All the Minecraft console commands and cheats for console and PC

By Jesse Lennox Updated July 31, 2025

In a game as open-ended and sandboxy in nature as , it might seem like there’s no need to cheat. Unlike a game like Words With Friends 2, you aren’t necessarily competing with anyone in the game. Once you learn the best tips and tricks, maybe learn about all the biomes, and how enchanting works, there isn’t much you can’t do.

Except that isn’t quite the case. There are actually a host of fun and useful cheats and console commands you can take advantage of to tweak the game without downloading any mods. Since is a cross-platform game available on almost everything, we will go over how you can activate these cheats no matter which version of the game you’re playing on.

These cheats can provide additional layers of convenience or help you get a head start in a game by skipping over some of the more tedious aspects of starting a new Minecraft world (like the laborious process of building a Crafting Table and a set of tools).

Activating cheats in the Java edition of is by far the easiest. Start by creating a new world and make sure that the Allow Cheats option is set to On. Create your world and open the chat menu by hitting /. In this box, you can now begin entering any console commands to activate the cheat of your choice.

If you want to use cheats in an existing world, you can do so by going into the menu and selecting Open to LAN. From there, you can toggle the Allow Cheats option.

Using cheats in the Bedrock Edition is slightly different but still easy to do. Start by creating or loading a world and opening the menu. Go to the Cheats tab and toggle them On. Now, just like in Java, you can open the chat menu and input / to start entering commands. If you’re playing with a controller, you will need to hit right on the D-pad and then select your cheat from a list of options or type using the digital keyboard.

There are a ton of console commands, so here’s a comprehensive list of each one you can use and a description of what they do. This list is current as of 2025.