Commands/difficulty — minecraft

Sets or queries the difficulty level (peaceful, easy, etc.).

Syntax

difficulty [peaceful|easy|normal|hard]

difficulty <difficulty: Difficulty>

difficulty <difficulty: int>

JE: peaceful|easy|normal|hard
BE: difficulty: Difficulty: enum and difficulty: int: int

Specifies the new difficulty level. Must be one of the following:

peaceful (can be abbreviated as p or 0‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}) for peaceful difficulty
easy (can be abbreviated as e or 1‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}) for easy difficulty
normal (can be abbreviated as n or 2‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}) for normal difficulty
hard (can be abbreviated as h or 3‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}) for hard difficulty

If unspecified, queries the current difficulty instead of changing it.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Command	Trigger	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
any	the arguments are not specified correctly	N/A	Unparseable
	the original difficulty is the same as the specified difficulty‌	Failed	Successful
	Otherwise	Successful

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	`/execute store success ...`	`/execute store result ...`
any	Java Edition	On fail	0	0	0
`/difficulty ...`		On success	1	1	0
`/difficulty`		On success	1	1	the number id of current difficulty (peaceful = 0, easy = 1, normal = 2, hard = 3)
any	Bedrock Edition	On fail	0	N/A	N/A
any	Bedrock Edition	On success	1	N/A	N/A

On a multiplayer server difficulty lasts only until the server is restarted — on restart, difficulty is reloaded from server.properties.

In hardcore mode, the difficulty doesn't change even when successful.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

To change the difficulty to hard: difficulty hard, difficulty h‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}, or difficulty 3‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

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