/place

/place

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Places a configured feature, structure, structure template, or template pool if possible.

Syntax

Java Edition

place feature <feature> [<pos>]

Place the configured feature.

place jigsaw <pool> <target> <max_depth> [<position>]

Place a jigsaw structure starting with the specified template pool, starting jigsaw block and maximum depth.

place structure <structure> [<pos>]

Place the structure.

place template <template> [<pos>] [<rotation>] [<mirror>] [<integrity>] [<seed>] [strict]

Place the structure template. (Works like using the load button in the UI for a structure block.)

Bedrock Edition

place feature <feature: features> [position: x y z]

place featurerule <featurerule: featureRules> [position: x y z]

Place the feature.

place jigsaw <pool: filepath> <jigsawTarget: string> <maxDepth: int> [pos: x y z] [keepJigsaws: Boolean]

Place a jigsaw structure starting with the specified template pool, starting jigsaw block and maximum depth.

place structure <structure: string> [pos: x y z] [ignoreStartHeight: Boolean] [keepJigsaws: Boolean]

Place the structure.

Arguments

JE: <feature>: resource_key

Specifies the configured feature to place. See Feature for vanilla configured features.

Must be a resource location, which resolves during command execution into a registry entry in minecraft:worldgen/configured_feature registry.

JE: <structure>: resource_key
BE: structure: string: basic_string

Specifies the structure. See Structure for vanilla structures.

Must be a resource location, which resolves during command execution into a registry entry in minecraft:worldgen/structure registry.

JE: <pool>: resource_key
BE: pool: filepath: CommandFilePath

Specifies the start template pool to start generating a jigsaw.

Must be a resource location, which resolves during command execution into a registry entry in minecraft:worldgen/template_pool registry.

JE: <target>: resource_location
BE: jigsawTarget: string: basic_string

Specifies the jigsaw block that is connected to when generating the start structure pool.

Must be a resource location for an unregistered content.

JE: <max_depth>: integer
BE: maxDepth: int

Specifies the max depth of the jigsaw.

Must be a [Int]32-bit integer number (from -2147483648 (-2³¹) to 2147483647 (2³¹-1) ). And it must be between 1 and 20 (inclusive).

BE: <keepJigsaws: Boolean>: enum

Specifies whether the jigsaws should be kept or not. If not specified, defaults to false.

Must be a [Boolean]Boolean (either true or false).

JE: <template>: resource_location

Specifies the structure template to place.

Must be a resource location for an unregistered content.

JE: <pos>: block_pos and <position>: block_pos
BE: <pos: x y z>: CommandPosition

Specifies the start position of the placement.

Must be a block position composed of <X>, <Y> and <Z>, each of which must be an integer or a tilde and caret notation.

BE: feature: features: enum

Specifies the feature.

Must be a string. And it must be a single word that has no space or a double-quoted string (When quoted, \ can be used to escape characters).

BE: featurerule: featureRules: enum

Specifies the feature rule.

Must be a string. And it must be a single word that has no space or a double-quoted string (When quoted, \ can be used to escape characters).

BE: <ignoreStartHeight: Boolean>: enum

Specifies whether the structure should start generating at the given Y coordinate or follow its set height placement rules. If not specified, defaults to false.

Must be a [Boolean]Boolean (either true or false).

JE: <rotation>: template_rotation

Specifies the rotation to apply to the placed template.

Must be either none, clockwise_90, counterclockwise_90, or 180. If omitted, defaults to none.

JE: <mirror>: template_mirror

Specifies the mirroring to apply to the placed template.

Must be either none, front_back, or left_right. If omitted, defaults to none.

JE: <integrity>: float

Specifies the integrity value to apply to the placed template (how complete the template that gets placed is). If omitted, defaults to 1.0.

Must be a [Float]Single-precision floating-point number (from -(2-2^-23)×2¹²⁷ (≈-3.4×10³⁸) to (2-2^-23)2×¹²⁷ (≈3.4×10³⁸) ). And it must be between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).

JE: <seed>: integer

Specifies the seed to use for randomized degradation of the placed template when integrity is less than 1. If omitted, defaults to 0.

Must be a [Int]32-bit integer number (from -2147483648 (-2³¹) to 2147483647 (2³¹-1) ).

JE: strict

Makes the command place blocks as-is without triggering block updates and shape updates.

Result

Command	Trigger	Java Edition
Any	The command is incomplete, or any argument is not specified correctly.	Unparseable
/place feature ...	Any of 3×3 chunks around the start position is unloaded or out of the world.	Failed
/place template ...	Any of chunks that the template would be in before rotation is unloaded or out of the world.
/place jigsaw ...	The start position is unloaded or out of the world.
/place structure ...	Any of chunks to place in is unloaded or out of the world.	Failed or Error
/place structure <structure> <pos>	The specified <pos> is unloaded or out of world.	Failed
/place feature ...	There's no configured feature with the provided ID.
	The configured feature could not generate - depends on the configured feature.
/place jigsaw ...	There's no structure pool with the provided ID.
	The specified start pool has no element.	Error
	Tries to generate an empty element (empty_pool_element) in the start pool.	Failed
	Jigsaw block with the specified ID is not found in the start pool.
/place structure ...	There is no structure with the provided ID.
	There is no valid position in this chunk to place the specified structure - depends on the structure.
	There is no valid biome in this chunk to place the specified structure - depends on the structure.
/place template ...	There is no template with the provided ID.
	There's no block and entity in this template file.
Any	Otherwise	Successful

Output

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	/execute store success ...	/execute store result ...
Any	Java Edition	On fail	0	0	0
		On success	1	1	1
		On error	0	unchanged	unchanged
	Bedrock Edition	On fail	0	N/A	N/A
		On success	1	N/A	N/A

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.19			22w18a				Added /place, replacing /placefeature.
			22w19a				/place can now place templates for structure blocks.
			Pre-release 1				/place template can now be autocompleted.
1.20.5			24w07a				Now the limit of max depth in /place is 20 instead of 7.
			pre2				Now /place jigsaw checks whether the position is unloaded or out of the world before placement.
1.21.5			25w02a				Accepts a new option: strict.
							New syntax for commands to use the new strict option.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.21.50 Experiment Data-Driven Jigsaw Structures			Preview 1.21.50.26				Added /place behind the "Data-Driven Jigsaw Structures" experimental toggle.
1.21.60 Experiment Upcoming Creator Features			Preview 1.21.60.23				Added feature and featurerule subcommands behind the "Upcoming Creator Features" experimental toggle.

Issues

The check to ensure that the target position is loaded works by testing if blocks are placeable at Y=0 in the target chunk. If this check is made in a custom dimension where Y=0 is out of the world, it will always fail, preventing the command from ever succeeding.

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