All 86 Minecraft Java 26.1 commands with syntax read from the game itself, permission level, copy-ready examples, a builder for the 16 most used ones and the 59 gamerules.
The list starts from the Java Edition 26.1 command tree, the same structure the game uses to complete what you type with Tab. That is why the syntax does not depend on memory or on a tutorial: every argument, every alternative and every optional part comes from it. There are 86 commands and 5 aliases (/tp, /xp, /tell, /w and /tm), 91 names in total. The permission level, which commands only exist on a dedicated server, and the 59 gamerules were read from the official client.jar, while the descriptions and examples are our own text. Every example on the page was checked against the tree, so the line you copy has a form the game accepts. Permission runs from 0 to 4. Level 0 works for any player (/help, /list, /msg, /me, /teammsg, /trigger and the /random roll). Level 2, the game operator level, covers 59 commands, among them /gamemode, /give, /tp, /time, /weather, /effect and /setblock; in a local world it needs cheats on. Level 3 is administration (/op, /ban, /whitelist, /kick, /tick), and level 4 belongs to the owner: /stop, /save-all and /publish. In a local world, /seed and /version work for everyone; on a dedicated server they need level 2. The builder covers the 16 most used commands: /gamemode, /time, /weather, /difficulty, /gamerule, /tp, /effect, /xp, /kill, /summon, /setblock, /fill, /clear, /enchant, /spawnpoint (and /setworldspawn) and /title. It assembles the line as you choose, flags what is wrong, and includes a target selector builder (@e[type=zombie,distance=..10]). For /give and /tellraw, which have too many options for a simple form, the site has dedicated tools.
In the syntax, plain words are literals you type as they are (like set in /time set day), <angle brackets> mark an argument you replace with a value, [square brackets] mark something optional and (a|b|c) lists alternatives. In /gamemode <gamemode> [<target>], the mode is required and the target can be left out: without it, the command applies to whoever ran it. The dots in /execute as <targets> ... mean the command continues with another subcommand, and run hands the line over to a complete command.
The most common arguments have fixed forms. A target is @s (you), @a (all players), @p (the nearest player), @r (a random player), @e (any entity) or a name, and accepts filters in brackets, like @e[type=zombie,distance=..10,limit=3]. A position is three coordinates: absolute numbers (100 64 -200), relative to your position with a tilde (~ ~10 ~) or relative to the direction you face with a caret (^ ^ ^5), without mixing the last two. A block, item or entity id carries the minecraft: prefix (minecraft:diamond_block), which the game usually lets you omit.
A Minecraft day is 24000 ticks, and 20 ticks make a second, so it lasts 20 real minutes. Tick 0 is 6:00 on the game clock and every 1000 ticks move it forward one hour. The game itself defines the /time set shortcuts: day is tick 1000 (7:00), noon is 6000 (12:00), night is 13000 (19:00) and midnight is 18000 (0:00). For any other time, pass a number of ticks, like /time set 3000, which is 9:00.
/time add adds ticks to the current time without resetting the day, and /time query gametime shows how many ticks the world has existed. If the day and night cycle is off (the advance_time gamerule set to false), the time only changes by command.
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Type /gamemode creative in chat. For another player, add the name or a selector: /gamemode creative Steve or /gamemode creative @a. The four modes are survival, creative, adventure and spectator, spelled out: Java does not accept the s, c and a abbreviations. The command needs level 2, so in a local world the game must have cheats on.
Minecraft Java Edition 26.1. Bedrock has its own syntax and is not in this list.
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