Hunger is a status effect which causes the hunger bar to deplete faster than normal.
Effect[]
Hunger increases food exhaustion by 0.005 × level per game tick (removes 1 (
) saturation point every (40 ÷ level) seconds). It also turns the hunger bar a yellow-green color(
). Negative levels decrease food exhaustion, although they do not increase saturation or the hunger bar.
The status effect does not decrease hunger level on Peaceful, although it does re-color the hunger bar.
An example of how eating rotten flesh can cause the hunger status effect.
Hunger inflicted by eating rotten flesh, raw chicken or by being attacked by a husk adds 3.0 to the player's exhaustion level over the course of 30 seconds, draining 3/4 of a saturation point. When a pufferfish is eaten, 4.5 exhaustion points are added over the course of 15 seconds, draining 1 (
) and 1⁄8 (0.125) saturation points.
Causes[]
| Cause | Potency | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Husk | I | (7 x regional difficulty) seconds | Attack |
| Pufferfish | III | 0:15 | Does not apply to Wolves when fed pufferfish[Bedrock Edition only]. |
| Rotten Flesh | I | 0:30 | 80% chance of receiving. Does not apply to Wolves when fed rotten flesh. |
| Raw Chicken | I | 0:30 | 30% chance of receiving. Does not apply to Wolves when fed raw chicken. |
Immune mobs[]
Only withers and ender dragons are immune. Only players are affected, as all other mobs do not have hunger.
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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
|
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunger | hunger | 17 | effect.minecraft.hunger |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunger | hunger | 17 | potion.hunger |
History[]
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Added Hunger. | |||
| Hunger can be obtained through eating raw chicken and rotten flesh. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 |  Hunger now has an icon. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Added pufferfish, which give Hunger when eaten. | |||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Added husks, which can give Hunger when attacking. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The effect icon texture of Hunger has now been changed. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Added Hunger.
| |||
| Hunger does not currently work due to the hunger bar not being implemented. | |||||
| Hunger can be obtained from eating pufferfish[verify] and raw chicken. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Hunger now works. | |||
| Hunger can now be obtained from eating rotten flesh. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Added husks, which inflict Hunger. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| ? | Updated the hunger icon. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Hunger" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.