What is the Glowing Effect?
The Glowing effect makes you visible to other players even through walls and solid blocks. You’ll glow with a bright white outline, or your team color if you’re on a team. It’s useful for finding hidden players in PvP or just showing off.
Visual Effects
When you have the Glowing effect, you’ll see an icon in the top right of your screen. Green particle effects float around you as well. Both disappear when the effect wears off.
How to Get Glowing
There are two main ways to get the Glowing effect:
Using Spectral Arrows
Shoot someone with a Spectral Arrow and they’ll glow. The effect lasts about 10 seconds.
Using Commands
You can give yourself or anyone else the effect with the /effect command.
Effect Duration
How long Glowing lasts depends on how you got it. Check your inventory to see the remaining time. It shows as minutes:seconds (like 2:15 for 2 minutes and 15 seconds remaining).
Minecraft Commands for Glowing
Current Java Edition
Give Glowing (level 1):
/effect give @p glowing 99999
Give Glowing II:
/effect give @p glowing 99999 1
Give Glowing at max level (255):
/effect give @p glowing 99999 255
Remove all effects (or drink milk):
/effect clear @p
Java Edition 1.11-1.12
Give Glowing:
/effect @p glowing 99999
Give Glowing II:
/effect @p glowing 99999 1
Give Glowing at max level:
/effect @p glowing 99999 255
Clear all effects:
/effect @p clear
Effect Details
| Effect Name | Glowing |
|---|---|
| ID (Java Edition) | minecraft:glowing (ID #24) |
| Type | Status Effect |
| Introduced | Minecraft 1.9 |
| What it does | Makes you glow white (or team color) visible through blocks |