Particles are special graphical effects in Minecraft.
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Most particle colors can be changed using resource packs, however the color of smoke particles used in redstone, portals, and endermen can not be changed without mods.
Status effect particles will appear where your face is pointing.
Bubble and suspended particles seem to only appear when they are in water.
The "mobappearance" particle will always follow the player regardless of what its location has been set to.
The types of particles and their names in the game`s code are displayed below. Particle names in italic are shown when using the "Minimal" particles setting.
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The render radius of particles. It seems to be round, but not entirely circular, as seen at the back.
An image of particles.png with the primary purposes of each particle texture explained.
Old eating particles in Pocket Edition, which appears as miniatures of the food itself.
A burning zombie in Pocket Edition, emitting particles with fire`s animation
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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
Boats travelling 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
Fire Effects
Fire
Torch
Furnace
Magma Cube
Mob Spawner
Lava
Mob and Combat Effects
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 can squirt ink
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
Block and Item Effects
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, Torch, Primed TNT
More intense smoke flows from: Fire, 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
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