Minecraft commands

Commands, also known as console commands and slash commands, are advanced Minecraft features activated by typing certain strings of text.

Some commands can be executed in your ScalaCube console for minecraft. Depending on the version of the game server, "/" may or may not be required for executing the command.



Most commands can be used in the in-game chat.

List and summary of commands for Java edition Minecraft.

Command	Description
/advancement	Gives, removes, or checks player advancements.
/attribute	Queries, adds, removes or sets an entity attribute.
/ban	Adds player to banlist.
/ban-ip	Adds IP address to banlist.
/banlist	Displays banlist.
/bossbar	Creates and modifies bossbars.
/clear	Clears items from player 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 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 status effects.
/execute	Executes another command.
/enchant	Adds an enchantment to a player's selected item.
/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 chunks to constantly be loaded or not.
/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	An alias of /?. Provides help for commands.
/item	Manipulates items in inventories.
/jfr	Starts or stops a JFR profiling.
/kick	Kicks a player off a server.
/kill	Kills entities (players, mobs, items, etc.).
/list	Lists players on the server.
/locate	Locates 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 entries from the banlist.
/pardon-ip	Removes entries 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 a sound.
/publish	Opens single-player world to local network.
/random	Draw a random value or control the random number sequence.
/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.
/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 the message to send to team.
/teleport	An alias of /tp. Teleports entities.
/tell	An alias of /msg and /w. Displays a private message to other players.
/tellraw	Displays a JSON message to players.
/time	Changes or queries the world's game time.
/title	Manages screen titles.
/tm	An alias of /teammsg. Specifies the message to send to team.
/tp	An alias of /teleport. Teleports entities.
/trigger	Sets a trigger to be activated.
/w	An alias of /tell and /msg. Displays a private message to other players.
/weather	Sets the weather.
/whitelist	Manages server whitelist.
/worldborder	Manages the world border.
/xp	An alias of /experience‌[Java Edition only]. Adds or removes player experience.

List and summary of commands for Bedrock edition Minecraft.

Command	Description
/stop	Stops a server.
/whitelist	Manages server whitelist.
/changesetting	Changes a setting on the dedicated server while it's running.
/ops	An alias of /permission. Reloads and applies permissions.
/permission	An alias of /ops. Reloads and applies permissions.
/save	Prepares a backup, queries its status, or resumes.
/setmaxplayers	Sets the maximum number of players allowed to join.
/deop	Revokes operator status from a player.
/loot	Drops items from an inventory slot onto the ground.
/op	Grants operator status to a player.
/reload	Reloads loot tables, advancements, and functions from disk.
/clear	Clears items from player inventory.
/clone	Copies blocks from one place to another.
/damage	Applies damage to the specified entities.
/difficulty	Sets the difficulty level.
/effect	Adds or removes status effects.
/enchant	Adds an enchantment to a player's selected item.
/execute	Executes another command.
/fill	Fills a region with a specific block.
/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.
/kick	Kicks a player off a server.
/kill	Kills entities (players, mobs, items, etc.).
/locate	Locates closest structure, biome, or point of interest.
/particle	Creates particles.
/playsound	Plays a sound.
/ride	Used to make entities ride other entities, stop entities from riding, make rides evict their riders, or summon rides or riders.
/say	Displays a message to multiple players.
/schedule	Delays the execution of a function.
/scoreboard	Manages scoreboard objectives and players.
/setblock	Changes a block to another block.
/setworldspawn	Sets the world spawn.
/spawnpoint	Sets the spawn point for a player.
/spreadplayers	Teleports entities to random locations.
/stopsound	Stops a sound.
/summon	Summons an entity.
/tag	Controls entity tags.
/teleport	An alias of /tp. Teleports entities.
/tellraw	Displays a JSON message to players.
/time	Changes or queries the world's game time.
/title	Manages screen titles.
/tp	An alias of /teleport. Teleports entities.
/weather	Sets the weather.
/replaceitem	Replaces items in inventories.
/testfor	Counts entities matching specified conditions.
/testforblock	Tests whether a block is in a location.
/testforblocks	Tests whether the blocks in two regions match.
/toggledownfall	Toggles the weather.
/ability	Grants or revokes a player ability.
/alwaysday	An alias of /daylock. Locks and unlocks the day-night cycle.
/camerashake	Used to enable a camera shaking effect.
/clearspawnpoint	Remove spawnpoints in the world.
/daylock	An alias of /alwaysday. Locks and unlocks the day-night cycle.
/dialogue	Opens NPC dialogue for a player.
/event	Used to trigger an event on an entity.
/fog	Used for managing active fog settings for players.
/gametest	To test the GameTest features.
/immutableworld	Allows setting immutable state of a world.
/mobevent	Enables/disables a specified mob event.
/music	Allows the player to control playing music tracks.
/playanimation	Used to run a one-off animation.
/structure	Used to save and load structures without having to use structure blocks items in inventories.
/tickingarea	Add, remove, or list ticking areas.
/titleraw	Controls screen titles with JSON messages.
/volumearea	Add, remove, or list volume areas.
/wb	An alias of /worldbuilder. Ability to edit restricted blocks.
/worldbuilder	An alias of /wb. Ability to edit restricted blocks.
/help	An alias of /?. Provides help for commands.
/list	Lists players on the server.

Summary:

• Console
• In game console