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So I found a Nether fortress, got in, found the two Blaze spawners, being hit by some Blaze fireballs, killing them and get some blaze rods and experience orbs, go wandering in the fortress, found some Nether Warts and got them, dug some Nether bricks, being shot by more blazes, killing them again, being shot by some skeletons, killing them and got some bones, and finally I saw two wither skeletons.

I quickly hold S to stay away from them (they are chasing me), get my nice diamond sword ready and fight...

They hit me fast and my health bar turned black and those nice hearts starts leaving me. I get affected by the wither effect!

After some fight, I finally killed both of them and get the drops including a piece of stupid coal. My health is getting low (I am a coward, so I set mode to easy and I didn't die that fast) but it regenerates, thanks to my full hunger bar.

OK, end of bedtime story and let's get to the real question: Is there any factors that prevents the wither effect from affecting me or can I reduce the effect or make them stop faster? Any potions/armor/whatever?

(The same should apply to the wither effect caused by Withers?)

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Based on this table of status effects from the wiki, a potion of regeneration or a golden apple will give you regeneration for a short time, which should heal hearts over time faster than you lose them from the wither effect (1 gained every 25 ticks from the regeneration versus 1 lost every 40 ticks from the withering).

Also, drinking a bucket of milk can remove all status effects.

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Oh, milk can remove all status effects? reading Milk "curing poison and potion effects" - it didn't say the wither effect, but it worked. Also, nowhere in the wiki seems to have linked to the page Status effect? Well I'm gonna make some edits... – Alvin Wong Dec 28 '12 at 15:23
BTW milk doesn't actually reduce/prevent the effect, but removes it. Since it at least solves the problem, I could accept this. (Though I don't think there is time to drink milk if being attacked by multiple wither skeletons.) – Alvin Wong Dec 28 '12 at 15:25

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