How to Get Items in Minecraft with Commands

In this guide, I’m going to be showing you how to use commands to get items in Minecraft. In the first part, I’ll cover how to use commands to get items directly, and in the second part, I’ll show you how to use command blocks to give players items automatically. If you’d prefer to watch the video version, you can check it out here: How to Get Items in Minecraft with Commands.

Using the /give Command

First of all, let’s open the command terminal by hitting / and then typing in /give followed by a space. Once you do this, you should be able to see a whole bunch of options appear. We’re going to use player names, but there are several useful target selectors available to you. If you want to give an item to all players, you can use @a. If you want to give an item to all entities, you can use @e, although it doesn’t always work as well. You can also use @p for the nearest player, @r for a random player, and @s for yourself. For this example, I’m going to use my own player name, UnderMyCap.

After typing your name, press space and then you can select any item in the game that you’d like to give yourself. I’m going to choose an Acacia Boat simply because it appears at the top of the list. As you can see, it’s been added straight to my inventory. If you’d like to give a specific quantity of an item, all you need to do is add a space after the item name and then enter a number. For example, I’ve just given myself 10 of the item. And that’s really all there is to the basic /give command!

Using Command Blocks to Automate Item Giving

Now I’m going to show you how to take things a step further using command blocks. First, I’ll give myself a command block using the command /give @s command_block. Command blocks are really powerful because they allow you to run commands automatically without needing to use the terminal each time.

Once you place the command block and enter the give command inside it, every time you activate the command block, the specified item gets given out. For example, I’ve set mine up to give everyone a command block each time it’s triggered. The really awesome thing about this is that you can connect command blocks to a redstone clock to constantly and automatically give players a certain item or block without any manual input required.

You can also add extra requirements into the give command to ensure that only specific players receive specific items. For example, I’ve set mine up so that only a player named UnderMyCap will receive the command block, meaning only one specific player is targeted. You can customise this to suit whatever setup you need, which makes command blocks an incredibly flexible and powerful tool in Minecraft.

That’s everything you need to know about using commands and command blocks to give items in Minecraft! I hope you found this guide helpful. If you did enjoy this, don’t forget to leave a like and subscribe to UnderMyCap — I can’t wait to see you in the next one!