How to Set your Spawn Point

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to set your spawn point (spawnpoint) in the game with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

## What is a Spawn Point?

Let's start by first explaining what a spawn point is.

When you die in Minecraft, you will respawn again in your world. The place that you respawn after you die is called your spawn point.

## Where is your Spawn Point?

Initially your spawn point is where you started when the world was created but you can change your spawn point at any time.

There are 2 ways to change your spawn point:

1. Sleep in a bed. When you sleep in a bed at night, you will reset your spawn point. You can sleep in multiple beds but the last bed that you slept in before you die is where you will respawn.
2. Use the /spawnpoint command. This command allows you to quickly set your spawnpoint with a game command (ie: cheat).

For the purposes of this tutorial, we will explore how to use a bed to change your spawn point.

## Steps to change your Spawn Point

### 1. Place a Bed

It is most common for you to sleep in your bed at night during your game. If you don't have a bed in your inventory, you can quickly make one with a crafting recipe for a bed.

Add the bed to your hotbar and make sure that it is the selected item in the hotbar.

Next, position your pointer (the plus sign) on the block where you want to place your bed. You need at least two blocks to place your bed. You should see the block become highlighted in your game window.

The game control to place the bed depends on the version of Minecraft:

* For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the block.
* For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the block.
* For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
* For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
* For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
* For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
* For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the block.
* For Education Edition, right click on the block.

You should see your bed appear on the block that you selected. Congratulations, you have somewhere to sleep at night.

### 2. Sleep in the Bed

Now that you have placed your bed in your Minecraft world, you need to wait for night (or use a cheat to change to night).

Now that it is night, you can sleep in the bed.

**TIP:** You can not sleep in the bed during the day!

The game control to sleep in the bed depends on the version of Minecraft:

* For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the bed.
* For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the bed.
* For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
* For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
* For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
* For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
* For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the bed.
* For Education Edition, right click on the bed.

While you are sleeping, you will see a `Leave Bed` button appear. If you click this button, it will return you to your world while it is still night.

If you wait, it will turn to morning and you will automatically wake up standing next to your bed.

Now that you have slept in your bed, your spawn point will be reset. If you die in the game, you will respawn in this location. That is a great way to not get lost in your Minecraft world.

Congratulations, you just learned how to set your spawn point in Minecraft.