Gameplay



Gameplay in most game modes of Minecraft consists mainly of adding and destroying a variety of different blocks in a randomly generated world.

With these blocks, players can manipulate the world around them, building and destroying structures. As gameplay in Minecraft is so open and unguided, players often set their own goals and play the game as they see fit. An example of this is the Minecraft sport, Spleef.

Game modes
The four game modes in Minecraft are Survival, Creative, Adventure and Hardcore. In the level.dat, Survival mode is gametype=0, Creative is gametype=1 and Adventure is gametype=2. Hardcore is Survival with the addition of hardcore=1 (for Survival and Creative, hardcore=0). This knowledge allows hacking to change game modes by editing the world's level.dat.

Survival
In this mode, players have to gather all their materials to build, craft and gain experience points. There is a health, hunger and armor bar, an inventory and, when underwater, an oxygen bar.

Creative
The player will have access to an infinite amount of all blocks and items available, and can destroy them instantly. Players are invulnerable and do not have health, armor, or hunger, and can fly. The player has access to items not available in Survival mode, e.g. spawn eggs.

Adventure
Players can interact with objects such as levers and buttons, and can interact with mobs. However, they can not break or place blocks, making this mode good for adventure maps. Although this game mode has been released, it is still in its primitive stages, lacking in many features.

Hardcore
In this mode, wh n n e difficulty level is permanentlvhmon tich plays in the same way as Survival mode, thhe player's death.

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Table of game modes
Below is a brief summary of the different available features in each game mode. This table also includes Classic, which is the older, free version of Minecraft.