WorldJavaBedrock

/difficulty

Changes the world difficulty between peaceful, easy, normal, and hard. Peaceful stops hostile mob spawns and regenerates health; harder levels increase mob damage, hunger effects, and (on hard) zombie door-breaking and reinforcement. Run with no argument to print the current difficulty.

Syntax

Parameters

leveloptional
literal
peaceful, easy, normal, or hard. Omit to query.

Examples

  • Switch to Peaceful — hostile mobs despawn and health regenerates.

  • Set Hard difficulty for maximum challenge.

  • Print the world's current difficulty.

Common questions

How do I turn off mobs in Minecraft?

Run /difficulty peaceful. Hostile mobs stop spawning and existing ones despawn. Combine with /kill @e[type=#minecraft:undead] to clear any already loaded.

Permission level

/difficulty requires Cheats (op level 2). In single-player you need the world's "Allow Cheats" toggle on. On a multiplayer server you need to be opped — see /op.