Commands/defaultgamemode

Sets the default game mode (Creative, Survival, etc.) for new players entering a multiplayer server. If in multiplayer and force-gamemode in the server.properties file is true, or if in LAN world, all online players are set to this game mode.

Syntax[]

defaultgamemode <gamemode>

Arguments[]

<gamemode>: gamemode

Specifies the default game mode.

Must be one of the following:

• survival for Survival mode
• creative for Creative mode
• adventure for Adventure mode
• spectator for Spectator mode

Note that "hardcore" is not a valid option, as it is technically not a game mode.

Result[]

Command	Trigger	Java Edition
any	the arguments are not specified correctly	Unparseable
	Otherwise	Successful

Output[]

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	/execute store success ...	/execute store result ...
any	Java Edition	If in multiplayer, and force-gamemode in the server.properties file is true	1	1	the number of online players whose game mode is changed
		Otherwise	1	1	0

Examples[]

• To set the default game mode to survival: defaultgamemode survival

See also[]

/gamemode – changes a player's game mode

History[]

Java Edition
1.3.1		12w22a			Added /defaultgamemode.
1.8		14w05a			Added spectator to /defaultgamemode.
1.19.3		22w45a			Now this command accepts a gamemode argument, instead of literal subcommands.