Minecraft:Darkness

Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox effect Darkness is a Minecraft:status effect that impairs a Minecraft:player's vision. It is caused by the activation of a naturally-generated Minecraft:sculk shrieker, or by being within detection range of a Minecraft:warden.

Effect

Darkness, when applied, dims the player's vision using a thick black Minecraft:fog similar to Minecraft:Blindness. After the effect initiates, the fog steadily closes in around the player, diminishing the player's eyesight. The player can only see about 14 blocks away. With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals, all directional light sources are disabled, making the scene appear as in a cave. All fog types apart from default air fog still use their colors. When the effect wears off, the fog retreats and the player's vision reverts to normal.

With the Darkness effect, the screen's brightness slowly cycles every few seconds between complete darkness, and relative visibility where they can see within a distance of roughly 14 blocks. The strength of this pulsing effect can be adjusted using the "Darkness Pulsing"Template:Only/"Darkness effect strength"Template:Only slider under the Minecraft:accessibility settings, which is normally at 100%; when set to 0%, the player's vicinity does not darken at all, but fog still restricts their vision.

File:Darkness effect.gif

The Darkness effect with Darkness Pulsing 100%.

Unlike other status effects, Darkness does not cause Minecraft:particles to appear around the player when it is naturally activated, nor does its icon appear in the player's Minecraft:heads-up display Template:In.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> This is similar to when an effect is given using the Template:Cmd command with the Template:Cd argument set to Template:Cd. However, the particles do appear when Template:Cd is set to Template:Cd, and the effect's icon can be seen when entering the player's Minecraft:inventory.

Causes

Cause	Potency	Length	Notes
Template:BlockLink (naturally generated)	I	0:13	When activated, to players within 40 blocks
Template:EntityLink	I	0:13	Every 6 seconds, to players within 20 blocks