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

Background

The Speed effect is a status effect that increases your speed causing you to move faster in the game.

There are levels of Speed such as Speed II, Speed III, Speed IV and so on. The higher the level of Speed, the faster your movement.

 

Status Effect Speed
Type Helpful Effect
Description Increases your speed causing you to move faster in the game
Effect Icon
Particles Blue-gray particle effects appear floating around you
Items that give Effect Beacon
Arrow (0:22 Speed)
Arrow (1:00 Speed)
Arrow (0:22 Speed II)
Potion (3:00 Speed)
Potion (8:00 Speed)
Potion (1:30 Speed II)
Splash Potion (3:00/2:15 Speed)
Splash Potion (8:00/6:00 Speed)
 Splash Potion (1:30/1:07 Speed II)
Lingering Potion (0:45 Speed)
Lingering Potion (2:00 Speed)
Lingering Potion (0:22 Speed II)
Game Command /effect command

Icon and Particle Effects

When you have the Speed effect, the following icon will appear in the top right corner of your screen (in older versions of Minecraft, the effect icons only appears when you are viewing the inventory menu):

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

When the Speed effect wears off, the icon and particle effects will disappear. You will be back to your normal status.

Duration

Depending on how you get the effect, the duration of the Speed effect will be different. To see how much time is remaining for the effect, go to your inventory menu.

In this example, it says 4:30 under Speed so this means that there is 4 minutes and 30 seconds remaining of the Speed effect.

Items that give the Speed Effect

The following are items that give the Speed effect in Minecraft:

How to make an Arrow of Swiftness (0:22 – Speed)

How to make an Arrow of Swiftness (1:00 – Speed)

How to make an Arrow of Swiftness (0:22 – Speed II)

How to make a Beacon

How to make a Potion of Swiftness (3:00 – Speed)

How to make a Potion of Swiftness (8:00 – Speed)

How to make a Potion of Swiftness (1:30 – Speed II)

How to make a Splash Potion of Swiftness (3:00/2:15 – Speed)

How to make a Splash Potion of Swiftness (8:00/6:00 – Speed)

How to make a Splash Potion of Swiftness (1:30/1:07 – Speed II)

How to make a Lingering Potion of Swiftness (0:45 – Speed)

How to make a Lingering Potion of Swiftness (2:00 – Speed)

How to make a Lingering Potion of Swiftness (0:22 – Speed II)

Effect ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

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

Status Effect
(Minecraft ID Name)		 ID Version
Speed
(minecraft:speed)		 1
  • 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.

Effect Command for Speed

Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)

Speed:

/effect give @p speed 99999

Speed II:

/effect give @p speed 99999 1

Speed (highest level):

/effect give @p speed 99999 255

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

/effect clear @p

Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.11 and 1.12

Speed:

/effect @p speed 99999

Speed II:

/effect @p speed 99999 1

Speed (highest level):

/effect @p speed 99999 255

To remove all status effects:

/effect @p clear

Other Status Effects

Here are the other status effects in Minecraft such as:

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