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Minecraft
Stone Age
Getting an Upgrade
Acquire Hardware
Suit Up
Hot Stuff
Isn't It Iron Pick?
Not Today, Thank You
Ice Bucket Challenge
Diamonds!
We Need to Go Deeper
Cover Me with Diamonds
Enchanter
Zombie Doctor
Eye Spy
The End?
Nether
Return to Sender
Those Were the Days
Hidden in the Depths
Subspace Bubble
A Terrible Fortress
Who is Cutting Onions?
Oh Shiny
This Boat Has Legs
Uneasy Alliance
War Pigs
Cover Me in Debris
Spooky Scary Skeleton
Into Fire
Not Quite "Nine" Lives
Feels Like Home
Hot Tourist Destinations
Withering Heights
Local Brewery
Bring Home the Beacon
A Furious Cocktail
Beaconator
How Did We Get Here?
The End
Free the End
The Next Generation
Remote Getaway
The End... Again...
You Need a Mint
The City at the End of the Game
Sky's the Limit
Great View From Up Here
Adventure
Voluntary Exile
Is It a Bird?
Monster Hunter
The Power of Books
What a Deal!
Crafting a New Look
Sticky Situation
Ol' Betsy
Surge Protector
Caves & Cliffs
Respecting the Remnants
Sneak 100
Sweet Dreams
Isn't It Scute?
Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition
Crafters Crafting Crafters
Country Lode, Take Me Home
Heart Transplanter
Hero of the Village
Is It a Balloon?
A Throwaway Joke
It Spreads
Take Aim
Monsters Hunted
Postmortal
Mob Kabob
Hired Help
Star Trader
Smithing with Style
Two Birds, One Arrow
Who's the Pillager Now?
Arbalistic
Careful Restoration
Adventuring Time
Sound of Music
Light as a Rabbit
Is It a Plane?
Very Very Frightening
Sniper Duel
Bullseye
Lighten Up
Who Needs Rockets?
Under Lock and Key
Revaulting
Blowback
Over-Overkill
Husbandry
Bee Our Guest
The Parrots and the Bats
You've Got a Friend in Me
Whatever Floats Your Goat!
Best Friends Forever
Glow and Behold!
Fishy Business
Total Beelocation
Bukkit Bukkit
Smells Interesting
A Seedy Place
Stay Hydrated!
Wax On
Wax Off
Two by Two
Birthday Song
A Complete Catalogue
Tactical Fishing
When the Squad Hops into Town
Little Sniffs
Planting the Past
A Balanced Diet
Serious Dedication
The Cutest Predator
With Our Powers Combined!
The Healing Power of Friendship!
Shear Brilliance
Good as New
The Whole Pack
Uh Oh
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Minecraft Java Advancements advancement instructions
Minecraft
Obtain a crafting table to begin the main progression.
Stone Age
Collect cobblestone, blackstone, or cobbled deepslate.
Getting an Upgrade
Acquire a stone pickaxe.
Acquire Hardware
Collect an iron ingot, usually after smelting raw iron.
Suit Up
Equip or obtain a piece of iron armor.
Hot Stuff
Fill a bucket with lava.
Isn't It Iron Pick?
Obtain an iron pickaxe.
Not Today, Thank You
Block a projectile using a shield.
Ice Bucket Challenge
Obtain an obsidian block.
Diamonds!
Collect diamonds.
We Need to Go Deeper
Enter the Nether through a nether portal.
Cover Me with Diamonds
Obtain a diamond armor piece.
Enchanter
Enchant an item at an enchanting table.
Zombie Doctor
Cure a zombie villager using Weakness and a golden apple.
Eye Spy
Enter a stronghold after following Eyes of Ender.
The End?
Enter an End portal.
Nether
Enter the Nether dimension.
Return to Sender
Kill a ghast by hitting its fireball back at it.
Those Were the Days
Enter a bastion remnant.
Hidden in the Depths
Obtain ancient debris.
Subspace Bubble
Use Nether travel for an Overworld journey of at least 7,000 horizontal blocks.
A Terrible Fortress
Find and enter a Nether fortress.
Who is Cutting Onions?
Obtain crying obsidian.
Oh Shiny
Distract a piglin with a gold-related item.
This Boat Has Legs
Ride a strider using a warped fungus on a stick.
Uneasy Alliance
Kill a ghast while you are in the Overworld.
War Pigs
Open naturally generated loot in a bastion remnant.
Cover Me in Debris
Acquire a full set of netherite armor.
Spooky Scary Skeleton
Obtain a wither skeleton skull.
Into Fire
Collect a blaze rod.
Not Quite "Nine" Lives
Fully charge a respawn anchor.
Feels Like Home
Ride a strider across lava for 50 horizontal blocks in the Overworld.
Hot Tourist Destinations
Visit all five naturally generating Nether biomes.
Withering Heights
Summon the Wither.
Local Brewery
Collect a potion or water bottle from a brewing stand.
Bring Home the Beacon
Place and activate a beacon.
A Furious Cocktail
Have the required 17 potion/status effects active at the same time.
Beaconator
Activate a beacon with a full four-layer pyramid.
How Did We Get Here?
Have all 34 required status effects simultaneously, including rare environmental effects.
The End
Enter the End dimension.
Free the End
Defeat the Ender Dragon.
The Next Generation
Hold the dragon egg.
Remote Getaway
Enter an End gateway after the dragon fight.
The End... Again...
Respawn the Ender Dragon with four end crystals.
You Need a Mint
Use a glass bottle to collect dragon's breath.
The City at the End of the Game
Enter an End city.
Sky's the Limit
Obtain an elytra.
Great View From Up Here
Levitate at least 50 blocks vertically after being hit by a shulker.
Adventure
Kill a mob or be killed by another entity.
Voluntary Exile
Kill a raid captain carrying an ominous banner.
Is It a Bird?
Look at a parrot through a spyglass.
Monster Hunter
Kill a hostile mob.
The Power of Books
Read a chiseled bookshelf's redstone output with a comparator.
What a Deal!
Complete a villager trade.
Crafting a New Look
Apply an armor trim at a smithing table.
Sticky Situation
Slide down the side of a honey block to slow a fall.
Ol' Betsy
Fire a crossbow.
Surge Protector
Prevent a lightning strike from turning a villager into a witch.
Caves & Cliffs
Survive a fall from the world's build limit to its bottom.
Respecting the Remnants
Brush suspicious sand or gravel to obtain a pottery sherd.
Sneak 100
Sneak to avoid detection by a sculk sensor or warden.
Sweet Dreams
Use a bed to set your respawn point.
Isn't It Scute?
Brush an armadillo to obtain an armadillo scute.
Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition
Enter a trial chamber.
Crafters Crafting Crafters
Be near a crafter that automatically crafts another crafter.
Country Lode, Take Me Home
Use a compass on a lodestone.
Heart Transplanter
Align a creaking heart between two pale oak logs.
Hero of the Village
Help win a village raid.
Is It a Balloon?
Look at a ghast through a spyglass.
A Throwaway Joke
Throw a trident at an entity.
It Spreads
Kill a mob near a sculk catalyst.
Take Aim
Hit an entity using an arrow.
Monsters Hunted
Kill one of every required hostile monster type (41 in Java 26.3).
Postmortal
Survive otherwise fatal damage with a totem of undying.
Mob Kabob
Hit five mobs in a single spear charge attack.
Hired Help
Build or summon an iron golem.
Star Trader
Trade with a villager or wandering trader near the top build limit.
Smithing with Style
Apply all eight smithing templates required by this challenge at least once.
Two Birds, One Arrow
Kill two phantoms with one piercing crossbow arrow.
Who's the Pillager Now?
Kill a pillager using a crossbow.
Arbalistic
Kill five different mob types with one crossbow shot.
Careful Restoration
Craft a decorated pot using four pottery sherds.
Adventuring Time
Visit all 56 required Overworld biomes in Java 26.3.
Sound of Music
Play a record in a jukebox in a meadow.
Light as a Rabbit
Walk on powder snow while wearing leather boots.
Is It a Plane?
Look at the Ender Dragon through a spyglass.
Very Very Frightening
Use lightning to strike a villager.
Sniper Duel
Kill a skeleton from at least 50 horizontal blocks away.
Bullseye
Hit the center of a target block from at least 30 blocks away.
Lighten Up
Scrape oxidation from a copper bulb with an axe to brighten it.
Who Needs Rockets?
Launch yourself at least eight blocks upward with a wind charge.
Under Lock and Key
Open a vault using a trial key.
Revaulting
Open an ominous vault with an ominous trial key.
Blowback
Kill a breeze using one of its own deflected wind charges.
Over-Overkill
Deal 50 hearts of damage with a single mace smash attack.
Husbandry
Consume food or another eligible consumable.
Bee Our Guest
Collect honey from a nest/hive without angering its bees.
The Parrots and the Bats
Breed two compatible animals.
You've Got a Friend in Me
Have an allay deliver an item to you.
Whatever Floats Your Goat!
Ride in a boat together with a goat.
Best Friends Forever
Tame an animal.
Glow and Behold!
Apply a glow ink sac to text on a sign.
Fishy Business
Catch a fish with a fishing rod.
Total Beelocation
Move a bee nest with three bees using Silk Touch.
Bukkit Bukkit
Catch a tadpole in a bucket.
Smells Interesting
Obtain a sniffer egg.
A Seedy Place
Plant a crop seed.
Stay Hydrated!
Place a dried ghast block into water.
Wax On
Apply honeycomb to a copper block.
Wax Off
Scrape wax from a copper block using an axe.
Two by Two
Breed every required animal species.
Birthday Song
Have an allay drop a cake at a note block.
A Complete Catalogue
Tame every cat variant.
Tactical Fishing
Collect a fish by catching it with a water bucket.
When the Squad Hops into Town
Leash all three frog variants.
Little Sniffs
Feed torchflower seeds to a snifflet.
Planting the Past
Plant a torchflower seed or pitcher pod.
A Balanced Diet
Eat all 40 foods required by this advancement.
Serious Dedication
Upgrade a diamond hoe to netherite.
The Cutest Predator
Catch an axolotl in a bucket.
With Our Powers Combined!
Collect all three froglight colors.
The Healing Power of Friendship!
Win a fight with help from an axolotl.
Shear Brilliance
Remove a wolf's armor using shears.
Good as New
Fully repair damaged wolf armor with armadillo scutes.
The Whole Pack
Tame each of the nine wolf variants.
Uh Oh
Have a sulfur cube absorb a TNT block.
All 126 Java Edition advancements
The five tabs contain 16 Minecraft, 23 Nether, 9 The End, 47 Adventure, and 31 Husbandry advancements, as of stable Java 26.3 (September 15, 2026). Track them by tab or save all 126. Each row includes a short description of the unlock condition.
Hardest challenges to plan
Adventuring Time asks you to visit 56 Overworld biomes; Monsters Hunted requires 41 hostile types; A Balanced Diet tracks 40 foods; Two by Two requires breeding every eligible species. How Did We Get Here? needs 34 status effects simultaneously and rewards 1,000 XP. Start these early and mark only confirmed unlocks.
Java and Bedrock are different
Java advancements are tracked separately for each world or server. Bedrock uses account achievements and Gamerscore. For Bedrock players, use the Bedrock achievements checklist. The next Java 26.4 content is still in snapshots as of November 2, 2026 and is excluded from this list.
