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Duration is a value used in Minecraft to determine how long an effect, action, or event remains active.

Duration is usually measured in ticks.

• 1 second = 20 ticks
• 1 minute = 1,200 ticks
• 1 hour = 72,000 ticks

As the game runs, the duration decreases every tick until it reaches zero.

When the duration reaches zero, the associated effect or event ends automatically.

Durations are used by many game mechanics, including:

• Status effects
• Potions
• Commands
• Entity behavior
• Block behavior

Examples of durations include:

• Potion effects
• Status effects applied through commands
• Temporary gameplay mechanics

Internally, most durations are stored and processed in ticks, the game's base unit of time.

• Tick
• Game tick
• Redstone tick
• Day-night cycle
• Time
• Sleep

• Status effect
• Potion
• Beacon
• Conduit Power
• Hero of the Village

• Commands
• /effect
• /time
• /schedule

• Game mechanics
• Random tick
• Entity
• Block entity

• Cooldown
• Delay
• Timer
• Duration
• Tick speed