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Bad Luck

Bad Luck is a status effect found exclusively and that decreases the chance of the player getting high-quality loot, contrary to Luck.

Local game data

Bad Luck

Java 1.21.4
Typeeffect
Stack-
Durability-
Sections3
Canonical IDeffect:Unluck
Minecraft IDminecraft:Unluck
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Bad Luck is a status effect found exclusively and that decreases the chance of the player getting high-quality loot, contrary to Luck.

Effect

Bad Luck subtracts the effects level from the luck attribute, which affects the results of loot tables, with a lower attribute value decreasing the amount and quality of results. The number of rolls is increased by the pools "bonus rolls"-value times this attributes value, rounded down, and the weight of each entry is increased by its quality times this attributes value, also rounded down. Quality is currently only used by Fishing.

Causes

Bad Luck can only be obtained using commands. The command can apply it directly to an Entity or Player, or you can obtain a Potion, Splash Potion, Lingering Potion, or Tipped Arrow using , although it will be referred to as an Uncraftable Potion.

Immune mobs

Withers and ender dragons are immune to Bad luck. All mobs are unaffected by Bad luck.

Local Data Properties

displayNameBad Luck
nameUnluck
id26
typebad