Regeneration Status Effect – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Regeneration effect with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
Background
The Regeneration effect is a status effect that restores a half heart every 2.5 seconds to your health bar.
There are levels of Regeneration such as Regeneration II, Regeneration III, Regeneration IV and so on. The higher the level of Regeneration, the faster your health is restored.
| Status Effect | Regeneration |
|---|---|
| Type | Helpful Effect |
| Description | Restores a half heart every 2.5 seconds to your health bar |
| Effect Icon |  |
| Particles | Pink particle effects appear floating around you |
| Items that give Effect |  Golden Apple Enchanted Golden Apple Suspicious Stew Beacon Arrow (0:05 Regeneration) Arrow (0:11 Regeneration) Arrow (0:02 Regeneration II) Potion (0:45 Regeneration) Potion (2:00 Regeneration) Potion (0:22 Regeneration II) Splash (0:45/0:33 Regeneration) Splash (1:30 Regeneration) Splash (0:22/0:16 Regeneration II) Lingering (0:11 Regeneration) Lingering (0:22 Regeneration) Lingering (0:05 Regeneration II) |
| Game Command | /effect command |
Icon and Particle Effects
When you have the Regeneration 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 pink.
When the Regeneration 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 Regeneration effect will be different. To see how much time is remaining for the effect, go to your inventory menu.
In this example, it says 4:25 under Regeneration so this means that there is 4 minutes and 25 seconds remaining of the Regeneration effect.
Items that give the Regeneration Effect
The following are items that give the Regeneration effect in Minecraft:
How to make a Golden Apple
Effect ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, Regeneration has the following effect ID and Name values:
| Icon | Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name) |
ID | Platform | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Regeneration (minecraft:regeneration) |
10 |  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 Regeneration
Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)
Regeneration:
/effect give @p regeneration 99999
Regeneration II:
/effect give @p regeneration 99999 1
Regeneration (highest level):
/effect give @p regeneration 99999 255
To remove all status effects including Regeneration, 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
Regeneration:
/effect @p regeneration 99999
Regeneration II:
/effect @p regeneration 99999 1
Regeneration (highest level):
/effect @p regeneration 99999 255
To remove all status effects:
/effect @p clear
Other Status Effects
Here are the other status effects in Minecraft such as: