Minecraft:Wither (effect)

Wither is a Minecraft:status effect that inflicts Minecraft:damage over time. It acts similarly to Minecraft:Poison, except that it acts more slowly, can affect the undead, and can kill at any difficulty level. It also turns the player's health bar black, making their health harder to track.

Effect

File:HUD recieved the Wither.gif

An animation of the health bar when it receives the Wither II effect for 5 seconds.

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	40	Template:Hp
2	20	Template:Hp
3	10	Template:Hp
4Template:FN	5	Template:Hp
5Template:FN	2	Template:Hp
6+Template:FN	1	Template:Hp

Template:FNlist The Minecraft:player's hearts turn black (Template:Hp on Minecraft:Survival mode or Template:Hp on Minecraft:Hardcore mode), making it sometimes more difficult, but still possible, for the player to see their Minecraft:health. Amplifiers outside the range 0–31 (corresponding to levels 1–32) use Template:W 32.

The death message obtained by dying to the Wither effect is <player> withered away.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Lifetime damage	Notes
Template:ItemLink	II	0:40	Template:Hp	Template:Only
Template:ItemLink	II	0:40	Template:Hp	Template:Only
Template:ItemLink	II	0:10	Template:Hp	Template:Only
Template:ItemLink	II	0:05	Template:Hp	Template:Only
Template:EntityLink	II	0:10 (normal difficulty) 0:40 (hard difficulty)	Template:Hp (Normal difficulty) Template:Hp (Hard difficulty)	When wither skulls make a direct hit on the target. Normal and Hard difficulty only.
Template:EntityLink	I	0:10	Template:Hp	Melee attack only.
Template:BlockLink	I	0:02Template:Note	Template:Hp	Only when in range (within the block) and if the Minecraft:difficulty is higher than Peaceful. The effect is also applied when a Minecraft:bee is fed a wither rose.
Template:ItemLink	I	0:07	Template:Hp	Must be made with a Template:BlockLink.

Immune mobs

• Minecraft:Wither skeletons, Minecraft:withers, and Minecraft:ender dragons are immune to Wither.
• Minecraft:Witches are 95% resistant to damage dealt by the Wither effect Template:In, and 85% resistant Template:In.

Data values

ID

Template:EffectIDLink Template:Edition: Template:ID table

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History

Trivia

• Wither is the only status effect that can harm both living and undead mobs.