Commands that may be used while in Survival Multiplayer (SMP) mode. Commands being entered into the Minecraft client itself must be prefixed by a slash (example: /me flips a table). Commands being executed via the console are not preceded by a slash.
Player Commands
These commands are usable via the chat window by any player who is allowed to connect to the server.
| Command | Description |
| tell <playername> <message> | Sends a message that only playername sees. It will appear in the chat window in grey in the form of "yourname whispers message". |
| me <actiontext> | Similar to the /emote or /action commands in IRC clients, the /me command sends a narrative message to the other players in the form of "* Yourname actiontext" (e.g., "* Yourname flips a table."). |
| kill | Inflicts 1000 damage points (500 hearts is utterly unsurvivable even when wearing a full set of diamond armor) to the user, killing them and returning them to their spawn point. Useful when lost, stuck or to restore health and hunger (assuming you can get your items back easily). This does not work in Creative mode. Due to the amount of damage, worn armor is always destroyed. |
Operator-only commands
These commands are usable by ops (operators) from the server console as well as through the chat window when prefixed by the command character (a forward slash). For example: "/help" instead of "help". Required arguments appear in <angle brackets>; optional arguments appear in [square brackets].
Note: Players do not normally see op commands being entered, but they are broadcast to the other ops on the server at the time.
| Command | Description |
| ban <playername> | Blacklists the name playername from the server so that they can no longer connect. Note: Bans supersede any whitelisting in place. |
| ban-ip <ip-address> | Blacklists an IP address so that all subsequent connections from it are rejected. |
| banlist [ips] | Displays the banlist. To display banned IP addresses, use the command banlist ips |
| deop <playername> | Revokes a player's operator status. |
| gamemode <playername> <0|1> | Changes the game mode for playername to Survival (0) mode or Creative (1) mode. Remember, this will only affect playername and no one else; it may confuse others. Note: Player must currently be online for the command to work. |
| give <playername> <data-value> [amount] [damage-value] | Spawns amount (defaults to 1) of the item defined by data-value with the specified damage value (defaults to 0) at playername 's location. |
| help OR ? | Shows a list of available server commands. Note: banlist, whitelist, toggledownfall, xp, tell, me, and kill commands are not listed. |
| kick <playername> | Forcibly disconnects playername from the server. |
| list | Shows the names of all currently-connected players |
| op <playername> | Grants playername operator status on the server. |
| pardon <playername> | Removes playername from the blacklist, allowing them to connect again. |
| pardon-ip <ip-address> | Removes ip-address from the IP blacklist, allowing players from that IP address to connect to the server. |
| save-all | Forces the server to write all pending changes to the world to disk. |
| save-off | Disables the server writing to the world files. All changes will temporarily be queued. |
| save-on | Enables the server writing to the world files. This is the default behaviour. |
| say <message> | Broadcasts message to all players on the server (in bright pink letters) |
| stop | Gracefully shuts down the server. |
| time <set|add> <number> | Set or increment (add to) the world time. number is an integer between 0 and 24000, inclusive, where 0 is dawn, 6000 midday, 12000 dusk and 18000 midnight (i.e. the clock is bisected; left side is night, right side is day). Note: You can also subtract from the current time by using the 'add X' modifier, by using a negative value (i.e. 'time add -6000' would change midnight to dusk) |
| toggledownfall | Toggles rain and snow. |
| tp <playername> <targetplayer> | Teleports player playername to targetplayer 's location |
| whitelist <add|remove> <playername> | Adds or removes playername from the whitelist. |
| whitelist <on|off> | Enables/disables the server's use of a whitelist. Note: Server ops will always be able to connect when the whitelist is active, even if their names do not appear in the whitelist. |
| whitelist <reload> | Reloads the list of playernames in white-list.txt from disk (used when white-list.txt has been modified outside of Minecraft). |
| xp <playername> <amount> | Gives the specified user the given number of orbs. |