This Minecraft tutorial explains the Saturation effect with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

Background

The Saturation effect is a status effect that replenishes your food bar in the game.

There are levels of Saturation such as Saturation II, Saturation III, Saturation IV and so on. The higher the level of Saturation, the faster your food bar is restored.

 

Status Effect Saturation
Type Helpful Effect
Description Replenishes your food bar in the game
Effect Icon
Particles Bright red particle effects appear floating around you
Items that give Effect Suspicious Stew
Game Command /effect command

Icon and Particle Effects

When you have the Saturation effect, the following icon will appear in the top right corner of your screen:

You will also see particle effects floating around you. In the latest version of Minecraft, these particle effects will be bright red.

When the Saturation effect wears off, the icon and particle effects will disappear. You will be back to your normal status.

Duration

Depending on how you get the effect, the duration of the Saturation effect will be different. To see how much time is remaining for the effect, go to your inventory menu.

In this example, it says 0:37 under Saturation so this means that there is 37 seconds remaining of the Saturation effect.

Items that give the Saturation Effect

The following are items that give the Saturation effect in Minecraft:

How to make Suspicious Stew

Effect ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, Saturation has the following effect ID and Name values:

Status Effect
(Minecraft ID Name)		 ID Version
Saturation
(minecraft:saturation)		 23
  • 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 Saturation

Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)

Saturation:

/effect give @p saturation 99999

Saturation II:

/effect give @p saturation 99999 1

Saturation (highest level):

/effect give @p saturation 99999 255

To remove all status effects including Saturation, 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

Saturation:

/effect @p saturation 99999

Saturation II:

/effect @p saturation 99999 1

Saturation (highest level):

/effect @p saturation 99999 255

To remove all status effects:

/effect @p clear

Other Status Effects

Here are the other status effects in Minecraft such as:

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