Hacks for Minecrafters: Command Blocks: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach
2 Hacks for Minecrafters Command Blocks Because commands very easily can be typed incorrectly I’ve created a text document txt with the commands in this book You can download this text document from meganfmiller com commands You can copy Ctrl C and paste Ctrl V the com mands from the document into your own command blocks However you will need to check each command to see if there are any values you need to change so that the command works in your game and on your server These are values like XYZ lo cations where the command should occur and player names For creating your own custom commands it can often be easi est to use an online command generator and the addresses to several of these generators are included in the book There’s no undo button in Minecraft Commands are very powerful and some can change your world significantly There’s no undo button in Minecraft As you are starting to use and understand commands and how they work use a test world that you won’t mind losing if disaster strikes I’ve included instructions for creating a test world in the first chapter Lastly some commands are a little different in different versions of Minecraft The commands in this book are created for Mine craft 1 8 3
chapter 1 WHAT IS A COMMAND a command in Minecraft and many software programs is a string of very specific words that the software is pro grammed to react to Some commands in Minecraft give you items you wouldn’t normally get playing a Survival game so these are sometimes called cheats For example you can use the xp command to give a player any amount of experience points xp That’s pretty cheaty but in a special mini-game giving xp can be a great reward to players who have accomplished some specific feat There are commands for doing all different types of things in Minecraft Some commands are used only by an operator or
4 Hacks for Minecrafters Command Blocks op for managing allowing and banning players on the server These commands aren’t available to use in command blocks Other commands you can use just on players like giving them xp points or on blocks like putting a block at a specific loca tion There are also commands that affect the whole world like changing it to nighttime or daytime We’ll look at these different types of commands except for the server management com mands and how to use them in the following chapters NOTE To use commands in a single-player world you must either be playing in Creative mode or have created your world with cheats on If you are playing on multiplayer you must be a server administrator or operator op You use commands in Minecraft in the chat window For exam ple to give yourself 30 xp levels you open the chat window by pressing T Then type xp 30L You type in the chat window at your screen’s bottom left to give a command
What Is a Command 5 This simple command gives whoever types it 30 full levels of xp enough for the best enchantments Other commands are more complicated and you must include ID numbers or names and codes that reference specific traits or other variables For example to create a tame black horse with white spots a couple blocks away from you and wearing a sad dle and diamond armor you would type summon EntityHorse 3 Type 0 Tame 1 Variant 516 SaddleItem id 329 ArmorItem id 419 To summon a tame horse with a specific color markings and armor takes a much longer command than granting someone xp The next chapter Command Rules will look at all the various parts of a command and how you put a command together
