Commands/difficulty

Commands/infobox

Sets the difficulty level (peaceful, easy, etc.).

Syntax

• Java Edition

difficulty [<difficulty>]

• Bedrock Edition

difficulty <difficulty: Difficulty>

difficulty <difficulty: int>

Arguments

difficulty (BE: difficulty: Difficulty or difficulty: int) (optional‌)

Specifies the new difficulty level. Must be one of the following:

• peaceful (can be abbreviated as p or 0‌) for peaceful difficulty
• easy (can be abbreviated as e or 1‌) for easy difficulty
• normal (can be abbreviated as n or 2‌) for normal difficulty
• hard (can be abbreviated as h or 3‌) for hard difficulty

Result

Fails if the arguments are not specified correctly.

If successful, changes the game's difficulty. On a multiplayer server lasts only until the server is restarted — on restart, difficulty is reloaded from server.properties.

Examples

To change the difficulty to hard: difficulty hard, difficulty h,‌ or difficulty 3‌

See also

/gamemode – changes a player's game mode (creative, survival, etc.)