Commands/gamerule

gamerule

Restrictions	Operator
First introduced	Java Edition 1.4.2 (Java Edition 12w32a) Pocket Edition 1.0.5 (Pocket Edition alpha 1.0.5.0)

Sets or queries a game rule value.

Syntax

• Java Edition

gamerule <rule name> [value]

Arguments in Java Edition are case sensitive.

• Bedrock Edition

gamerule <rule: BoolGameRule> [true|false]

gamerule maxcommandchainlength [value: int]

Arguments

Arguments in Bedrock Edition are shown for tab autocompletion as lowercase, but when typed are case-insensitive.

rule name (BE: rule: BoolGameRule)

Specifies the game rule to set or query. Only certain predefined game rules affect gameplay (see Predefined Game Rules below).

value (BE: true|false or value: int) (optional)

Specifies the value to set the game rule to. Only true or false specified for predefined game rules can affect gameplay, except in the case of maxEntityCramming, randomTickSpeed, spawnRadius, and maxCommandChainLength where any integer 0 or greater affects gameplay (see Predefined Game Rules below).

Predefined Game Rules

Rule Name	Description	Default Value	Type	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
announceAdvancements	Whether advancements should be announced in chat	true	Bool	Yes	No
commandBlocksEnabled	Whether command blocks should be enabled in-game	true	Bool	No	Yes
commandBlockOutput	Whether command blocks should notify admins when they perform commands	true	Bool	Yes	Yes
disableElytraMovementCheck	Whether the server should skip checking player speed when the player is wearing elytra. Often helps with jittering due to lag in multiplayer, but may also be used to travel unfairly long distances in survival mode (cheating).	false	Bool	Yes	No
disableRaids	Whether raids are disabled.	false	Bool	Yes	No
doDaylightCycle	Whether the day-night cycle and moon phases progress	true	Bool	Yes	Yes
doEntityDrops	Whether entities that are not mobs should have drops	true	Bool	Yes	Yes
doFireTick	Whether fire should spread and naturally extinguish	true	Bool	Yes	Yes
doInsomnia	Whether phantoms can spawn in the nighttime	true	Bool	No	Yes
doLimitedCrafting	Whether players should be able to craft only those recipes that they've unlocked first	false	Bool	Yes	No
doMobLoot	Whether mobs should drop items	true	Bool	Yes	Yes
doMobSpawning	Whether mobs should naturally spawn. Does not affect monster spawners.	true	Bool	Yes	Yes
doTileDrops	Whether blocks should have drops	true	Bool	Yes	Yes
doWeatherCycle	Whether the weather can change	true	Bool	Yes	Yes
drowningDamage	Whether the player should take damage when drowning	true	Bool	No	Yes
fallDamage	Whether the player should take fall damage	true	Bool	No	Yes
fireDamage	Whether the player should take fire damage	true	Bool	No	Yes
keepInventory	Whether the player should keep items in their inventory after death	false	Bool	Yes	Yes
logAdminCommands	Whether to log admin commands to server log	true	Bool	Yes	No
maxCommandChainLength	Determines the number at which the chain command block acts as a "chain".	65536	Int	Yes	Yes
maxEntityCramming	The maximum number of other pushable entities a mob or player can push, before taking 3 suffocation damage per half-second. Setting to 0 disables the rule. Damage affects survival-mode or adventure-mode players, and all mobs but bats. Pushable entities include non-spectator-mode players, any mob except bats, as well as boats and minecarts.	24	Int	Yes	No
mobGriefing	Whether creepers, zombies, endermen, ghasts, withers, ender dragons, rabbits, sheep, villagers, and snow golems should be able to change blocks and whether mobs can pick up items	true	Bool	Yes	Yes
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	Bool	Yes	Yes
pvp	Whether the player can fight with other players	true	Bool	No	Yes
randomTickSpeed	How often a random block tick occurs (such as plant growth, leaf decay, etc.) per chunk section per game tick. 0 disables random ticks, higher numbers increase random ticks. Setting to a high integer results in high speeds of decay and growth	1‌[BE only] 3‌[JE only]	Int	Yes	Yes
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.	false	Bool	Yes	No
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	Bool	Yes	Yes
showCoordinates	Whether the player's coordinates are displayed	true	Bool	No	Yes
showDeathMessages	Whether death messages are put into chat when a player dies. Also affects whether a message is sent to the pet's owner when the pet dies.	true	Bool	Yes	Yes
spawnRadius	The number of blocks outward from the world spawn coordinates that a player spawns in when first joining a server or when dying without a personal spawnpoint.	10	Int	Yes	No
spectatorsGenerateChunks	Whether players in spectator mode can generate chunks	true	Bool	Yes	No
tntExplodes	Whether TNT explodes after activation	true	Bool	No	Yes

Result

Fails if rule name is not defined and value is not provided (i.e., attempting to query an undefined game rule), or if "rule name is not a predefined game rule ‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

On success, returns the value of the game rule (if value is not provided) or sets the game rule to the specified value (if value is provided).

Examples

• To stop the day-night cycle: gamerule doDaylightCycle false
• To stop natural healing: gamerule naturalRegeneration false
• To stop creepers, ghasts and other mobs from modifying blocks: gamerule mobGriefing false
• To stop the natural cycle of weather: gamerule doWeatherCycle false
• To keep all of your valuables when you die: gamerule keepInventory true

Additional Behavior

This section is dedicated to explaining more complex behaviors of certain gamerules.^{[more information needed]}

• disableRaids
  • When true, the Bad Omen is not removed from a player when entering a village.
  • Stops a raid if set to true while a raid is in progress, but the existing raid mobs do not despawn.
• doEntityDrops
  • When false, items cannot be removed from item frames.
• doMobSpawning
  • Affects only natural mob spawning. Mobs from structures and events still spawn when set to false.^{[more information needed]}
• doTileDrops
  • When false, containers still drop their contents, but not themselves.
    • Shulker boxes do not drop anything, causing the items in them to be lost.
  • When false, destroying an armor stand does not drop it nor any armor it had equipped.
• mobGriefing
  • When false, prevents:
    • creepers from destroying blocks when they explode, although they still damage entities.
    • blazes from creating fire.
    • ghast fireballs from exploding blocks and creating fire.
    • villagers from farming and picking up items. However, they can still open doors and throw items.
    • sheep from turning grass blocks into dirt, but does not prevent the regrowth of wool.^{[more information needed]}
    • the ender dragon from destroying blocks, causing it to just fly through them instead.
    • the wither and its heads from destroying blocks with their explosions.
    • endermen from picking up or placing blocks.
    • zombies from breaking doors.
    • rabbits from eating carrot crops.
    • snow golems from creating snow trails.
    • ravagers from destroying crops and leaves.
    • Foxes from picking sweet berries from a sweet berry bush
    • all mobs from trampling crops.
  • Has no effect on the player.

History

Java Edition
1.4.2		12w32a			Added /gamerule.
					Added /gamerule doFireTick.
					Added /gamerule mobGriefing.
					Added /gamerule keepInventory.
					Added /gamerule doMobSpawning.
					Added /gamerule doMobLoot.
					Added /gamerule doTileDrops.
		?			Added /gamerule commandBlockOutput.
1.6.1		13w23a			Added /gamerule naturalRegeneration.
		13w24a			Added /gamerule doDaylightCycle.
1.8		14w03a			Added /gamerule logAdminCommands.
		14w10a			Added /gamerule showDeathMessages.
		14w17a			Added /gamerule randomTickSpeed.
		14w26a			Added /gamerule sendCommandFeedback.
		14w29a			Added the ability to create dummy gamerules.
1.8.1		pre1			Added /gamerule doEntityDrops.
					/gamerule doTileDrops no longer affects entities.
1.9		15w37a			Added /gamerule spectatorsGenerateChunks.
		15w51a			Added /gamerule spawnRadius.
		16w07a			Added /gamerule disableElytraMovementCheck.
1.11		16w38a			Added /gamerule doWeatherCycle.
					Added /gamerule maxEntityCramming.
1.12		17w13a			Added /gamerule doLimitedCrafting.
		17w16b			Added /gamerule maxCommandChainLength.
		17w18a			Added /gamerule announceAdvancements.
		pre1			Added /gamerule gameLoopFunction.
1.13		17w45a			/gamerule no longer accepts unknown values (dummy gamerules).
					Values to /gamerule are now type-checked.
		17w49b			Removed /gamerule gameLoopFunction.
1.14.3		pre3			Added /gamerule disableRaids.
?					Added /gamerule reducedDebugInfo.
Pocket Edition
1.0.5		alpha 1.0.5.0			Added /gamerule.
					Added /gamerule drowningDamage
					Added /gamerule fallDamage
					Added /gamerule fireDamage
					Added /gamerule pvp
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added /gamerule doDaylightCycle.
					Added /gamerule doEntityDrops.
					Added /gamerule doFireTick.
					Added /gamerule doMobSpawning.
					Added /gamerule doMobLoot.
					Added /gamerule doTileDrops.
					Added /gamerule doWeatherCycle.
					Added /gamerule keepInventory.
					Added /gamerule mobGriefing.
Bedrock Edition
1.6.0		beta 1.6.0.6			Added /gamerule doInsomnia.
1.7.0		beta 1.7.0.2			Added /gamerule commandBlocksEnabled.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Added /gamerule randomTickSpeed.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Added /gamerule showDeathMessages.
					Added /gamerule immediateRespawn.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.2			Added /gamerule spawnRadius.
					Added /gamerule sendCommandBlockFeedback.
?					Added /gamerule commandBlockOutput.
					Added /gamerule maxCommandChainLength.
					Added /gamerule naturalRegeneration.
					Added /gamerule sendCommandFeedback.
					Added /gamerule showCoordinates.
					Added /gamerule tntExplodes.