Instant Damage

Instant Damage

Sources	See § Causes
Particle	#A9656A (maroon)
Type	Negative (positive for undead mobs)

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Instant Damage is an instant status effect that decreases health for players and living mobs and heals the undead.

Effect

Instant Damage inflicts magic damage of 3HP × 2^level. Undead mobs are healed as if with Instant Health instead (including the base value in the preceding formula being 2HP instead of 3HP). Death is reported as "<player> was killed by magic". When applied using a lingering potion, damage is inflicted every second. As this is magic damage, it can be decreased only via Resistance and Protection.

Instant Damage has its duration set in game ticks (instead of seconds) with the /effect command.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Damage	Heals undead	Length	Notes
Potion of Harming	I	6HP		Instant
Potion of Harming II	II	12HP × 6		Instant
Splash Potion of Harming	I	6HP	4HP	Instant	Witches throw this potion at their target.
Splash Potion of Harming II	II	12HP × 6	8HP	Instant
Lingering Potion of Harming	I	3HP per second 15HP × 7.5 total	2HP per second 10HP total	0:05
Lingering Potion of Harming II	II	6HP per second 30HP × 15 total	4HP per second 20HP × 10 total	0:05	Dragon fireballs do the same amount of damage.
Arrow of Harming	I	6HP	4HP	Instant
Arrow of Harming II	II	12HP × 6	8HP	Instant

Immune mobs

• Creakings spawned by a creaking heart are immune to Instant Damage, as they do not take damage.
• Ender dragons are immune to Instant Damage if the source of the effect was not a player.
• Witches are 85% resistant to Instant Damage in Java Edition, but are 95% resistant to Instant Damage in Bedrock Edition.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Instant Damage	instant_damage	effect.minecraft.instant_damage

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Instant Damage	instant_damage	7	potion.harm

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added Instant Damage.
Java Edition
1.15			19w41a				Added effect icon texture.
1.19.4			Pre-release 3				The potion & effect color have been changed from  #430A09 to  #A9656A.
1.20.2			23w32a				The game no longer uses numeric values when storing mob effects to world. Prior to the removal of numeric IDs, this effect's numeral ID was 7.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Added Instant Damage, which was unobtainable at the time.
v0.12.1			build 1				Instant Damage can now be obtained from potion of Harming and splash potion of Harming.
v0.14.0			build 1				Added witches that utilize Instant Damage from splash potions as an offensive attack.
v0.15.0			build 1				Added arrow of Harming that inflicts Instant Damage.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Instant Damage can now be obtained from lingering potion of Harming.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added Instant Damage.[is this the correct version?]
TU7							Added potion of Harming and splash potion of Harming.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added the lingering potion of Harming.
							Added the arrow of Harming.

Java Edition Combat Tests

Java Edition Combat Tests
8b							Harming potions now damage 3×2level instead of 2×2level.

Issues

Issues relating to "Instant Damage" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.