Particles

Particles are a type of visual effect often encountered in Minecraft. They appear in a variety of situations and vary in appearance.

Mechanics

Particles are typically released as part of a spell, attack, or upon activation of a Status Effect, but they can also constantly emerge from certain objects. /particle can summon any particle with a variety of parameters; naturally, however, particle effects appear in the following situations:

Water Effects

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Rain particle effects.

• Boats traveling over water create water splashes.
• Bubbles and splash effects occur around any Entity in Water.
• A Guardian's laser beam attack produces bubbles.
• Bubbles appear while Fishing.
• Wolves shake off droplets after coming out of water.
• Droplets fall from the bottom of any Blocks with water above them.
• Rain
• Snow
• Up and down "Bubble Columns", caused by underwater Magma Blocks and Soul Sand.

Fire Effects

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A fire particle effect.

• Fire
• Torch
• Furnace
• Magma Cube
• Mob Spawner
• Lava

Mob and Combat Effects

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Heart particles that appear when Taming an animal.

• Attacks that land a critical hit produce sparkles.
  • Enchanted Weapons produce a special particle effect on a critical hit.
• Evoker spells
• Witches
• Explosions from a Ghast's fireball, a Wither's skull attack, or an exploding Creeper.
• When a mob dies.
• When a mob appears from a mob spawner.
• When shearing a Mooshroom.
• When a Villager is attacked.
• Trading with a villager.
• Footsteps on certain surfaces.
• A Slime hitting the ground.
• Heart particles above an animal when Taming or Breeding.
• Snowflakes appear when creating a Snow Golem.
• Some mobs have particle effects when they Spawn.
• Shulker attacks.
• The breath attack of an Ender Dragon.
• Swords "sweep" attack.
• Squids squirt ink when attacked.
• Llamas spit.
• Smoke particles appear when taming an animal.
• Smoke flows from the wither and it's skull attack.
• Smoke flows from a ghast's fireball attack.
• Smoke flows from a flying Phantom.

Block and Item Effects

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Smoke and explosion particle effects on a block of primed TNT.

• The tail and explosion of a Firework Rocket.
• Smoke flows from the following: Brewing Stand, Dispenser, Dropper, End Portal, an Eye of Ender being placed into an End Portal Frame, furnace, lava (when raining), mob spawner, a Redstone Torch that fizzles out, torches, primed TNT.
  • More intense smoke flows from fire and a Minecart with Furnace.
• Potions, Splash Potions, Lingering Potions and Bottle o' Enchanting.
• Spectral and tipped Arrows.
• Beacons.
• Droplets form on the bottom of any block underneath lava.
• Spore particles come out of Mycelium.
• Purple particles are emitted from Chorus Fruit (when eaten), Dragon Egg, Endermen, Endermite, Ender Pearl, eye of ender, Ender Chest, End Gateway, Nether Portal.
• An active Enchantment Table.
• Many Redstone-related objects emit red particles.
• A Snowball hitting a surface.
• A shattering-type particle effect when certain things break: Egg, splash potions, eye of ender, Tools, certain blocks.
• End Rods.
• Dust falls from Sand and Gravel.
• A Totem of Undying activating.
• A block of primed TNT exploding.
• Particles in the color of the block mined.
• Wither Roses.

Movement Effects

• When a player or a mob is Sprinting (e.g a cat running away).
• When a player wearing a pair boots with the Soul Speed Enchantment on runs over Soul soil/Soul sand.