Minecraft Java Advancements: All 126 Checklist

Track all 126 Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 advancements across the game's five advancement tabs. Filter by tab, create a goal checklist, and compare your progress with friends. This is for Java, not Bedrock.
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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.

Minecraft Java Advancements Frequently Asked Questions

How many Minecraft Java advancements are there?

There are 126 in stable Java 26.3: 16 Minecraft, 23 Nether, 9 The End, 47 Adventure, 31 Husbandry.

Are advancements shared between worlds?

No. Each Java singleplayer world or server character has its own advancement progress.

Does Checklist automatically unlock advancements?

No. Track your progress manually after confirming completion inside Minecraft.