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How to spawn particles in Minecraft

Type /particle minecraft:flame ~ ~1 ~ 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.01 50 in chat as an operator to spawn 50 flame particles around you.

particle

Spawns particle effects at a position, with spread, speed and count, for decoration or map effects.

/particle <name> [<pos>] [<delta> <speed> <count> [force|normal] [<viewers>]]

Examples

/particle minecraft:heart ~ ~2 ~

One heart above you.

/particle minecraft:flame ~ ~1 ~ 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.01 50

A burst of flames.

/particle minecraft:happy_villager ~ ~1 ~ 1 1 1 0 20 force

Green sparkles visible from far away.

Arguments

nameRequired
Particle ID, for example minecraft:flame.
posOptional
Where to spawn them.
deltaOptional
Spread on x, y and z.
speedOptional
Particle speed.
countOptional
Number of particles.

What it does

With only a name it spawns one particle at the current position. delta sets how far particles spread on each axis, speed their motion, and count how many. force makes them visible from much further away and even with reduced particle settings, while normal uses the default short range. You can limit who sees them with a final player argument.

Good to know

  • Needs operator permission level 2.

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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