Night Vision

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).

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^{[Java Edition only]} 2:15‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Splash Potion of Night Vision (extended)	I	8:00‌^{[Java Edition only]} 6:00‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
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
Conduit Power	—	Indefinite	Area effect 32–96 blocks radius from an activated conduit, depending on activation level.
Suspicious Stew	I	0:05	Must be made with Poppy
Suspicious Stew	I	0:07-0:10	Found in shipwreck supply chests Traded from expert farmer villagers‌^{[JE only]}

Brewing[]

Potion	Reagent, Base	Extended	Enhanced	Effects
Potion of Night Vision		Potion of Night Vision (extended)	-	Night Vision Increases vision in darkness, making everything appear to be at the maximum light level (including underwater areas).

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Night Vision	`night_vision`	`16`	`effect.minecraft.night_vision`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Night Vision	`night_vision`	`16`	`potion.nightVision`

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Local Brewery	Have all of these 13 status effects applied to the player at the same time: Fire Resistance Invisibility Jump Boost Night Vision Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness 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.	`nether/all_potions`
	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`

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.8	Pre-release	Night Vision 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 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 3	Night Vision no longer has an associated potion.
1.4.2	12w34a	Added golden carrots and brewable night vision potions.
1.9	15w31a	Added the Arrow of Night Vision.
1.9	15w31a	Potions no longer use damage values to determine their effect, the effects moved to the `Potion` NBT.
1.14	18w43a	Changed effect icon texture.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0	build 1	Added night Vision, which was unobtainable at the time.
v0.12.1	build 1	Night vision can now be obtained from Potion of Night Vision and from splash potion variants.
v0.15.0	build 1	Added the Arrow of Night Vision.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Added lingering potion of night vision.
Bedrock Edition
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.5	Changed effect icon texture.
1.13.0	beta 1.13.0.9	Night vision can now be obtained from suspicious stew.

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 used in the Nether, the fog becomes brighter and more vibrant than it normally is.
If used in the End, everything appears tinted pink. Endermen and the end portal appear white when far enough away.
If submerged in lava, the screen appears bright orange.
If in water in a swamp biome, the view is foggy and obscured.
Java Edition players usually do not use or make this potion because of full bright resource packs or editing the options.txt file in the .minecraft folder.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

Effects