How to Change Your Minecraft Server's Game Mode

**Changing the game mode on your Minecraft server lets you control the kind of experience your players will have. Minecraft has four different game modes for you can choose from:

• **Survival **– Classic Minecraft with health, hunger, and resource gathering.

• Creative – Unlimited blocks, flying, and no health/damage.

• **Adventure **– Designed for custom maps. Blocks can't be broken without proper tools.

• **Spectator **– Fly through blocks and observe the world without interacting. A great option if you are hosting an event on your server and want to view (and potentially record) different players quickly.

Step 1: Log in

Log in to your Nexus Hosting Account.

Step 2: Select the Server

Once on the dashboard, find and select your intended Minecraft server.

Step 3: Open server.properties

To change the game mode for the entire server, click Files in the sidebar. Locate and select the server.properties file from the list.

Step 4: Set the Game Mode

Find the gamemode setting and change the value to your game mode of choice.

Then click Save Content.

Step 5: Change Game Mode for Individual Players

If you want different players to use different game modes – for example, you stay in Creative to build while others play in Survival – you can set this manually using the console or in-game (if you have OP privileges). The command is the same in both cases:

gamemode <gamemode> [<target>]

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Updated on: 05/05/2025