Minecraft Commands List: Every Java and Bedrock Command

Vanilla Minecraft has around 80 commands on Java and a similar number on Bedrock, with a big shared core. This page lists the ones you’re likely to use, grouped by job, with the edition that has each. Commands we cover in depth link to their own page with syntax and worked examples. If you’ve never used a command before, start with our cheat codes guide, which explains how to turn cheats on.

Players and game state

Command	Does	Edition
/gamemode	Switch survival, creative, adventure, spectator	Both
/difficulty	Peaceful, easy, normal, hard	Both
/defaultgamemode	Mode for new players	Both
/effect	Add or clear status effects	Both (Java: effect give)
/xp	Add, set or check experience	Both
/enchant	Enchant the held item	Both
/clear	Remove items from inventory	Both
/kill	Kill entities	Both
/spawnpoint	Set a player’s respawn point	Both
/gamerule	Change world rules like keeping inventory	Both
/advancement	Grant or revoke advancements	Java
/attribute	Change attributes like max health or scale	Java
/ability	Flight, mute, worldbuilder	Education / Bedrock with Education features

Items and entities

Command	Does	Edition
/give	Give items	Both
/summon	Spawn an entity	Both
/item	Change items in slots and containers	Java
/replaceitem	Put an item in a slot	Bedrock
/loot	Drop or give loot table results	Both
/data	Read and edit NBT	Java
/damage	Damage an entity with a damage type	Both
/ride	Mount or dismount entities	Both
/tag	Label entities for selectors	Both

Moving around and finding things

Command	Does	Edition
/tp, /teleport	Teleport	Both
/locate	Find structures and biomes	Both
/spreadplayers	Scatter players randomly	Both
/spectate	Watch from an entity’s view	Java
/rotate	Turn an entity	Java
/seed	Show the world seed	Both

World editing

Command	Does	Edition
/fill	Fill an area with a block	Both
/setblock	Place one block	Both
/clone	Copy an area	Both
/fillbiome	Change the biome of an area	Java
/place	Place features, structures or jigsaw pieces	Java
/structure	Save and load structures	Bedrock
/worldborder	Set the world border	Java
/tickingarea	Keep chunks loaded	Bedrock
/forceload	Keep chunks loaded	Java

Time, weather and environment

/time and /weather (both), /alwaysday and /toggledownfall (Bedrock), /tick (Java, freeze or speed up the game), /playsound, /stopsound and /particle (both), /fog and /camerashake (Bedrock).

Logic and automation

Command	Does	Edition
/execute	Run commands as, at or if	Both
/scoreboard	Track scores and objectives	Both
/function	Run a function file	Both
/schedule	Run a function later	Both
/trigger	Let players change a score	Java
/testfor, /testforblock	Old-style detection	Bedrock
/bossbar	Custom boss bars	Java
/title	Big on-screen text	Both

Combine these with command blocks to build minigames without mods.

Chat and multiplayer

/msg, /tell, /w, /me, /say, /tellraw, /list (both); /teammsg and /team (Java). Server admin: /op, /deop, /kick, /ban, /pardon, /whitelist, /stop, /save-all on Java servers, with Bedrock Dedicated Server using allowlist and its own console commands.

A note on flight

There’s no /fly in vanilla. See our fly command page for what actually works.

Need the bigger picture on each edition first? See the Java Edition guide and the Bedrock Edition guide, or head back to the commands hub.