Instant Health

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Instant Health

👁 Instant Health.png: Infobox image for Minecraft effect 'Instant Health'

👁 Invicon Potion of Healing.png: Inventory sprite for Potion of Healing in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potion of Healing Instant Health
👁 Invicon Splash Potion of Healing.png: Inventory sprite for Splash Potion of Healing in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Splash Potion of Healing Instant Health
👁 Invicon Lingering Potion of Healing.png: Inventory sprite for Lingering Potion of Healing in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lingering Potion of Healing Instant Health
👁 Invicon Arrow of Healing.png: Inventory sprite for Arrow of Healing in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Arrow of Healing Instant Health

Sources	See § Causes
Particle	👁 EffectSprite particle-healing.png: Sprite image for particle-healing in Minecraft #F82423 (red)‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Type	Positive (negative for undead mobs)

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Instant Health is a status effect that instantly increases health for players and living mobs and damages the undead.

Effect

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Instantly heals 2HP👁 ❤️
× 2^level or 3HP👁 ❤️
👁 💔
× 2^level^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}. Undead mobs (including the wither) are damaged as if with Instant Damage, instead. When applied using a lingering potion, the entity is healed every second.

When applied via potion, level 30 (amplifier 29) heals -2³¹, enabling the killing of all mobs including players in Creative. When applied via other means such as /effect, level 30 provides no healing. Regardless of means, levels 31–32 (amplifiers 30–31) also provide no healing. Levels outside the range 1–32 (corresponding to amplifiers 0–31) are used modulo 32, making level 33 the same as level 1, et cetera.

Instant Health has its duration set in game ticks (instead of seconds) with the /effect command.

Causes

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Cause	Potency	Heals	Harms undead	Length	Notes
👁 Image Potion of Healing	I	4HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️	Instant	👁 Image Witches drink this potion when damaged.
👁 Image Potion of Healing II	II	8HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️	Instant	Two of these potions can be found on a brewing stand in end ships.
👁 Image Splash Potion of Healing	I	4HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️	6HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️	Instant	👁 Image Witches throw one of these two during raids.
👁 Image Splash Potion of Healing II	II	8HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️	12HP👁 ❤️ × 6	Instant	👁 Image Witches throw one of these two during raids.
👁 Image Lingering Potion of Healing	I	2HP👁 ❤️ per second 10HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ total	3HP👁 ❤️ 👁 💔 per second 15HP👁 ❤️ × 7.5 total	0:05
👁 Image Lingering Potion of Healing II	II	4HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ per second 20HP👁 ❤️ × 10 total	6HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ per second 30HP👁 ❤️ × 15 total	0:05
👁 Image Arrow of Healing	I	4HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️	6HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️	Instant
👁 Image Arrow of Healing II	II	8HP👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️ 👁 ❤️	12HP👁 ❤️ × 6	Instant

Immune mobs

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The ender dragon is immune to instant health.
Mobs or players with full health are unaffected by instant health.

Data values

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ID

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👁 Image
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 instant-health.png: Sprite image for instant-health in Minecraft Instant Health	`instant_health`	`6`	`effect.minecraft.instant_health`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Instant Health	`instant_health`	`6`	`potion.heal`

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition Beta
1.8	Pre-release	Added Instant Health, which is unobtainable.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2	Potions have been added, but are unobtainable without inventory editing. All effects can appear on potions.
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2	Drinking milk now clears all status effects.
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3	All potions have been revamped and made obtainable.
1.4.2	12w38a	Added witches, which can drink potions of Instant Health when damaged.
1.6.1	13w23a	Nerfed Instant Health to heal 2×2^level instead of 3×2^level.
1.9	15w31a	Added tipped arrows.
1.9	15w33a	Added lingering potions.
1.14	18w47a	Witches may now throw splash potions of Healing at illagers during raids.
1.15	19w41a	👁 Image Added an effect icon texture for Instant Health.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0	build 1	Added Instant Health, which is unobtainable.
v0.11.0	build 4	Milk now cures all status effects.
v0.12.1	build 1	Instant Health can now obtained from potion of Healing and splash potions of Healing.
v0.14.0	build 1	Added witches, which can be granted Instant Health by drinking potions.
v0.15.0	build 1	Added arrow of Healing that inflicts Instant Health.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Instant Health can now be obtained from lingering potions of Healing.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added Instant Health, which is unobtainable.^{[is this the correct version?]}
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00			Added potion of Healing and splash potion of Healing.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Added witches, which can drink potions of Instant Health when damaged.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added the lingering potion of Healing.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added the arrow of Healing.