Using gamerules in Minecraft
Gamerules control various aspects of the gameplay and provide a lot of customization for server owners. Check out the steps below on how to use gamerules and for a master list of all the available Minecraft gamerules for Java Edition and Bedrock Edition as of Minecraft version 1.20.40.
Gamerule Commands
How to Set the Value
/gamerule <rule name> <value>
How to Get the Current Value
/gamerule <rule name>
A
rule nameis the name of the specific gamerule that you would like to set, or view. A list of these can be seen below.The
valueis the value you wish to assign to a specific rule name. In the majority of cases, this is a booleantrueorfalsevalue, but can sometimes be a number.Each command must be entered into either an Admin/OP's chat in game or in the server console.
For Bedrock servers when the command is entered in the server console the "/" must be obmitted, otherwise the following error will occur:
Unknown command: /. Please check that the command exists and that you have permission to use it.The following example uses the gamerule fallDamage in the Nodecraft server console for Java:
List of Gamerules
| Rule Name | Description | Possible Values | Default Value | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| allowFireTicksAwayFromPlayer | Whether fire and lava ticks can occur outside of an 8 chunk range of a player. | true/false | false | ✔️ | ❌ |
| announceAdvancements | Whether advancements should be announced in chat | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| blockExplosionDropDecay | Whether block loot is dropped by all blocks (false) or randomly (true) depending on how far the block is from the center of a block explosion (e.g. clicking a bed in dimensions other than the Overworld). | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| commandBlocksEnabled | Whether command blocks should be enabled in-game | true/false | true | ❌ | ✔️ |
| commandBlockOutput | Whether command blocks should notify admins when they perform commands | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| commandModificationBlockLimit | Controls the maximum number of blocks changed when using /clone, /fill, or /fillbiome. | # (number) | 32768 | ✔️ | ❌ |
| disableElytraMovementCheck | Whether the server should skip checking player speed when the player is wearing elytra | true/false | false | ✔️ | ❌ |
| disablePlayerMovementCheck | Whether the server should skip checking player speed. | true/false | false | ✔️ | ❌ |
| disableRaids | Whether raids are disabled or not | true/false | false | ✔️ | ❌ |
| doDaylightCycle | Whether the day-night cycle and moon phases progress | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| doEntityDrops | Whether entities that are not mobs should have drops | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| doFireTick | Whether fire should spread and naturally extinguish | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| doInsomnia | Whether phantoms can spawn in the nightmare | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| doImmediateRespawn | Players respawn immediately without showing the death screen. (Bedrock: immediateRespawn) | true/false | false | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| doLimitedCrafting | Whether players should only be able to craft recipes that they've unlocked first | true/false | false | ✔️ | ❌ |
| doMobLoot | Whether mobs should drop items | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| doMobSpawning | Whether mobs should naturally spawn | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| doPatrolSpawning | Whether patrols can spawn | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| doTileDrops | Whether blocks should have drops | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| doTraderSpawning | Whether wandering traders can spawn | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| doVinesSpread | Whether vines can spread to other blocks. Cave vines, weeping vines, and twisting vines are not affected. | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| doWeatherCycle | Whether the weather will change | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| doWardenSpawning | Whether wardens can spawn. | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| drowningDamage | Whether the player should take damage when drowning | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| enderPearlsVanishOnDeath | Controls whether thrown ender pearls vanish when the player dies. | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| fallDamage | Whether the player should take fall damage | true/false | true/false | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| fireDamage | Whether the player should take fire damage | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| forgiveDeadPlayers | Makes angered neutral mobs stop being angry when the targeted player dies nearby. | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| freezeDamage | Whether the player should take damage when inside powder snow | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| functionCommandLimit | The maximum number of commands that can be executed by /function at once | # (number) | 10000 | ❌ | ✔️ |
| globalSoundEvents | Whether certain sound events are heard by all players regardless of location. | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| keepInventory | Whether the player should keep items in their inventory after death | true/false | false | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| lavaSourceConversion | Whether new sources of lava are allowed to form. | true/false | false | ✔️ | ❌ |
| logAdminCommands | Whether to log admin commands to server log | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| maxCommandChainLength | Determines the number at which the chain command block acts as a "chain" | # (number) | 65536 | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| maxCommandForkCount | Modifies the maximum number of forks in a function or command block that can be created during one tick. | # (number) | 65536 | ✔️ | ❌ |
| maxEntityCramming | The maximum number of pushable entities another entity can try to push, before taking suffocation damage. Setting to 0 disables the rule. Affects players and mobs only (excluding bats) | # (number) | 24 | ✔️ | ❌ |
| minecartMaxSpeed | The maximum speed in which minecarts can go. | # (number) | 8 | ✔️ | ❌ |
| mobExplosionDropDecay | Whether block loot is dropped by all blocks (false) or randomly (true) depending on how far the block is from the center of a mob explosion (e.g. Creeper explosion). | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| mobGriefing | Whether creepers, zombies, endermen, ghasts, withers, ender dragons, rabbits, sheep, and villagers should be able to change blocks and whether villagers, zombies, skeletons, and zombie pigmen can pick up items | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| naturalRegeneration | Whether the player can regenerate health naturally if their hunger is full enough (doesn't affect external healing, such as golden apples, the Regeneration effect, etc.) | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| playersNetherPortalCreativeDelay | Control how many ticks the player in Survival or Adventure mode has to wait in the nether portal in order to travel through dimensions through it. | # (number) | 1 | ✔️ | ❌ |
| playersNetherPortalDefaultDelay | What percentage of players in the Overworld must sleep to skip the night. A percentage value of 0 or less will allow the night to be skipped by just 1 player, and a percentage value more than 100 will prevent players from ever skipping the night. | # (number) | 80 | ✔️ | ❌ |
| playersSleepingPercentage | What percentage of players must sleep to skip the night. | # (number) | 100 | ✔️ | ❌ |
| projectilesCanBreakBlocks | Control whenever do projectiles can break blocks (like trident breaks pointed dripstone). | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| pvp | Whether the player can fight with other players | true/false | true | ❌ | ✔️ |
| randomTickSpeed | How often a random block tick occurs (such as plant growth, leaf decay, etc.) per chunk section per game tick. 0 will disable random ticks, higher numbers will increase random ticks | # (number) | 3 (Java) / 1 (Bedrock) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| recipesUnlock | Controls whether the player needs to collect items to unlock recipes in the recipe book. | true/false | true | ❌ | ✔️ |
| reducedDebugInfo | Whether the debug screen shows all or reduced information; and whether the effects of F3+B (entity hitboxes) and F3+G (chunk boundaries) are shown | true/false | false | ✔️ | ❌ |
| respawnBlocksExplode | Prevents beds/respawn anchors from exploding in other dimensions. | true/false | true | ❌ | ✔️ |
| sendCommandFeedback | Whether the feedback from commands executed by a player should show up in chat. Also affects the default behavior of whether command blocks store their output text | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| showBorderEffect | Whether border blocks create red particles that float up to indicate a border. | true/false | true | ❌ | ✔️ |
| showCoordinates | Whether the player's coordinates are displayed | true/false | true | ❌ | ✔️ |
| showDeathMessages | Whether a message appears in chat when a player dies | true/false | true | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| showTags | Hides the "Can place on" and "Can destroy" block lists from item lore, as well as item lock indicators. | true/false | true | ❌ | ✔️ |
| snowAccumulationHeight | The maximum number of snow layers that can be accumulated on each block. | true/false | 1 | ✔️ | ❌ |
| spawnChunkRadius | Control the radius of the spawn chunk. | true/false | 2 | ✔️ | ❌ |
| spawnRadius | The number of blocks outward from the world spawn coordinates that a player will spawn in when first joining a server or when dying without a spawnpoint | # (number) | 10 (Java) / 5 (Bedrock) | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| spectatorsGenerateChunks | Whether players in spectator mode can generate chunks | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
| tntExplodes | Whether TNT will explode or not after activation | true/false | true | ❌ | ✔️ |
| tntExplosionDropDecay | Whether block loot is dropped by all blocks (false) or randomly (true) depending on how far the block is from the center of a TNT explosion. | true/false | false | ✔️ | ❌ |
| universalAnger | Makes angered neutral mobs attack any nearby player, not just the player that angered them. Works best if you disable forgiveDeadPlayers. | true/false | false | ✔️ | ❌ |
| waterSourceConversion | Whether new sources of water are allowed to form. | true/false | true | ✔️ | ❌ |
List accurate as of Minecraft 1.20.40
⚠️Note: Gamerules are an advanced feature of Minecraft. Invalid or misuse of gamerules can cause unpredictable or damaging behavior.
For more information about gamerules, and the effects they can have on gameplay, be sure to reference the Minecraft Gamerule Wiki.