Advancements
Advancements are a feature added to Minecraft in Java Edition 1.12. The advancement system is a way to gradually guide players through the game, providing them with an ordered list of challenges to complete. This system replaces the previous "Achievements" system.[1]
Overview[edit | edit source]
The names of advancements sound more like a type of action, compared to the former achievement names. However, the names can also be customized through a JSON file. Advancements are earned by players as they complete various tasks within their Minecraft world. Unlocking advancements does not grant players any physical benefits to gameplay, they are simply a way of documenting what a player has accomplished. They also serve as a way for players to see how far their fellow players have progressed within a particular Minecraft world. When an advancement is earned, all players within the Minecraft world will receive the following server message:
"<Player> has made the advancement [Advancement Name]. "
There are various tabs to the advancement interface, each containing different advancement trees.[2] There are currently five tabs (although more can be added by adding custom files).
- Minecraft: The heart and story of the game.
- Adventure: adventure, exploration, and combat.
- Nether: Bring summer clothes.
- The End: Or the beginning?
- Husbandry: The World is full of Friends and Food.
Advancement icons display a header name and description when hovered over. They only appear in a tree when the advancement before it is completed, although, as stated before, advancements can be completed in any order. The icon frames of goal advancements are more rounded while challenge advancements have a sharper appearance. Advancement icons begin as light-gray but will turn dark-golden when completed.
Examples of the icon frame and description of the advancements are as follows:
| Icon Frame | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Uncompleted/Regular | Completed | |
| Normal advancement. | ||
| Goal advancement. | ||
| Challenge advancement. | ||
List of Advancements[edit | edit source]
Minecraft[edit | edit source]
| Advancement name | In-game description | Requirements to obtain |
|---|---|---|
| Minecraft | The heart and story of the game | Have a Crafting Table. |
| Stone Age | Mine stone with your new Pickaxe. | Have Cobblestone or |
| Getting an Upgrade | Construct a better pickaxe. | Have a Stone Pickaxe. |
| Acquire Hardware | Smelt an Iron Ingot. | Have an Iron Ingot. |
| Suit Up | Protect yourself with a piece of iron Armor. | Have any piece of Iron Armor. (You do not need to be wearing it.) |
| Hot Stuff | Fill a Bucket with Lava. | Have a Lava Bucket. |
| Isn't It Iron Pick | Upgrade your pickaxe. | Have an Iron Pickaxe. |
| Not Today, Thank You | Deflect an Arrow with a Shield. | Deflect any projectile with a Shield. |
| Ice Bucket Challenge | Form and mine a block of Obsidian. | Have Obsidian. |
| Diamonds! | Acquire Diamonds. | Have a Diamond. |
| We Need to Go Deeper | Build, light, and enter a Nether Portal. | Go to the Nether. |
| Cover Me With Diamonds | Diamond armor saves lives. | Have any piece of Diamond Armor. (You do not need to be wearing it.) |
| Enchanter | Enchant an item at an Enchantment Table. | Enchant an item at an Enchantment Table. |
| Zombie Doctor | Weaken and then cure a Zombie | Splash a Potion of Weakness on a Zombie Villager and use a Golden Apple on it to cure it. |
| Eye Spy | Follow an Eye of Ender. | Go into a Stronghold. |
| The End? | Enter the End Portal. | Go to the End. |
Nether[edit | edit source]
| Advancement name | In-game description | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Nether | Bring summer clothes. | Go to the Nether. |
| Subspace Bubble | Use The Nether to travel 7km (that means 7000 blocks) in the Overworld. | Use Nether Portals to travel 7000 blocks in the Overworld, which means 875 blocks in the Nether. |
| A Terrible Fortress | Break your way into a Nether Fortress. | |
| Return to Sender | Destroy a Ghast with a fireball. | |
| Those Were the Days | Enter a Bastion Remnant. | |
| Hidden in the Depths | Obtain Ancient Debris. | |
| Who is Cutting Onions? | Obtain Crying Obsidian. | |
| Oh Shiny | Distract Piglins with gold. | |
| This Boat Has Legs | Ride a Strider with a Warped Fungus on a Stick. | |
| War Pigs | Loot a chest in a Bastion Remnant. | |
| Country Lode, Take Me Home | Use a Compass on a Lodestone. | |
| Cover Me in Debris | Get a full suit of Netherite armor. | |
| Not Quite "Nine" Lives | Charge a Respawn Anchor to the maximum. | |
| Hot Tourist Destinations | Explore all Nether biomes. | |
| Into Fire | Relieve a Blaze of its rod. | |
| Spooky Scary Skeleton | Obtain a Wither Skeleton's skull. | |
| Uneasy Alliance | Rescue a Ghast from the Nether, bring it safely home to the Overworld...and then kill it. | |
| Local Brewery | Brew a Potion. | |
| Withering Heights | Summon The Wither. | |
| A Furious Cocktail | Have every potion Status Effect applied at the same time. | |
| Bring Home the Beacon | Construct and place a Beacon. | |
| How Did We Get Here? | Have every effect applied at the same time. | |
| Beaconator | Bring a beacon to full power. |
The End[edit | edit source]
| Advancement name | In-game description | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| The End | Or the beginning | Go to the End. |
| Free the End | Good luck | Kill the Ender Dragon. |
| The Next Generation | Hold the Dragon Egg. | Have a Dragon Egg. |
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Remote Getaway |
Escape the island. | Leave the End. |
| The End...Again... | Respawn the Ender Dragon. | Put the crystals on the gateway to spawn an ender dragon. |
| You Need a Mint | Collect dragon's breath in a Glass Bottle. | Have Dragon's Breath. |
| The City at the End of the Game | Go on in, what could happen? | Go to an end city. |
| Sky's the Limit | Find an Elytra. | Have an elytra. |
| Great View From Up Here | Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker. |
Adventure[edit | edit source]
| Advancement Name | In-game Description | Requirements(if different from description) |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure | Adventure, combat, and exploration. | Kill something, or die to an entity. |
| Monster Hunter | Kill any Hostile monster. | |
| Sweet Dreams | Change your Spawn point. | Sleep. |
| Postmortal | Use a Totem of Undying to cheat death. | |
| Monsters Hunted | Kill one of every hostile monster. | |
| Take Aim | Shoot something with a Bow and Arrow. | |
| Sniper Duel | Kill a Skeleton with an arrow from more than 50 blocks. | |
| What a Deal! | Successfully trade with a Villager. | |
| Hired Help | Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a Village. | |
| Adventuring Time | Discover every Biome. | Visit 42 biomes in the Overworld. |
| A Throwaway Joke | Throw your Trident at something (not a good idea) | Hit an entity with a Trident. |
| Very Very Frightening | Strike a Villager with lightning | Hit a Villager with a Trident enchanted with Channeling. |
| Bee our Guest | Use a Campfire to collect honey from a beehive without aggravating the bees. | |
| Total Beelocation | Move and place a Bee Nest with 3 bees inside using Silk Touch. | |
| Sticky Situation | Craft a Honey Block. | |
| Voluntary Exile | Kill a raid captain. Maybe consider staying away from villages for the time being... | |
| Ol' Betsy | Shoot a crossbow. | |
| Two Birds, One Arrow | Kill two Phantoms with a piercing arrow | Use a Crossbow enchanted with Piercing to kill two Phantoms. |
| Who's the Pillager Now? | Give a Pillager a taste of their own medicine | Kill a Pillager with a Crossbow. |
| Arbalistic | Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot | |
| Hero of the Village | Successfully defend a village from a raid. | |
| Bullseye | Hit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters away | Be at least 30 Blocks away when the center of the Target was shot with a projectile horizontally by the player |
Husbandry[edit | edit source]
| Advancement name | In-game description | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | Eat something |
| The Parrots and the Bats | Breed two animals together. | |
| Two by Two | Breed all the animals! | |
| Best Friends Forever | Tame an animal. | |
| Serious Dedication | Completely use up a netherite Hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices. | Make a netherite hoe. |
| A Balanced Diet | Eat everything edible, even if it's not good for you. | |
| A Seedy Place | Plant a seed and watch it grow. | Plant something. |
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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An advancement tree.
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An advancement tree in Adventure
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A completed Goal advancement
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An uncompleted Goal advancement
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A completed Normal advancement
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A uncompleted Normal advancement
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A completed Challenge advancement
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A uncompleted Challenge advancement
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The player completing the "Hot Tourist Destinations" while exploring a Bastion Remnant in spectator mode
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The advancement tabs were added in different snapshots.
- The Adventure tab was added in snapshot 17w14a.
- The Nether and the End tabs were added in snapshot 17w17a.
- The Husbandry tab was added in snapshot 17w18b.
- The advancement "Ice Bucket Challenge" is a reference to the popular ice bucket challenge, which was created as a way to raise awareness of ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease.
- The advancement "Spooky Scary Skeleton" is a reference to the song with the same name.
- The advancement "War Pigs" is also a reference to a song of the same name by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
- "Hired Help", "Great View From Up Here", "You Need A Mint", "The End... Again...", "Postmortal", "Zombie Doctor" , "Diamonds!" and "Minecraft" were originally Bedrock Edition achievements ported over and made into advancements.
- As of 1.16 “Serious Dedication” was changed from using up a diamond hoe to upgrading a diamond hoe to a netherite hoe.
- The advancement "Country Lode, Take Me Home" is a reference to the song "Country Roads" by John Denver.
- "Withering Heights" may be a reference to "Wuthering Heights", a novel by Emily Brontë.