How to add screen effects in Minecraft

Type /posteffect add @a minecraft:creeper in chat as an operator to give everyone the creeper screen effect. /posteffect clear @a removes it.

posteffect

Applies, removes or lists post-processing screen effects on players' screens.

/posteffect <add|remove> <targets> <posteffect> | /posteffect clear <targets> | /posteffect list <target>

Examples

/posteffect add @a minecraft:creeper

Applies the creeper vision effect.

/posteffect clear @a

Removes all post effects.

Arguments

targetsRequired: Players to change.
posteffectOptional: Post effect ID, for add and remove.

What it does

add applies a post effect by ID to the players, remove takes one off, clear removes all of them and list shows what a player has. Post effects come from the game and resource packs and change how the whole screen is rendered.

Good to know

Needs operator permission level 2.

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab without the leading slash; in game, operators type it in chat with the slash. New to this? Start a Minecraft server first.

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