For the attribute, see Attribute § Attributes.
For a comparison of travel speeds, see Transportation § Methods.
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.
Causes[]
| Cause | Potency | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potion of Swiftness | I | 3:00 | Witches drink this potion if their target is over 11 blocks away. |
| Potion of Swiftness (extended) | I | 8:00 | |
| Potion of Swiftness II | II | 1:30 | |
| Splash Potion of Swiftness | I | 3:00[JE only] 2:15[BE only] |
|
| Splash Potion of Swiftness (extended) | I | 8:00[JE only] 6:00[BE only] |
|
| Splash Potion of Swiftness II | II | 1:30 | |
| Lingering Potion of Swiftness | I | 0:45 | |
| Lingering Potion of Swiftness (extended) | I | 2:00 | |
| Lingering Potion of Swiftness II | II | 0:22 | |
| Arrow of Swiftness | I | 0:22 | |
| Arrow of Swiftness (extended) | I | 1:00 | |
| Arrow of Swiftness II | II | 0:11 | |
| Beacon set to Speed | I | 0:05 – 0:17 | Replenishes when in range. |
| Beacon set to Speed II | II | 0:17 | Replenishes when in range. Requires beacon pyramid level 4. |
| Spawning within the world | I | ∞ | Only applies to spiders on Hard difficulty.[JE only] |
Brewing[]
Unaffected mobs[]
Withers and ender dragons are immune to the Speed effect. While not immune, flying mobs are unaffected by the Speed effect.[1] Shulkers are also unaffected by, though not immune to, Speed.
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 for the IDs on tipped arrows, see Arrow § Metadata.
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | speed | 1 | effect.minecraft.speed |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | speed | 1 | potion.moveSpeed |
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: 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
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| 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:
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 | 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 |  The effect sprite for Speed has been added to inventory.png.
| |||
| Speed can now be obtained through potions. | |||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Changed how speed potions are brewed. | ||||
| Added the Potion of Swiftness (normal, extended and level II) | |||||
| 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 Arrow of Swiftness. | |||
Potions no longer use damage values to determine their effect, the effects moved to the Potion NBT. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  Changed effect icon texture. | |||
| 18w43b |  Removed the dark background. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Speed is added but unobtainable at the time. | |||
| 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 | Changed effect icon texture. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added speed, which can be obtained by a Potion of Swiftness or Splash Potion of Swiftness. |
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | Added the ability to get speed from a beacon. | ||
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Added the Lingering Potion of Swiftness. | |
| Added the Arrow of Swiftness. | |||||
| 1.90 | Changed effect icon texture. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Speed" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- When the player has Speed level 255, the player moves 500 blocks per tick.
- Speed allows slimes to jump farther. High levels of speed can make slimes bounce out of view with just one jump.
Gallery[]
A player with the Speed effect.
A cauldron filled with the potion of swiftness in Bedrock edition.
A spider naturally spawned with the Speed effect.
Speed II potion item description
