The best Minecraft cheats and console commands

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Minecraft cheats and console commands prevent you from earning achievements in the crafting game, but, ten years in, you may feel you've already achieved enough off your own back. Now, maybe it's time to get some help, make things easier, and revel in the easy life while you build and create.

The best Minecraft console commands allow you to find certain structures without having to mine or explore for hours, switch seamlessly between survival and creative modes, or teleport to faraway destinations. Essentially, you can experience everything Minecraft has to offer without switching between saves. So, here are our favorite Minecraft cheats - including how to change the weather, alter the world, and boost your gear - and how to use them.

How to use Minecraft commands in Java Edition

Minecraft Cheats and Commands Java Edition — (Image credit: Mojang)

To use cheats in Minecraft Java Edition, do the following:

How to use Minecraft commands in Bedrock Edition

Minecraft Cheats and Commands Bedrock Edition — (Image credit: Mojang)

To use cheats in Minecraft Bedrock Edition, even on consoles, you can create a new single-player world, go to the Cheats tab on the 'Create New World' menu, and turn Cheats on. Doing this will permanently disable the ability to unlock achievements in Bedrock Edition, even if you turn cheats off later.

Alternatively, you can turn your cheats on or off while in-game, in a pre-existing world. To do so, follow these steps:

These are the most useful cheats to keep in mind when playing with the console on:

Generate and enter the world.
Open settings.
Scroll down until you see the 'cheats' list. Toggle the 'activate cheats' button on or off. You can already enable some basic cheat options here, such as an everlasting day or the ability to keep your inventory upon death.
With cheats enabled, go back to the game and click the '/' icon and choose a Minecraft command from the list or open the on-screen keyboard to begin typing commands - make sure you start each one with a '/'.
With the command entered - you'll see it at the bottom of the screen - press 'X' to run the command.

If you're playing Bedrock Edition using a keyboard, you enter Minecraft commands and cheats much in the same way as Java Edition. When you're in a world with cheats enabled, press '/' to bring up the chat menu already with a slash in the text box. Now type in your command and press enter to run it. Of course, you need to be the owner of a world if you want to enable Minecraft cheats - if you wish to play on the best Minecraft servers, you'll have to abide by the rules.

The most important Minecraft cheats

/defaultgamemode
- returns the save to the gamemode set during world creation.
/difficulty [difficulty]
- changes the world difficulty between peaceful, easy, normal, and hard.
  - For example: /difficulty peaceful
/enchant [enchantment]
- enchants the item currently held by the player with the specified enchantment, as long as it's applicable.
/gamemode [gamemode]
- switches the game mode between creative, survival, and spectator.
  - For example: /gamemode creative
/give [player] [item ID] [amount]
- immediately gives the player the requested item in the requested quantity.
/teleport [TargetPlayer] x y z
- instantly relocates the target player to the specified coordinates.

All Minecraft player cheats

/kill [player]
- Kill yourself (or specified player)
/tp [player]
- Teleport yourself (or specified player) to the coordinates entered
/effect [duration]
- Applies the effect to the specified player or entity, for an option duration in seconds. A list of effect codes can be found here
/effect clear [effect]
- Clear all effects, or optionally just the specified effect, from the player or entity
/enchant [level]
- Apply the enchantment to the specified player's selected item, at an optional level. A list of enchantment code can be found here
/experience add
- Adds the stated amount of experience points to the specified player. Put the word levels on the end to add experience levels instead

Whether you're on Bedrock or Java Edition, speed up entering Minecraft cheats and commands by using these shortcuts to quickly to select specific targets for your command:

@p = the nearest player to you
@r = a random player
@a = all players in the world
@e = all entities in the world
@s = you

Not that these Minecraft cheats won't drastically change your character appearance or the look of your world. If that's what you're after, considering equipping the best Minecraft skins or install the best Minecraft shaders.

All Minecraft world cheats

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If you want to use coordinates in your Minecraft commands, these are expressed as x, y, z, where x is the distance east (+) or west (-) of the origin point, z is the distance south (+) or north (-) of the origin point, and y is the height from -64 to 320, where 62 is sea level. You can also use tilde (~) or caret (^) notation with a number to express relative coordinates offset from your current position, with the notation by itself representing ~0 or ^0 means no offset. Tilde offsets are based on the world coordinates, so ~5 ~ ~-5 would be +5 blocks on x (east), 0 blocks on y (same height), and -5 blocks on z (north). Caret offsets are based on the direction the player's head is facing along left, upward, and forward axes, so ^5 ^ ^-5 would be 5 blocks left, 0 blocks upward (same height), and 5 blocks backward.

Here's an overview of Minecraft commands used to alter the world and environment:

/seed
- Produces a seed code so you can recreate your world later
/setworldspawn [x y z]
- Set the world spawn location to the player's current position, or optional specified coordinates if entered
/gamemode [player]
- Sets the game mode type (use survival, creative, adventure, or spectator) for yourself or an optional player
/gamerule [value]
- Queries the value of a game rule, or amends it if an optional value is entered. A list of rule codes can be found here
/difficulty
- Sets the difficulty level (use peaceful, easy, normal, or hard)
/time set
- Sets the world game time, use 0 (Dawn), 1000 (Morning), 6000 (Midday), 12000 (Dusk), or 18000 (Night) as the value
/gamerule doDaylightCycle false
- Turn off the day/night cycle, replace false with true to reactivate
/weather [duration]
- Sets the weather type (use clear, rain, or thunder) for an optional duration in seconds
/gamerule doWeatherCycle false
- Turn off weather changes, replace false with true to reactivate
/clone
- Clones the blocks in the region between coordinates and , then places them with coordinates in the lower northwest corner

All Minecraft Item and Entity cheats

Minecraft Cheats and Commands list — (Image credit: Mojang)

/give [quantity]
- Adds item to player's inventory, in specified quantity if the item is stackable. A list of item codes can be found here
/gamerule keepInventory true
- Keep your inventory items after you die, replace true with false to reverse
/summon [x y z]
- Spawns the entity at the player's location, or optional specified coordinates if entered. A list of entity codes can be found here

Those should be more than enough Minecraft cheats to let you mess around in your worlds to your heart's content. If you need any more assistance with using any of these commands, then simply type /help [command] for additional information and guidance.

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