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How to turn off fire damage in Minecraft

Run /gamerule fire_damage false and players no longer take damage from fire, lava or burning.

fire_damage

Controls whether players take damage from fire, lava and burning.

/gamerule fire_damage <true|false>

Examples

/gamerule fire_damage false

Players ignore fire and lava damage.

Values

ValueWhat it does
trueDefault On
false Off

Arguments

true|falseOptional
true turns the rule on, false turns it off. Leave it out to show the current value.

What it does

When false, players can stand in fire and swim in lava without losing health. Fire still spreads and burns blocks; this only affects player damage.

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab without the leading slash; in game, operators type it in chat with the slash. New to this? Start a Minecraft server first.

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