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

Background

The Slowness effect is a status effect that decreases your speed causing you to move slower in the game.

There are levels of Slowness such as Slowness II, Slowness III, Slowness IV and so on. The higher the level of Slowness, the slower your movement.

 

Status Effect Slowness
Type Harmful Effect
Description Decreases your speed causing you to move slower in the game
Effect Icon
Particles Gray particle effects appear floating around you
Items that give Effect Arror of Slowness
Arrow of the Turtle Master
Potion of Slowness
Potion of the Turtle Master
Splash Potion of Slowness
Splash Potion of the Turtle Master
Lingering Potion of Slowness
Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master
Game Command /effect command

Icon and Particle Effects

When you have the Slowness effect, the following icon will appear in the top right corner of your screen (in older versions of Minecraft, the effect icons only appears when you are viewing the inventory menu):

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

When the Slowness 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 Slowness effect will be different. To see how much time is remaining for the effect, go to your inventory menu.

In this example, it says 1:40 under Slowness so this means that there is 1 minute and 40 seconds remaining of the Slowness effect.

Items that give the Slowness Effect

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

How to make an Arrow of Slowness
How to make an Arrow of the Turtle Master
How to make a Potion of Slowness
How to make a Potion of the Turtle Master
How to make a Splash Potion of Slowness
How to make a Splash Potion of the Turtle Master
How to make a Lingering Potion of Slowness
How to make a Lingering Potion of the Turtle Master

Effect ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

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

Status Effect
(Minecraft ID Name)		 ID Version
Slowness
(minecraft:slowness)		 2
  • 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 Slowness

Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)

Slowness:

/effect give @p slowness 99999

Slowness II:

/effect give @p slowness 99999 1

Slowness VI (highest amplifier that worked without glitching):

/effect give @p slowness 99999 5

To remove all status effects including Slowness, 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

Slowness:

/effect @p slowness 99999

Slowness II:

/effect @p slowness 99999 1

Slowness VI (highest amplifier that worked without glitching):

/effect @p slowness 99999 5

To remove all status effects:

/effect @p clear

TIP: Although you can go up to 255 for the amplifier for Slowness, Minecraft might not behave as expected so be careful. An amplifier too high and you won’t move properly. We have successfully tried an amplifier as high as 5 which gives you Slowness VI.

Other Status Effects

Here are the other status effects in Minecraft such as:

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