Speed
For the attribute, see Attribute § Attributes. For a comparison of travel speeds, see Transportation § Methods.
Speed

| Sources |
See § Causes |
|---|---|
| Particle |
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| Type |
Positive |
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Speed is a status effect that increases an entity's walking speed by 20% multiplied by the effect level. It expands a player's field of view (FOV) accordingly. Negative levels decrease speed, like Slowness.
Causes
| Cause | Potency | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 3:00 | ||
| I | 8:00 | ||
| II | 1:30 | ||
| I | 3:00 | ||
| I | 8:00 | ||
| II | 1:30 | ||
| I | 0:45 | ||
| I | 2:00 | ||
| II | 0:22 | ||
| I | 0:22 | ||
| I | 1:00 | ||
| II | 0:11 | ||
| I | 0:05 – 0:17 | Replenishes when in range. | |
| II | 0:17 | Replenishes when in range. Requires beacon pyramid level 4. | |
| Spawning within the world | I | ∞ | Only applies to |
Brewing
Immune mobs
- Withers and ender dragons are immune to the Speed effect. While not immune.
- Flying mobs and Shulkers are unaffected by the Speed effect.[1].
Notes
- Alternative methods of traveling more quickly include: sprinting; walking on ice, packed ice or blue ice; riding a horse, pig, or minecart; riding a boat on ice, packed ice, or blue ice; throwing ender pearls; walking on soul soil or soul sand while wearing Soul Speed boots; or being near a dolphin to gain Dolphin's Grace.
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.
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
speed | 1 | effect |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
speed | 1 | potion |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | A Furious Cocktail | Have every potion effect applied at the same time | Have all of these 17 status effects applied to the player at the same time:
|
![]() | How Did We Get Here? | Have every effect applied at the same time | Have all of these 33 status effects applied to the player 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. |
History
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Speed is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | ||||||
| Speed can now be obtained through potions. | |||||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Changed how Speed potions are brewed. | ||||||
| Added the | |||||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w32a | Added the ability to get Speed from a beacon. | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w24a | Spiders now have a chance of spawning with Speed on Hard difficulty. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Added the | |||||
Potions no longer use damage values to determine their effect, the effects moved to the Potion NBT. | |||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 18w43b | |||||||
| 1.19.4 | Pre-release 3 | The potion & effect color have been changed from #7CAFC6 to #33EBFF. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Speed can now be obtained through potions and splash potion. | |||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Added witch that can drink potion of Swiftness to grant itself Speed effect. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Speed can be obtained from arrow of Swiftness. | |||||
| v0.16.0 | build 4 | Speed can be obtained from beacon. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Speed can be obtained from lingering potion of Swiftness. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.5 | ||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU5 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Speed is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay. |
| TU7 | |||||||
| Speed can now be obtained through potions. | |||||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Added the ability to get Speed from a beacon. | ||
| Spiders now have a chance of spawning with Speed on Hard difficulty. | |||||||
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Added the | |
| Added the | |||||||
| 1.91 | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Speed" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- Speed allows slimes and magma cubes to jump farther.
Gallery
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A player with the Speed effect. -

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A spider naturally spawned with the Speed effect. -
Speed II potion item description.
See also
References
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| Health |
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| Combat | |||
| Hunger | |||
| Breaking | |||
| Spawns | |||
| Underwater | |||
| Visibility |
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| Ominous Events | |||
| Unused |
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| Joke | |||
