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How to freeze the game in Minecraft

Type /tick freeze in chat as an operator to stop mobs, redstone and time while players can still move. /tick unfreeze starts it again.

tick

Freezes, steps, speeds up or changes the game tick rate, and shows server tick performance.

/tick <query|rate <rate>|freeze|unfreeze|step [<time>|stop]|sprint <time>|sprint stop>

Examples

/tick query

Shows tick rate and performance.

/tick freeze

Pauses the game world.

/tick sprint 1d

Runs one in-game day as fast as possible.

Arguments

rateOptional
Ticks per second, from 1 to 10000.
timeOptional
Ticks to step or sprint, or with s or d.

What it does

The normal rate is 20 ticks per second. rate sets a new target from 1 to 10000, freeze stops mobs, redstone and time while players can still move, step advances a frozen game tick by tick, and sprint runs ticks as fast as possible for a set time. query shows the target rate and how long ticks are taking (MSPT).

Good to know

  • Needs operator permission level 3 (admin).

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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