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How to spectate a player in Minecraft

In spectator mode, type /spectate Steve in chat as an operator to see through Steve's eyes. /spectate on its own stops it.

spectate

Makes a spectator-mode player view the game through another entity's eyes, or stops spectating.

/spectate [<target>] [<player>]

Examples

/spectate Steve

Watches the game from Steve's point of view.

/spectate

Stops spectating.

/spectate Steve Alex

Makes Alex spectate Steve.

Arguments

targetOptional
Entity to spectate. Leave out to stop spectating.
playerOptional
Spectator-mode player who should spectate. Defaults to yourself.

What it does

The player doing the spectating must be in spectator mode. With no arguments it stops spectating and returns to free camera. Give a second player argument to make someone else spectate the target, which is handy for camera setups.

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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