Minecraft Java: Console Commands
Minecraft JavaGuideType these in your server's Console card to check the server, message players, set the time and weather, and manage operators, bans and the whitelist. A /…
Type these in your server's Console card to check the server, message players, set the time and weather, and manage operators, bans and the whitelist. A / at the start is optional. Type commands in lower case.
Where to type them
Open your server in My Servers, type in the Console card's command box and press Enter. Your server must be online. Swap the made-up names, numbers and messages in the examples for your own. To stop or restart, use the Power buttons.
Check your server
list shows who is online.
listversion shows the Minecraft version.
versionseed shows the world seed.
seedtick query shows whether the server is keeping up.
tick queryhelp lists every command. Add a command name to see how to use it.
help whitelistMessage players
say sends a message to everyone.
say Hello from the consolemsg sends a private message. The player must be online.
msg TestPlayer01 Hellotitle shows big text on everyone's screen. Players must be online to see it.
title @a title "Restart in 5 minutes"Manage players
Each of these needs the player online.
kick removes a player for now.
kick TestPlayer01 Back in 5 minutesgamemode changes a player's game mode.
gamemode creative TestPlayer01give gives items.
give TestPlayer01 minecraft:diamond 5tp teleports a player to a spot.
tp TestPlayer01 0 100 0xp gives experience levels.
xp add TestPlayer01 5 levelseffect give gives a potion effect. effect clear removes them.
effect give TestPlayer01 minecraft:night_vision 600spawnpoint sets where one player respawns.
spawnpoint TestPlayer01 0 80 0Operators, bans and the whitelist
op makes a player an operator. deop takes it away.
op Notchban bans a player, with an optional reason. pardon lifts it. banlist shows who is banned.
ban Notch Griefingban-ip bans an address. pardon-ip lifts it. banlist ips shows banned addresses.
ban-ip 203.0.113.77 Test banwhitelist add lets a player in when the whitelist is on. whitelist remove takes them off. whitelist list shows everyone on it.
whitelist add Notchwhitelist on and whitelist off turn the whitelist on or off. whitelist reload rereads the file after you edit it.
whitelist onsetidletimeout kicks players who are idle longer than this many minutes. 0 turns it off.
setidletimeout 30World, time and weather
time set changes the time of day: day, night, or a number of ticks.
time set daytime add moves the clock forward.
time add 1000time query day shows the time of day. time query day repetition shows how many days have passed.
time query daytime pause freezes the day and night clock. time resume starts it again.
time pauseweather changes the weather: clear, rain or thunder.
weather cleardifficulty shows the difficulty. Add one, such as hard, to change it.
difficulty harddefaultgamemode sets the mode new players start in.
defaultgamemode survivalgamerule shows or changes a game rule, such as keep_inventory.
gamerule keep_inventory trueworldborder get shows the border size. worldborder set resizes it.
worldborder set 2000setworldspawn sets where new players appear. Add three numbers to pick the spot.
setworldspawnlocate finds the nearest structure or biome.
locate structure #minecraft:villageSave and reload
save-all saves the world now. Add flush to write everything to disk.
save-allsave-off pauses automatic saving. save-on turns it back on.
save-onreload reloads data packs after you change them.
reloadNeed help?
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