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    🎲 Game Mode

    Root commands: /gamemode
    Worlds: All Servers
    Access Level: Admin

    The ability to change your gamemode, and the gamemode of other players, is one of the most important abilities as an admin. There are several different plugins, which provide several different commands, with several different aliases, for changing gamemodes.

    [!info]- Types of Game Modes
    From the Minecraft Wiki, there are four types of game modes (excluding HardCore):

    Survival

    Survival is the traditional Minecraft experience. Collect resources and build structures while surviving in a generated world. At night, hostile mobs like zombies and skeletons will attack, so make sure you are prepared!

    Creative

    In Creative Mode, you can build to your heart’s content! You can fly around and place unlimited blocks without the fear of health, hunger, or resources. All blocks are instantly destroyed when you punch them as well. If you have an idea for a build project, you can get it done instantly here!

    Adventure

    Adventure Mode lets creators craft a unique experience for guests to their world. Incoming players won’t be able to break or place blocks unless they hold special items that allow them to. These worlds are made entirely to be a player-created adventure.

    Spectator

    As you might expect from its name, Spectator Mode lets you watch over a world without having any interaction with it. You can fly through blocks but won’t be able to physically alter anything.

    Setting Your Game Mode

    To set your own game mode, there are a few different ways. The easiest is via Essentials, which provides a variety of aliases. The root command is /gamemode, which can used as following:

    • Survival Mode: /gamemode survival
    • Creative Mode: /gamemode creative
    • Adventure Mode: /gamemode adventure
    • Spectator Mode: /gamemode spectator

    The easiest alias to use are the single-command aliases for these, which allow you to one-tab them:

    • Survival Mode: /gms
    • Creative Mode: /gmc
    • Adventure Mode: /gma
    • Spectator Mode: /gmsp

    [!NOTE]- There are a ton of aliases provided by Essentials!
    To view the full list of aliases, see the Essentials Command Reference

    Setting Another Player's Game Mode

    Setting another player's game mode is done exactly the same but adding the player's name as an argument. Using the /gamemode root command:

    • Survival Mode: /gamemode survival <player>
    • Creative Mode: /gamemode creative <player>
    • Adventure Mode: /gamemode adventure <player>
    • Spectator Mode: /gamemode spectator <player>

    The easiest alias to use are the single-command aliases for these, which allow you to one-tab them:

    • Survival Mode: /gms <player>
    • Creative Mode: /gmc <player>
    • Adventure Mode: /gma <player>
    • Spectator Mode: /gmsp <player>

    [!NOTE]- All aliases work with other players!
    To view the full list of aliases, see the Essentials Command Reference