Summary
Default Minecraft commands are available to operators on a Minecraft server and can have a wide array of functions that greatly expand the capabilities of moderation and convenience. In addition, commands can grant unique and exciting rewards to players. These processes can additionally be automated in the form of command blocks, which allow the use of console commands remotely from within the server using redstone power.
| Note | Some commands require OP permission. Learn how to grant OP permissions here. |
| Note | Default commands for Bukkit/Spigot/PaperMC and SpongeForge are also listed here. |
Default Minecraft Commands
| Command |
Description |
/advancement |
Gives, removes, or checks player advancements. |
/attribute |
Queries, adds, removes or sets an entity attribute. |
/ban |
Adds a player to the banlist. |
/ban-ip |
Adds an IP address to banlist. |
/banlist |
Displays all users on the banlist. |
/bossbar |
Creates and modifies 'bossbars' that track the health of raid bosses. |
/clear |
Clears items from a player's inventory. |
/clone |
Copies blocks from one place to another. |
/damage |
Applies damage to the specified entities. |
/data |
Gets, merges, modifies, and removes block entity and entity NBT data. |
/datapack |
Controls the loaded data packs. |
/debug |
Starts or stops a debugging session. |
/defaultgamemode |
Sets the default game mode. |
/deop |
Revokes operator status from a player. |
/difficulty |
Sets the difficulty level. |
/effect |
Adds or removes a status effect from a player. |
/enchant |
Adds an enchantment to a player's selected item. |
/execute |
Executes another command. |
/experience |
An alias of /xp. Adds or removes player experience. |
/fill |
Fills a region with a specific block. |
/fillbiome |
Fills a region with a specific biome. |
/forceload |
Forces the designated chunk to be loaded or not constantly. |
/function |
Runs a function. |
/gamemode |
Sets a player's game mode. |
/gamerule |
Sets or queries a game rule value. |
/give |
Gives an item to a player. |
/help |
Provides help for commands. |
/item |
Manipulates items in inventories. |
/jfr |
Starts or stops a JFR profiling. |
/kick |
Kicks a player from the server. |
/kill |
Kills entities (players, mobs, items, etc.). |
/list |
Lists players on the server. |
/locate |
Locates the closest structure, biome, or point of interest. |
/loot |
Drops items from an inventory slot onto the ground. |
/me |
Displays a message about the sender. |
/msg |
An alias of /tell and /w. Displays a private message to other players. |
/op |
Grants operator status to a player. |
/pardon |
Removes a player from the banlist by player name. |
/pardon-ip |
Removes an IP from the banlist. |
/particle |
Creates particles. |
/perf |
Captures info and metrics about the game for 10 seconds. |
/place |
Used to place a configured feature, jigsaw, template, or structure at a given location. |
/playsound |
Plays the designated sound. |
/publish |
Opens single-player world to local network. |
/recipe |
Gives or takes player recipes. |
/reload |
Reloads loot tables, advancements, and functions from disk. |
/return |
Control execution flow inside functions and change their return value. |
/ride |
Used to make entities ride other entities, stop entities from riding, make rides evict their riders, or summon rides or riders. |
/save-all |
Saves the server to disk. |
/save-off |
Disables automatic server saves. |
/save-on |
Enables automatic server saves. |
/say |
Displays a message to multiple players. |
/schedule |
Delays the execution of a function. |
/scoreboard |
Manages scoreboard objectives and players. |
/seed |
Displays the world seed. |
/setblock |
Changes a block to another block. |
/setidletimeout |
Sets the time before idle players are kicked. |
/setworldspawn |
Sets the world spawn. New players will spawn here. |
/spawnpoint |
Sets the spawn point for a player. |
/spectate |
Make one player in spectator mode spectate an entity. |
/spreadplayers |
Teleports entities to random locations. |
/stop |
Stops a server. |
/stopsound |
Stops a sound. |
/summon |
Summons an entity. |
/tag |
Controls entity tags. |
/team |
Controls teams. |
/teammsg |
An alias of /tm. Specifies a message to send to a team. |
/teleport |
An alias of /tp. Teleports entities. |
/tell |
An alias of /msg and /w. Displays a priva |
