Weakness Status Effect Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Weakness effect with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
Background
The Weakness effect is a status effect that decreases the amount of damage you do to other players or mobs when attacking with a melee attack.
There are levels of Weakness such as Weakness II, Weakness III, Weakness IV and so on. The higher the level of Weakness, the less the damage you will inflict on others when you melee attack.
| Status Effect | Weakness |
|---|---|
| Type | Harmful Effect |
| Description | Decreases the amount of damage you do to other players or mobs when attacking with a melee attack |
| Effect Icon |  |
| Particles | Gray particle effects appear floating around you |
| Items that give Effect |  Suspicious Stew Arrow of Weakness (0:11) Arrow of Weakness (0:30) Potion of Weakness (1:30) Potion of Weakness (4:00) Splash Potion (1:30/1:07) Splash Potion (4:00/3:00) Lingering Potion (0:22) Lingering Potion (1:00) |
| Game Command | /effect command |
Icon and Particle Effects
When you have the Weakness 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 gray.
When the Weakness 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 Weakness effect will be different. To see how much time is remaining for the effect, go to your inventory menu.
In this example, it says 2:40 under Weakness II so this means that there is 2 minutes and 40 seconds remaining of the Weakness II effect.
Items that give the Weakness Effect
The following are items that give the Weakness effect in Minecraft:
How to make Suspicious Stew
Effect ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, Weakness has the following effect ID and Name values:
| Icon | Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name) |
ID | Platform | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Weakness (minecraft:weakness) |
18 |  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 Weakness
Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)
Weakness:
/effect give @p weakness 99999
Weakness II:
/effect give @p weakness 99999 1
Weakness (highest level):
/effect give @p weakness 99999 255
To remove all status effects including Weakness, 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
Weakness:
/effect @p weakness 99999
Weakness II:
/effect @p weakness 99999 1
Weakness (highest level):
/effect @p weakness 99999 255
To remove all status effects:
/effect @p clear
Other Status Effects
Here are the other status effects in Minecraft such as: