Survival mode

**Survival** is one of the main game modes in Minecraft. Players must collect resources, build structures, battle mobs, eat, and explore the world in an effort to survive and then thrive.

Players may receive achievements in a world not set to Flat while playing Survival mode with cheats off, add-ons off, and host privileges off. If a player creates a world in Creative mode and then loads it in Survival mode, the player cannot earn achievements in that world. In Minecraft Survival, the main goal is to survive, build, explore, and have fun, but also an optional goal in Survival is to defeat the ender dragon and the wither.

## Gameplay

In Survival, players have an inventory that consists of four rows of slots used to store items, nine of which are found on the hotbar. All blocks require a certain amount of time to break, unlike Creative mode where blocks can be instantly destroyed. These items can be used in recipes to create tools including (Pickaxe, Axe, Sword, Hoe, Shovel) and other items. The recipes can also be accessed easier by clicking the Recipe book in the bottom left corner. This process is known as crafting. Most crafting recipes require a crafting table. Some items cannot be obtained by crafting normally and require a furnace for processing (e.g. glass requires sand for smelting). Various other crafting stations exist for other uses, such as brewing, repairing, and enchanting.

In Survival mode, the player is able to receive damage from the environment (fall damage, suffocation, lava, and freezing) and from hostile mobs (unless playing on Peaceful, where hostile mobs are disabled). A player who receives enough damage dies and returns to the world spawn, or to a previously slept-in bed, or in the Nether to a respawn anchor if the player set one.

If cheats are enabled, a player can switch to Survival mode by using the command `/gamemode survival` but cannot earn achievements and advancements.

### Goals

The player can get an "ending" in Survival mode by defeating the ender dragon in the End, but this does not terminate play; it provides a trophy item (a dragon egg), a large amount of experience, triggers the "End Poem" and unlocks a gateway to allow easier access to the outer end islands; another common goal is to fulfill all the predefined achievements. Oceans also invite exploration, as they have corals, monuments, and adapted creatures like guardians, fish and drowned. The player can also optionally fight the wither boss in order to obtain a nether star so that they can craft a beacon, which also completes all of the in-game achievements. A player can search for an elytra and more after finding an end city in the End.

### Survival singleplayer (SSP)

Survival single-player is the default game mode of Crafting and Building. Single-player may be played online or offline, as long as the player has played the game at least once in order to allow the game files to be downloaded to their device.

### Survival multiplayer (SMP)

Survival multiplayer allows players to connect to a central Crafting and Building server. This enables them to interact with each other and work together (or against each other) in order to achieve their Survival goals. This is mostly used for friends to play on a private server together.