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

Background

The Weakness effect is a status effect that decreases the amount of damage you do to other players or mobs when attacking with a melee attack.

There are levels of Weakness such as Weakness II, Weakness III, Weakness IV and so on. The higher the level of Weakness, the less the damage you will inflict on others when you melee attack.

 

Status Effect Weakness
Type Harmful Effect
Description Decreases the amount of damage you do to other players or mobs when attacking with a melee attack
Effect Icon
Particles Gray particle effects appear floating around you
Items that give Effect Suspicious Stew
Arrow of Weakness (0:11)
Arrow of Weakness (0:30)
Potion of Weakness (1:30)
Potion of Weakness (4:00)
Splash Potion (1:30/1:07)
Splash Potion (4:00/3:00)
Lingering Potion (0:22)
Lingering Potion (1:00)
Game Command /effect command

Icon and Particle Effects

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

In this example, it says 2:40 under Weakness II so this means that there is 2 minutes and 40 seconds remaining of the Weakness II effect.

Items that give the Weakness Effect

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

How to make Suspicious Stew
How to make an Arrow of Weakness (0:11)
How to make an Arrow of Weakness (0:30)
How to make a Potion of Weakness (1:30)
How to make a Potion of Weakness (4:00)
How to make a Splash Potion of Weakness (1:30/1:07)
How to make a Splash Potion of Weakness (4:00/3:00)
 How to make a Lingering Potion of Weakness (0:22)
How to make a Lingering Potion of Weakness (1:00)

Effect ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

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

Status Effect
(Minecraft ID Name)		 ID Version
Weakness
(minecraft:weakness)		 18
  • 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 Weakness

Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)

Weakness:

/effect give @p weakness 99999

Weakness II:

/effect give @p weakness 99999 1

Weakness (highest level):

/effect give @p weakness 99999 255

To remove all status effects including Weakness, 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

Weakness:

/effect @p weakness 99999

Weakness II:

/effect @p weakness 99999 1

Weakness (highest level):

/effect @p weakness 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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