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.
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 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. |
/enchant |
Adds an enchantment to a player's selected item. |
/execute |
Executes another command. |
/experience |
An alias of /xp. Adds or removes player experience.
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/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 |
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.
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/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. |
/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.
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/teleport |
An alias of /tp. Teleports entities.
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/tell |
An alias of /msg and /w. Displays a private message to other players.
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/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.
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/tp |
An alias of /teleport. Teleports entities.
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/trigger |
Sets a trigger to be activated. |
/w |
An alias of /tell and /msg. Displays a private message to other players.
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/weather |
Sets the weather. |
/whitelist |
Manages server whitelist. |
/worldborder |
Manages the world border. |
/xp |
An alias of /experience. Adds or removes player experience.
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Default Bukkit Commands
| Command | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
/version |
Gives the version number of CraftBukkit which is installed on the server. | bukkit.command.version |
/plugins |
Lists all installed plugins on the server. | bukkit.command.plugins |
/help |
Shows a list of server or plugin commands in the console or in-game | bukkit.command.help |
/reload |
Stops and restarts all plugins on the server | bukkit.command.reload |
/timings [reset|merged|separate] |
Records timings for all plugin events. | bukkit.command.timings |
Default Spigot/Paper Commands
| Command | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
/restart |
Attempt to perform a server restart. The restart-script value must be properly defined in spigot.yml for this to work.
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bukkit.command.restart |
/tps |
Show TPS (ticks per second) averages of the server from the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes. | bukkit.command.tps |
/timings on |
Turn on server benchmark timings without requiring a restart. | bukkit.command.timings |
/timings off |
Turn off server benchmark timings without requiring a restart. | bukkit.command.timings |
/timings merged |
Write server benchmark timings to disk. A text file named timingsX.txt will be stored in the /timings/ directory, where X increases in single increments each time.
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bukkit.command.timings |
/timings separate |
Produce timings reports for active plugins in separate text files for each one. | bukkit.command.timings |
/timings paste |
Server benchmark timings will be pasted to Ubuntu Paste, which can then be viewed in a proper and improved format via Aikar's Timings Viewer. | bukkit.command.timings |
/timings reset |
Reset previous data gathered by the server benchmark timings. | bukkit.command.timings |
Default SpongeForge Commands
| Command | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
/sponge audit |
Forces loading of unloaded classes to enable mixin debugging. | sponge.command.audit |
/sponge blockinfo |
Shows the type and some additional information about the block the player is looking at. | sponge.command.blockinfo |
/sponge chunks |
Prints out the chunk data for a world, a dimension, or globally. | sponge.command.chunks |
/sponge config |
Alters a global, world, or a dimension config. | sponge.command.config |
/sponge entityinfo |
Shows the type and some additional information about the entity the player is looking at. | sponge.command.entityinfo |
/sponge heap |
Dumps the JVM heap. | sponge.command.heap |
/sponge metrics |
Gets or sets whether metric (also known as server stats) collection is enabled for a given plugin. | sponge.command.metrics |
/sponge mods |
Lists currently installed forge mods. (SpongeForge only) | sponge.command.mods |
/sponge plugins list |
Lists currently installed Sponge plugins. | sponge.command.plugins |
/sponge plugins refresh |
Asks plugins to perform their own reload procedures. | sponge.command.plugins.refresh |
/sponge reload |
Reloads the global, world, or dimension config. | sponge.command.reload |
/sponge save |
Saves the global, world, or dimension config. | sponge.command.save |
/sponge tps |
Display ticks per second for each world. | sponge.command.tps |
/sponge version |
Prints the Sponge/SpongeAPI versions to the console. | sponge.command.version |
/sponge which |
Prints which plugin provided the command, it’s aliases and alternatives. | sponge.command.which |
/sponge:callback |
Internally used for callback actions on Components (such as pagination). Not intended to be invoked by hand. | |
/sponge:help |
View information on commands used on the server. | sponge.command.help |