Difficulty

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The main article can be found at Minecraft Wiki: Difficulty.

Difficulty is a setting integrated in vanilla Minecraft that affects the game's difficulty in some way, mostly by slightly tweaking hostile mobs' stats or abilities. There are five difficulty settings integrated in vanilla Minecraft: Peaceful, Easy, Normal, Hard, and Hardcore. There are currently no mods that add any other difficulty levels.

1 Difficulty Levels

Difficulty Levels[edit]

Peaceful[edit]

This difficulty is very different and much easier than all others in multiple ways. Most importantly it completely disables the spawning of hostile mobs, and any already present in the world will instantly despawn. The only exception to this is the Ender Dragon. Players will also regenerate health at a rate of about half a heart per second, in addition to natural hunger regeneration. The hunger meter will also never drop, however unlike the health it will not regenerate if drained by other means.

Because of the removal of hostile mobs on this level, many mob drops are unobtainable or very rare in vanilla Minecraft. There are however many FTB mods that add alternative methods of obtaining these items, such as the Peaceful Table from Extra Utilities.

Easy, Normal, Hard[edit]

These three difficulty levels have only small differences, mostly regarding hostile mobs' damage stats, which will gradually become higher from Easy to Hard. Certain mobs also gain additional abilities on higher difficulties, for example Zombies can break Wooden Doors on Normal or higher.

Hardcore[edit]

This level of difficulty is exclusive to worlds in Hardcore mode and may not be selected normally via the Difficulty option. It is also the only difficulty available for Hardcore worlds. Although gameplay-wise identical to Hard, it causes the health bar's hearts to have a slightly different look. Most importantly players also only have one life - when they die, they must either delete their world in singleplayer or permanently get banned in multiplayer.

Vanilla Minecraft

Blocks

Artificial	Armor Stand • Banner • Bark • Bookshelf • Bricks • Carpet • Chiseled Quartz Block • Chiseled Sandstone • Chiseled Red Sandstone • Chiseled Stone Bricks • Concrete • Concrete Powder • Cracked Stone Bricks • Crimson Hyphae ( Warped ) • Crimson Planks ( Warped ) • Cut Red Sandstone • Cut Sandstone • Dried Kelp Block • Farmland • Glass • Glass Pane • Glazed Terracotta • Grass Path • Honeycomb Block • Infested Block • Iron Bars • Jack o'Lantern • Moss Stone • Mossy Stone Bricks • Nether Brick ( Chiseled • Cracked ) • Nether Brick Fence • Nether Wart Block ( Warped Wart ) • Pillar Quartz Block • Polished Andesite • Polished Diorite • Polished Granite • Quartz Bricks • Red Nether Brick • Scaffolding • Smooth Sandstone • Smooth Quartz • Smooth Red Sandstone • Smooth Stone • Stained Clay • Stained Glass • Stripped Log • Stripped Wood • Stone Bricks • Wooden Fence • Wood Planks • Wool

Natural	Air • Andesite • Basalt • Bedrock • Blackstone • Blue Ice • Chain • Coarse Dirt • Coral Block • Clay • Cobblestone • Cobweb • Crimson Nylium ( Warped ) • Crimson Stem ( Warped ) • Crying Obsidian • Dark Prismarine • Dead Coral Block • Diorite • Dirt • End Portal Frame • End Rod • End Stone • End Stone Bricks • Glowstone • Granite • Grass Block • Gravel • Terracotta • Ice • Magma Block • Mycelium • Netherrack • Obsidian • Packed Ice • Podzol • Prismarine • Prismarine Bricks • Purpur Block • Purpur Pillar • Red Sand • Red Sandstone • Sand • Sandstone • Sea Lantern • Shroomlight • Snow • Snow Layer • Sponge • Soul Sand • Soul Soil • Stone • Wet Sponge

Slabs	Andesite Slab • Brick Slab • Cobblestone Slab • Cut Red Sandstone Slab • Cut Sandstone Slab • Dark Prismarine Slab • Diorite Slab • End Stone Brick Slab • Granite Slab • Mossy Cobblestone Slab • Mossy Stone Brick Slab • Nether Brick Slab • Polished Andesite Slab • Polished Diorite Slab • Polished Granite Slab • Petrified Oak Slab • Prismarine Slab • Prismarine Brick Slab • Purpur Slab • Quartz Slab • Red Nether Brick Slab • Red Sandstone Slab • Sandstone Slab • Smooth Quartz Slab • Smooth Red Sandstone Slab • Smooth Sandstone Slab • Smooth Stone Slab • Stone Slab • Stone Brick Slab • Wood Slab

Stairs	Andesite Stairs • Brick Stairs • Cobblestone Stairs • Dark Prismarine Stairs • Diorite Stairs • End Stone Brick Stairs • Granite Stairs • Mossy Cobblestone Stairs • Mossy Stone Brick Stairs • Nether Brick Stairs • Polished Andesite Stairs • Polished Diorite Stairs • Polished Granite Stairs • Prismarine Stairs • Prismarine Brick Stairs • Purpur Stairs • Quartz Stairs • Red Nether Brick Stairs • Red Sandstone Stairs • Sandstone Stairs • Smooth Quartz Stairs • Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs • Smooth Sandstone Stairs • Stone Brick Stairs • Stone Stairs • Wood Stairs

Walls	Andesite Wall • Brick Wall • Cobblestone Wall • Diorite Wall • End Stone Brick Wall • Granite Wall • Mossy Cobblestone Wall • Mossy Stone Brick Wall • Nether Brick Wall • Prismarine Wall • Red Nether Brick Wall • Red Sandstone Wall • Sandstone Wall • Stone Brick Wall

Miscellaneous	Barrier • Fire ( Soul ) • Sea Pickle • Turtle Egg

Storage Blocks	Block of Coal • Block of Diamond • Block of Emerald • Block of Gold • Block of Iron • Block of Netherite • Block of Quartz • Block of Redstone • Bone Block • Honey Block • Lapis Lazuli Block • Slime Block

Devices

Basic	Bed • Button (Stone) • Button (Wood) • Daylight Sensor • Fence Gate • Iron Door • Iron Trapdoor • Ladder • Lantern ( Soul ) • Lever • Note Block • Observer • Redstone Lamp • Redstone Torch • Piston • Pressure Plate (Stone) • Pressure Plate (Wood) • Sign • Sticky Piston • Target • TNT • Torch ( Soul ) • Tripwire Hook • Weighted Pressure Plate (Heavy) • Weighted Pressure Plate (Light) • Wooden Door • Wooden Trapdoor

Complex	Anvil • Barrel • Beacon • Bee Nest • Beehive • Bell • Blast Furnace • Brewing Stand • Campfire ( Soul ) • Cartography Table • Chest ( Ender • Trapped ) • Conduit • Composter • Crafting Table • Command Block • Debug Stick • Dispenser • Dropper • Enchantment Table • Fletching Table • Furnace • Grindstone • Hopper • Jigsaw Block • Jukebox • Lectern • Lodestone • Loom • Monster Spawner • Redstone Comparator • Redstone Repeater • Respawn Anchor • Shulker Box • Smithing Table • Smoker • Stonecutter • Structure Block • Structure Void

Rails	Rail ( Powered Rail • Detector Rail • Activator Rail )

Minecarts	Minecart ( Minecart with Chest • Minecart with Command Block • Minecart with Furnace • Minecart with Hopper • Minecart with TNT )

Flora

Crops	Carrot • Carved Pumpkin • Crimson Fungus ( Warped ) • Crimson Roots ( Warped ) • Kelp • Melon • Brown Mushroom • Red Mushroom • Nether Sprouts • Nether Wart • Potato • Pumpkin • Sugar Canes • Sweet Berry Bush • Wheat

Plants	Allium • Azure Bluet • Coral • Coral Fan • Bamboo • Blue Orchid • Brown Mushroom Block • Cactus • Chorus Plant • Chorus Flower • Cornflower • Dead Bush • Dead Coral • Dead Coral Fan • Fern • Dandelion • Grass • Large Fern • Lilac • Lily of the Valley • Lily Pad • Orange Tulip • Oxeye Daisy • Peony • Pink Tulip • Poppy • Red Mushroom Block • Red Tulip • Rose • Rose Bush • Seagrass • Tall Grass • Tall Seagrass • Sunflower • Vines • Weeping Vines ( Twisting ) • White Tulip • Wither Rose

Seeds	Beetroot Seeds • Cocoa Beans • Melon Seeds • Pumpkin Seeds • Seeds

Trees	Tree • Wood • Sapling • Leaves

Food

Edible	Apple • Baked Potato • Beetroot • Beetroot Soup • Bread • Cake • Chorus Fruit • Cooked Chicken • Cooked Cod • Cooked Mutton • Cooked Porkchop • Cooked Salmon • Cookie • Dried Kelp • Golden Apple ( Enchanted ) • Golden Carrot • Honey Bottle • Melon • Mushroom Stew • Pumpkin Pie • Rabbit Stew • Steak • Suspicious Stew • Sweet Berries

Raw	Clownfish • Poisonous Potato • Pufferfish • Raw Beef • Raw Chicken • Raw Cod • Raw Mutton • Raw Porkchop • Raw Salmon

Items

Armor	Leather Cap • Leather Tunic • Leather Pants • Leather Boots • Chain Helmet • Chain Chestplate • Chain Leggings • Chain Boots • Golden Helmet • Golden Chestplate • Golden Leggings • Golden Boots • Iron Helmet • Iron Chestplate • Iron Leggings • Iron Boots • Diamond Helmet • Diamond Chestplate • Diamond Leggings • Diamond Boots • Netherite Helmet • Netherite Chestplate • Netherite Leggings • Netherite Boots • Turtle Shell • Leather Horse Armor • Iron Horse Armor • Golden Horse Armor • Diamond Horse Armor

Miscellaneous	Banner Pattern • Boat • Book • Book and Quill • Bottle o' Enchanting • Bowl • Bucket • Cauldron • Clock • Compass • Dragon's Breath • Elytra • Empty Map • End Crystal • Eye of Ender • Firework Rocket • Firework Star • Flower Pot • Glass Bottle • Glistering Melon • Heart of the Sea • Honeycomb • Item Frame • Knowledge Book • Nautilus Shell • Painting • Paper • Popped Chorus Fruit • Prismarine Crystals • Prismarine Shard • Saddle • Snowball • Spawn Egg • Stick • Sugar • Written Book

Mob Drops	Blaze Rod • Bone • Egg • Ender Pearl • Feather • Ghast Tear • Gunpowder • Ink Sac • Leather • Magma Cream • Head ( Creeper • Dragon • Player • Skeleton • Wither Skeleton • Zombie ) • Nether Star • Phantom Membrane • Rabbit Hide • Rabbit's Foot • Rotten Flesh • Scute • Shulker Shell • Slimeball • Spider Eye • String

Tools	Wooden Pickaxe • Wooden Axe • Wooden Shovel • Wooden Hoe • Stone Pickaxe • Stone Axe • Stone Shovel • Stone Hoe • Iron Pickaxe • Iron Axe • Iron Shovel • Iron Hoe • Golden Pickaxe • Golden Axe • Golden Shovel • Golden Hoe • Diamond Pickaxe • Diamond Axe • Diamond Shovel • Diamond Hoe • Netherite Pickaxe • Netherite Axe • Netherite Shovel • Netherite Hoe • Name Tag • Lead • Shears • Fishing Rod • Carrot on a Stick ( Warped Fungus ) • Flint and Steel

Potions	A list of all potions can be found Here.

Weapons	Wooden Sword • Stone Sword • Iron Sword • Golden Sword • Diamond Sword • Netherite Sword • Arrow ( Spectral • Tipped ) • Bow • Crossbow • Fire Charge • Shield • Totem of Undying • Trident

Resources

Dyes	Black Dye • Blue Dye • Brown Dye • Cocoa Beans • Cyan Dye • Gray Dye • Green Dye • Ink Sac • Light Blue Dye • Light Gray Dye • Lime Dye • Magenta Dye • Orange Dye • Pink Dye • Purple Dye • Red Dye • White Dye • Yellow Dye

Fluids	Lava ( Bucket ) • Milk Bucket • Water ( Bucket )

Raw	Ancient Debris • Clay (Block) • Coal Ore • Diamond Ore • Emerald Ore • Gold Ore ( Nether ) • Iron Ore • Lapis Lazuli Ore • Nether Quartz Ore • Redstone Ore

Refined	Blaze Powder • Bone Meal • Brick • Charcoal • Coal • Diamond • Emerald • Flint • Glowstone Dust • Gold Ingot • Gold Nugget • Iron Ingot • Iron Nugget • Lapis Lazuli • Nether Brick • Nether Quartz • Netherite Ingot • Netherite Scrap • Redstone

Mobs

Playable	The Player

Passive	Bat • Chicken • Cod ( Bucket ) • Cow ( Mooshroom ) • Fox • Hoglin • Ocelot • Panda • Pig • Rabbit • Sheep • Squid • Salmon ( Bucket ) • Strider • Tropical Fish ( Bucket ) • Trader Llama • Turtle • Villager • Wandering Trader

Neutral	Bee • Dolphin • Enderman • Polar Bear • Piglin • Pufferfish ( Bucket ) • Spider ( Cave Spider ) • Zombified Piglin

Hostile	Blaze • Creeper • Elder Guardian • Endermite • Evoker • Ghast • Guardian • Hoglin • Magma Cube • Phantom • Pillager • Ravager • Shulker • Silverfish • Skeleton ( Stray • Wither ) • Slime • Vex • Vindicator • Witch • Zombie ( Drowned • Husk • Villager ) • Zoglin

Compound	Chicken Jockey • Skeleton Horseman • Spider Jockey

Tameable	Cat • Horse ( Donkey • Mule • Skeleton ) • Llama • Ocelot • Wolf • Parrot

Utility	Iron Golem • Snow Golem

Bosses	Ender Dragon • Wither

Unused	Giant • Illusioner • Killer Bunny • Zombie Horse

Removed	Human • Rana • Pigman • Beast Boy • Steve • Black Steve

Structures

Overworld	Abandoned Mineshaft • Buried Treasure • Coral Reef • Desert Temple • Desert Well • Dungeon • Fossil • Iceberg • Jungle Temple • Ocean Monument • Pillager Outpost • Ruined Portal • Shipwreck • Stronghold • Underwater Ruins • Village • Witch Hut • Woodland Mansion

Nether	Basalt Pillar • Bastion Remnant • Nether Fortress • Nether Fossil • Ruined Portal

The End	End City • End Ship

Contents

Difficulty Levels[edit]

Peaceful[edit]

Easy, Normal, Hard[edit]

Hardcore[edit]

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