Night Vision

Night Vision
Night Vision.png: Infobox image for Night Vision the effect in Minecraft
Invicon Potion of Night Vision.png: Inventory sprite for Potion of Night Vision in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potion of Night Vision Night Vision (03:00)Invicon Splash Potion of Night Vision.png: Inventory sprite for Splash Potion of Night Vision in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Splash Potion of Night Vision Night Vision (03:00)Invicon Lingering Potion of Night Vision.png: Inventory sprite for Lingering Potion of Night Vision in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lingering Potion of Night Vision Night Vision (00:45)Invicon Arrow of Night Vision.png: Inventory sprite for Arrow of Night Vision in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Arrow of Night Vision Night Vision (00:22)
Sources

See § Causes

Particle

EffectSprite particle-night-vision.png: Sprite image for particle-night-vision in Minecraft #C2FF66 (light green)

Type

Positive

Night Vision is a status effect that enhances the player's ability to see in darkness and underwater.

Effect

Night vision greatly increases the brightness, so the player can easily see in a light level of 0. However, it is not as bright as a light level of 15 (e.g. with the "Moody" brightness setting, it is similar to block light level 12–13 and no sky light in the overworld within the "Bright" brightness setting), and as such the player can distinguish between light levels.

In Java Edition 20w14∞, in certain dimensions with unique lighting, the player can see the color spectrum that is not parts of the vanilla lighting system (e.g. vivid shades of green, blue, etc.) easily as the effect is not as fully bright, even with the "Bright" brightness setting (in other cases, in some dimensions (such as Easter Egg dimensions like ant) already have the full brightness at any light levels (including light level 0), so the night vision effect is indifferent from the player without the effect in the dimensions). However, the extreme darkest saturated color that can be seen in the uniquely generated dimension with this status effect is blue within the relative luminance value of exactly 0.0722 (as in an Easter egg dimension called blue).

If the player has night vision, the fog's color in view changes depending on the biome. It turns bright red in nether wastes and crimson forest, magenta in warped forest,[1][2] bright cyan in soul sand valley, gray-white in basalt deltas, and pale purple in the End.[3]

Causes

Cause Potency Length Notes
Potion of Night Vision I 3:00
Potion of Night Vision (extended) I 8:00
Splash Potion of Night Vision I 3:00
Splash Potion of Night Vision (extended) I 8:00
Lingering Potion of Night Vision I 0:45
Lingering Potion of Night Vision (extended) I 2:00
Arrow of Night Vision I 0:22
Arrow of Night Vision (extended) I 1:00
Suspicious Stew I 0:05 Only if made with Poppy or Torchflower
Suspicious Stew I 0:07-0:10 Found in shipwreck supply chests
Traded from expert farmer villagers

Brewing

Potion Reagent, Base ItemSprite redstone-dust.png: Sprite image for redstone-dust in Minecraft Extended ItemSprite glowstone-dust.png: Sprite image for glowstone-dust in Minecraft Enhanced Effects
Invicon Potion of Night Vision.png: Inventory sprite for Potion of Night Vision in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potion of Night Vision with description: Potion of Night Vision Night Vision (3:00)
Potion of Night Vision

Invicon Golden Carrot.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Carrot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Golden Carrot with description: Golden Carrot

Invicon Awkward Potion.png: Inventory sprite for Awkward Potion in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Awkward Potion with description: Awkward Potion No Effects
Invicon Potion of Night Vision.png: Inventory sprite for Potion of Night Vision in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potion of Night Vision with description: Potion of Night Vision Night Vision (8:00)
Potion of Night Vision (extended)
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Increases vision in darkness, making everything appear to be at the maximum light level (including underwater areas).

Immune mobs

Data values

ID

This section is about the effect IDs. For the IDs on potions, see Potion § Item data. For the IDs on tipped arrows, see Arrow § Metadata.

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
EffectSprite night-vision.png: Sprite image for night-vision in Minecraft Night Visionnight_vision16effect.minecraft.night_vision

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
EffectSprite night-vision.png: Sprite image for night-vision in Minecraft Night Visionnight_vision16potion.nightVision

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
A Furious CocktailHave every potion effect applied at the same time The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.
How Did We Get Here?Have every effect applied at the same time

The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.

This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.

History

Java Edition Beta
1.8Pre-releaseNight Vision is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 The effect sprite for Night Vision has been added to inventory.png.
Potions which grant the Night Vision effect are added.
Milk now clears the Night Vision effect.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3Night Vision no longer has an associated potion.
1.4.212w34aAdded golden carrots and brewable night vision potions.
1.915w31aAdded the arrow of Night Vision.
Potions no longer use damage values to determine their effect, the effects moved to the Potion NBT.
1.1418w43a Changed effect icon texture.
1.19.4Pre-release 3 The potion & effect color have been changed from
 #1F1FA1
to
 #C2FF66
.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0build 1 Added night Vision, which was unobtainable at the time.
v0.12.1build 1Night vision can now be obtained from potion of Night Vision and from splash potion variants.
v0.15.0build 1Added the arrow of Night Vision.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added lingering potion of night vision.
Bedrock Edition
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.5 Changed effect icon texture.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.9Night vision can now be obtained from suspicious stew.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU5CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Night Vision is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay.
TU141.04Added golden carrots and brewable night vision potions.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15Added the arrow of Night Vision.
1.91 Changed effect icon texture.

Issues

Issues relating to "Night Vision" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

  • Mobs are unaffected by Night Vision due to its purely visual effects. However, withers, ender dragons, and giants are completely immune to this effect.
  • If submerged in lava, the screen appears bright orange.
  • If in water in a swamp biome, the view is foggy and obscured.

References

  1. MC-171302
  2. MCPE-126197
  3. MC-528 — resolved as "Works As Intended".

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