How to spawn in minecraft?

Spawning refers to the creation and placement of players and mobs in the Minecraft world.

New players initially spawn within a small area surrounding the world spawn point when the server is not in Adventure mode. Upon death or return from the End dimension, the player respawns within this area unless the player's individual spawn point changed (by using a bed or respawn anchor, or the /spawnpoint command).

This area is 21×21 blocks by default in Java Edition or 5×5 in Bedrock Edition, but can be changed by the spawnRadius gamerule in both single and multiplayer.

When set to 0, the player spawns in the crosshair of four blocks. When set to 1, the player always spawns on the northwest of those four blocks. The maximum spawn radius is 99999999 but when rejoining the world, it resets to 128. However, on the discontinued "Old" world type, the maximum spawn radius in 256 instead.

When the player first loads into the world or respawns, the game searches within the world spawn area and tries to place the player on a random grass block. Upon spawning, the player is placed on the highest valid spawn point block of the X and Z spawn coordinates, even if this would set the player above the maximum build height. However, if there are no valid spawn points but a grass block that was determined to be an invalid spawn point due to being blocked by a block above it (though the grass block would decay soon after), the game checks the closest two free spaces from below and the player spawns there. If there are absolutely no grass blocks, the player spawns directly at the world spawn point, which can even result in players spawning above the Void if there are no blocks at that location.

The world spawn point also determines the center of the permanently loaded spawn chunks.

The world spawn point itself can be changed using the /setworldspawn command.

In Bedrock Edition, when a player creates a new world, the world spawn point is restricted to specific biomes. The algorithm starts searching from coordinate 0,0, continuing outward until an acceptable biome is found for the world spawn point. Using add-ons, a rare biome can be designated to cause the player to spawn at a distant location, but the game crashes if the biome does not exist or cannot generate.

The algorithm searches for these biomes:

The player spawns within a 5-block radius of the point selected in the chosen biome, sometimes resulting in the player spawning outside the intended spawn biome, ending up in a beach, river, or swamp biome. It is also possible (but rare) for a player to spawn initially underwater and start drowning.[1]

A search for a valid world spawn biome is not performed for Flat and Old world-types.

When the server's settings specify the default game mode as Adventure (using the server.properties), then the normal spawning mechanic is ignored, and players are spawned directly on the world spawn point. This includes the X, Y, and Z coordinates, even if there is no block there, and even if there are blocks above it.

If the Y coordinate is not within a valid spawning area, then the server looks up until it finds one, up to a maximum of Y=256. If there is space to spawn, but it is in mid-air, the player spawns in mid-air, even falling into the Void if there is a hole.

There are several ways to determine the world spawn point:

The individual spawn point of the player can be changed by sleeping in a bed, using a respawn anchor, or using the /setworldspawn or /spawnpoint command. If the individual spawning area of the player is obstructed upon death, the player respawns at the world spawn.

Sleeping in a bed allows for leniency in obstruction, in that the player respawns on other blocks near the bed if the original point becomes blocked. The same is true for the respawn anchor. If the spawn point set via /setworldspawn or /spawnpoint becomes obstructed, the player is not given this leniency in respawning.

In Java Edition many animals generate upon initial chunk creation. These spawns occur only once per chunk. They are not affected by the /gamerule doMobSpawning command.

One in ten newly-generated chunks attempts to generate animal mobs, usually in packs of up to 4 of the same species. The spawn attempt always starts on top of the highest available block in a randomly chosen column within the chunk. The chosen position must not be a solid block for the animals to generate. Once the starting position is chosen for a chunk, a second position is chosen in a 9×9 block area around the starting position. Blocks toward the center of the 9x9 area are more likely to be chosen than blocks toward the edge. The block does not need to be a grass block nor does it need to be illuminated as it does with mob spawning. If an animal can spawn at the second position, it does so. The second position becomes the first position, and a new second position is chosen like before in a 9x9 area. This process can repeat until each chunk has attempted to spawn 1–4 mobs.

In Bedrock Edition animals do not spawn during chunk generation, but they continually attempt to spawn everywhere as part of the environmental spawning algorithm, according to their spawn weights, biome tags, and block requirements (see Bedrock Edition under Spawn Cycle, below).

There are 2 types of animals: common animals and biome-specific animals.

Common animal mobs do not spawn in desert, badlands, beach, snowy plains, river, ocean, or mushroom fields biomes.

Some animal mobs spawn only in specific biomes.[more information needed]

Randomness for animal spawning is derived from the world seed, which means that worlds with the same seed always generate chunks with the same animals in the same places.

Monsters cannot spawn when the difficulty is set to Peaceful (except piglin‌[BE only] and hoglin). At any higher setting they spawn when block light level is 0. The player cannot sleep when a monster (other than hoglin; and in Java Edition, also include slime, magma cube and non-hostile zombified piglin) is nearby, even if the monster has no path to the player.

Common monster mobs can spawn in almost any biome in the Overworld (except for mushroom fields or deep dark). They can spawn on the surface and underground. The weight determines the spawn rate in the Bedrock Codebase.

Some monsters spawn only in specific biomes.

In Java Edition these mobs still spawn if the /gamerule doMobSpawning command is set to false, because they spawn as part of structure generation. In Bedrock Edition nothing spawns if the /gamerule doMobSpawning command is set to false.

Mobs are broadly divided into seven categories: hostile, passive, water creature (squids and dolphins), underground water creature (glow squids), axolotls, water ambient (all 4 types of fish), and ambient (bat). Most mobs have a spawning cycle once every game tick (1⁄20 of a second), but passive mobs have only one spawning cycle every 400 game ticks (20 seconds). Because of this, where conditions permit, hostile mobs spawn frequently, but passive mobs (animals) spawn rarely. Most animals spawn within chunks when they are generated.

Mobs spawn naturally within chunks that have a player horizontally within 128 blocks of the chunk center. When there are multiple players, mobs can spawn within the given distance of any of them. However, hostile mobs (and some others) that move farther than 128 blocks from the nearest player despawn instantly, so the mob spawning area for such mobs is more-or-less limited to spheres with a radius of 128 blocks, centered at each player.

There are two caps, a global cap and a per-player cap. Note the spawn density mechanism may also be considered a "cap" of sorts, but takes effect later in the spawning process.

The mob caps are checked once for each spawn-eligible chunk. Spawn for the chunk may take the total number of mobs over the cap.

The caps for each mob category are as follows:

The "misc" category is used only by entities that are not mobs, do not spawn naturally, and/or following different spawning rules than other mobs. As such the mob cap has no bearing on mobs of this category.

All non-persistent loaded mobs are counted against the global cap, including those in chunks not in range of a player or eligible for spawns.

The cap is scaled by the total number of chunks within a 17×17 chunk square around any player. The cap is then scaled as globalCap = mobCap × chunks ÷ 289.

Because chunks that are in the range of multiple players are counted once, more chunks and higher mob caps result from the players spreading out.

Each non-persistent mob in a chunk that has its center within 128 blocks horizontally of a player is counted toward that player's per-player mob cap.

For each chunk, spawns are only allowed if at least one player has that chunk in range and has not reached their per-player mob cap.

For each spawning cycle, attempts are made to spawn packs of mobs per each eligible chunk. An eligible chunk is determined by the same check for which chunks are random ticked. A random location in the chunk is chosen to be the center point of the pack. If the block in which a pack spawn occurs is an opaque full cube, further pack spawn attempts are canceled. There are a maximum of 3 pack spawn attempts per mob category.

Before the attempt to spawn each mob in the pack, the position is offset by ±5 (triangular distribution) on the X and Z axes. Thus, while the pack can be spread out up to 40 blocks from the initial position for a pack size of 4, it's much more likely they'll be closer to the center. Approximately 85% of spawns are within 5 blocks of the pack center, and 99% within 10 blocks of the center. Mobs spawn with the lowest part of their body inside this area.

All mobs within a pack are the same species. The species for the entire pack is chosen randomly, but based on a weight system from those eligible to spawn at the location of the first spawn attempt in the pack. For later mob spawn attempts in the pack, if the selected species cannot spawn at the location (e.g. due to being in a different biome or structure) then that attempt fails.

The game checks on each spawn if the number of mobs that have been spawned for the pack is equal to the max spawn attempts, as well as the location's spawn potential.

Pack spawn attempts max out at:

When the max pack size is less than the number of possible spawn attempts, some spawns attempts fail, but are seen more commonly in practice. Based on the number of mobs that have been successfully spawned. If the max pack size is greater than the number of spawn attempts, one gets only the number of spawns from the spawn attempts. Some mobs have a minimum and max pack size, meaning there is an even chance for any number of spawn attempts between them occurring.

For all dimensions, structure-based spawns take priority over biome for hostile spawns. This means that in a swamp hut, pillager outpost, nether fortress (outer bounding box only when there is nether bricks below it‌[JE only]), and ocean monument, one sees only the corresponding hostile mobs for that structure within that structure.

In the Overworld, this depends on the location:

In the Nether:

Whether a spawn condition fails differs from the above determination if the game tries to spawn them in that biome. For example, dolphins can have pack spawns that occur inside of frozen ocean and deep frozen ocean biomes, but no other biomes. These rules apply to variants of the same mob, such as baby zombies and spider jockeys.

Each individual spawn attempt succeeds only if all of the following conditions are met:

The basic rules for spawning are as follows:

When doing the light check in the Overworld and End, the spawn chances are randomized and a spawn only occurs if the light level is less than or equal to a random number between 0 and 7. In the Nether, as long as the light level is below 11, the spawn is allowed.

Some mobs have some additional rules in addition to the ones above.

If all of these conditions are met then the mob is spawned.

The warped forest and soul sand valley biomes introduced a new mechanic to limit the amount of mobs that naturally spawn in them. The spawn cost (also called spawn potential or spawn density) takes on a value for each block in the biome. Certain mobs increase that value by some number ("charge") divided by their distance to the block. If a new spawn attempt would bring the "potential" of the spawning block above a certain threshold, the spawn attempt is canceled. This results in mobs not spawning too close to one another in these biomes, and new spawns in the area are completely blocked long before the full mobcap of 70 hostile mobs is ever reached.

More specifically, a mob may be spawned at a location if sum( existing mob's charge ÷ distance to mob ) × new mob's charge < new mob's maximum potential. While the code allows for different mobs to have different charges and maximum potential, in both exiting biomes all checked mobs have the same charge and maximum potential.

Which mobs contribute to the charge, how much they add, and what the maximum potential is are all biome-specific. Mobs carry charge according to their current biome, and affect spawning in an adjacent biome even if they would not contribute a charge if in that biome. For example, striders in a soul sand valley will affect enderman spawns in an adjacent warped forest, even though striders in the warped forest itself do not.

Due to the limited total number of mobs in soul sand valleys and warped forests, a larger-than-usual amount of mobs spawn in any space outside of these biomes, including in Nether fortresses.

Environmental spawning in Bedrock Edition shares broad similarities to natural spawning in Java Edition: mobs spawn in a radius around the player subject to block conditions, lighting conditions, biome conditions, naturally generated structure conditions, and caps. Many mobs spawn in groups (called "packs" in Java and "herds" in Bedrock). One notable difference from Java Edition is that most animals can spawn at light level 7 or higher rather than 9 or higher.

There are two types of environmental spawns: cluster spawns and structure spawns. Structure spawns reproduce specific types of mobs at specific locations within certain naturally generated structures, such as nether fortresses, swamp huts, etc. Cluster spawns account for all other types of environmental spawns, including mobs that spawn individually (i.e. not in a herd of 2 or more). Both types of environmental spawns follow the same rules for spawn conditions and mob caps, except that structure spawns can exceed the monster population cap by 1 (see below).

Mob spawning in bedrock edition happens within a spherical shell 24-44 blocks away from the player on simulation distance 4. It happens a quasi-spherical shell 24-128 blocks away from the player, restricted by a simulation distance and/or to roughly 96 blocks horizontally, on simulation distances 6 and higher. This means that mobs can spawn directly above or below the player (for example, phantoms in the sky or zombies underground). Mobs can spawn only in chunks that are being ticked. There is a 11⁄2000 chance of the mob spawning algorithm attempting to run per chunk, per tick.

There are three mob caps that affect environmental spawning: a global mob cap, population control caps for general mob types, and density caps for specific mob types. The global mob cap is set at 200 regardless of difficulty. The global mob cap affects only environmental mob spawning, and does not affect mobs spawned through breeding, spawn eggs, the /summon command, monster spawners, or any other type of mob spawning. Chickens created by thrown or dispensed eggs are counted in the global mob cap. Only mobs that have spawn rules count toward the global cap (i.e. armor stands and minecarts do not take up cap space). In addition, mobs that are within ticking areas (both those around players and those set manually using the /tickingarea command) count toward the global mob cap; mobs not ticked do not count toward the global mob cap.

The population control caps limit how many mobs of each type and category can spawn within a 9 chunk by 9 chunk square region surrounding the chunk in which the spawn attempt is made. Mobs in chunks outside a ticking area still count toward population control counts as long as they were previously loaded (i.e. within simulation distance at some time) after relogging. The population control caps are split up into two distinct categories: a cap for surface mobs, and a cap for cave mobs. Cave mobs do not count toward the surface mob cap, and surface mobs do not count toward the cave mob cap. Whether a mob counts as a surface mob or a cave mob is determined by where or how it spawned, not where it happens to be at the moment. For cluster spawns, those that spawn on the highest spawnable block at a given coordinate count toward the surface cap, and any that spawn below the highest solid or non-solid but spawnable (e.g. ice or upper slab with air above) block count toward the cave cap. Structure-spawned mobs and converted mobs (i.e. drowned converted from zombies, witches from villagers, zombified piglins from pigs, and medium and small slimes from killed larger slimes) always count toward the cave cap, and monster-spawner-spawned mobs always count toward the surface cap.

There are five categories of mobs: ambient, animal, monster, pillager, and water_animal. The population control cap for each category and location of mob in each dimension is as follows (* denotes values that are coded in the game but not actually used by any mobs):

Some specific mobs types also have their own density caps. The density caps limit the number of those mobs to some amount below the applicable population control cap. Density caps are checked in the same manner as the population control caps. Caps are below (n/a indicates that the mob does not spawn in that environment at all).

The following rules apply to most mobs:

Cluster spawning happens in two stages: first attempt to spawn surface mobs, then attempt to spawn cave mobs. Before spawning, the population control cap is calculated based on the 9 chunk x 9 chunk square area surrounding the current chunk. Spawning begins by picking a random X and Z location within the chunk currently being evaluated. The Y coordinate is determined by starting at the world height and searching downward for a solid-top-surface block with a non-spawn-blocking block above it. The first such block that is found is considered to be the surface, and the algorithm attempts to spawn a surface mob herd. However, if the algorithm finds a solid block before finding a spawnable solid-top-block (e.g. if it finds a tree trunk directly under leaves), it does not make any surface spawn attempt. The algorithm then continues to search downward for the next suitable block with a non-spawn-blocking block above it. When a block meeting the criteria is found, the algorithm attempts to spawn a cave mob herd at that block location. Cave spawn attempts continue until the Y coordinate reaches the world bottom, and do not stop even if a cave herd was spawned.

Surface and cave cluster spawn attempts then go through the following steps to figure out what mob to spawn and how many:

Structure spawn attempts occur at specific relative X and Z coordinates in naturally generated structures, known as "hard-coded spawn spots". The structures that have hard-coded spawn spots include swamp huts, ocean monuments, pillager outposts, and nether fortresses. Whenever a successful cluster spawn attempt occurs within a chunk that contains a hard-coded spawn spot, the environmental spawning algorithm also attempts a structure spawn. (Note that a "successful attempt" here means that a spawnable block was found, even if the spawn was then blocked by light level check or mob cap check.) The structure spawn attempt follows the same rules and steps described above for cluster spawning, with the following changes:

All monster, ambient, and aquatic mobs excluding shulkers, withers, elder guardians and ender dragons despawn unless they have been marked persistent. Other mobs that are not monster, ambient, or aquatic that do despawn include ocelots, stray cats, and wandering traders.

Mobs are persistent, meaning they do not despawn and do not count toward the mob cap, when they:

Following mobs also have another way to prevent despawning and do not count toward mob cap:

In Bedrock Edition, like Java, despawning occurs based on distance and chance.

Mobs with persistence do not despawn. Mobs gain persistence in the following ways:

The following entities always have persistence:

Issues relating to "Spawn" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

This article will cover:

How to use

/? and /help: Type /help for page one. Type /help with a number after it to get to a specific page. There are ten pages of commands in total. T

More about using Coordinates

This section in the Official Minecraft Wiki explains commands and coordinates

Customizing worlds with commands

Time

Syntax: /time set (number)

This changes the time of day. 0 is equal to 6:00 a.m. and 23000 is equal to 5:00 a.m. Example: /time set 16000 will change the time to 10:00 p.m.

Time also has two additional commands:

Syntax: /time add (number)

This command adds time to the world. Example: /time add 1000 to add an hour of time to the clock.

Syntax: /time query (daytime or gametime)

Use /time query daytime to find out the in-game time and gametime to see the total amount of time elapsed.

Weather

Syntax: /weather (string) (duration)

The duration is set in seconds for the specified weather to last. Leave this blank to set the weather for a random time between 6000 and 18000 seconds.

Syntax: /toggledownfall

This command will instantly change the weather. If it’s clear, it will start to rain or snow depending on the biome. If it’s raining or snowing, it will become clear.

World-building helpers

Two commands will help you build your world in no time:

/clone

Syntax: /clone

x1 y1 z1 are the coordinates for the start of a region to clone

x2 y2 z2 are the coordinates for the end of the region to clone

x y z signify the region where the clone will appear

/fill

Syntax: /fill

These commands will help you fine-tune your world:

/setblock

Syntax: /setblock

If you need to replace brick with glazed terracotta at a certain coordinate, this is the command you need.

/setworldspawn

Syntax: /setworldspawn

Use /setworldspawn by itself to set the spawn point for all players to the point you’re currently at. Use /setworldspawn with x y z are coordinates to set a new spawn point for all players.

/spawnpoint

Syntax: /spawnpoint

x y z are the coordinates you want a certain player to spawn at

/setmaxplayers

Syntax: /setmaxplayers (number)

Minecraft: Education Edition supports a maximum of 30 users per multiplayer game, including you. If you want to restrict this further just put a number in. If you put a number greater than 30 you will be given a message and the max number will be set at 30.

/testforblock

Syntax: /testforblock

Example: /testforblock 7 8 9 brick_block will test if a brick block is at coordinates 7 8 9

Items

Provide your world’s visitors with items, and also make them more powerful:

/give

Syntax: /give

Example: /give EmmaM camera 1 will give player “EmmaM” one camera.

/enchant

Syntax: /enchant

If a player is holding an item, this command will enchant the item. You can find a list of enchantment ID numbers here.

Commands to directly impact players

As an educator, you may find these commands useful in Classroom Mode.

/list

Syntax: /list

This command will display the players currently connected to the server.

/kill

Syntax: /kill

This will kill the player.

/xp

Syntax: /xp

This will give that amount of XP to a certain player. Use /xp L to give that many levels to the named player.

/say

Syntax: /say

This will send a message to everyone

/tell and /msg

Syntax: /tell or /msg

This will send a message to a certain player

/summon

Syntax: /summon

Use this to spawn an entity on the current position.

Add to provide different coordinates you want to spawn an entity.

/tp

Syntax: /tp

You can use coordinates or another player’s name in the field for location.

New Code Builder Commands (November 2018)

You can use `/summon agent` to create or teleport your agent to you

New command selectors for the agent, `@c` to target your agent, `@v` to target all agents. Only worldbuilders can target all agents. By default all users will have wordbuilder permissions set to false

You can also now remove agents from the world using selectors, so `/remove @c` to remove your agent or `/remove @v` for all agents. `/remove @e` will also remove all entities and all agents, except other people's agents if the person running the commands isn't a worldbuilder

The usual type filters can also be used to target particular agents, so `/tp @e[type=Agent,name=Steve.Agent] @s` for instance would look through all entities for those of type agent whose name is Steve.Agent and teleport them to you. For more of a shorthand you could do `/tp @v[name=Steve.Agent] @s` to target a particular person's agent that's not your own

This post was last updated on April 1, 2023

The Minecraft give command lets you spawn any item you want. This is a powerful tool that makes it easy to create new items with specific conditions.

You can also use it to spawn enchanted items or add items with a range of extra conditions.

Writing out the Give Minecraft command is relatively complex compared to many commands in the game – so make sure you follow this guide to understand exactly how it works!

The Minecraft Give command is relatively easy to use, although there are a few different sections. This is definitely one of the best minecraft commands in the game, so it’s definitely worth working out how to use it.

Note, that the exact way the console commands work is slightly different between the Java and Bedrock versions of the game.

First, we show the general command, then we break down the arguments – which are the different sections of the command that affect the way it works. After this, we’ll give you some examples to help you to understand how the command works in more detail.

Simply type these Minecraft commands into your chat box.

To do this:

To use the give command in Minecraft Java, enter the following text into your chat box:

The way these Minecraft commands works is explained in more detail in the next section.

To use the give command in Minecraft Java, enter the following text into your chat box:

This section explains the arguments. Change these to control the way the command works. Combining a range of arguments lets you create items with very specific use conditions and rules.

Here are some examples to demonstrate some uses of the Minecraft Give Command

This sample command gives the nearest player an iron sword with a description saying “A basic iron sword”:

Give the nearest player 10 Night Vision potions:

Give a random player a Sharpness V iron sword:

Give a random player 64 level 2 Wither Potions with Knockback 2:

Give yourself 5 blocks of gold that can be placed on dirt and can destroy nearby cobblestone blocks.

Give all players an iron sword that will not be dropped on death:

To give a random player a diamond that can’t be used for crafting, or dropped:

To give all players a diamond shovel that is locked in a slot, and can’t be dropped or used for crafting:

Give all players a night vision potion:

Because the system for writing the Give command can be relatively complex, sometimes it’s easier to use a command generator.

These websites make the process of writing a Give command much simpler. You just select the items you want to spawn, add the modifiers, and voila! The generator gives you a perfectly written command to paste into a chat message.

Here are some other useful tips when working with the Give Command.

To use the Give command, you need to either be in creative mode or have cheat codes enabled in survival mode.

If you didn’t enable cheat codes when you were creating your world, you can activate them using this cheeky method:

This method lets you use cheats in a single-player survival world. Unfortunately, it’s only active during the session. So you’ll need to reactivate it every time you start playing your world.

If you are playing in a multiplayer server, you’ll need to have operator permissions to be able to use commands. If you are hosting the server, you should automatically be on the OP list, however, you can easily add your name to the server config files.

However, if it isn’t your server, you’ll have to ask another operator or server administrator to give you OP permissions.

Ask nicely, although in larger servers they will be very strict on who they give these permissions to as it puts the server at risk of being griefed.

You can put the Give command inside a command block to make it redstone activated. This is useful for multiplayer servers to add spawn items, rewards, or any other creative use you can imagine.

Simply place the command block, right-click it, then enter the command into the text field and hit add.

Now, these commands can be activated any time the command blocks are connected to an active redstone signal.

To give yourself a command block in Minecraft, simply type:/give @s command_block

Or, in creative mode, you can go into the Controls options, and enable the “Operator Creative Tab” option to pull them from the creative inventory.

Here are some other useful commands to know!

You can use this command to give a player free experience points:

If you want to learn information about certain commands, type this:

If you want to teleport a player, type:

Coordinates are given as an X, Y, and Z value, for example, “100 234 -4123”

You can also teleport one player to another player’s location.

E.g “/tp ” will teleport player 1 to player 2’s location.

You can instantly kill a player by typing

Here is a list of the items available in Minecraft, to show you what you can give a player using the Give Command.

When typing the command, replace any spaces with an underscore, for example, “fishing_rod”

If you are spawning items that come in a range of materials – for example, diamond shovels, iron shovels, wooden shovels. Simply write the material type before the tool name, with an underscore in between. E.G “diamond_pickaxe” or “iron_sword”.

Now you’ve learned how to use the Give Command to give a player any item in the game. This is one of the best commands in Minecraft and can be used in a lot of cool and creative ways.

Unlike most other commands in Minecraft, the Give command can be relatively complex, so we recommend using a Give Command Generator as outlined above!

Here is the Give Command in Minecraft. Note, that there is a slight variation between the Java and Bedrock versions of the command:

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

You can find out the full details of how this command works in the guide above.

There are a few ways to give yourself items in Minecraft. The easiest is to go into creative mode, and then put the items into your survival inventory.

You can enter creative mode (if you have cheats activated) from a survival or adventure mode world using this command:

Then you can re-enter survival mode using this command:

The alternative method for giving yourself items is by using the Give Command. This is outlined fully in the article above.

The @P command in Minecraft is a type of player targeting. In certain commands, you will need to provide a targeted player, for example – who to give items to, or who to teleport.

The @P target will target the nearest player.