How Long Does That Potion Last?

How long does that potion last?

Hi! Here's a guide I wrote for how long Minecraft potions last in approximation with real time. This is for Java edition only, and hopefully will be useful in stuff like fanfiction.

For reference, a full Minecraft day is 20 minutes in-game. That's 10 minutes of daytime, 3 minutes of dawn/dusk, and 7 minutes of night. I will be equating 10 minutes of daytime = 12 hours of a real-life day. I'm calculating this via comparing percentages, so let me know if I have messed up the math. Potion times are from the wiki and instant potions such as healing or harming are left out for obvious reasons.

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20-22 second potions: Potion of Slowness IV; Potion of the Turtle Master I and II; Potion of Poison II; Potion of Regeneration II

Lasts approximately 0.396 hours real-time, or 23 minutes and 46 seconds (for 20 seconds potion length)

40-45 second potions: Potion of Poison; Potion of the Turtle Master +; Potion of Regeneration

Lasts approximately 0.9 hours real-time, or 54 minutes (for 45 seconds potion length)

1.5 minute potions: Potion of Regeneration +; Potion of Swiftness II; Potion of Strength II; Potion of Leaping II; Potion of Slow Falling; Potion of Poison +; Potion of Weakness; Potion of Slowness

Lasts 1.8 hours real-time, or 1 hour and 48 minutes

3 minute potions: Potion of Swiftness; Potion of Fire Resistance; Potion of Night Vision; Potion of Strength; Potion of Leaping; Potion of Water Breathing; Potion of Invisibility

Lasts 3.6 hours real-time, or 3 hours and 36 minutes.

4 minute potions: Potion of Slow Falling +; Potion of Weakness +; Potion of Slowness +

Lasts 4.8 hours real-time, or 4 hours and 48 minutes.

5 minute potions: Potion of Luck

Lasts 6 hours real-time.

8 minute potions: Potion of Swiftness +; Potion of Fire Resistance +; Potion of Night Vision +; Potion of Strength +; Potion of Leaping +; Potion of Water Breathing +; Potion of Invisibility +

Lasts 9.6 hours real-time, or 9 hours and 36 minutes.

Tipped arrows, according to the wiki, last 1/8th the time of their corresponding potion if applicable. Since that might vary, I'm not going to calculate them all here.

Go forth and have fun writing! I wrote this post nearly 2 years ago, drafted it, and forgot about it. I hope it can be of some use for writers.

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Himaruya might hint in Chapter 428 that Portugal and Spain are twins.

The answer to the first question is November 25, 2006. “1125” in Japanese could be read as “iihutago”, meaning “good twins”. So on this day, in Twitter and Pixiv, many Japanese artists draw fan arts of twins. Himaruya might choose this date as the correct answer to hint that Portugal and Spain are twins.

Portugal says that the answer to the first question is about him and Spain, and Spain also says that it is he and Portugal’s important day. In this case, “good twins” day becomes Portugal and Spain’s important day to celebrate their being twins.

In fact, the day of the cooperation agreement of tourism is not well known for the rest of the world, and among the list of dates given by Spain here after, this date (in the year of 2006) is either the earliest or the latest. Did Himaruya choose this date as the answer from this list randomly? I believe that he indeed hints something.

In the official book, Collezione, published last year, there is no mention of Portugal and Spain being brothers, but still it does not mean that they are not brothers. The fun of Portugal and Spain is that every reader can tell they look like identical twins, but they themselves deny it. So if Himaruya confirms that they are twins, it would spoil the fun. And the official confirmation is not so necessary since everyone can tell from their appearance that they are twins.

On the other hand, Canada and USA are confirmed “adopted brothers” in Collezione, which is the case that their blood relation is officially denied.

Another case is that China and other Chinese districts are commonly believed by fans that they are related by blood, but this relationship is also not mentioned in Collezione.

Some fans might be offended by the hinted incest of Portugal and Spain. But this is not the first time of hinted incest in Hetalia. In Hetalia anime, Belarus asks her brother, Russia, to marry her. Also in the Hetalia movie, Paint it White, Switzerland and Lichtenstein enjoy themselves together as if having a honeymoon, while the rest of the world is in chaos. Even in fandom, Prussia and Germany is a popular pairing. And as for UK and USA, although they are not blood-related, it is still awkward enough that adopted brothers end up in lovers.