Advancement

The popup that appears when normal advancements are made.

The popup that appears when goal advancements are reached.

The popup that appears when challenge advancements are completed.

Advancements are a way to gradually guide new players into Minecraft and give them challenges to complete, similar to the basic system of achievements in Bedrock Edition.

Obtaining

Advancements can be completed in any game mode, and are obtained and saved per world. Advancements can also be granted (and revoked) using the /advancement command.

Although advancements guide players logically through the game, they are independent of each other; an advancement can be completed without having completed the advancements "before" it. There are 122 advancements: 16 in the Minecraft tab, 23 in the Nether tab, 9 in The End tab, 45 in the Adventure tab, and 29 in the Husbandry tab.

Notifications

When an advancement is obtained, a sliding toast notification appears in the top right corner. Each notification is accompanied by a chat message, if the game rule announceAdvancements is set to true (i.e. enabled). The color of the header text in the notification depends on the advancement; normal and goal advancements have yellow header text, while challenge advancements have pink header text. Completing a normal advancement causes the header text to display "Advancement Made!", completing a goal advancement results in a "Goal Reached!" header, and completing a challenge advancement shows "Challenge Complete!". In addition, music plays and experience is rewarded when completing most of these advancements.

Unlike the others, the five "root" advancements in each tab, each of which appears as the left-most advancement in its tab, and have the same name as its tab, do not cause a chat message or notification to appear.

Interface

The advancement interface. The "Isn't It Iron Pick" advancement is selected.

The button to access the Advancements screen is found on the pause menu screen. The player can also open this screen by pressing L (this can be changed in the in-game options menu).

The advancement system involves several trees composed of advancements, each tree beginning with a root advancement from which several branches diverge. By clicking and dragging, the player can view different branches of an advancement tree. Each tree is categorized into different tabs, defined by the root advancements. Tabs are not visible if no advancements in the tab have been unlocked. There are five tabs in vanilla Minecraft:

• Minecraft: The heart and story of the game
• Nether: Bring summer clothes
• The End: Or the beginning?
• Adventure: Adventure, exploration, and combat
• Husbandry: The world is full of friends and food

Each tab has a different background with a repeating texture. Tabs appear when at least one advancement in that tab has been made. Tabs are ordered left to right, based on when the first advancement in each tab was made.

Advancement icons display a header name and description when hovered over. The advancement descriptions have a unique color depending on the type of advancement with normal and goal advancements having green descriptions and challenge advancements having purple ones. As more advancements are unlocked, new ones become visible, with up to two advancements being displayed ahead of an unlocked one. Unlocked advancements show all of its direct parents advancements (the advancements between the root advancement of the tab and it), even those that have not been unlocked (but show only up to 2 advancements downstream of advancements already unlocked). Nine advancements, "How Did We Get Here?", "Voluntary Exile", "Hero of the Village", "Arbalistic", "You've Got a Friend in Me", "Smells Interesting", "Birthday Song", "Little Sniffs", and "Planting the Past" are hidden advancements, meaning that they cannot be viewed by the player until they have been unlocked, regardless of if its child advancement(s) (any advancement after it, including all branches), if any have been unlocked, which would normally display its parent advancements (as advancements can be unlocked and completed in any order).

If the player has not completed/unlocked any advancements, the interface shows a black background with white text reading "There doesn't seem to be anything here... :(".

The icon frames of advancements can vary in appearance based on difficulty, and whether or not it was completed. A legend is provided below:

Icon frame		Description
Incomplete	Completed
		Advancement
		Goal
		Challenge

Extra advancements and tabs can be added and customized with the use of JSON files and data packs.

List of advancements

Minecraft

Advancement tree in the "Minecraft" tab (advancements in the same level may have a different order)

Minecraft
Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location	Rewards
	Minecraft	The heart and story of the game	—	Have a crafting table in the inventory.	story/root	—
	Stone Age	Mine Stone with your new Pickaxe	Minecraft	Have one of these 3 stones in the #stone_tool_materials item tag: in the inventory.	story/mine_stone	—
	Getting an Upgrade	Construct a better Pickaxe	Stone Age	Have a stone pickaxe in the inventory.	story/upgrade_tools	—
	Acquire Hardware	Smelt an Iron Ingot	Getting an Upgrade	Have an iron ingot in the inventory.	story/smelt_iron	—
	Suit Up	Protect yourself with a piece of iron armor	Acquire Hardware	Have any type of iron armor in the inventory.	story/obtain_armor	—
	Hot Stuff	Fill a Bucket with lava	Acquire Hardware	Have a lava bucket in the inventory.	story/lava_bucket	—
	Isn't It Iron Pick	Upgrade your Pickaxe	Acquire Hardware	Have an iron pickaxe in the inventory.	story/iron_tools	—
	Not Today, Thank You	Deflect a projectile with a Shield	Suit Up	Block any projectile with a shield.	story/deflect_arrow	—
	Ice Bucket Challenge	Obtain a block of Obsidian	Hot Stuff	Have a block of obsidian in the inventory.	story/form_obsidian	—
	Diamonds!	Acquire diamonds	Isn't It Iron Pick	Have a diamond in the inventory.	story/mine_diamond	—
	We Need to Go Deeper	Build, light and enter a Nether Portal	Ice Bucket Challenge	Enter the Nether dimension.	story/enter_the_nether	—
	Cover Me with Diamonds	Diamond armor saves lives	Diamonds!	Have any type of diamond armor in the inventory.	story/shiny_gear	—
	Enchanter	Enchant an item at an Enchanting Table	Diamonds!	Insert an item in an enchanting table, then apply an enchantment.	story/enchant_item	—
	Zombie Doctor	Weaken and then cure a Zombie Villager	We Need to Go Deeper	Use a golden apple on a zombie villager under the Weakness effect; the advancement is granted when the zombie villager converts into a villager. In multiplayer, only the player that feeds the golden apple gets the advancement.	story/cure_zombie_villager	—
	Eye Spy	Follow an Eye of Ender	We Need to Go Deeper	Enter a stronghold.	story/follow_ender_eye	—
	The End?	Enter the End Portal	Eye Spy	Enter the End dimension.	story/enter_the_end	—

Nether

Advancement tree in the "Nether" tab (advancements in the same level may have a different order)

Nether
Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location	Rewards
	Nether	Bring summer clothes	—	Enter the Nether dimension.	nether/root	—
	Return to Sender	Destroy a Ghast with a fireball	Nether	Kill a ghast by deflecting a ghast fireball back into it via hitting or shooting a projectile at the fireball.	nether/return_to_sender	50XP experience
	Those Were the Days	Enter a Bastion Remnant	Nether	—	nether/find_bastion	—
	Hidden in the Depths	Obtain Ancient Debris	Nether	Have an ancient debris in the inventory.	nether/obtain_ancient_debris	—
	Subspace Bubble	Use the Nether to travel 7 km in the Overworld	Nether	Use the Nether to travel between 2 points in the Overworld with a minimum horizontal euclidean distance of 7000 blocks between each other, which is 875 blocks in the Nether.	nether/fast_travel	100XP experience
	A Terrible Fortress	Break your way into a Nether Fortress	Nether	Enter a nether fortress.	nether/find_fortress	—
	Who is Cutting Onions?	Obtain Crying Obsidian	Nether	Have a block of crying obsidian in the inventory.	nether/obtain_crying_obsidian	—
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag: The player must not be wearing any gold armor. Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.	nether/distract_piglin	—
	This Boat Has Legs	Ride a Strider with a Warped Fungus on a Stick	Nether	Use a warped fungus on a stick while riding a strider, decreasing its durability.	nether/ride_strider	—
	Uneasy Alliance	Rescue a Ghast from the Nether, bring it safely home to the Overworld... and then kill it	Return to Sender	Kill a Ghast while being in the Overworld.	nether/uneasy_alliance	100XP experience
	War Pigs	Loot a Chest in a Bastion Remnant	Those Were the Days	Open a naturally generated, never-before opened chest containing one of the bastion chest loot tables.	nether/loot_bastion	—
	Cover Me in Debris	Get a full suit of Netherite armor	Hidden in the Depths	Have a full set of netherite armor in the inventory.	nether/netherite_armor	100XP experience
	Spooky Scary Skeleton	Obtain a Wither Skeleton's skull	A Terrible Fortress	Have a wither skeleton skull in the inventory.	nether/get_wither_skull	—
	Into Fire	Relieve a Blaze of its rod	A Terrible Fortress	Have a blaze rod in the inventory.	nether/obtain_blaze_rod	—
	Not Quite "Nine" Lives	Charge a Respawn Anchor to the maximum	Who is Cutting Onions?	—	nether/charge_respawn_anchor	—
	Feels Like Home	Take a Strider for a loooong ride on a lava lake in the Overworld	This Boat Has Legs	While riding a strider, travel 50 blocks on lava in the Overworld. Only horizontal displacement is counted. Traveling in a circle for more than 50 blocks doesn't count.	nether/ride_strider_in_overworld_lava	—
	Hot Tourist Destinations	Explore all Nether biomes	This Boat Has Legs	Visit all of the 5 following biomes: The advancement is only for Nether biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.	nether/explore_nether	500XP experience
	Withering Heights	Summon the Wither	Spooky Scary Skeleton	Be within a 100.9×100.9×103.5 cuboid centered on the wither when it is spawned.	nether/summon_wither	—
	Local Brewery	Brew a Potion	Into Fire	Pick up an item from a brewing stand potion slot. This does not need to be a potion. Water bottles or even glass bottles can also trigger this advancement.	nether/brew_potion	—
	Bring Home the Beacon	Construct and place a Beacon	Withering Heights	Be within a 20×20×14 cuboid centered on a beacon block when it realizes it has become powered.	nether/create_beacon	—
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Local Brewery	Have all of these 17 status effects applied to the player at the same time: The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.	nether/all_potions	100XP experience
	Beaconator	Bring a Beacon to full power	Bring Home the Beacon	Be within a 20×20×14 cuboid centered on a beacon block when it realizes it is being powered by a size 4 pyramid.	nether/create_full_beacon	—
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 33 status effects applied to the player at the same time: The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	nether/all_effects	1000XP experience

The End

Advancement tree in the "The End" tab (advancements in the same level may have a different order)

The End
Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location	Rewards
	The End	Or the beginning?	—	Enter the End dimension.	end/root	—
	Free the End	Good luck	The End	Kill the ender dragon. If multiple players are involved in the dragon fight, only the player that deals the final blow to the dragon receives the advancement.	end/kill_dragon	—
	The Next Generation	Hold the Dragon Egg	Free the End	Have a dragon egg in the inventory.	end/dragon_egg	—
	Remote Getaway	Escape the island	Free the End	Enter an end gateway	end/enter_end_gateway	—
	The End... Again...	Respawn the Ender Dragon	Free the End	Be within a 192 block radius from the coordinates (0.0, 128, 0.0) when an ender dragon is summoned using end crystals.	end/respawn_dragon	—
	You Need a Mint	Collect Dragon's Breath in a Glass Bottle	Free the End	Have a bottle of dragon's breath in the inventory.	end/dragon_breath	—
	The City at the End of the Game	Go on in, what could happen?	Remote Getaway	Enter an end city.	end/find_end_city	—
	Sky's the Limit	Find Elytra	The City at the End of the Game	Have a pair of elytra in the inventory.	end/elytra	—
	Great View From Up Here	Levitate up 50 blocks from the attacks of a Shulker	The City at the End of the Game	Move a distance of 50 blocks vertically with the Levitation effect applied, regardless of direction or whether it is caused by the effect.	end/levitate	50XP experience

Adventure

Advancement tree in the "Adventure" tab (advancements in the same level may have a different order)

Adventure
Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location	Rewards
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	—	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.	adventure/root	—
	Voluntary Exile	Kill a raid captain. Maybe consider staying away from villages for the time being...	Adventure	Kill an entity in the #raiders entity tag wearing an ominous banner: This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	adventure/voluntary_exile	—
	Country Lode, Take Me Home	Use a Compass on a Lodestone	Adventure	—	adventure/use_lodestone	—
	Is It a Bird?	Look at a Parrot through a Spyglass	Adventure	—	adventure/spyglass_at_parrot	—
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 37 mobs: Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_a_mob	—
	The Power of Books	Read the power signal of a Chiseled Bookshelf using a Comparator	Adventure	Place a comparator on any side of a chiseled bookshelf, or the chiseled bookshelf against a comparator with the back of the comparator running into it.	adventure/read_power_of_chiseled_bookshelf	—
	What a Deal!	Successfully trade with a Villager	Adventure	Take an item from a villager or wandering trader's trading output slot.	adventure/trade	—
	Crafting a New Look	Craft a trimmed armor at a Smithing Table	Adventure	—	adventure/trim_with_any_armor_pattern	—
	Sticky Situation	Jump into a Honey Block to break your fall	Adventure	Collide on a vertical side of a honey block while falling.	adventure/honey_block_slide	—
	Ol' Betsy	Shoot a Crossbow	Adventure	—	adventure/ol_betsy	—
	Surge Protector	Protect a Villager from an undesired shock without starting a fire	Adventure	Be within 30 blocks of a lightning strike that doesn't set any blocks on fire, while an unharmed villager is within or up to six blocks above a 30×30×30 volume centered on the lightning strike.	adventure/lightning_rod_with_villager_no_fire	—
	Caves & Cliffs	Free fall from the top of the world (build limit) to the bottom of the world and survive	Adventure	Fall from at least Y=319 to at most Y=-59 with a vertical distance of greater than 379 blocks.	adventure/fall_from_world_height	—
	Respecting the Remnants	Brush a Suspicious block to obtain a Pottery Sherd	Adventure	Brush either suspicious sand or suspicious gravel and have any pottery sherd in the inventory. These two events can happen separately from one another.	adventure/salvage_sherd	—
	Sneak 100	Sneak near a Sculk Sensor or Warden to prevent it from detecting you	Adventure	Sneak within 8 blocks from a sculk sensor, or 16 blocks from a warden.	adventure/avoid_vibration	—
	Sweet Dreams	Sleep in a Bed to change your respawn point	Adventure	Lie down in a bed. The advancement is granted as soon as the player is in the bed, even if the player does not successfully sleep.	adventure/sleep_in_bed	—
	Hero of the Village	Successfully defend a village from a raid	Voluntary Exile	Kill at least one raid mob during a raid and wait until it ends in victory. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	adventure/hero_of_the_village	100XP experience
	Is It a Balloon?	Look at a Ghast through a Spyglass	Is It a Bird?	—	adventure/spyglass_at_ghast	—
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Monster Hunter	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.	adventure/throw_trident	—
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Monster Hunter	Kill one of these 73 mobs near a sculk catalyst: Mobs that drop no experience as well as the ender dragon are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_mob_near_sculk_catalyst	—
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Monster Hunter	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.	adventure/shoot_arrow	—
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 37 mobs: Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_all_mobs	100XP experience
	Postmortal	Use a Totem of Undying to cheat death	Monster Hunter	Activate a totem of undying by taking fatal damage.	adventure/totem_of_undying	—
	Hired Help	Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village	What a Deal!	Summon an iron golem.	adventure/summon_iron_golem	—
	Star Trader	Trade with a Villager at the build height limit	What a Deal!	Stand on any block that is higher than 318 and trade with a villager or wandering trader.	adventure/trade_at_world_height	—
	Smithing with Style	Apply these smithing templates at least once: Spire, Snout, Rib, Ward, Silence, Vex, Tide, Wayfinder	Crafting a New Look	—	adventure/trim_with_all_exclusive_armor_patterns	150XP experience
	Two Birds, One Arrow	Kill two Phantoms with a piercing Arrow	Ol' Betsy	Use a crossbow enchanted with Piercing to kill two phantoms with a single arrow shot.	adventure/two_birds_one_arrow	65XP experience
	Who's the Pillager Now?	Give a Pillager a taste of their own medicine	Ol' Betsy	Kill a pillager with a crossbow shot.	adventure/whos_the_pillager_now	—
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Ol' Betsy	Armor Stand also counts for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	adventure/arbalistic	85XP experience
	Careful Restoration	Make a Decorated Pot out of 4 Pottery Sherds	Respecting the Remnants	—	adventure/craft_decorated_pot_using_only_sherds	—
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Sweet Dreams	Visit all of these 54 biomes: The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/adventuring_time	500XP experience
	Sound of Music	Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a Jukebox	Sweet Dreams	Use a music disc on a jukebox that stands within a meadow biome.	adventure/play_jukebox_in_meadows	—
	Light as a Rabbit	Walk on Powder Snow... without sinking in it	Sweet Dreams	Walk on powder snow while wearing leather boots.	adventure/walk_on_powder_snow_with_leather_boots	—
	Is It a Plane?	Look at the Ender Dragon through a Spyglass	Is It a Balloon?	—	adventure/spyglass_at_dragon	—
	Very Very Frightening	Strike a Villager with lightning	A Throwaway Joke	Hit a villager with lightning created by a trident with the Channeling enchantment, turning it into a witch.	adventure/very_very_frightening	—
	Sniper Duel	Kill a Skeleton from at least 50 meters away	Take Aim	Receive kill credit for a skeleton that is at least 50 blocks away horizontally and is killed by a projectile.	adventure/sniper_duel	50XP experience
	Bullseye	Hit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters away	Take Aim	Be at least 30 blocks away horizontally when the center of a target is shot with a projectile by the player.	adventure/bullseye	50XP experience
	Isn't It Scute?	Get Armadillo Scutes from an Armadillo using a Brush	Adventure	Use a brush on an armadillo.	adventure/brush_armadillo	—
	Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition	Step foot in a Trial Chamber	Adventure	—	adventure/minecraft_trials_edition	—
	Crafters Crafting Crafters	Be near a Crafter when it crafts a Crafter	Adventure	—	adventure/crafters_crafting_crafters	—
	Lighten Up	Scrape a Copper Bulb with an Axe to make it brighter	Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition	Use any type of axe on a lit copper bulb that is at least partially oxidized.	adventure/lighten_up	—
	Who Needs Rockets?	Use a Wind Charge to launch yourself upwards 8 blocks	Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition	—	adventure/who_needs_rockets	—
	Under Lock and Key	Use a Trial Key on a Vault	Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition	—	adventure/under_lock_and_key	—
	Revaulting	Use an Ominous Trial Key on an Ominous Vault	Under Lock and Key	—	adventure/revaulting	—
	Blowback	Kill a Breeze with a deflected Breeze-shot Wind Charge	Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition	Kill a breeze by deflecting a wind charge that was shot by the breeze itself.	adventure/blowback	40XP experience
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition	–	adventure/overoverkill	50XP experience

Husbandry

Advancement tree in the "Husbandry" tab (advancements in the same level may have a different order)

Husbandry
Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location	Rewards
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	—	Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.	husbandry/root	—
	Bee Our Guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Glass Bottle without aggravating the Bees	Husbandry	Use a glass bottle on a beehive or bee nest while not angering the bees inside.	husbandry/safely_harvest_honey	—
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Husbandry	Breed a pair of any of these 26 mobs: A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/breed_an_animal	—
	You've Got a Friend in Me	Have an Allay deliver items to you	Husbandry	Give an allay an item and then have it return to the player with more of that item. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	husbandry/allay_deliver_item_to_player	—
	Whatever Floats Your Goat!	Get in a Boat and float with a Goat	Husbandry	Enter a boat or a raft with a goat.	husbandry/ride_a_boat_with_a_goat	—
	Best Friends Forever	Tame an animal	Husbandry	Tame one of these 8 tameable mobs: Skeleton Horse and Zombie Horse can be tamed in the same way as a regular horse to gain this advancement with the ride command.	husbandry/tame_an_animal	—
	Glow and Behold!	Make the text of any kind of sign glow	Husbandry	Use a glow ink sac on a sign or a hanging sign.	husbandry/make_a_sign_glow	—
	Fishy Business	Catch a fish	Husbandry	Reel in a fishing rod attached to any of these fish items: The player need not to have actually fished to trigger this advancement.	husbandry/fishy_business	—
	Total Beelocation	Move a Bee Nest, with 3 Bees inside, using Silk Touch	Husbandry	Unlike most other advancements, this advancement is granted upon breaking the nest, rather than it entering your inventory.	husbandry/silk_touch_nest	—
	Bukkit Bukkit	Catch a Tadpole in a Bucket	Husbandry	—	husbandry/tadpole_in_a_bucket	—
	Smells Interesting	Obtain a Sniffer Egg	Husbandry	Have a sniffer egg in the inventory. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	husbandry/obtain_sniffer_egg	—
	A Seedy Place	Plant a seed and watch it grow	Husbandry	Plant one of these 7 crops: Other crops and plants can be planted, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/plant_seed	—
	Wax On	Apply Honeycomb to a Copper block!	Bee Our Guest	Wax any of these 9 waxable copper block variants using a honeycomb: The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages, but cannot already be waxed.	husbandry/wax_on	—
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed a pair of each of these 25 mobs: A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/bred_all_animals	100XP experience
	Birthday Song	Have an Allay drop a Cake at a Note Block	You've Got a Friend in Me	Give an allay a cake and then use a note block to make the allay drop the cake at a note block. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	husbandry/allay_deliver_cake_to_note_block	—
	A Complete Catalogue	Tame all Cat variants!	Best Friends Forever	Tame each of these 11 cat variants:	husbandry/complete_catalogue	50XP experience
	Tactical Fishing	Catch a Fish... without a Fishing Rod!	Fishy Business	Use a water bucket on any fish mob.	husbandry/tactical_fishing	—
	When the Squad Hops into Town	Get each Frog variant on a Lead	Bukkit Bukkit	The frogs don't need to be leashed at the same time.	husbandry/leash_all_frog_variants	—
	Little Sniffs	Feed a Snifflet	Smells Interesting	Feed torchflower seeds to a snifflet. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	husbandry/feed_snifflet	—
	A Balanced Diet	Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you	A Seedy Place	Eat each of these 40 foods: Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/balanced_diet	100XP experience
	Serious Dedication	Use a Netherite Ingot to upgrade a Hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices	A Seedy Place	Have a netherite hoe in the inventory.	husbandry/obtain_netherite_hoe	100XP experience
	Wax Off	Scrape Wax off of a Copper block!	Wax On	Use an axe to revert any of these 9 waxed variants of copper blocks: The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages.	husbandry/wax_off	—
	The Cutest Predator	Catch an Axolotl in a Bucket	Tactical Fishing	Use a water bucket on an axolotl.	husbandry/axolotl_in_a_bucket	—
	With Our Powers Combined!	Have all Froglights in your inventory	When the Squad Hops into Town	Have a pearlescent, ochre, and verdant froglight in the inventory at the same time.	husbandry/froglights	—
	Planting the Past	Plant any Sniffer seed	Little Sniffs	Plant either Torchflower Seeds or a Pitcher Pod. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	husbandry/plant_any_sniffer_seed	—
	The Healing Power of Friendship!	Team up with an axolotl and win a fight	The Cutest Predator	Have the Regeneration effect applied from assisting an axolotl or it killing a mob.	husbandry/kill_axolotl_target	—
	Good as New	Repair a damaged Wolf Armor using Armadillo Scutes	Best Friends Forever	Repair damaged wolf armor to full durability while the armor is equipped on the wolf.	husbandry/repair_wolf_armor	—
	The Whole Pack	Tame one of each Wolf variant	Best Friends Forever	Tame each of these 9 wolf variants:	husbandry/whole_pack	50XP experience
	Shear Brilliance	Remove Wolf Armor from a Wolf using Shears	Best Friends Forever	—	husbandry/remove_wolf_armor	—

Sounds

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	None​​	Master Volume	When any advancement is completed	ui.toast.in	None​​	0.4	1.0	16
	None​​	Master Volume	When an advancement toast finishes	ui.toast.out	None​​	0.4	1.0	16
	None​​	Master Volume	When a challenge advancement is completed	ui.toast.challenge_complete	None​​	0.6	1.0	16

History

Advancement entries and requirements

February 16, 2017							Dinnerbone tweets that he had spent an entire day designing "a new thing" with Darngeek.
February 20, 2017							The design on "this thing" is now done and can begin to be implemented; he later hints at the feature's name.
February 22, 2017							He states that he is "advancing" on the feature; "So. Many. Json. Files." he adds.
							Later that day he states that the project is growing bigger, and that he may need a command "even more complicated than /scoreboard"
March 6, 2017							The backend of the mysterious feature is finished, but the UI needs work, he tweets.
							"I made a tabthulhu today," he later adds, indicating this feature may use a large number of tabs.
March 13, 2017							He again references the name of the feature in a tweet, stating that he is almost done with "this new feature advancement".
March 14, 2017							He tweets that the UI is now working, and that the project took many days and a few research papers to accomplish.
March 22, 2017							The feature now "awards players with things", he states while making another reference to the feature name.
March 23, 2017							Dinnerbone states that the feature requires around 500 JSON files.
							He later tweets a teaser of what the feature holds, though it is hidden behind an encrypted .zip file disguised as a .png image, which he clarifies in later tweets. This .zip file contains custom recipe JSON files.
							He posts another encrypted .zip file soon afterwards, containing a few more recipes.
March 24, 2017							"A deafening metallic condor keeps distracting me", Dinnerbone states. Users quickly pinpointed this bizarre message to this Gfycat URL (archived) officially showcasing advancements for the first time.
							He reveals that the UI can have several tabs with advancement trees that are themselves advancements. He clarifies that that's what he meant by "tabthulhu."
							All of the UI is data-driven, including positioning and layout, with no hardcoded data or positions.
Java Edition
1.12			17w13a				Advancements added, replacing achievements.
			17w14a				Added new advancements, including a new "Adventure" tab.
							Added new notifications for when players advance, which have a sliding effect, and come in two colors: yellow for normal advancements, and pink for special challenges.
			17w15a				Added advancement descriptions and changed several titles.
							Added the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
			17w17a				Added new advancements and two new tabs: "The End" and "Nether".
							Advancement icons now allow data values.
			17w17b				The default advancements now all receive their titles and descriptions from the localization files.
							Added a new number display to track progress while completing certain advancements.
			17w18a				Re-introduced announcements to chat when someone earns an advancement.
							Added /gamerule announceAdvancements, which toggles announcing of advancements, replacing the old server.properties entry.
							Added three Adventure advancements: "Best Friends Forever", "The Parrots and the Bats", and "Two by Two".
							The "Great View From Up Here" advancement now requires 50 vertical blocks, instead of levitating for 30 seconds.
							The "Sniper Duel" advancement has been changed to horizontal distance.
			17w18b				Added a new "Husbandry" tab and four advancements: "A Seedy Place", "Serious Dedication", "A Balanced Diet", and "Hired Help".
							The advancements added in the previous snapshot have been moved to the new Husbandry tab.
							Illusioners are no longer required for the "Monster Hunter" and "Monsters Hunted" advancements.
			pre1				Added new advancements: "A Furious Cocktail", "Postmortal", "Subspace Bubble", and "Uneasy Alliance".
							Advancement trees are now centered in the UI.
			pre2				Added one hidden advancement: "How Did We Get Here?", which rewards 100 experience.
			pre3				Advancement "How Did We Get Here?" now includes the Resistance status effect, and rewards 1000 experience.
							Advancement "A Balanced Diet" now includes all fish types (raw and cooked if possible) and enchanted golden apple.
							Advancements now remember the tab the player last selected.
			pre7				Added experience rewards to all "challenge" advancements.
			release				Added sounds to the toast notifications.
1.13			18w10a				Dried kelp is now required for the "A Balanced Diet" advancement.
							Cold ocean, lukewarm ocean, warm ocean, deep frozen ocean, deep cold ocean and deep lukewarm ocean are now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
							Ocean and deep ocean are no longer required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
			18w14a				Added four advancements: "Fishy Business", "Tactical Fishing", "A Throwaway Joke", and "Very Very Frightening".
			18w14b				Slow Falling status effect is now required for "A Furious Cocktail" and "How Did We Get Here?" advancements.
			18w19a				Conduit Power status effect is now required for the "How Did We Get Here?" advancement.
			18w22a				Advancement "Sniper Duel" description changed to not mention it has to be with an arrow (as it can be achieved with other projectiles too).
			pre7				Normal and goal advancements now have green descriptions, and challenge advancements have purple descriptions.
1.14			18w43a				Added four advancements: "Ol' Betsy", "Who's the Pillager Now?", "Two Birds, One Arrow", and the hidden advancement "Arbalistic".
			18w44a				Added one advancement: "A Complete Catalogue".
							Advancements "The Parrots and the Bats" and "Best Friends Forever" now require cats, instead of ocelots.
							Pandas are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
			18w45a				Bamboo jungle and bamboo jungle hills are now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
			19w06a				The advancement "Serious Dedication" can now be normally granted.
			19w11a				Suspicious stew and sweet berries are now required for the "A Balanced Diet" advancement.
							Bad Omen status effect is now required for the "How Did We Get Here?" advancement.
							The "The Parrots and the Bats" advancement can now be granted by breeding foxes.
			19w12a				Foxes are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
			19w14a				Polar bears are no longer required for advancements "Monster Hunter" and "Monsters Hunted".
			Pre-Release 2				Added two hidden advancements: "Voluntary Exile" and "Hero of the Village".
1.14.3			Pre-Release 2				Saturation status effect is no longer required for the "How Did We Get Here?" advancement.
1.15			19w34a				The "The Parrots and the Bats" advancement can now be granted by breeding bees.
			19w35a				Bees are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
							Honey bottles are now required for the "A Balanced Diet" advancement.
			19w45a				Spectral arrows can now be used to unlock the "Take Aim" advancement.
			19w46a				Added three bee-related advancements: "Sticky Situation", "Bee Our Guest", and "Total Beelocation".
1.16			20w06a				The "Sky's the Limit" advancement's description has changed from "Find Elytra" to "Find elytra".
							The "Take Aim" advancement's description has changed from "Shoot something with a bow and arrow" to "Shoot something with an arrow".
			20w07a				Piglins and hoglins are now required for the "Monsters Hunted" advancement, and they count toward the "Monster Hunter" advancement.
							The "The Parrots and the Bats" advancement can now be granted by breeding hoglins.
			20w09a				Added the "Bullseye" advancement.
			20w12a				Hoglins are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
							The "Sweet Dreams" advancement's description has changed from "Change your respawn point" to "Sleep in a bed to change your respawn point".
			20w13a				The "The Parrots and the Bats" advancement can now be granted by breeding striders.
			20w14a				The advancements "Monster Hunter" and "Monsters Hunted" now use elder guardians, ender dragons, endermites, vexes, withers, and zoglins.
			20w20a				Added ten Nether advancements: "Those Were the Days", "Hidden in the Depths", "Who Is Cutting Onions?", "Oh Shiny", "This Boat Has Legs", "War Pigs", "Country Lode, Take Me Home", "Cover Me in Debris", "Not Quite "Nine" Lives", and "Hot Tourist Destinations".
							Striders are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
							Obtaining blackstone now counts for the "Stone Age" advancement.
							The advancement "Serious Dedication" is now rewarded for obtaining a netherite hoe. Previously, the player had to use all the durability on a diamond hoe. In addition to this, the description for this advancement has been changed from "Completely use up a diamond hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices" to "Use a Netherite ingot to upgrade a hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices". Also, the icon for this advancement has changed from a diamond hoe to a netherite hoe.
							The description of the advancement "Not Today, Thank You" has changed from "Deflect an arrow or trident with a shield" to "Deflect a projectile with a shield".
							The description of the advancement "Ice Bucket Challenge" has changed from "Form and mine a block of obsidian" to "Obtain a block of obsidian".
							The "Bullseye" advancement now requires the bullseye to be hit from at least 30 blocks away. It is now a challenge advancement, rewarding 50 experience. The description of this advancement has changed from "Hit the bullseye of a Target block with an arrow" to "Hit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters away".
			pre1				Donkeys and mules are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
							The "Oh Shiny" advancement now uses gold nuggets, since they were added to the piglin_loved item tag.
							The "Hot Tourist Destinations" advancement now rewards 500 experience, and the "Cover Me in Debris" advancement now also rewards 100 experience.
							The capitalization of the advancement "Who Is Cutting Onions?" has changed to "Who is Cutting Onions?"
			pre3				The "Oh Shiny" advancement does not unlock if the distracted piglin is a baby or if gold nuggets are used.
			pre6				The "Oh Shiny" advancement now unlocks when the piglin is used.
1.16.2			20w27a				Piglin brutes are required for the "Monsters Hunted" advancement and count toward the "Monster Hunter" advancement.
			20w30a				The capitalization of the description of the advancements "Country Lode, Take Me Home" and "Bring Home the Beacon" have changed from "Use a compass on a Lodestone" to "Use a Compass on a Lodestone" and "Construct and place a beacon" to "Construct and place a Beacon", respectively.
1.17			21w05a				Glow berries are now required for the "A Balanced Diet" advancement.
			21w13a				Goats and axolotls are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
							The advancement for obtaining diamond armor is now capitalized as "Cover Me with Diamonds", as opposed to "Cover Me With Diamonds".
			pre1				Added eleven advancements: "Whatever Floats Your Goat!", "Wax On", "Wax Off", "The Cutest Predator", "The Healing Power of Friendship", "Glow and Behold!", "Light as a Rabbit", "Surge Protector", "Is It a Bird?", "Is It a Balloon?", and "Is It a Plane?"
			pre3				The description of the advancement "Wax On" has changed from "Apply Wax to a Copper block!" to "Apply Honeycomb to a Copper block!".
1.18			21w39a				Added four advancements: "Caves & Cliffs", "Feels like home", "Star Trader", and "Sound of Music".
							Advancement "Light as a Rabbit" now has "Sweet Dreams" as its parent instead of "Adventure".
			21w40a				The number of biomes required to visit for the "Adventuring Time" advancement has been reduced from 42 to 31, due to the removal or merge of sub-biomes.
			21w44a				The number of biomes required to visit for the "Adventuring Time" advancement has been increased from 31 to 50, now encompassing all biomes in the Overworld.
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				The number of biomes required to visit for the "Adventuring Time" advancement has been increased to 51, due to the addition of the deep dark biome.
			22w13a				Added three advancements: "Bukkit bukkit", "It spreads", and "With our powers combined!"
							Frogs are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
			22w14a				Added two hidden advancements: "Birthday Song" and "You Got a Friend in Me".
							The number of biomes required to visit for the "Adventuring Time" advancement has been increased to 52, due to the addition of the mangrove swamp biome.
			22w15a				Added two new advancements: "Sneak 100" and "When the Squad Hops into Town".
							Darkness status effect is now required for the "How Did We Get Here?" advancement.
							The parent advancement of "With Our Powers Combined!" is now "When the Squad Hops into Town" instead of "Bukkit Bukkit".
							The title of the advancement "You Got a Friend in Me" has been changed to "You've Got a Friend in Me".
							The capitalization errors in the titles and descriptions of several advancements have been fixed.
			22w18a				The description of the advancement "Sneak 100" has changed from "Sneak near a Sculk Sensor, Sculk Shrieker or Warden to prevent it from hearing you" to "Sneak near a Sculk Sensor or Warden to prevent it from detecting you".
			pre1				Advancement "It Spreads" now has "Monster Hunter" as its parent instead of "Adventure".
			pre2				Advancement "It Spreads" is no longer granted if a mob that drops no experience is killed near a sculk catalyst.
1.19.3			22w42a				The advancement "Birthday Song" is now a regular advancement instead of a challenge.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				The cherry grove is now required to be visited for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
			pre1				The "A Seedy Place" advancement can now be granted by planting torchflower seeds.
							The "The Parrots and the Bats" advancement can now be granted by breeding sniffers.
							Sniffers are now required for the "Two by Two" advancement.
1.20			23w13a				The "A Seedy Place" advancement can now be granted by planting pitcher pods.
			23w17a				Added seven advancements: "Smells interesting", "Little sniffs", "Planting the past", "Crafting a new look", "Smithing with style", "Respecting the remnants", and "Careful restoration".
			23w18a				Added one new advancement: "The Power of Books".
							The capitalization of the titles of the advancements added in the previous snapshot are now fixed.
			pre6				"Smithing with Style" is now a challenge advancement.
1.20.2			23w31a				"Smithing with Style" now rewards 150 experience.
							"Glow and Behold!" is no longer granted when interacting with an empty sign while holding a glow ink sac.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w43a				The newly-added chiseled copper, copper bulbs, copper doors, copper grates, and copper trapdoors now count toward the "Wax On" and "Wax Off" advancements.
			23w45a				The "Not Today, Thank You" advancement can now be granted by blocking the newly-added wind charge.
			23w46a				Breeze now counts for "Monster Hunter" and is now required for "Monsters Hunted".
			pre1				The breeze no longer counts for "Monster Hunter" and is no longer required for "Monsters Hunted" while the 1.21 experimental data pack is disabled.
1.20.5			23w51a				Armadillo now counts toward "The Parrots and the Bats" and is now required for "Two by Two".
			pre1				Added four advancements: "Isn’t It Scute?", "Snip it!", "Good as New", and "The Whole Pack".
			pre2				"Snip it!" has been renamed to "Shear Brilliance".
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w07a				Bogged now counts for "Monster Hunter" and is now required for "Monsters Hunted".
			24w12a				Added seven advancements: "Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition", "Under Lock and Key", "Blowback", "Who Needs Rockets?", "Crafters Crafting Crafters", "Lighten Up", and "Over-Overkill"
			pre1				Added the "Revaulting" advancement.
1.21			24w18a				Infested, Oozing, Weaving, and Wind Charged are now required for the "A Furious Cocktail" advancement.
							Infested, Oozing, Raid Omen, Trial Omen, Weaving, and Wind Charged are now required for the "How Did We Get Here" advancement.
							The bolt and flow armor trims now count for "Crafting a New Look".
1.21.2			24w33a				"Over-Overkill" now requires a smash attack.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Creakings now count for "Monster Hunter" advancement, and are now required for "Monsters Hunted" advancement.
							The pale garden is now required to be visited for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
1.21.5			25w06a				The "Country Lode, Take Me Home" advancement has been moved from the Nether category to the Adventure category.

Technical details

Java Edition
1.12			17w16b				Added trigger item_durability_changed.
			17w17a				Added trigger levitation.
							Added feature condition to the location trigger.
							Advancements can now execute commands when achieved.
							Advancement icons now allow data values.
							Added five modifiers to the /advancement grant and /advancement revoke commands: "everything", "from", "until", "through", and "only".
			17w17b				Added the changed_dimension trigger, which takes two optional conditions: to and from, both being strings that accept "overworld", "the_nether", or "the_end".
							The "location" shared object now has a dimension string (same values as above).
			17w18a				Advancement loading is now strict JSON.
							Added tick and tame_animal triggers.
							Added show_toast and announce_to_chat display options.
							"entity" objects and the levitation trigger now use a shared "distance" object. They check if the player is within or outside of the specified range on the x, y, or z axis. absolute and horizontal ranges check if the player is within range on all axes, though horizontal excludes the Y axis.
			17w18b				Added new advancement triggers: consume_item, placed_block, and arbitrary_player_tick.
			pre1				Added hidden field to advancement display info, which defaults to false.
							Added new effects_changed, used_totem, and nether_travel advancements triggers.
							Removed commands from advancement rewards, replaced with function.
							Items and entities in advancements now have an extra NBT field.
							Entities in advancements now have an extra effects and location field.
							The arbitrary_player_tick advancement trigger has been removed.
			pre5				All recipe unlock advancements now have a parent of recipes/root.
							Several recipe unlock advancements have been renamed.
1.13			17w43a				Custom advancements have been moved into data packs.
			17w45a				Added an advancement selector argument to test for obtained advancements.
			pre6				Added a nbt field to the advancement icon section.
1.15			19w46a				Added triggers bee_nest_destroyed, safely_harvest_honey, and slide_down_block
1.16			20w20a				Added triggers thrown_item_picked_up_by_entity, player_generates_container_loot, and item_used_on_block.
							Removed trigger safely_harvest_honey as it was made redundant by item_used_on_block.
			pre1				The advancement file "Serious Dedication" has been renamed to obtain_netherite_hoe.json. This means progress in this advancement is not kept when upgrading to this version.
			pre6				Added trigger player_interacted_with_entity.
1.16.2			20w30a				The ":(" (advancements.sad_label) under the description of the empty advancement screen can now be modified.
1.19			22w15a				The ID of the advancement "Birthday Song" has been fixed from husbandry/allay_deliver_cake_to_noteblock to husbandry/allay_deliver_cake_to_note_block.
							Added trigger avoid_vibration and removed triggers thrown_item_picked_up_by_player and item_delivered_to_player.
1.20			23w16a				Added recipe_crafted advancement trigger; triggered when crafting a recipe.
1.20.2			pre1				The advancement progress indicator symbol ("/") is now translatable.
							The requirements field can once again be skipped in an advancement file.
1.20.5			24w03a				Added triggers default_block_use and any_block_use.
			24w12a				Added triggers crafter_recipe_crafted and fall_after_explosion.
1.21.2			24w37a				The trigger minecraft:killed_by_crossbow has been renamed to minecraft:killed_by_arrow, and now triggers whenever an arrow kills an entity, not just when fired from a crossbow.

Issues

Issues relating to "Advancement" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Some Minecraft April Fools' Jokes have additional advancements. These include:
  • Java Edition 20w14∞, which added a new advancement called "Almost there", achieved after going through any portal a billion times. The in-game description is "Visited over billion dimensions." The advancement is found in the "Adventure" tab and its parent is the advancement "Adventure." The advancement also has a flint and steel icon. The advancement can be granted using /advancement grant @s only minecraft:adventure/almost_there.
  • Java Edition 22w13oneBlockAtATime, which added a new advancement called "Ride The End", achieved when an ender dragon is mounted.
  • Java Edition 23w13a or b, which added 2 new advancements called "I Voted!" and "Pro Voter", achieved when the player votes for the first time and for the 256th time, respectively.
  • Java Edition 24w14potato, which added an entire tab called "Poisonous Potato Saga" with 24 new advancements, including "Non Plus Ultra" for entering the Potato dimension for the first time.
• The theme for completing a challenge advancement is used as Steve's victory theme in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
• In Java Edition, advancements translations are less strict and allow for creative interpretations, as they are considered more of a 'meta' feature. For instance, the "Free the End" advancement in Pirate English is named "Rip th' big bad bat". These are allowed as long as the translations stay true to the intent of the advancement.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  First look at advancements; Dinnerbone showcasing usage of the interface (click to play).

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  First look at advancement descriptions.

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  Advancements being announced in chat.

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  "Tabthulhu".

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  The advancements screen when no advancements have been completed or unlocked.

Renders and diagrams

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  Advancement "A Balanced Diet".

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  Advancement "A Complete Catalogue".

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  Advancement "Monsters Hunted".

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  Advancement "Two by Two"

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  Advancement "A Furious Cocktail".

See also

• Tutorial:Advancement guide
• Achievement
• Achievement/Java Edition
• Data pack