Wither Status Effect Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Wither effect with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

Background

The Wither effect is a status effect that does damage to your health every 2 seconds and turns the hearts in your health bar to black.

 

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Unlike the Poison effect, the Wither effect can kill you if you run out of health before the effect wears off.

There are levels of Wither such as Wither II, Wither III, Wither IV and so on. The higher the level of Wither, the faster you will take damage.

 

Status Effect Wither
Type Harmful Effect
Description Damages your health every 2 seconds and turns the hearts in your health bar to black. Unlike the Poison effect, the Wither effect can kill you if you run out of health before the effect wears off.
Effect Icon Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 2
Particles Brown particle effects appear floating around you
Items that give Effect Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 3 Suspicious Stew
Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 4 Arrow of Decay (0:05 Wither II)
Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 5 Potion of Decay (0:40 Wither II)
Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 6 Splash Potion (0:30 Wither II)
Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 7 Lingering Potion (0:10 Wither II)
Mobs that give Effect Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 8 Wither Boss
Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 9 Wither Skeleton
Game Command /effect command

Icon and Particle Effects

When you have the Wither 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):

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You will also see particle effects floating around you. In the latest version of Minecraft, these particle effects will be brown.

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When the Wither effect wears off, the icon and particle effects will disappear and the hearts in your health bar will return to their original red color. You will be back to your normal status.

Duration

Depending on how you get the effect, the duration of the Wither effect will be different. To see how much time is remaining for the effect, go to your inventory menu.

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In this example, it says 4:55 under Wither so this means that there is 4 minutes and 55 seconds remaining of the Wither effect.

Items that give the Wither Effect

The following are items tat give the Wither effect in Minecraft:

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How to make Suspicious Stew
Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 14 How to make an Arrow of Decay (0:05 – Wither II)
Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 15 How to make a Potion of Decay (0:40 – Wither II)
Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 16 How to make a Splash Potion of Decay (0:30 – Wither II)
Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 17 How to make a Lingering Potion of Decay (0:10 – Wither II)

Mobs that give the Wither Effect

The following are mobs that give the Wither effect when they attack:

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Wither Boss
Wither Status Effect - Wiki Guide 19 Wither Skeleton

Effect ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, Wither has the following effect ID and Name values:

Status Effect
(Minecraft ID Name)
ID Version
Wither
(minecraft:wither)
20
  • 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.
  • ID 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 Wither

Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)

Wither:

/effect give @p wither 99999

Wither II:

/effect give @p wither 99999 1

Wither (highest level):

/effect give @p wither 99999 255

To remove all status effects including Wither, 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

Wither:

/effect @p wither 99999

Wither II:

/effect @p wither 99999 1

Wither (highest level):

/effect @p wither 99999 255

To remove all status effects:

/effect @p clear

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Here are the other status effects in Minecraft such as:

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