Hunger Status Effect Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Hunger effect with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
Background
The Hunger effect is a status effect that depletes your food bar in the game.
There are levels of Hunger such as Hunger II, Hunger III, Hunger IV and so on. The higher the level of Hunger, the faster your food bar will deplete.
| Status Effect | Hunger |
|---|---|
| Type | Harmful Effect |
| Description | Depletes your food bar in the game |
| Effect Icon |  |
| Particles | Green particle effects appear floating around you |
| Items that give Effect |  Rotten Flesh Raw Chicken Pufferfish |
| Game Command | /effect command |
Icon and Particle Effects
When you have the Hunger effect, the following icon will appear in the top right corner of your screen (in older versions of Minecraft, the effect icons only appears when you are viewing the inventory menu):
Your food bar will also turn greenish-yellow and you will see particle effects floating around you. In the latest version of Minecraft, these particle effects will be green.
When the Hunger effect wears off, the icon and particle effects will disappear. You will be back to your normal status.
Duration
Depending on how you get the effect, the duration of the Hunger effect will be different. To see how much time is remaining for the effect, go to your inventory menu.
In this example, it says 1:30 under Hunger so this means that there is 1 minute and 30 seconds remaining of the Hunger effect.
Items that give the Hunger Effect
The following are items that give the Hunger effect:
Mobs that give the Hunger Effect
The following are mobs that give the Hunger effect when they attack:
Husk
Effect ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, Hunger has the following effect ID and Name values:
| Icon | Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name) |
ID | Platform | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hunger (minecraft:hunger) |
17 |  Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
- Icon is the image that will appear when you have this effect.
- Status Effect is what the effect is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value used in the /effect command.
- IDÂ is the Internal number for the effect.
- Platform is the platform that applies.
- Version is the Minecraft version number that the effect was introduced for the name and ID that is listed.
Effect Command for Hunger
Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)
Hunger:
/effect give @p hunger 99999
Hunger IV:
/effect give @p hunger 99999 3
Hunger (highest level):
/effect give @p hunger 99999 255
To remove all status effects including Hunger, you can either drink milk or use the following /effect command:
/effect clear @p
Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.11 and 1.12
Hunger:
/effect @p hunger 99999
Hunger IV:
/effect @p hunger 99999 3
Hunger (highest level):
/effect @p hunger 99999 255
To remove all status effects:
/effect @p clear
Other Status Effects
Here are the other status effects in Minecraft such as: