Harmful effects

Weakness

Weakness is recorded as a harmful status effect in the current Java and Bedrock Edition datasets.

Weakness — representative authorized Minecraft assetWeakness
Image source: Minecraft Wiki
Effect ID
minecraft:weakness
Edition
Java & Bedrock
Java numeric ID
17
Bedrock numeric ID
18
Type
bad
Category
Harmful effects

How the effect is applied

Weakness is classified as a bad effect. Duration, amplifier behavior, particles and sources depend on the command, potion, beacon, mob or game event that applies it.

Command

/effect give @p minecraft:weakness 60 0
/effect give
Applies a status effect to a target.
@p
The nearest player to where the command runs.
minecraft:weakness
The namespaced identifier for Weakness.
60
The duration in seconds.
0
The zero-based amplifier; 0 means effect level I.

This example applies level I for 60 seconds. Instant effects and non-command sources can behave differently.

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