Instant Health Status Effect – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Instant Health effect with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
Background
The Instant Health effect is a status effect that gives instant health to a player or mob that is living.
However, undead mobs (such as zombies, skeletons, wither skeletons, wither bosses, skeleton horses and zombie horses) are damaged by the Instant Health effect.
So if you throw a Splash Potion or Lingering Potion of Instant Health at an undead mob, you can actually hurt that undead mob.
There are levels of Instant Health such as Instant Health II, Instant Health III, Instant Health IV and so on. The higher the level of Instant Health, the more health that is given.
| Status Effect | Instant Health |
|---|---|
| Type | Helpful Effect (but Harmful to undead mobs) |
| Description | Gives instant health to a player or mob that is living. However, undead mobs (such as zombies, skeletons, wither skeletons, wither bosses, skeleton horses and zombie horses) are damaged by this effect. |
| Effect Icon |  (this icon is only seen if the effect was given using the /effect command) |
| Particles | Red particles are seen if using a lingering potion or the /effect command |
| Items that give Effect |  Arrow of Healing (Instant Health) Arrow of Healing (Instant Health II) Potion of Healing (Instant Health) Potion of Healing (Instant Health II) Splash Potion (Instant Health) Splash Potion (Instant Health II) Lingering Potion (Instant Health) Lingering Potion (Instant Health II) |
| Game Command | /effect command |
Icon and Particle Effects
In normal game play, the Instant Health effect happens immediately so you will not see an icon, duration and particle effects for this effect.
Using the /effect command
However, if you use the /effect command, you will see the following icon appear in the top right corner of the screen while the effect is active:
And you will see red particle effects floating around you.
When the Instant Health effect wears off, the icon and particle effects will disappear. You will be back to your normal status.
Duration
Normally in the game, there is no duration for Instant Health because this status effect occurs instantly.
Using the /effect command
However, if you use the /effect command, you can see how much time is remaining for the effect by going to your inventory menu.
In this example, it says 0:39 under Instant Health so this means that there is 39 seconds remaining of the Instant Health effect.
Items that give the Instant Health Effect
The following are items that give the Instant Health effect in Minecraft:
How to make an Arrow of Healing (Instant Health)
Effect ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, Instant Health has the following effect ID and Name values:
| Icon | Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name) |
ID | Platform | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Instant Health (minecraft:instant_health) |
6 |  Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
- 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 Instant Health
Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)
Instant Health:
/effect give @p instant_health
Instant Health II:
/effect give @p instant_health 99999 1
Instant Health (highest level):
/effect give @p instant_health 99999 255
To remove all status effects including Instant Health, 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
Instant Health:
/effect @p instant_health
Instant Health II:
/effect @p instant_health 99999 1
Instant Health (highest level):
/effect @p instant_health 99999 255
To remove all status effects:
/effect @p clear
Other Status Effects
Here are the other status effects in Minecraft such as:
