Minecraft Cheats 2023: List of best Minecraft console commands and cheat codes you should know

Minecraft cheats and console commands will assist you in your playthrough and enhance the experience.

• By Kshiteej Naik -
Published On: March 6, 2023

Minecraft has been one of the most popular survival games for several years. That said, the game can be incredibly challenging when you are trying to defeat bosses or gather resources for an adventure. Fortunately, Minecraft has some cheats and console commands that can make your experience much easier. With Minecraft cheats, you can easily teleport across the map, gain experience, change the difficulty level, and more. These cheats can be incredibly useful while fighting tough bosses like the Ender Dragon and Wither. Here's what you need to know about Minecraft cheats and console commands:

Minecraft cheats and console commands list

Minecraft command targets

Instead of typing player names in the command console, you can use shorthand codes mentioned below:

• @s – yourself
• @a – all players
• @r – a random player
• @p – player nearest to you
• @e – all entities in the Minecraft world

Minecraft cheats and console commands

• /tp x y z – Teleport to a specific location by replacing ‘x y z' with coordinates
• /give [Player] [Item] [Amount] – Give another player an item from your inventory
• /experience add @s 10 levels – Get 10 experience levels
• /kill – Kills your character
• /help [CommandName] – Gives information about a command
• /weather [Type] – Replace ‘Type' with rain, thunder, clear, or snow to change the weather
• /gamemode [Mode] – Change the ‘Mode' to creative or survival
• /time set [Number] – Change the time based by replacing ‘Number' to 0 for early morning, 6000 for afternoon, 12000 for evening, 18000 for night
• /difficulty [Level] – Replace ‘Level' with peaceful, easy, normal, or hard to change the difficulty
• /seed – Find your current world's seed code to recreate an identical world later
• /gamerule keepInventory true – Avoid losing items when you die. You can replace ‘true' with ‘false' to revert this
• /gamerule doDaylightCycle false – Pause Minecraft's day/light cycle to have permanent day or night. You can revert this by replacing ‘false' with ‘true'
• /summon – Summon a creature or object of your preference
• /atlantis – Increase water levels to submerge all of your surroundings except mountains
• /ride – Turns the creature you are looking at into a mount
• /instantmine – Easy single click mining with any tool
• /freeze – Freeze enemy mobs
• /falldamage – Toggle fall damage on and off
• /firedamage – Toggle fire damage on and off
• /waterdamage – Toggle water damage on and off
• /superheat – Smelt all your current items
• /instantplant – Instantly grow planted seeds
• /dropstore – Store all items from your inventory into a nearby spawned chest
• /itemdamage – Your items receive no damage or degradation
• /duplicate – Copy and drop equipped item stack
• /gamerule mobGriefing false – Enemy mobs like creepers and ghasts cannot destroy blocks. Reverse this by replacing ‘false' with ‘true'

How to enable Minecraft cheats

• To start using Minecraft cheats, you need to ensure that you are on a server with console commands enabled.
• The console commands can be enabled during the initial setup while setting up the server.
• Once enabled, you can pull up the command console by pressing ‘/' on PC or right D-Pad on consoles and start using Minecraft cheat codes.

Bedrock Edition: How to use and turn on cheats in Minecraft

It should be noted that turning on cheats will permanently disable achievements in your Minecraft Bedrock Edition world, even if you turn off cheats later. With that out of the way, here is how to enable cheats in Minecraft Bedrock Edition

• Create a new world
• Head over to the Cheats tab and toggle them on
• Generate and enter your new Minecraft world with cheats enabled

After you enter your world, you can access the command console by pressing ‘/' on PC or right D-Pad on consoles to enter Minecraft cheats and commands.

Java Edition: How to use and turn on cheats in Minecraft

Just like previous methods, enabling cheats in Minecraft Java Edition is quite simple. Check out the following steps to turn on cheats:

• Create a new world
• Head over to the Cheats tab and turn on Allow Cheats
• Generate and enter the new Minecraft world with cheats enabled

After you enter your new Minecraft world, you can pull up the command console by pressing ‘/' on PC or right D-Pad on consoles to enter cheats and commands.