This article is about the status effect. For the enchantment that provides the ability to breathe underwater, see Respiration.
Water breathing is a status effect that prevents or delays drowning, and allows waterlogged beds[Bedrock Edition only] to be used. It also prevents squid, glow squid, salmon, cod, pufferfish, tropical fish, and tadpoles from taking suffocation damage from being on land while having the effect.[Bedrock Edition only]
Causes[]
| Cause | Potency | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potion of Water Breathing | I | 3:00 | Witches drink this potion when underwater. |
| Potion of Water Breathing (extended) | I | 8:00 | |
| Splash Potion of Water Breathing | I | 3:00 | |
| Splash Potion of Water Breathing (extended) | I | 8:00 | |
| Lingering Potion of Water Breathing | I | 0:45 | |
| Lingering Potion of Water Breathing (extended) | I | 2:00 | |
| Arrow of Water Breathing | I | 0:22 | |
| Arrow of Water Breathing (extended) | I | 1:00 | |
| Turtle Shell | I | 0:10 | Only counts down underwater. Instantly replenishes in air. |
Conduit Power also gives the player a similar effect to Water Breathing (among other things).
Brewing[]
Immune mobs[]
Withers and ender dragons are immune to Water Breathing.
Notes[]
Helmets with the Respiration enchantment slow down oxygen depletion, granting an extra 15 seconds of underwater breath per level. However, this is not done through the Water Breathing effect.
Data values[]
ID[]
This section is about the effect IDs. For the IDs on potions, see Potion § Item data. For for the IDs on tipped arrows, see Arrow § Metadata.
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Breathing | water_breathing | 13 | effect.minecraft.water_breathing |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Breathing | water_breathing | 13 | potion.waterBreathing |
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Free Diver | Stay underwater for 2 minutes | Drink a potion of water breathing that can last for 2 minutes or more, then jump into the water or activate a conduit or sneak on a magma block underwater for 2 minutes. | 20G | Silver | ||
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Furious Cocktail | Have every potion effect applied at the same time | Local Brewery | Have all of these 17 status effects applied to the player at the same time: 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. | nether/all_potions
|
 | How Did We Get Here? | Have every effect applied at the same time | A Furious Cocktail | Have all of these 33 status effects applied to the player at the same time:
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. | nether/all_effects
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History[]
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Water Breathing is added along with 18 other status effects but is currently unobtainable in regular gameplay. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 |  The effect sprite for Water Breathing has been added to inventory.png.
| |||
| Potions which grant the Water Breathing effect are added. | |||||
| Milk now cancels the Water Breathing effect. | |||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Water Breathing no longer has any associated potions. | ||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Dedicated Water Breathing potions added. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Added the Arrow of Water Breathing. | |||
Potions no longer use damage values to determine their effect, the effects moved to the Potion NBT. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w08b | The Water Breathing status effect no longer gives the player enhanced underwater vision. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  Changed effect icon texture. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Added water breathing, which was unobtainable at the time. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Water breathing is now obtainable via Potion of Water Breathing and splash potion of water breathing. | |||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Witches can now grant water breathing effect when drinking a potion underwater. | |||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Added Arrow of Water Breathing. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Added Lingering Potion of Water Breathing. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Water breathing no longer gives enhanced underwater vision. | |||
| 1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.4 | Water breathing can now be obtained by wearing turtle shells. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.5 | Changed effect icon texture. | |||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Water Breathing" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.