How to Get Command Blocks in Minecraft

Launch Minecraft., Start a single-player game., Create a world with cheats enabled., Open the chat box., Get a command block., Have fun trying out new commands!

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Launch Minecraft.

    Double-click on the game’s icon on your desktop to open it.

    If you don’t have a Minecraft shortcut icon on your desktop, find it in your programs list and click the icon there.
  2. Step 2: Start a single-player game.

    From the main menu of the game, select “Single Player.” This is located at the top of the menu.

    If you have a server, proceed to Method
    2. , Click on “Create New World” at the bottom-right corner of the screen then left-click the “More World Options” button at the bottom of the screen to open advanced new world options.

    Toggle cheats on by clicking the second button on the left that reads “Allow Cheats:
    OFF.” Select the “Create New World” button to finish making the world. , Once the world has loaded, press / on your keyboard to open up the chat box so that a command can be entered. , Type one of these commands (with no quotation marks) into the chat box to attain a command block: “/give minecraft:command_block ” — This command will place a command block directly into your inventory.

    For example: /give Steve minecraft:command_block 5 “/setblock x y z minecraft:command_block” — The setblock command changes a particular block into a command block using its location.

    To determine the location of a block, press F3 on your keyboard and look at the block you wish to change.

    The coordinates of the block being looked at will be displayed. “/summon Item x y z {Item: {id:minecraft:command_block, Count:1}}” — This will summon a command block at the selected location.

    You can use the ~ symbol to represent your current location for each coordinate.

    You can also use the command /give 137 . (Do not include the brackets in the command.) ,
  3. Step 3: Create a world with cheats enabled.

  4. Step 4: Open the chat box.

  5. Step 5: Get a command block.

  6. Step 6: Have fun trying out new commands!

Detailed Guide

Double-click on the game’s icon on your desktop to open it.

If you don’t have a Minecraft shortcut icon on your desktop, find it in your programs list and click the icon there.

From the main menu of the game, select “Single Player.” This is located at the top of the menu.

If you have a server, proceed to Method
2. , Click on “Create New World” at the bottom-right corner of the screen then left-click the “More World Options” button at the bottom of the screen to open advanced new world options.

Toggle cheats on by clicking the second button on the left that reads “Allow Cheats:
OFF.” Select the “Create New World” button to finish making the world. , Once the world has loaded, press / on your keyboard to open up the chat box so that a command can be entered. , Type one of these commands (with no quotation marks) into the chat box to attain a command block: “/give minecraft:command_block ” — This command will place a command block directly into your inventory.

For example: /give Steve minecraft:command_block 5 “/setblock x y z minecraft:command_block” — The setblock command changes a particular block into a command block using its location.

To determine the location of a block, press F3 on your keyboard and look at the block you wish to change.

The coordinates of the block being looked at will be displayed. “/summon Item x y z {Item: {id:minecraft:command_block, Count:1}}” — This will summon a command block at the selected location.

You can use the ~ symbol to represent your current location for each coordinate.

You can also use the command /give 137 . (Do not include the brackets in the command.) ,

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