How many advancements are there in Minecraft?

There are 122 advancements in Java Edition, split across the Minecraft, Nether, The End, Adventure and Husbandry tabs.

How do I see my advancements in game?

Press the L key, or open the pause menu and click the Advancements button.

What is the hardest advancement in Minecraft?

How Did We Get Here? is widely considered the hardest. It is a hidden challenge that requires every status effect in the game to be active on you at the same time.

Do advancements give XP or rewards?

No. Advancements are a progression guide and a badge of accomplishment only; a few challenges grant a small amount of XP in Java, but most give nothing tangible.

All Minecraft Advancements: The Complete List and How to Get Them

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Minecraft never gives you a quest log, but advancements are the closest thing it has to one. This Java Edition system quietly tracks everything from punching your first tree to pulling off stunts most players never attempt. There are 122 of them across five tabs, mixing ordinary advancements, tougher goals and hidden challenges that stay invisible until you earn them. Press the L key to open the screen and browse them yourself.

Minecraft Tab: The Main Story Path

This tab walks you through the game's backbone, from your first crafting table to the End portal.

Advancement	How to Get It
Minecraft	Have a crafting table in your inventory
Stone Age	Pick up cobblestone, blackstone or cobbled deepslate
Getting an Upgrade	Craft a stone pickaxe
Acquire Hardware	Obtain an iron ingot
Suit Up	Wear any piece of iron armor
Hot Stuff	Fill a bucket with lava
Isn't It Iron Pick	Craft an iron pickaxe
Not Today, Thank You	Block a projectile with a shield
Ice Bucket Challenge	Obtain obsidian
Diamonds!	Pick up a diamond
We Need to Go Deeper	Enter the Nether
Cover Me with Diamonds	Wear any piece of diamond armor
Enchanter	Enchant an item at an enchanting table
Zombie Doctor	Cure a zombie villager with a weakness potion and golden apple
Eye Spy	Enter a stronghold
The End?	Enter the End dimension

Nether Tab

Everything tied to the dimension of lava and piglins, including two of the hardest challenges in the game.

Advancement	How to Get It
Nether	Enter the Nether
Return to Sender	Kill a ghast by reflecting its own fireball
Those Were the Days	Enter a bastion remnant
Hidden in the Depths	Obtain ancient debris
Subspace Bubble	Use the Nether to travel 7,000 blocks in the Overworld
A Terrible Fortress	Enter a Nether fortress
Who Is Cutting Onions?	Obtain crying obsidian
Oh Shiny	Distract a piglin by throwing it gold
This Boat Has Legs	Ride a strider with a warped fungus on a stick
Uneasy Alliance	Kill a ghast while you are in the Overworld
War Pigs	Loot a chest inside a bastion remnant
Country Lode, Take Me Home	Use a compass on a lodestone
Cover Me in Debris	Wear a full set of netherite armor
Spooky Scary Skeleton	Obtain a wither skeleton skull
Into Fire	Obtain a blaze rod
Not Quite Nine Lives	Fully charge a respawn anchor with glowstone
Feels Like Home	Ride a strider on lava in the Overworld for 50 blocks
Hot Tourist Destinations	Visit all five Nether biomes
Withering Heights	Summon the Wither
Local Brewery	Take a potion (even a water bottle) out of a brewing stand
Bring Home the Beacon	Stand near an activated beacon
A Furious Cocktail	Have all 13 main potion effects active at once
Beaconator	Stand near a beacon powered by a full 164-block pyramid
How Did We Get Here?	Have every status effect in the game active at once (hidden)

The End Tab

Advancement	How to Get It
The End	Enter the End
Free the End	Kill the ender dragon
The Next Generation	Pick up the dragon egg
Remote Gateway	Throw an ender pearl through an End gateway
The End... Again...	Respawn the ender dragon with end crystals
You Need a Mint	Collect dragon's breath in a glass bottle
The City at the End of the Game	Enter an End city
Sky's the Limit	Obtain an elytra
Great View From Up Here	Levitate 50 blocks upwards on shulker bullets

Adventure Tab

The biggest tab covers combat, exploration and odd little feats. Highlights include Monster Hunter (kill any hostile mob), Monsters Hunted (kill one of every hostile mob), Hero of the Village (win a raid), Adventuring Time (visit every Overworld biome), Sniper Duel (shoot a skeleton from 50 blocks away), Bullseye (hit a target block's centre from 30 blocks), Sneak 100 (sneak past a sculk sensor or Warden), Caves and Cliffs (fall from build height to near bedrock and survive), and the trial chamber additions such as Under Lock and Key (open a vault), Revaulting (open an ominous vault) and Over-Overkill (deal 50 hearts of damage in one mace hit).

Husbandry Tab

Farming and animals live here. You will earn Husbandry the first time you eat anything, A Seedy Place when you plant your first seed, and The Parrots and the Bats when you breed any animal. The long-haul challenges are Two by Two (breed every breedable animal), A Balanced Diet (eat every food in the game), A Complete Catalogue (tame all cat variants) and The Whole Pack (tame all nine wolf variants). Serious Dedication, upgrading a diamond hoe to netherite, is the traditional joke at the end of the grind.

Advancements pay no XP and give no items, but as a checklist of everything Minecraft can do, nothing beats them. If you ever feel lost in a world, open the tab you are closest to finishing and let it pick your next adventure.