Water Breathing Status Effect – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Water Breathing effect with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
Background
The Water Breathing effect is a status effect that lets you breathe underwater without using up the oxygen bar.
There are levels of Water Breathing such as Water Breathing II, Water Breathing III, Water Breathing IV and so on. Currently, there are no advantages to using higher levels of Water Breathing.
| Status Effect | Water Breathing |
|---|---|
| Type | Helpful Effect |
| Description | Allows you to breathe underwater without using up the oxygen bar |
| Effect Icon |  |
| Particles | Blue particle effects appear floating around you |
| Items that give Effect |  Turtle Shell Arrow of Water Breathing (0:22) Arrow of Water Breathing (1:00) Potion of Water Breathing (3:00) Potion of Water Breathing (8:00) Splash Potion (3:00/2:15) Splash Potion (8:00/6:00) Lingering Potion (0:45) Lingering Potion (2:00) |
| Game Command | /effect command |
Icon and Particle Effects
When you have the Water Breathing 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.
When the Water Breathing 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 Water Breathing effect will be different. To see how much time is remaining for the effect, go to your inventory menu.
In this example, it says 2:40 under Water Breathing so this means that there is 2 minutes and 40 seconds remaining of the Water Breathing effect.
Items that give the Water Breathing Effect
The following are items that give the Water Breathing effect in Minecraft:
How to make a Turtle Shell
Effect ID and Name
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, Water Breathing has the following effect ID and Name values:
| Icon | Status Effect (Minecraft ID Name) |
ID | Platform | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Water Breathing (minecraft:water_breathing) |
13 |  Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
- 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 Water Breathing
Effect Command in Minecraft Java Edition (Current)
Water Breathing:
/effect give @p water_breathing 99999
Water Breathing II:
/effect give @p water_breathing 99999 1
Water Breathing (highest level):
/effect give @p water_breathing 99999 255
To remove all status effects including Water Breathing, 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
Water Breathing:
/effect @p water_breathing 99999
Water Breathing II:
/effect @p water_breathing 99999 1
Water Breathing (highest level):
/effect @p water_breathing 99999 255
To remove all status effects:
/effect @p clear
Other Status Effects
Here are the other status effects in Minecraft such as:
