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Invisibility is a status effect that turns entities invisible. It has one potency level (active), but its duration can be extended.

Mechanics

Invisibility, like its name suggests, causes the affected mob or player to disappear from view.

Certain features of entities not affected by Invisibility:

Universal

The following features are displayed on all mobs. The only exceptions are mobs without the capability to naturally display equipped items even without invisibility (e.g. villagers):

• Distinct armor worn by various entities (wolf armor worn by wolves, harnesses worn by happy ghasts, horse armor worn by horses, and nautilus armor worn by nautiluses and zombie nautiluses).
• Items held by entities.
• Armor worn by players, undead mobs, piglins, armor stands and mannequins(possible via commands).
• Saddles worn by rideable entities
• The fire sprites of entities that were set on fire.
• Stuck arrows on players. ‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Emitted particles of effects.

Mob-specified

The following features are uniquely displayed on certain mobs or groups of mobs, and thus cannot be applied universally:

• Shulker heads.
• Llama's carpet decorations.
• Charged creeper's auras.
• The eyes of cave spiders, spiders, endermen, creaking and phantoms.
• The eyebrows of breezes

Withers and ender dragons are immune to Invisibility.

Causes

Brewing

Notes

• Mobs do not attack or sense the player until the player is a lot closer than normal.
  • A player with no armor can be detected at 7% of the usual detection distance.
  • Each piece of armor increases this by another 17.5% of the usual distance. Full armor thus results in a 70% detection range.
  • After detecting the player, a mob continues to follow as if the player is visible.
• Cats behave as though the entity affected is visible.
• Additional methods of reducing detection by mobs include:
  • Sneaking reduces the detection range to 80% of usual, and stacks with Invisibility.
  • Wearing the corresponding mob head reduces the detection range of skeletons, zombies, and creepers to 50% of usual, and stacks with Invisibility.
• Players in Spectator mode see invisible entities as translucent instead. The same applies to invisible players within a team‌^{[JE only]} against other players in all game modes. Their names are displayed as if without invisibility in both cases.
• Invisibility prevents players from getting the Dolphin's Grace effect naturally.
• Endermen have a reduced provocation range if the player looking at them is invisible.
• In multiplayer and in third-person view, an invisible player's name and model become invisible, although their armor and held items do not.
• Attacking any hostile or neutral mob while under the Invisibility effect causes it to attack the player as though the player is not under the Invisibility effect. Pillagers point their crossbows and look at invisible players instead of shooting them.
• Invisibility also prevents the rendering of entity hitboxes‌^{[JE only]} by pressing F3 + B.
• Players with Invisibility can still be detected by sculk sensors and wardens, as they rely on vibration instead of sight.
• The attack indicator‌^{[JE only]} still shows up when facing an invisible entity.^[1]
• Players inflicted with invisibility do not appear on the locator bar.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

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: Fire Resistance Infestation Invisibility Jump Boost Night Vision Oozing Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged 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 34 status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Breath of the Nautilus Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Oozing Poison Raid Omen Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Trial Omen Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wither Wind Charged 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. 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

History

Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			Invisibility 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 Invisibility has been added to inventory.png.
					Potions which grant the Invisibility effect are added.
					Milk now clears the Invisibility effect.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Invisibility no longer has any associated potions.
1.4.2		12w34a			Invisiblity now functions, and turns mobs invisible.
					Players under Invisiblity's effect now cannot be detected by other players.
					A potion and splash potion of Invisibility have been implemented and added to Creative mode.
1.6.1		13w24a			Spiders now have a rare chance to spawn with Invisibility on hard difficulty.
1.14		18w43a			The effect icon texture of Invisiblity has been changed.
		19w08a			The Invisibility status effect has been improved to allow it to correctly work in many cases where it did not.
					Guardians no longer see players that are invisible from the Invisibility effect.
					Zombies and illagers no longer see invisible villagers and wandering traders.
					Withers no longer see invisible players.
					Iron Golems no longer sees invisible hostile-neutral mobs.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0		build 1			Added Invisibility.
					Invisibility is currently unobtainable.
v0.12.1		build 1			Invisibility can now be obtained from potions and splash potions of Invisibility.
v0.15.0		build 1			Added Arrow of Invisibility, which inflicts any mob it hits with Invisibility.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Invisibility can now be obtained from a lingering potions of Invisibility.
Bedrock Edition
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.3			Wandering traders now hide by drinking potions of Invisibility during nightfall, when hurt by projectiles and magic, or when avoiding zombies and illagers.
					The Invisibility status effect has been improved to allow it to correctly work in many cases where it did not.
					Zombies and illagers no longer see invisible villagers and wandering traders.
		beta 1.11.0.5			The effect icon texture of Invisibility has been changed.

Issues

Issues relating to "Invisibility" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.