Strength Status Effect Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Strength effect with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
Background
The Strength effect is a status effect that increases the amount of damage you do to other players or mobs when attacking with a melee attack.
There are levels of Strength such as Strength II, Strength III, Strength IV and so on. The higher the level of Strength, the higher the damage you will inflict on others when you melee attack.
| Status Effect | Strength |
|---|---|
| Type | Helpful Effect |
| Description | Increases the amount of damage you do to other players or mobs when attacking with a melee attack |
| Effect Icon |  |
| Particles | Red particle effects appear floating around you |
| Items that give Effect |  Arrow (0:22 Strength) Arrow (1:00 Strength) Arrow (0:22 Strength II) Potion (3:00 Strength) Potion (8:00 Strength) Potion (1:30 Strength II) Splash Potion (3:00/2:15 Strength) Splash Potion (8:00/6:00 Strength) Splash Potion (1:30/1:07 Strength II) Lingering Potion (0:45 Strength) Lingering Potion (2:00 Strength) Lingering Potion (0:22 Strength II) |
| Game Command | /effect command |
Icon and Particle Effects
When you have the Strength 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):
You will also see particle effects floating around you. In the latest version of Minecraft, these particle effects will be red.
When the Strength 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 Strength effect will be different. To see how much time is remaining for the effect, go to your inventory menu.
In this example, it says 3:55 under Strength so this means that there is 3 minutes and 55 seconds remaining of the Strength effect.
Items that give the Strength Effect
The following are items that give the Strength effect in Minecraft:
How to make an Arrow of Strength (0:22)
How to make an Arrow of Strength (1:00)
How to make an Arrow of Strength (0:11 – Strength II)
How to make a Potion of Strength (3:00)
How to make a Potion of Strength (8:00)
How to make a Potion of Strength (1:30 – Strength II)
How to make a Splash Potion of Strength (3:00/2:15)
How to make a Splash Potion of Strength (8:00/6:00)
How to make a Splash Potion of Strength (1:30/1:07 – Strength II)
How to make a Lingering Potion of Strength (0:45)
How to make a Lingering Potion of Strength (2:00)
How to make a Lingering Potion of Strength (0:22 – Strength II)
Effect ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, Strength has the following effect ID and Name values:
| Icon | Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name) |
ID | Platform | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Strength (minecraft:strength) |
5 |  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 Strength
Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)
Strength:
/effect give @p strength 99999
Strength II:
/effect give @p strength 99999 1
Strength (highest level):
/effect give @p strength 99999 255
To remove all status effects including Strength, 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
Strength:
/effect @p strength 99999
Strength II:
/effect @p strength 99999 1
Strength (highest level):
/effect @p strength 99999 255
To remove all status effects:
/effect @p clear
Other Status Effects
Here are the other status effects in Minecraft such as: