Minecraft:Poison

Template:For Template:Infobox effect Poison is an Minecraft:effect that inflicts Minecraft:damage over time. It is similar to Wither, but it drains health faster, can be removed by drinking a Minecraft:honey bottle and it cannot kill. It can, however, reduce the Minecraft:entity's health all the way to Template:Hp.

Effect

The amount of Minecraft:damage inflicted to the affected entity is shown in the table below:

Level	Ticks per Template:Hp	Template:Hp per second
1	25	Template:Hp
2	12	Template:Hp
3Template:FN	6	Template:Hp
4Template:FN	3	Template:Hp
5+Template:FN	1	Template:Hp

The player's hearts turn dark yellow (Template:Hp or Template:Hp on Minecraft:Hardcore mode).

The Minecraft:damage stops when the affected entity is at Template:Hp Minecraft:health, but can resume if healing occurs and the affected entity is at more than Template:Hp health before the effect expires.

Amplifiers outside the range 0–31 (corresponding to levels 1–32) are treated modulo 32 (as though reduced by 32 until they are within the range, or alternatively as the remainder from the division by 32, i.e., 33 or 65 is treated as 1).

The effect can be removed by drinking Minecraft:milk or honey. Template:IN when education options are enabled, drinking Minecraft:antidote also removes poison.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Lifetime damage	Notes
Template:ItemLink	I	0:45	Template:Hp
Template:ItemLink (extended)	I	1:30Template:Only 2:00Template:Only	Template:HpTemplate:Only Template:HpTemplate:Only
Template:ItemLink II	II	0:21Template:Only 0:22Template:Only	Template:HpTemplate:Only Template:HpTemplate:Only
Template:ItemLink	I	0:45	Template:Hp	Template:EntityLink throw this splash potion if their target has Template:Hp or more health.
Template:ItemLink (extended)	I	1:30Template:Only 2:00Template:Only	Template:Hp
Template:ItemLink II	II	0:21Template:Only 0:22Template:Only	Template:HpTemplate:Only Template:HpTemplate:Only
Template:ItemLink	I	0:11	Template:Hp
Template:ItemLink (extended)	I	0:22Template:Only 0:30Template:Only	Template:HpTemplate:Only Template:HpTemplate:Only
Template:ItemLink II	II	0:05	Template:Hp
Template:ItemLink	I	0:05	Template:Hp	50% chance of being dropped by Template:EntityLink.
Template:ItemLink (extended)	I	0:11Template:Only 0:15Template:Only	Template:HpTemplate:Only Template:HpTemplate:Only
Template:ItemLink II	II	0:02	Template:Hp
Arrow from Template:EntityLink<ref>Template:Bug</ref>	I	0:45	Template:Hp	Dispensed by Template:BlockLink.
Template:ItemLinkTemplate:Only	I	0:45	Template:Hp	Affects only Minecraft:parrots. Has no effect other than the particles as the parrot is killed instantly.
Template:BlockLink	I	0:01.25	Template:Hp	Affects only Minecraft:bees. The effect is applied when a bee touches an open eyeblossom on any Minecraft:difficulty higher than Peaceful, or if a bee is fed an open eyeblossom.
Template:ItemLink	I	0:05	Template:Hp	60% chance.
Template:ItemLink	II	1:00	Template:Hp
Template:ItemLink	I	0:11	Template:Hp	Must be crafted from a Template:BlockLink.
Template:ItemLink	I	0:14	Template:Hp	Minecraft:Traded from expert farmer Minecraft:villagers.
Template:ItemLink	I	0:05	Template:Hp	Dropped from Minecraft:spiders and apply poison when eaten.
Template:EntityLink	I	0:07 (normal difficulty) 0:15 (hard difficulty)	Template:Hp (normal difficulty) Template:Hp (hard difficulty)	Given when it attacks an entity.
Template:EntityLink	I	0:03 (partially inflated) 0:06 (fully inflated)	Template:Hp (partially inflated) Template:Hp (fully inflated)	Only when touched.
Template:EntityLink	I	0:10 (normal difficulty) 0:18 (hard difficulty)	Template:Hp (normal difficulty) Template:Hp (hard difficulty)	Given when it attacks an entity.
Template:EntityLink	I	0:04	Template:Hp	Given when an Template:ItemLink shot by a bogged hits an entity.

Immune mobs

• Minecraft:Ender dragons, Minecraft:spiders, Minecraft:cave spiders, Minecraft:nautiluses, and all Minecraft:undead mobs are immune to Poison.
• Minecraft:Witches are 95% resistant to Poison Template:In, but only 85% resistant Template:In.

Data values

ID

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History

Trivia

• According to most medical and zoological terminology, "poison" specifically refers to a toxin that is delivered to an organism via contact or ingestion. As Minecraft:bees, Minecraft:cave spiders, and poison tipped arrows inject the player with toxins, they deliver venom, not poison.
• Minecraft:Pufferfish are both venomous and poisonous in-game, while real-life pufferfish are poisonous but not venomous, and their spines are used only for intimidation purposes.