Fatal Poison in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Fatal Poison effect with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

Supported Platforms

The Fatal Poison effect is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	No
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (1.2)
Xbox 360	No
Xbox One	Yes (1.2)
PS3	No
PS4	Yes (1.14.0)
Wii U	No
Nintendo Switch	Yes (1.5.0)
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (1.2)
Education Edition	Yes (1.0.21)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

The Fatal Poison effect is a status effect that does damage to your health every 1.25 seconds and turns the hearts in your health bar to a yellowish-green.

The Fatal Poison effect can kill you by damaging your health down to 0 hearts. This is much different from the Poison effect which won't kill you because it will pause when your health is at 1 point (or half heart ).

There are levels of Fatal Poison such as Fatal Poison II, Fatal Poison III, Fatal Poison IV and so on. The higher the level of Fatal Poison, the faster the fatal poison will damage you and eventually kill you.

Status Effect	Fatal Poison
Type	Harmful Effect
Description	Does damage to your health every 1.25 seconds and turns the hearts in your health bar to a yellowish-green
Effect Icon
Particles	Green particle effects appear floating around you
Game Command	/effect command

Icon and Particle Effects

When you have the Fatal Poison effect, the following icon will appear in the top right corner of your screen:

poison icon

You will also see particle effects floating around you. In the latest version of Minecraft, these particle effects will be green.

fatal poison particles

TIP: Because the fatal poison effect is so new, it uses the Poison name and icon on the screen. It does not have its own icon yet in the game.

When the Fatal Poison effect wears off, the icon and particle effects will disappear and the hearts in your health bar will return to their original red color. You will be back to your normal status.

Duration

Depending on how you get the effect, the duration of the Fatal Poison effect will be different. To see how much time is remaining for the effect, tap on the Fatal Poison icon.

fatal poison icon

In this example, it says 16:26 under Poison III so this means that there is 16 minutes and 26 seconds remaining of the Fatal Poison III effect.

Effect ID and Name

Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE)

In Minecraft, Fatal Poison has the following effect ID and Name values:

Icon	Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name)	ID	Platform	Version
	Fatal Poison (minecraft:fatal_poison)		Pocket Edition (PE)	1.2

Minecraft Xbox One

In Minecraft, Fatal Poison has the following effect ID and Name values:

Icon	Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name)	ID	Platform	Version
	Fatal Poison (minecraft:fatal_poison)		Xbox One	1.4.0

Minecraft PS4

In Minecraft, Fatal Poison has the following effect ID and Name values:

Icon	Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name)	ID	Platform	Version
	Fatal Poison (minecraft:fatal_poison)		PS4	1.14.0

Minecraft Nintendo Switch

In Minecraft, Fatal Poison has the following effect ID and Name values:

Icon	Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name)	ID	Platform	Version
	Fatal Poison (minecraft:fatal_poison)		Nintendo Switch	1.5.0

Minecraft Windows 10 Edition

In Minecraft, Fatal Poison has the following effect ID and Name values:

Icon	Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name)	ID	Platform	Version
	Fatal Poison (minecraft:fatal_poison)		Windows 10 Edition	1.2

Minecraft Education Edition

In Minecraft, Fatal Poison has the following effect ID and Name values:

Icon	Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name)	ID	Platform	Version
	Fatal Poison (minecraft:fatal_poison)		Education Edition	1.0.21

Definitions

Icon is the image that will appear when you have this effect.
Status Effect is what the effect is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value used in the /effect command.
ID is the Internal number for the effect.
Platform is the platform that applies.
Version is the Minecraft version number that the effect was introduced for the name and ID that is listed.

See a complete list of Minecraft Effects that is interactive and searchable.

Effect Command for Fatal Poison

Effect Command in Minecraft Pocket Edition

Fatal Poison:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999

Fatal Poison II:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 1

Fatal Poison III:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 2

Fatal Poison IV:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 3

Fatal Poison (highest level):

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 255

To remove all status effects including Fatal Poison, you can either drink milk or use the following /effect command:

/effect @p clear

Effect Command in Minecraft Xbox One Edition

Fatal Poison:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999

Fatal Poison II:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 1

Fatal Poison III:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 2

Fatal Poison IV:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 3

Fatal Poison (highest level):

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 255

To remove all status effects including Fatal Poison, you can either drink milk or use the following /effect command:

/effect @p clear

Effect Command in Minecraft PS4 Edition

Fatal Poison:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999

Fatal Poison II:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 1

Fatal Poison III:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 2

Fatal Poison IV:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 3

Fatal Poison (highest level):

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 255

To remove all status effects including Fatal Poison, you can either drink milk or use the following /effect command:

/effect @p clear

Effect Command in Minecraft Nintendo Switch Edition

Fatal Poison:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999

Fatal Poison II:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 1

Fatal Poison III:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 2

Fatal Poison IV:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 3

Fatal Poison (highest level):

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 255

To remove all status effects including Fatal Poison, you can either drink milk or use the following /effect command:

/effect @p clear

Effect Command in Minecraft Windows 10 Edition

Fatal Poison:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999

Fatal Poison II:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 1

Fatal Poison III:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 2

Fatal Poison IV:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 3

Fatal Poison (highest level):

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 255

To remove all status effects including Fatal Poison, you can either drink milk or use the following /effect command:

/effect @p clear

Effect Command in Minecraft Education Edition

Fatal Poison:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999

Fatal Poison II:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 1

Fatal Poison III:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 2

Fatal Poison IV:

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 3

Fatal Poison (highest level):

/effect @p fatal_poison 99999 255

To remove all status effects including Fatal Poison, you can either drink milk or use the following /effect command:

/effect @p clear

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