE 26.4] 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.
	Postmortal	Use a Totem of Undying to cheat death	Activate a totem of undying by taking fatal damage.

History

Reveal

October 15, 2016							An early version of the totem of undying was seen during Minecon shortly before its reveal.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.11			16w39a				Added totems of undying.
1.13			18w21a				The rarity of totems of undying has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon".
1.14			18w43a				The texture of the totem of undying has been changed.
			18w47a				The totem of undying is now renewable as evokers now spawn in raids.
1.16.2			20w28a				The totem of undying now gives the Fire Resistance II status effect for 40 seconds.
			20w29a				The level of Fire Resistance given by the totem of undying is now reduced from II to I.[2]
1.20.2			23w31a				Totems of undying activating now emit an entity_damage vibration of frequency 7.[3]

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Added totems of undying.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of the totem of undying has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.3				The totem of undying is now renewable as evokers now spawn in raids.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				The level of Fire Resistance given by the totem of undying is now reduced from II to I.[4]
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.21				The rarity of totems of undying has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon" to match Java Edition.
1.21.80			Preview 1.21.80.20				Increased the duration of the Regeneration II effect from 40 to 45 seconds, matching Java Edition.[5]

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added totem of undying.
TU56	CU48	1.55	1.55	1.55	Patch 26	1.0.6	The totem of undying now applies Fire Resistance II when used.
							The duration of the Regeneration effect given by the totem of undying is now reduced from 45 seconds to 40 seconds.
			1.90				The texture of the totem of undying has been changed.
			1.91				The totem of undying is now renewable as evokers now spawn in raids.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19							Added totem of undying.

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

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

Trivia

• In the New Nintendo 3DS Edition, the totem of undying can be put in any hotbar slot to activate it, due to the lack of an off-hand slot in that version.
• Being able to obtain totems of undying in raids without exploring woodland mansions is considered a "massive game play design flaw" by Mojang.^[6]
• Totems of undying are the only renewable resource that are made non-renewable in a difficulty other than Peaceful, as raids do not last long enough to spawn evokers in Easy difficulty.

Gallery

Screenshots and Animations

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  Screenshot of the totem of undying being used mid-animation after a drowned deals otherwise fatal damage to the player
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  Animation of the totem activating
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  The totem animation in third person mode
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  A totem of undying is playing its animation after falling from a tower of dirt

Textures

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  A totem of undying texture found in the Minecraft: Dungeons source files
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  Another texture of the totem for Dungeons

In other media

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  A totem of undying on the panorama for Haunts & Harvest
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  A totem of undying as it appears in Minecraft Earth
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  A totem of undying as it appears in A Minecraft Movie DLC
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  A totem inside Steve's Secret Stash in A Minecraft Movie
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  The totem of undying as it appears in A Minecraft Movie
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  A totem of undying soap from the LUSH collection
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  Promotional photo of the soap
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  A boost mini of an evoker holding the old totem

References