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How To Use The /Scoreboard Command In Minecraft – Step By Step Tutorial

Hey everybody, it’s UnderMyCap and welcome back! Today I’m going to be showing you how to use the Minecraft /scoreboard command. I’ll be walking you through a step by step tutorial, and most of the explanation will focus on the command line itself, since the scoreboard command is much easier to understand when you see it in action and you don’t really have to repeat commands all that often.

The Two Main Parts of the Scoreboard Command

There are two main parts to the Minecraft scoreboard command: Objectives and Players. Objectives are what we’ll be working with the most, because they set the rules that tell the Minecraft program how to gather data. The scoreboard command takes that data and displays it in a way where you can actually view everyone’s scores — things like kill counts, blocks broken, and much more. Players, on the other hand, is used for default operations such as resetting or changing data. For example, if you wanted to reset a kill count or a health count, you would simply type in reset followed by all the players and the data pack you want to reset.

Adding Your First Objective

Since we don’t have any objectives set yet, we’ll need to create one. To add an objective, you type in the command and select add. You’ll notice nothing else pops up straight away — that’s because it’s asking you for a name. For this example, let’s use health. After typing in the name, you then select the rule you want to track. Since we named it health, we’ll select the health rule. This creates a new objective called health that tests for all player health values. Once you press Enter, you’ll see a message confirming the new objective has been added.

Setting the Display

At this point, nothing will show up just yet — that’s because we haven’t set the display. The set display command is part of the objectives section, and it controls where the objective information is shown on screen. You have a few options: belowName shows the score beneath each player’s name tag (great for multiplayer), list appears at the top of the screen on servers where it shows everyone online, and sidebar is what most servers use — it’s the small box displayed on the right side of the screen. For this tutorial, we’ll use the sidebar. After typing in the set display sidebar health command and pressing Enter, the objective is now active on the sidebar. If nothing appears straight away, don’t worry — once you refresh or take damage, you’ll see your health value update in real time in the corner of the screen. It’s constantly updating, which makes it a really cool way to display stats when playing with friends!

Adding a Food Objective

Now let’s add another objective — this time for food. We’ll go through the same process: add the objective, select the food rule, and press Enter. Then we’ll set the display to sidebar and select food. You’ll notice the health scoreboard disappears and is replaced by the food scoreboard — that’s because only one objective can be shown on the sidebar at a time. After running around for a little while to drain some hunger, you’ll see the food scoreboard start to update with your current hunger value in real time.

Modifying Objectives

The modify command lets you make changes to your existing objectives. One of the things you can do is change the display name — simply type in a new display name and it will update immediately on screen. You can also use list to see all of your current objectives, and remove to delete an objective entirely. For example, removing the health or food objective will completely take it off the scoreboard.

Working With Players

The players section of the scoreboard command gives you a whole range of operations to further customise your scoreboard. Using reset, you can reset a specific objective for a player — for example, resetting food will cause it to disappear from the scoreboard until the game detects a change in hunger again. The get command lets you check what a player’s current score is for a given objective, returning both the value and the name of the objective. The set command allows you to manually change a score — however, keep in mind that some objectives like food are read-only, meaning the game can override any manual changes you make, so the set command won’t always work with those.

Using the Dummy Objective

Now let’s get into one of the most useful features — the dummy objective. To help explain this, I’ll be using a command block. A dummy objective is a scoreboard that the game itself does not override — instead, it’s controlled entirely by the player or a command block. To create one, type scoreboard objectives add followed by a name (for example, test1), then select dummy as the type, and give it a display name if you’d like. Once that’s done, set the display to sidebar and select your new dummy objective. Now, because it’s a dummy objective, you can freely use the players set command to assign any value you like to a player — for example, setting it to 50, then changing it to 40, and so on. The scoreboard will update to reflect whatever value you set, giving you full control over the displayed score.

Wrapping Up

And that covers the main parts of the Minecraft /scoreboard command! Whether you’re tracking health, hunger, kill counts, or building your own custom scoring system with dummy objectives, the scoreboard command is an incredibly powerful tool for both survival and server play. If you found this helpful, please leave a like and subscribe with the bell icon so you get notified whenever I post a new video or go live. Feel free to drop any suggestions or questions in the comments below and I’ll do my best to answer them. You can also find more guides and resources over at UnderMyCap.com — and if there’s a blog post linked in the description, be sure to check it out as you’ll be able to copy the commands used in this tutorial directly into your own worlds. Thanks so much for reading, and I hope to see you in the next one!