Commands/gamerule

Commands/infobox

Sets or queries a game rule value.

Syntax

• Java Edition

gamerule <rule name> [value]

• Pocket Edition

gamerule <rule: string> <value: bool>

gamerule <rule: string> <value: int>

gamerule [rule: string]

Arguments

rule name (PE: rule: string)

Specifies the game rule to set or query. May be any value, but only certain predefined game rules will affect gameplay (see Predefined Game Rules below).

value (PE: value: bool or value: int) (optional)

Specifies the value to set the game rule to. May be any value, though only true or false specified for predefined game rules will really affect gameplay, except in the case of maxEntityCramming, randomTickSpeed and spawnRadius, where any integer 0 or greater will affect gameplay (see Predefined Game Rules below).

Predefined Game Rules

Rule Name	Description	Default Value	Java Edition	Pocket Edition
announceAdvancements	Whether advancements should be announced in chat	true	Yes	No
commandBlockOutput (PE: commandblockoutput)	Whether command blocks should notify admins when they perform commands	true	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	Yes	No
doDaylightCycle (PE: dodaylightcycle)	Whether the day-night cycle and moon phases progress	true	Yes	Yes
doEntityDrops (PE: doentitydrops)	Whether entities that are not mobs should have drops	true	Yes	Yes
doFireTick (PE: dofiretick)	Whether fire should spread and naturally extinguish	true	Yes	Yes
doLimitedCrafting	Whether players should only be able to craft recipes that they've unlocked first	false	Yes	No
doMobLoot (PE: domobloot)	Whether mobs should drop items	true	Yes	Yes
doMobSpawning (PE: domobspawning)	Whether mobs should naturally spawn. Does not affect monster spawners.	true	Yes	Yes
doTileDrops (PE: dotiledrops)	Whether blocks should have drops	true	Yes	Yes
doWeatherCycle (PE: doweathercycle)	Whether the weather will change	true	Yes	Yes
drowningdamage	Whether the player should take damage when drowning	true	No	Yes
falldamage	Whether the player should take fall damage	true	No	Yes
firedamage	Whether the player should take fire damage	true	No	Yes
gameLoopFunction	The function to run every game tick	-	Yes	No
keepInventory (PE: keepinventory)	Whether the player should keep items in their inventory after death	false	Yes	Yes
logAdminCommands	Whether to log admin commands to server log	true	Yes	No
maxCommandChainLength	Determines the number at which the chain command block acts as a "chain".	65536	Yes	No
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	Yes	No
mobGriefing (PE: mobgriefing)	Whether creepers, zombies, endermen, ghasts, withers, ender dragons, rabbits, sheep, and villagers should be able to change blocks and whether villagers, zombies, skeletons, and zombie pigmen can pick up items	true	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	Yes	No
pvp	Whether the player can fight with other player	true	No	Yes
randomTickSpeed	How often a random block tick occurs (such as plant growth, leaf decay, etc.) per chunk section per game tick. 0 will disable random ticks, higher numbers will increase random ticks. Setting to a high integer results in high speeds of decay and growth	3	Yes	No
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	Yes	No
sendCommandFeedbac`k (PE: 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	Yes	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	Yes	No
spawnRadius	The number of blocks outward from the world spawn coordinates that a player will spawn in when first joining a server or when dying without a spawnpoint.	10	Yes	No
spectatorsGenerateChunks	Whether players in spectator mode can generate chunks	true	Yes	No

Result

Fails if rule name is not defined and value is not provided (i.e., attempting to query an undefined game rule).

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).

New game rules may be defined and set (by providing a value) or queried (by not providing a value).

Examples

To stop the day-night cycle: gamerule doDaylightCycle false

To stop natural healing: gamerule naturalRegeneration false

To define a new game rule called myNewRule and sets its value to 10: gamerule myNewRule 10

1.3.1 (Pocket Edition)

To show your position: /gamerule showcoordinates true

Hide postion: /gamerule showcoordinates false