Mining Fatigue

Mining Fatigue is an effect that reduces mining and attack speed, opposite to Haste.

Effect[]

Attack speed

The effect decreases attack speed by 10% × level, equivalent to the attack speed cooldown attribute‌^{[Java Edition only]} decreasing by 0.2 × level. For the in-game default level III, attack speed decreases by 30% (attack speed cooldown attribute decreases by 0.6).

Mining speed

The mining speed is reduced to 0.30^level of the normal mining speed. For the in-game default level III, the speed is reduced to 0.3³ (0.027×) of normal speed, taking 37 times longer than usual to break a block with the proper tool for that block.

Mining Fatigue effects
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4+
Attack speed	90%	80%	70%	60%
Mining speed	30% (3.3×)	9% (11.1×)	2.7% (37×)	0.81% (123.5×)

Negative levels increase attack speed, but still act as level 4 with respect to mining.

While afflicted, a player can still craft and ride entities as usual, but cannot remove most vehicles due to how slowly the vehicle can be broken.

The affliction is cured by drinking milk, although milk does not prevent a subsequent affliction by an elder guardian, which can happen within a few seconds‌^{[Java Edition only]} or immediately.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Axolotls can also remove this effect, if the player helps an axolotl kill a mob while an axolotl was battling that mob.

Causes[]

The only natural cause of Mining Fatigue is from affliction by an elder guardian, and the only natural effect level is III. Other levels can be achieved via commands.

In Java Edition, once per minute, elder guardians in the vicinity search for any player within 50 blocks to afflict with Mining Fatigue III. A player cannot defend from this attack. Concealment behind blocks, underground, or by a potion of invisibility offers no defense.

In Bedrock Edition, elder guardians within range afflict Mining Fatigue III immediately. Drinking milk to remove the effect results in re-infliction immediately after drinking the milk.

Cause	Potency	Length	Notes
Elder Guardian	III	5:00	Only when the player is not affected.

Notes[]

The effect does not affect block breaking in Creative mode, or blocks that are broken instantly by default.
Other conditions which reduce mining speed include: being underwater; riding a horse or pig, being on a ladder, or in a boat or minecart.

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 27 status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Wither 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.	`nether/all_effects`

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Mining Fatigue	`mining_fatigue`	`4`	`effect.minecraft.mining_fatigue`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Mining Fatigue	`mining_fatigue`	`4`	`potion.digSlowDown`

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			Mining Fatigue 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			The effect sprite for Mining Fatigue has been added to `inventory.png`.
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			Milk now cancels the Mining Fatigue effect.
1.8		14w25a			Mining Fatigue mechanics have been adjusted; speed no longer reduces at 20% per level.
1.8		14w25a			Mining Fatigue III has been made obtainable via elder guardians.
1.9		15w34b			Mining Fatigue now affects the new `attackSpeed` attribute.
1.14		18w43a			The effect icon texture of Mining Fatigue has been changed.
1.14		18w43b			The icon was fixed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0		build 1			Added Mining Fatigue.
v0.11.0		build 1			Mining Fatigue is currently unobtainable.
v0.16.0		build 1			Mining Fatigue III has been made obtainable via elder guardians.
Bedrock Edition
?					The texture was updated.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added Mining Fatigue.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Mining Fatigue is obtained from elder guardians.
		1.90			The effect icon texture of Mining Fatigue has been changed.