Absorption

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Absorption

👁 Absorption.png: Infobox image for Minecraft effect 'Absorption'

Sources	See § Causes
Particle	👁 EffectSprite particle-absorption.png: Sprite image for particle-absorption in Minecraft #2552A5 (azure)
Type	Positive
Identifier	`absorption`

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Absorption is a status effect that pads the health bar with extra hearts.

Effect

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Absorption adds 4HP👁 ❤️
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additional health points per level to the player, displayed as yellow hearts above the normal health bar. If the player takes damage while under this effect, the absorption health points are depleted first, followed by the standard health points. Absorption health cannot be replenished by natural regeneration or other effects and vanishes when the effect ends. Negative absorption levels do not appear to have an immediate effect when applied but give 4HP👁 ❤️
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additional health points per level to the player when the status effect ends.

Causes

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Cause	Potency	Length	Trigger
👁 Image Golden Apple	I	2:00	When eaten
👁 Image Enchanted Golden Apple	IV	2:00	When eaten
👁 Image Totem of Undying	II	0:05	When activated

Immune mobs

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The only completely immune mob is the ender dragon.
The wither, while being immune to the /effect command, can be given absorption hearts using the /data command.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Advancements

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Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
👁 Image 👁 Image	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 34 status effects applied to the player at the same time: 👁 Image 👁 Image Bad Omen 👁 Image Blindness 👁 Image Breath of the Nautilus 👁 Image Conduit Power 👁 Image Darkness 👁 Image Dolphin's Grace 👁 Image Fire Resistance 👁 Image Glowing 👁 Image Haste 👁 Image Hero of the Village 👁 Image Hunger 👁 Image Infested 👁 Image Invisibility 👁 Image Jump Boost 👁 Image Levitation 👁 Image Mining Fatigue 👁 Image Nausea 👁 Image Night Vision 👁 Image Oozing 👁 Image Poison 👁 Image Raid Omen 👁 Image Regeneration 👁 Image Resistance 👁 Image Slow Falling 👁 Image Slowness 👁 Image Speed 👁 Image Strength 👁 Image Trial Omen 👁 Image Water Breathing 👁 Image Weakness 👁 Image Weaving 👁 Image Wind Charged 👁 Image 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. See also: Tutorial:Advancement guide/How Did We Get Here? 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.
👁 Image 👁 Image	Postmortal	Use a Totem of Undying to cheat death	Activate a totem of undying by taking fatal damage.

Data values

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ID

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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.

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
👁 EffectSprite absorption.png: Sprite image for absorption in Minecraft Absorption	`absorption`	`22`	`effect.minecraft.absorption`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
👁 EffectSprite absorption.png: Sprite image for absorption in Minecraft Absorption	`absorption`	`22`	`potion.absorption`

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.6.1	13w24b	👁 Image Added Absorption, obtainable from eating either tier of golden apples, replacing the original effect, Health Boost.
1.9	15w37a	The Absorption level given by enchanted golden apples has been increased from I to IV.
1.9	15w49a	👁 Image Changed effect icon texture.
1.11	16w39a	Added the totem of undying, which gives the player Absorption.
1.14	18w43a	👁 Image Changed effect icon texture again.
1.17	20w49a	The absorption hearts when withered or when poisoned now show the textures for the effect instead of looking blank.^[1]
1.20.2	23w31a	The Absorption effect is now removed after all the absorption hearts are gone.^[2]

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0	build 1	👁 Image Added Absorption, which was unobtainable at the time.
v0.12.1	build 1	Absorption is now obtainable from eating either tier of golden apples.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.2	Enchanted golden apples now give Absorption IV, instead of I.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Totems of undying now grant Absorption.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0	beta 1.8.0.10	👁 Image Changed effect icon texture.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	👁 Image Changed effect icon texture once again.^{[is this the correct version?]}

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	👁 Image Added Absorption, obtainable from eating either tier of golden apples.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15	1.0.1	The Absorption level given by enchanted golden apples has been increased from I to IV.
TU54	CU44	?	1.52	?	?	1.0.3	👁 Image Changed effect icon texture.^{[more information needed]}
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added the totem of undying, which gives the player Absorption.
			1.91				👁 Image Changed effect icon texture once again.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Absorption" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

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👁 Image

A player with the maximum number of Absorption and Health Boost hearts possible in Java Edition.

Through the use of commands, the player can achieve 2048HP👁 ❤️
× 1024 health points — the maximum amount possible to obtain without attributes — using a combination of Absorption and Health Boost.