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Slow Falling Effect in Minecraft

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Slow Falling is a beneficial status effect in Minecraft. Makes you fall slowly and removes fall damage.

Effect type
Beneficial ✅

What does Slow Falling do?

Makes you fall slowly and removes fall damage.

How to remove Slow Falling

It wears off when its timer runs out. Drink a milk bucket to clear all status effects at once — which also removes the good ones.

Beneficial effects show with a normal icon in your inventory. Effect levels are shown in Roman numerals: level II is stronger than level I.

Data for Minecraft Java Edition 26.1, based on the open minecraft-data project. Some details can differ in Bedrock Edition. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.

Frequently asked questions

What does Slow Falling do in Minecraft?
Makes you fall slowly and removes fall damage.
How do you get rid of Slow Falling?
Wait for it to wear off, or drink a milk bucket to remove all effects.