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Pixel art and other creations made in Creative mode.

Creative mode is one of the main game modes in Minecraft. Creative mode strips away the survival aspects of Minecraft and allows players to easily create and destroy structures and mechanisms with the inclusion of an infinite use of blocks and flying. It also changes some of the background music.

1 Gameplay
2 Creative inventory
- 2.1 Java-only Creative inventory exclusives
- 2.2 Pick block
- 2.3 Unavailable blocks and items
3 Representation in level.dat
4 History
5 Issues
6 Gallery
7 See also
8 References

Gameplay [ ]

In Creative mode, players have no health or hunger bar to hamper their building since they are invincible (though it is still possible to eat). Creative mode allows players to destroy all blocks instantly (including normally-indestructible blocks such as bedrock, end portal frames, etc.), provided they are not holding a sword, trident or debug stick. However, these blocks are not dropped and must be obtained by the Creative inventory.

Creative mode gives players the ability to fly. To activate flying, double-tap the jump key. Use the jump key to go up and the sneak key to go down and the movement keys, the default is W A S D to move. The player can disable flying in mid-air by double-tapping jump again, causing them to drop to the ground. Touching the ground when flying disables flying in Java Edition, but not in Bedrock Edition. Getting into a minecart or bed does not disable flying.

Players in Creative mode are unable to receive damage. However, going too far into the void still kills the player (in Java Edition, while in Bedrock it is possible to stand on it), but the player can fly around in the void provided they do not descend below Y=-64. This, the /kill command, and external editors are the only way to die in Creative mode.‌^{[ Java Edition only ]} Creative players in Bedrock Edition are completely invulnerable, just like in Spectator mode.

Mobs still spawn as they do in other game modes, unless Peaceful mode is active, (including from spawners) but all are passive toward the players and do not attack (even if they stare at the player in strange ways). If the player enters the End while in Creative mode, the ender dragon still attempts to attack the player, but cannot cause any harm.‌^{[ Java Edition only ]} Zombies summoned by others calling for backup attempt to attack the player, but they still cause no harm, and they stop attacking after several seconds. The player can still ignite creepers with a flint and steel.

Once a world is created, if cheats are enabled, the game mode can be manually changed to Creative (or other game modes) with the /gamemode command, specifically by typing /gamemode creative. In multiplayer, players can be individually changed between game modes with the /gamemode command available to operators. This means that individual players can play Creative mode (at the operator's discretion) on a Survival map, or vice-versa. The default game mode for new players can also be changed with the /defaultgamemode command.

If it is possible for the game to determine that a block was broken by the player, it does not drop (exceptions being shulker boxes and beehives if they have non-default NBT data). If the game cannot unambiguously determine how a block broke, the block drops.^[1] Mobs killed by the player in Creative still drop items, but most other entities do not. Containers also drop their contents when broken. A notable exception to the no drops rule is the minecart, which, if renamed, drops itself as an item; this is indeed considered intentional behavior.^[2]

In Bedrock Edition, creating a new Creative world or opening an existing world in Creative permanently disables achievements, trophies, and leaderboard updates for that particular game, but has no other effects on gameplay. In other words, achievements, trophies and leaderboard updates work only in games that have always been in Survival.

Players in Creative have longer reach for placing, destroying, and attacking than in Survival.

Creative inventory [ ]

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The Creative mode inventory showing the Search tab for the *Java Edition*.

The Creative mode inventory showing the All tab in Bedrock Edition (Classic option).

The Creative mode inventory showing the All tab in Bedrock Edition (Pocket option).

In Creative, the normal inventory screen is replaced by the item selection screen, which contains almost all blocks and items (with some exceptions) in a tabbed interface. Some items and blocks are available only in Creative mode, such as spawn eggs. Likewise, some blocks can be used only in Creative, such as command blocks and structure blocks.

In Java Edition, there are 12 tabs that are ordered from top-left to bottom right as:

Building Blocks, which are general building materials;
Decoration, which are blocks for decorative purposes;
Redstone, which are items for building redstone contraptions;
Transportation, which are used for transportation;
Miscellaneous, which are unstackable items and other that are not related to other groups;
Food, which are food-related items
Tools;
Weapons;
Brewing, for brewing purposes;
Saved toolbars;
A Search tab, and;
The Survival inventory.

In Bedrock Edition, there are only 9 tabs, which are:

Building Blocks
Tools and Weapons
Items
Nature
Search There is also a view tab, which can be toggled to:
Creative inventory only
Creative and Survival inventory
Survival inventory only

Some items behave differently in Creative mode. Items do not disappear or lose durability when used. For example, putting an item in an item frame or on an armor stand does not cause it to disappear from the player's hand. Instead, the item is duplicated. It is the same for putting on armor by right-clicking it from the player's hotbar. Also, empty buckets simply makes liquids disappear.

In Java Edition, there is a "destroy item" button, where items can be dragged to and deleted. ⇧ Shift + clicking on the button will clear the entire inventory, including the hotbars, off-hand and armor slots.

Items can be picked up by the player, but if the hotbar is already full, the items go into the Survival inventory.

Java-only Creative inventory exclusives [ ]

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Several blocks can be found in the Creative inventory that are not normally available as items through vanilla Survival gameplay (excluding bedrock, chorus plant, end portal frames, farmland, spawn egg, dirt path, and the infested blocks as of the 1.17 snapshots):

Bedrock ^{[note 1]}
Budding Amethyst
Spore Blossom
Chorus Plant
End Portal Frame ^{[note 2]}
Farmland
Spawn Egg
Dirt Path
Infested Cobblestone
Infested Chiseled Stone Bricks
Infested Cracked Stone Bricks
Infested Mossy Stone Bricks
Infested Stone ^{[note 3]}
Infested Stone Bricks
Infested Deepslate
Petrified Oak Slab ^{[note 4]}
Player Head
Potion of Luck
Splash Potion of Luck
Lingering Potion of Luck
Arrow of Luck

↑ Several methods for obtaining this as an item existed - see Tutorials/Obtaining discontinued blocks and items for more information.
↑ Can be obtained using explosions in Beta 1.9 Pre release 3 - see Tutorials/Obtaining discontinued blocks and items for more information.
↑ Can be obtained using Silk Touch in Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 - see Tutorials/Obtaining discontinued blocks and items for more information.
↑ Can be kept if crafted in worlds where they were still craftable and said world is upgraded to the current version - see Tutorials/Obtaining discontinued blocks and items for more information.

Pick block [ ]

The player can obtain items using pick block. Unlike Survival, the block selected appears in the player's hotbar even if the block is not already in the hotbar or in the Survival inventory. If it is in the inventory, then the block moves out of its former slot and replaces the block/item in the active hotbar slot, with the size of the stack preserved. If the hotbar is full then the selected block replaces the block/item in the active slot.

Most blocks give the player a copy of itself when using pick block. Using it on an item frame gives the player the item held inside, or the item frame itself if no item is held. Using it on a mob gives the player a spawn egg of that mob. Using it on a mob head gives the mob type that it is; using it on custom heads gives only the mob type that was used in the command, but without the custom skin.

If the player holds Ctrl and press pick block, in addition to obtaining the item, it also preserves the block's NBT tags, allowing the player to place an identical copy of the block. This allows the player to duplicate items inside of chests, dispensors, etcs. This technique also duplicates the text on sign posts.

The only exception to the use of the pick block is the spawner.

Unavailable blocks and items [ ]

There are several blocks and a couple of items that do not appear in the Creative inventory. They can be obtained with the /give command, and can be manually placed using /setblock command, using the IDs provided in the table below. Additionally, using pick block on these blocks also give them, except where noted. Technical blocks, such as portals and off-state redstone torches, do not have corresponding inventory items in Java Edition and cannot be obtained without external help in Bedrock Edition, and thus cannot be legitimately obtained.

Name	Can be obtained with Pick Block?	Inventory availability		ID
Name	Can be obtained with Pick Block?	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition	ID
Barrier	Yes	No	No	barrier
Command block	Yes	No	No	command_block repeating_command_block chain_command_block
Debug Stick	Not a block	No	N/A	debug_stick
Minecart with command block	Yes (entity)	No	No	command_block_minecart
Firework star	Not a block	Partial	Partial	firework_star
Firework rocket	No (entity)	Partial	Partial	firework_rocket
Spawner	No^[3]	No^[4]	Yes	JE: spawner BE: mob_spawner
Structure block	Yes	No	No	structure_block
Structure void	Yes	No	No	structure_void
Dragon Egg	Yes	No^[5]	Yes	dragon_egg
Knowledge Book	Not a block	No	N/A	knowledge_book
Jigsaw block	Yes	No	No	jigsaw
Light Block	No	No	No	JE: light BE: light_block
Suspicious stew	Not a block	No	No	suspicious_stew

Representation in `level.dat` [ ]

Creative mode is represented as 1 in GameType in the level.dat file; to manually change the GameType, the file must first be opened with an external NBT editor.

Note: Singleplayer worlds do not use this field to save the game mode the player is currently in.

History [ ]

Java Edition pre-Classic
Cave game tech test					The first version of "Creative" mode has no flying, and no placing or removing blocks.
rd-132211					The player can now place and destroy blocks. Left-clicking places a block, and right-clicking destroys a block.
					Blocks cannot be placed past the world boundary.
					Falling off the edge or digging through the bottom of the world will not kill the player.
Java Edition Classic
May 16, 2009					Notch discussed Creative among the various game modes he envisioned for the game.
0.0.19a					Hotbar was added. It displayed all blocks except cobblestone and sand.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Removed Creative mode, added survival features.
0.28					Creative mode update, restored Creative mode to Classic.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20091231-1			Effectively removed Creative from this version onwards, as all subsequent versions up to and including Beta 1.7.3 use Survival gameplay. However, some minor code edits could return the game to an effective Creative state (similarly to activating Survival mode in Classic 0.28 and 0.29), although this was unsupported and became increasingly unstable through the updates.
		20100113			Removed the health bar, effectively making the game mode Creative.
		20100114			Added back the health bar, making the game mode Survival.
Java Edition Beta
June 28, 2011					Notch announced Creative mode as one of the gamemodes a player can choose.
July 5, 2011					The modification date of the texture used for the Creative inventory prior to 1.3.1 (12w16a) suggests that Creative mode was in-development at this point.
1.8		Pre-release			Re-added Creative mode released in the Adventure Update alongside Survival.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			Hostile mobs are now neutral to players in Creative mode.
1.2.1		12w05a			Enchanting no longer requires experience in Creative mode.
1.3.1		12w16a			Cheats allow switching between Survival and Creative modes without mods or editors.
		12w17a			Tools in Creative mode now have infinite durability.
		12w18a			Players no longer begin with a full hotbar in Creative mode.
		12w21b			The tabbed inventory window is added; previously, there was a single list of blocks and items, with no access to the Survival inventory (except when using crafting tables or similar blocks).
		12w22a			Armor slots, crafting grid, and a delete item feature are added to the Survival inventory.
		12w22a			Potions are added to the Creative inventory. However, the potion of healing is currently missing.
		12w27a			Creative inventory now shows status effects.
		12w30c			The crafting grid was removed from the Survival inventory tab because of a duplication bug.
1.4.2		12w32a			Added command blocks in the Pretty Scary Update, which can be used only in Creative mode.
1.4.2		12w38a			Added Healing and Harming potions to the Creative inventory.
1.5		13w09c			All potions have been categorized in the Brewing menu in the Redstone Update.
1.6.1		13w17a			Added extra tooltip info in the search tab for the Creative inventory in the Horse Update.
		13w18a			Hostile mobs no longer follow players when hit in Creative mode.
		13w18a			Creepers do not explode when hit in Creative mode.
		13w21a			Experience levels no longer appear in Creative. Previously, experience would be hidden but experience levels would show.
		13w25b			It is no longer possible to break blocks with a sword in Creative mode.
1.7.2		13w36a			The displayed item for the 'Decoration Blocks' tab in the Creative menu has been changed to a peony flower in The Update that Changed the World.
1.7.2		1.7			Spiders, cave spiders, zombie pigmen, blazes, and endermen are no longer provoked when attacked by a player who is in Creative mode.
2013 Music Update					Six ambient music tracks are added that play in Creative mode.
1.8		14w06a			Players in Creative mode as of the Bountiful Update can make barriers visible by holding a barrier in their hand.
		14w07a			Players can create a copy of a block entity in their hotbar, including all NBT data, by holding `Ctrl` and pressing pick block.
		14w10a			Players in Creative can now damage entities even if they are flagged invulnerable.
1.9		15w31a			Added structure blocks in the Combat Update. They were unobtainable and unusable, and could be placed only with commands, such as `/setblock`.
1.10		16w20a			Structure blocks are now obtainable using commands in the Frostburn Update and usable in Creative mode.
1.12		17w06a			Added toolbar saving.
1.13		18w20a			It is no longer possible to break blocks with tridents in Creative mode.^[6]
1.15		19w46a			All foods are now edible in Creative mode, including cake.
1.16		20w10a			Fire and soul fire now behave more like other blocks and therefore can no longer be put out by swords/tridents in Creative
		Pre-release 1			Using a bucket on water or lava in Creative mode now provides the player with one water or lava bucket in the inventory.^[7] This is created in a new inventory slot rather than replacing the used bucket. A limit of one bucket per fluid can be obtained this way - attempting to fill a bucket where a filled one already exists in the inventory removes the fluid as expected but does not provide any new buckets.
		Pre-release 1			Cows and mooshrooms can also now be milked in Creative mode,^[8] providing the player with limitless milk buckets.
		Pre-release 4			Milking cows now only provides Creative players with one bucket.^[9]
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0					Added Creative mode.
v0.2.0					Added the flying ability to Creative mode.
v0.2.0					Added Survival mode, making Creative optional.
v0.10.0		build 1			Creative now has the day/night cycle.
v0.11.0		build 1			Creative mode worlds can now be converted to Survival (or vice-versa) without third-party software.
		build 10			Increased interaction range for players in Creative.
		build 11			Players in Creative are no longer killed by the void.
		build 12			Players in Creative mode no longer catch fire.
v0.12.1		build 1			Mobs no longer become hostile toward Creative mode players.
					External inventories can now be interacted with in Creative.
					Prior to this version, players could not activate nether reactors in Creative mode; this was made obsolete with the addition of the Nether.
		build 11			External inventories can no longer be interacted with in Creative due to a lack of a proper inventory.
		build 11			It is no longer possible to break blocks with a sword in Creative mode.
v0.14.0		build 1			Added Survival inventory tabs to the Creative inventory.
v0.14.0		build 1			External inventories can now be interacted with in Creative.
v0.15.0		build 1			Added achievements, which cannot be earned in Creative mode. Switching to Creative gives a "warning" message.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Players now start Creative mode worlds with an empty hotbar.
1.7.0		beta 1.7.0.2			Players can now eat in Creative mode.
Legacy Console Edition
TU5	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added Creative mode.
TU6	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added a quick command to clear the hotbar in Creative mode. (////// button)
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added Creative Mode