Advancement

This article is about advancements. For the similar mechanic in Bedrock Edition, see Achievement. For the similar feature in Minecraft Earth, see Challenges. For the command, see Commands/advancement. For the data pack format, see Advancement/JSON format.

The popup that appears when advancements are completed.

The popup that appears when goal advancements are completed.

The popup that appears when special challenge advancements are completed.

Advancements are a way to gradually guide new players into Minecraft and give them challenges to complete, similar to the more simple system of achievements in Bedrock Edition.

Obtaining

Advancements can be completed in any game mode, and are obtained and saved per world. Advancements can also be granted (and revoked) using the /advancement command.

Although advancements guide players logically through the game, they are independent of each other; an advancement can be completed without having completed the advancements "before" it. There are currently 80 of them, 16 in the Minecraft tab, 23 in the Nether tab, 9 in the The End tab, 20 in the Adventure tab, and 12 in the Husbandry tab.

When advancements are obtained, a sliding toast notification displays in the top right corner and a message is displayed in chat. The color of the header text in the notification depends on the advancement; normal and goal advancements have yellow header text, while challenge advancements have pink header text. Completing a normal advancement causes the header text to display "Advancement Made!", completing a goal advancement results in a "Goal Reached!" header, and completing a challenge advancement shows "Challenge Complete!" In addition, experience can be earned by completing advancements (only by unlocking challenge advancements, though).

Interface

The advancements interface. One advancement ("Isn't It Iron Pick") is selected.

The button to access the Advancements screen is found on the pause menu screen. The player can also open this screen by pressing L (this can be changed in the in-game options menu).

The advancement system involves several trees composed of advancements, each tree beginning with a root advancement from which several branches diverge. By clicking and dragging, the player can view different branches of an advancement tree. Each tree is categorized into different tabs (which are defined by the root advancements). Tabs are not visible if no advancements in the tab have been unlocked. There are currently five tabs in vanilla Minecraft:

• Minecraft: The heart and story of the game
• Nether: Bring summer clothes
• The End: Or the beginning?
• Adventure: Adventure, exploration, and combat
• Husbandry: The world is full of friends and food

Each tab has a different background with a repeating texture.

Advancement icons display a header name and description when hovered over. The advancement descriptions are a separate color than the icons themselves, with normal and goal advancements having green descriptions and challenge advancements having purple ones. They appear in a tree only when the advancement before it is completed, although, as stated before, advancements can be completed in any order. Up to two advancements are displayed ahead of a completed one. As more advancements are completed, new ones become visible. Two advancements ("How Did We Get Here?" and "Arbalistic") are "hidden advancements," meaning that they cannot be viewed by the player until said advancement has been completed.

If the player has not completed any advancements, the interface shows a black background with white text reading "There doesn't seem to be anything here... :(."

The icon frames of advancements can vary in appearance based on difficulty, and whether or not it was completed. A legend is provided below:

Icon Frame		Description
Uncompleted/Regular	Completed
		Normal advancement
		Goal advancement
		Challenge advancement

Extra advancements and tabs can be added and customized with the use of JSON files and data packs.

List of advancements

Minecraft

Advancement tree in the "Minecraft" tab

Minecraft
Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Minecraft	The heart and story of the game	—	Have a crafting table in your inventory.	story/root
	Stone Age	Mine stone with your new pickaxe	Minecraft	Have cobblestone or blackstone in your inventory.	story/mine_stone
	Getting an Upgrade	Construct a better pickaxe	Stone Age	Have a stone pickaxe in your inventory.	story/upgrade_tools
	Acquire Hardware	Smelt an iron ingot	Getting an Upgrade	Have an iron ingot in your inventory.	story/smelt_iron
	Suit Up	Protect yourself with a piece of iron armor	Acquire Hardware	Have any type of iron armor in your inventory.	story/obtain_armor
	Hot Stuff	Fill a bucket with lava	Acquire Hardware	Have a lava bucket in your inventory.	story/lava_bucket
	Isn't It Iron Pick	Upgrade your pickaxe	Acquire Hardware	Have an iron pickaxe in your inventory.	story/iron_tools
	Not Today, Thank You	Deflect a projectile with a shield	Suit Up	Deflect any projectile with a shield.	story/deflect_arrow
	Ice Bucket Challenge	Obtain a block of obsidian	Hot Stuff	Have a block of obsidian in your inventory.	story/form_obsidian
	Diamonds!	Acquire diamonds	Isn't It Iron Pick	Have a diamond in your inventory.	story/mine_diamond
	We Need to Go Deeper	Build, light and enter a Nether Portal	Ice Bucket Challenge	Enter the Nether dimension.	story/enter_the_nether
	Cover Me With Diamonds	Diamond armor saves lives	Diamonds!	Have any type of diamond armor in your inventory.	story/shiny_gear
	Enchanter	Enchant an item at an Enchanting Table	Diamonds!	—	story/enchant_item
	Zombie Doctor	Weaken and then cure a Zombie Villager	We Need to Go Deeper	Throw a splash potion of Weakness at a zombie villager and give it a golden apple (by facing the zombie and pressing the use key with a golden apple in your hand), then wait for the villager to be cured.	story/cure_zombie_villager
	Eye Spy	Follow an Eye of Ender	We Need to Go Deeper	Enter a stronghold.	story/follow_ender_eye
	The End?	Enter the End Portal	Eye Spy	Enter the End dimension.	story/enter_the_end

Nether

Advancement tree in the "Nether" tab

Nether
Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID	Rewards
	Nether	Bring summer clothes	—	Enter the Nether dimension.	nether/root	—
	Return to Sender	Destroy a Ghast with a fireball	Nether	Kill a ghast using a ghast fireball.	nether/return_to_sender	50 experience
	Those Were the Days	Enter a Bastion Remnant	Nether	—	nether/find_bastion	—
	Hidden in the Depths	Obtain Ancient Debris	Nether	Have ancient debris in your inventory.	nether/obtain_ancient_debris	—
	Subspace Bubble	Use the Nether to travel 7 km in the Overworld	Nether	Use the Nether to travel between 2 points in the Overworld with a minimum horizontal distance of 7000 blocks between each other, 875 blocks in the Nether.	nether/fast_travel	100 experience
	A Terrible Fortress	Break your way into a Nether Fortress	Nether	Enter a nether fortress.	nether/find_fortress	—
	Who is Cutting Onions?	Obtain Crying Obsidian	Nether	Have crying obsidian in your inventory.	nether/obtain_crying_obsidian	—
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	Give a piglin one of these 22 gold-related items while it is aggressive toward the player. Other gold-related items, if any, may be used, but are ignored for this advancement and by the piglin.	nether/distract_piglin	—
	This Boat Has Legs	Ride a Strider with a Warped Fungus on a Stick	Nether	—	nether/ride_strider	—
	Uneasy Alliance	Rescue a Ghast from the Nether, bring it safely home to the Overworld... and then kill it	Return to Sender	Kill a ghast while in the Overworld.	nether/uneasy_alliance	100 experience
	War Pigs	Loot a chest in a Bastion Remnant	Those Were the Days	Open a chest in a bastion remnant.	nether/loot_bastion	—
	Country Lode, Take Me Home	Use a Compass on a Lodestone[until JE 1.16.2] Use a compass on Lodestone‌[upcoming: JE 1.16.2]	Hidden in the Depths	Have a lodestone compass in your inventory.	nether/use_lodestone	—
	Cover Me in Debris	Get a full suit of Netherite armor	Hidden in the Depths	—	nether/netherite_armor	100 experience
	Spooky Scary Skeleton	Obtain a Wither Skeleton's skull	A Terrible Fortress	Have a wither skeleton skull in your inventory.	nether/get_wither_skull	—
	Into Fire	Relieve a Blaze of its rod	A Terrible Fortress	Have a blaze rod in your inventory.	nether/obtain_blaze_rod	—
	Not Quite "Nine" Lives	Charge a Respawn Anchor to the maximum	Who is Cutting Onions?	—	nether/charge_respawn_anchor	—
	Hot Tourist Destinations	Explore all Nether biomes	This Boat Has Legs	Visit all of these 5 biomes. The advancement is only for Nether biomes. Other biomes, if any, may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.	nether/explore_nether	500 experience
	Withering Heights	Summon the Wither	Spooky Scary Skeleton	—	nether/summon_wither	—
	Local Brewery	Brew a potion	Into Fire	Pick up an item from a brewing stand potion slot. This does not need to be a potion. Water bottles or even glass bottles can also trigger this advancement.	nether/brew_potion	—
	Bring Home the Beacon	Construct and place a Beacon[until JE 1.16.2] Construct and place a beacon‌[upcoming: JE 1.16.2]	Withering Heights	Be within a 20×20×14 cuboid centered on a beacon block when it realizes it has become powered.	nether/create_beacon	—
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Local Brewery	Have all of these 13 potion effects applied to the player at the same time. Beacon effects also count for the purposes of this advancement. Other potion effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.	nether/all_potions	100 experience
	Beaconator	Bring a beacon to full power	Bring Home the Beacon	Be within a 20×20×14 cuboid centered on a beacon block when it realizes it is being powered by a size 4 pyramid.	nether/create_full_beacon	—
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 26 effects applied to the player at the same time. Beacon effects also count for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it.	nether/all_effects	1000 experience

The End

Advancement tree in the "The End" tab

The End
Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID	Rewards
	The End	Or the beginning?	—	Enter the End dimension.	end/root	—
	Free the End	Good luck	The End	Kill the ender dragon.	end/kill_dragon	—
	The Next Generation	Hold the Dragon Egg	Free the End	Have a dragon egg in your inventory.	end/dragon_egg	—
	Remote Getaway	Escape the island	Free the End	Throw an ender pearl through or walk into an end gateway.	end/enter_end_gateway	—
	The End... Again...	Respawn the Ender Dragon	Free the End	Summon an ender dragon using end crystals.	end/respawn_dragon	—
	You Need a Mint	Collect dragon's breath in a glass bottle	Free the End	Have a bottle of dragon's breath in your inventory.	end/dragon_breath	—
	The City at the End of the Game	Go on in, what could happen?	Remote Getaway	Enter an end city.	end/find_end_city	—
	Sky's the Limit	Find elytra	The City at the End of the Game	Have a pair of elytra in your inventory.	end/elytra	—
	Great View From Up Here	Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker	The City at the End of the Game	Move a distance of 50 blocks with the Levitation effect applied.	end/levitate	50 experience

Adventure

Advancement tree in the "Adventure" tab

Adventure
Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID	Rewards
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration, and combat	—	Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity.	adventure/root	—
	Voluntary Exile	Kill a raid captain. Maybe consider staying away from villages for the time being...	Adventure	Kill an entity in the #raiders entity tag wearing an ominous banner.	adventure/voluntary_exile	—
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 33 mobs. ‌In Java Edition 1.16.2‌[upcoming], piglin brutes can also be killed for this advancement. Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_a_mob	—
	What a Deal!	Successfully trade with a Villager	Adventure	Take an item from a villager or wandering trader's trading output slot, and put it in your inventory.	adventure/trade	—
	Sticky Situation	Jump into a Honey Block to break your fall	Adventure	Collide on a horizontal side of a honey block when in air.	adventure/honey_block_slide	—
	Ol' Betsy	Shoot a crossbow	Adventure	—	adventure/ol_betsy	—
	Sweet Dreams	Sleep in a bed to change your respawn point	Adventure	Lie down in a bed. The advancement is granted as soon as the player is in the bed, even if the player does not successfully sleep.	adventure/sleep_in_bed	—
	Hero of the Village	Successfully defend a village from a raid	Voluntary Exile	—	adventure/hero_of_the_village	100 experience
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Monster Hunter	Hit an entity with a thrown trident.	adventure/throw_trident	—
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an arrow	Monster Hunter	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot an entity with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.	adventure/shoot_arrow	—
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 33 mobs. ‌In Java Edition 1.16.2‌[upcoming], piglin brutes are also required for this advancement. Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_all_mobs	100 experience
	Postmortal	Use a Totem of Undying to cheat death	Monster Hunter	Activate a totem of undying by taking fatal damage.	adventure/totem_of_undying	—
	Hired Help	Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village	What a Deal!	Summon an iron golem.	adventure/summon_iron_golem	—
	Two Birds, One Arrow	Kill two Phantoms with a piercing arrow	Ol' Betsy	Use a crossbow enchanted with Piercing to kill two phantoms.	adventure/two_birds_one_arrow	65 experience
	Who's the Pillager Now?	Give a Pillager a taste of their own medicine	Ol' Betsy	Kill a pillager with a crossbow.	adventure/whos_the_pillager_now	—
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Ol' Betsy	This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it.	adventure/arbalistic	85 experience
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Sweet Dreams	Visit all of these 42 biomes. The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes, if any, may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/adventuring_time	500 experience
	Very Very Frightening	Strike a Villager with lightning	A Throwaway Joke	Hit a villager with lightning created by a trident with the Channeling enchantment.	adventure/very_very_frightening	—
	Sniper Duel	Kill a Skeleton from at least 50 meters away	Take Aim	Kill a skeleton with a projectile while being at least 50 blocks away horizontally.	adventure/sniper_duel	50 experience
	Bullseye	Hit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters away	Take Aim	Shoot the center of a target with a projectile from at least 30 blocks away horizontally.	adventure/bullseye	50 experience

Husbandry

Advancement tree in the "Husbandry" tab

Husbandry
Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID	Rewards
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	—	Eat anything that can be eaten.	husbandry/root	—
	Bee Our Guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Bottle without aggravating the bees	Husbandry	Use a bottle on a beehive or bee nest while not angering the bees inside.	husbandry/safely_harvest_honey	—
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Husbandry	—	husbandry/breed_an_animal	—
	Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Husbandry	—	husbandry/tame_an_animal	—
	Fishy Business	Catch a fish	Husbandry	Use a fishing rod to catch a fish.	husbandry/fishy_business	—
	Total Beelocation	Move a Bee Nest, with 3 bees inside, using Silk Touch	Husbandry	—	husbandry/silk_touch_nest	—
	A Seedy Place	Plant a seed and watch it grow	Husbandry	Plant one of these 5 crops. Other crops and plants, if any, can be planted, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/plant_seed	—
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed pairs of each of these 19 mobs. A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs, if any, can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/bred_all_animals	100 experience
	A Complete Catalogue	Tame all cat variants!	Best Friends Forever	Tame each of these 11 cat variants. Other cat variants, if any, can be tamed, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/complete_catalogue	50 experience
	Tactical Fishing	Catch a fish... without a fishing rod!	Fishy Business	Have a bucket of fish in your inventory.	husbandry/tactical_fishing	—
	A Balanced Diet	Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you	A Seedy Place	Eat each of these 39 foods. Other foods, if any, can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/balanced_diet	100 experience
	Serious Dedication	Use a Netherite ingot to upgrade a hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices	A Seedy Place	Have a netherite hoe in your inventory.	husbandry/obtain_netherite_hoe	100 experience

JSON Format

Main article: Advancement/JSON format

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	None	?	Completing a challenge advancement	ui.toast.challenge_complete	None	?	?	?

History

Java Edition
1.12		March 24, 2017			"A deafening metallic condor keeps distracting me," Dinnerbone states. Users quickly pinpointed this bizarre message to this Gfycat URL officially showcasing advancements for the first time.
		17w13a			Advancements added, replacing Achievements.
		17w14a			Added new advancements, including a new "Adventure" tab.
					Added new notifications for when players advance, which have a sliding effect, and come in two colors: yellow for normal advancements, and pink for special challenges.
		17w15a			Added advancement descriptions and changed several titles.
					Added the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
		17w16b			Added trigger item_durability_changed.
		17w17a			Added new advancements and two new tabs: "The End" and "Nether."
					Added trigger levitation.
					Added feature condition to the location trigger.
					Advancements can now execute commands when achieved.
					Advancement icons now allow data values.
					Added five modifiers to the /advancement grant and /advancement revoke commands: "everything," "from," "until," "through," and "only."
		17w17b			The default advancements now all receive their titles and descriptions from the localization files.
					Added a new number display to track progress while completing certain advancements.
					Added the changed_dimension trigger, which takes two optional conditions: to and from, both being strings that accept "overworld," "the_nether," or "the_end."
					The "location" shared object has a new dimension string (same values as above).
		17w18a			Re-introduced announcements to chat when someone earns an advancement.
					Added new Adventure advancements: "Best Friends Forever," "The Parrots and the Bats," and "Two by Two."
					Added new tick and tame_animal triggers.
					Added new show_toast and announce_to_chat display options.
					Added /gamerule announceAdvancements, which toggles announcing of advancements, replacing the old server.properties entry.
					"entity" objects and the levitation trigger now use a shared "distance" object. They check if the player is within or outside of the specified range on the x, y, or z axis. absolute and horizontal ranges check if the player is within range on all axes, though horizontal excludes the Y axis.
					The "Great View From Up Here" advancement now requires 50 vertical blocks, instead of levitating for 30 seconds.
					The "Sniper Duel" advancement has been changed to horizontal distance.
					Advancement loading is now strict JSON.
		17w18b			Added a new "Husbandry" tab and several new advancements: "A Seedy Place," "Serious Dedication," "A Balanced Diet," and "Hired Help."
					The advancements added in the previous snapshot have been moved to the new Husbandry tab.
					Added new advancement triggers: consume_item, placed_block, and arbitrary_player_tick.
					The "Monster Hunter" and "Monsters Hunted" advancements now use 22 mobs instead of 23, removing the illusioner from the list.
		pre1			Added new advancements: "A Furious Cocktail," "Postmortal," "Subspace Bubble," and "Uneasy Alliance."
					Added hidden field to advancement display info, which defaults to false.
					Added new effects_changed, used_totem, and nether_travel advancements triggers.
					Removed commands from advancement rewards, replaced with function.
					Advancement trees are now centered in the UI.
					Items and entities in advancements now have an extra NBT field.
					Entities in advancements now have an extra effects and location field.
					The arbitrary_player_tick advancement trigger has been removed.
		pre2			Added new hidden advancement: "How Did We Get Here?", which rewards 100 experience.
		pre3			Advancement "How Did We Get Here?" now includes the Resistance status effect, and rewards 1000 experience.
					Advancement "A Balanced Diet" now includes all fish types (raw and cooked if possible) and an enchanted golden apple.
					Advancements now remember the tab the player last selected.
		pre5			All recipe unlock advancements now have a parent of recipes/root.
					Several recipe unlock advancements have been renamed.
		pre7			Added experience rewards to all "challenge" advancements.
		release			Added sounds to the toast notifications.
1.13		17w43a			Custom advancements have been moved into data packs.
		17w45a			Added an advancement selector argument to test for obtained advancements.
		18w14a			Added new advancements: "Fishy Business," "Tactical Fishing," "A Throwaway Joke," and "Very Very Frightening."
		18w14b			Advancements "A Furious Cocktail" and "How Did We Get Here?" now include the Slow Falling status effect.
		18w19a			Advancement "How Did We Get Here?" now includes the Conduit Power status effect.
		18w22a			Advancement "Sniper Duel" description changed to not mention it has to be with an arrow (as it can be achieved with other projectiles too).
		pre6			Added a nbt field to the advancement icon section.
		pre7			Normal and goal advancements now have green descriptions, and challenge advancements have purple descriptions.
1.14		18w43a			Added new advancements: "Ol' Betsy," "Who's the Pillager Now?", "Two Birds, One Arrow," and the hidden advancement "Arbalistic."
		18w44a			Added new advancement: "A Complete Catalogue."
					Advancements "The Parrots and the Bats" and "Best Friends Forever" now require cats, instead of ocelots.
					Advancement "Two by Two" now requires pandas.
		19w06a			A bug was causing the advancement Serious Dedication to not be granted to the player; it was fixed in this snapshot.
		19w11a			Advancement "A Balanced Diet" now requires suspicious stew and sweet berries.
					Advancement "How Did We Get Here?" now requires the Bad Omen status effect.
					Advancement "The Parrots and the Bats" can now be obtained by breeding foxes.
		19w12a			Advancement "Two by Two" now requires foxes.
		19w14a			Advancements "Monster Hunter" and "Monsters Hunted" no longer require polar bears to be killed.
		Pre-Release 2			Added 2 new advancements: "Voluntary Exile" and "Hero of the Village".
1.14.3		Pre-Release 2			Saturation is no longer required for the "How Did We Get Here?" advancement.
1.15		19w34a			Advancement "The Parrots and the Bats" can now be obtained by breeding bees.
		19w35a			Bees are now included in the "Two by Two" advancement.
					Honey bottles are now included in the "A Balanced Diet" advancement.
		19w45a			Spectral arrows can now be used to unlock the "Take Aim" advancement.
		19w46a			Added three bee-related advancements: "Sticky Situation," "Bee Our Guest," and "Total Beelocation."
					Added triggers bee_nest_destroyed, safely_harvest_honey, and slide_down_block
1.16		20w06a			The "Sky's the Limit" advancement's description has changed from "Find Elytra" to "Find elytra."
					The "Take Aim" advancement's description has changed from "Shoot something with a bow and arrow" to "Shoot something with an arrow."
		20w07a			Piglins and hoglins are now required for the "Monsters Hunted" advancement, and they count toward the "Monster Hunter" advancement.
					Hoglins can now breed, meaning they can be used for "The Parrots and the Bats" advancement.
		20w09a			Added the "Bullseye" advancement.
		20w12a			Hoglins are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
					The "Sweet Dreams" advancement's description has changed from "Change your respawn point" to "Sleep in a bed to change your respawn point."
		20w13a			"The Parrots and the Bats" advancement can now be obtained by breeding striders.
		20w14a			The advancements "Monster Hunter" and "Monsters Hunted" now use elder guardians, ender dragons, endermites, vexes, withers, and zoglins.
		20w20a			Added 10 new Nether advancements: "Those Where the Days," "Hidden in the Depths," "Who Is Cutting Onions?," "Oh Shiny," "This Boat Has Legs," "War Pigs," "Country Lode, Take Me Home," "Cover Me in Debris," "Not Quite "Nine" Lives," and "Hot Tourist Destinations."
					Striders are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
					Obtaining blackstone now counts for the "Stone Age" advancement.
					The advancement "Serious Dedication" is now rewarded for obtaining a netherite hoe. Previously, the player had to use all the durability on a diamond hoe. In addition to this, the description for this advancement has been changed from "Completely use up a diamond hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices" to "Use a Netherite ingot to upgrade a hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices."
					The description of the advancement "Not Today, Thank You" has changed from "Deflect an arrow or trident with a shield" to "Deflect a projectile with a shield."
					The description of the advancement "Ice Bucket Challenge" has changed from "Form and mine a block of obsidian" to "Obtain a block of obsidian."
					The "Bullseye" advancement now requires the bullseye to be hit from at least 30 blocks away. It is now a challenge advancement, rewarding 50 experience. The description of this advancement has changed from "Hit the bullseye of a Target block with an arrow" to "Hit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters away."
					Added triggers thrown_item_picked_up_by_entity, player_generates_container_loot, and item_used_on_block.
					Removed trigger safely_harvest_honey as it was made redundant by item_used_on_block.
		20w22a			The advancement "Bee Our Guest" can now be unlocked with both beehives and bee nests, instead of only beehives.
		Pre-release 1			The advancement file "Serious Dedication" has been renamed to obtain_netherite_hoe.json. This means progress in this advancement is not kept when upgrading to this version.
					The "Two by Two" advancement now requires donkeys and mules.
					The "Oh Shiny" advancement now uses gold nuggets, since they were added to the piglin_loved item tag.
					The "Hot Tourist Destinations" advancement now rewards 500 experience, and the "Cover Me in Debris" advancement now also rewards 100 experience.
					The capitalization of the advancement "Who Is Cutting Onions?" has changed to "Who is Cutting Onions?"
		Pre-release 3			The "Oh Shiny" advancement does not unlock if the distracted piglin is a baby or if gold nuggets are used.
		Pre-release 6			The "Oh Shiny" advancement now unlocks when the piglin is used.
					Added trigger player_interacted_with_entity.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.16.2		20w27a			Piglin brutes are required for the "Monsters Hunted" advancement and count toward the "Monster Hunter" advancement.
		20w30a			The ":(" (advancements.sad_label) under the description of the empty advancement screen can now be modified.
					The capitalization of the description of the advancement "Country Lode, Take Me Home" has changed from "Use a Compass on a Lodestone" to "Use a compass on a Lodestone."
					The capitalization of the description of the advancement "Bring Home the Beacon" has changed from "Construct and place a Beacon" to "Construct and place a beacon."

Issues

Issues relating to "Advancement" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Fourteen of the old Java Edition achievements were re-implemented as advancements: Benchmarking (called Minecraft), Getting an Upgrade, Acquire Hardware, We Need to Go Deeper, The End?, Return to Sender, Into Fire, Local Brewery, The Beginning? (called Withering Heights), Beaconator, DIAMONDS! (called Diamonds!), Adventuring Time, Monster Hunter and Sniper Duel.
• Six achievements from other editions were re-implemented as advancements: Body Guard (called Hired Help), Cheating Death (called Postmortal), Zombie Doctor, You Need a Mint, The End... Again... and Great View From Up Here.
• Though bearing similar names, Voluntary Exile advancement does not use voluntary_exile criterion trigger, unlike most other advancements.
• As an April Fools' Joke, the snapshot Java Edition 20w14∞ added a new advancement called "Almost there," achieved after going through any portal a billion times. The in-game description is "Visited over billion dimensions."
  • The advancement is found in the "Adventure" tab and its parent is the advancement "Adventure." The advancement also has a flint and steel icon.
  • The advancement can be granted using /advancement grant @s only minecraft:adventure/almost_there.

References to other media

Please note that, unless stated otherwise, these references are speculative. Advancement names may also draw from multiple different sources.

• The "Hot Stuff" advancement is a reference to the song by the same name by Donna Summer.
• The "Isn't it Iron Pick" advancement is possibly a reference to Alanis Morissette's "Ironic."
• The "Not Today, Thank You" advancement is a reference to a quote by Bilbo Baggins in the novel The Hobbit.
• The "Ice Bucket Challenge" is a reference to the actual challenge.
• The "We Need To Go Deeper" advancement is a reference to the film "Inception."
• The "Return To Sender" advancement is a reference to the song Return To Sender by Elvis Presley.
• The "Those Were the Days" advancement is possibly a reference to the Mary Hopkin song Those Were the Days, or it is likely a reference to the soundtrack of the game Bastion.
• The "War Pigs" advancement is a reference to the Black Sabbath song War Pigs.
• The "Country Lode, Take Me Home" advancement is a reference to the John Denver song Take Me Home, Country Roads.
• The "Spooky Scary Skeleton" advancement is a reference to the song of the same name by Andrew Gold.
• The "Withering Heights" advancement is a reference to the book 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Brontë.
• The "Beaconator" advancement is a reference to "The Baconator," a bacon hamburger sold at the fast food chain Wendy's.
• The "The Next Generation" advancement is a reference to the TV show, Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• The "The City at the End of the Game" advancement is likely a reference to the Star Trek episode The City on the Edge of Forever, or it could also be a reference to the book The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams.
• The "Monster Hunter" advancement is a reference to the videogame saga of the same name.
• The "Ol' Betsy" advancement is possibly a reference to Disney's Robin Hood.
• The "Adventuring Time" advancement is a reference to the Cartoon Network cartoon 'Adventure Time'.
• The "Very Very Frightening" advancement is a reference to Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
• The "Bee Our Guest" advancement is a reference to the song "Be Our Guest" from the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast.

Miscellaneous references

• The "Minecraft" advancement is a reference to the game's name. The crafting table is also one of the main blocks in the game.
• The "Stone Age" advancement is likely a reference to the period of early human history of the same name.
• The "Isn't It Iron Pick" advancement is a pun on the word "Ironic," which sounds like "Iron Pick."
• The "Who Is Cutting Onions?" advancement is referencing that onions, when cut, release enzymes that make you cry.
• The "War Pigs" advancement is a reference to when piglins become aggressive when the player opens a chest.
• The "Cover Me in Debris" advancement is a reference to the advancement "Cover Me With Diamonds." Notably, this advancement also rhymes.
• The "Not Quite "Nine" Lives" advancement is a reference to the superstition that cats have nine lives.
• The "Bring Home the Beacon" advancement is a pun on the expression "bring home the bacon."
• The "Sweet Dreams" advancement is possibly a reference to people saying "sweet dreams" to someone who is about to go to sleep.
• The "Bullseye" advancement refers to hitting the bullseye on a target.
• The "The Parrots and the Bats" advancement is a reference to "the birds and the bees."
• The "Two by Two" advancement is a reference to the story of Noah's Ark.
• The "A Complete Catalogue" advancement is a compound of cat and catalog.^{[more information needed]}

Gallery

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  First look at advancements; Dinnerbone showcasing usage of the interface (click to play).

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  "Tabthulhu."

See also

• Tutorials/Advancement guide
• Data pack
• Achievement

References

Gameplay

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