How to Get All Achievements in Minecraft 2025

Getting all 125 achievements in Minecraft (Java Edition, version 1.21) is a big task, but it’s doable with some planning. You’ll need to play in Survival mode on at least Easy difficulty since Creative mode or cheats disable achievements. Here’s a straightforward guide to help you knock out every achievement, grouped by category, with tips to make things easier and warnings for the tough ones. Let’s get started.

General Tips

Stick to Survival mode without cheats to unlock achievements. Pick a world seed with lots of biomes close by (like “-1889394935”) to save time.
Save your world often, especially before risky stuff like “How Did We Get Here?”—you don’t want to lose progress.
Keep track of achievements in-game or with a checklist to stay organized.
Combine tasks when you can, like mining for diamonds while grabbing stone for “Stone Age.”
Some achievements need at least Easy difficulty since mobs won’t act right on Peaceful.

Achievement Categories and Strategies

1. Minecraft (Basic Survival and Crafting)

These are the starter achievements, and most are pretty simple.

Taking Inventory: Just hit E to open your inventory.
Getting Wood: Punch a tree to grab 4 logs.
Benchmaking: Make a crafting table with 4 planks.
Time to Mine!: Build a wooden pickaxe (3 planks, 2 sticks).
Hot Topic: Craft a furnace with 8 cobblestone.
Acquire Hardware: Mine iron ore and smelt it into an ingot using coal.
Time to Farm!: Craft a wooden hoe (2 planks, 2 sticks).
Bake Bread: Make bread with 3 wheat.
The Lie: Whip up a cake (3 wheat, 3 milk buckets, 2 sugar, 1 egg). Tip: Milk cows, grab sugar cane, and hunt for chicken eggs.
Getting an Upgrade: Craft a stone pickaxe (3 cobblestone, 2 sticks).
Delicious Fish: Catch a fish with a fishing rod and cook it.
On a Rail: Ride a minecart 500 blocks on rails (craft 16 rails with 6 iron ingots + 1 stick). Tip: Lay tracks in a flat area like a plains biome.
Time to Strike!: Make a wooden sword (2 planks, 1 stick).
Monster Hunter: Take out any hostile mob, like a zombie or skeleton.
Cow Tipper: Punch a cow to get leather.
When Pigs Fly: Find a saddle (dungeons or fishing) and ride a pig off a cliff. Tip: Build a small cliff to make it easier.
Sniper Duel: Shoot a skeleton from 50+ blocks away with a bow. Tip: Measure 50 blocks in a flat area and aim high.
Diamonds!: Mine a diamond ore with an iron pickaxe or better (found below Y=-59 in deepslate).
We Need to Go Deeper: Build a Nether portal with 10 obsidian and light it with flint and steel.
Return to Sender: Deflect a ghast’s fireball back to kill it. Tip: Practice timing in the Nether with a sword.
Into Fire: Kill a blaze in a Nether fortress for a blaze rod.
Local Brewery: Brew a potion (make a brewing stand with 3 cobblestone + 1 blaze rod, use water bottles and nether wart).
The End?: Find a stronghold and activate an End portal with 12 eyes of ender.
Enchanter: Enchant something using an enchanting table (4 obsidian, 2 diamonds, 1 book) and lapis lazuli.

Tricky Ones: “On a Rail” needs tons of iron (96 ingots), so mine a lot or build an iron farm. “Sniper Duel” takes aim practice—mark out 50 blocks and shoot straight. “Return to Sender” is all about timing; swing at the fireball in a safe Nether spot.

2. Adventure (Exploration and Combat)

These are about exploring, trading, and fighting.

Voluntary Exile: Kill a raid captain at a pillager outpost or patrol to get Bad Omen.
Hero of the Village: Start a raid by entering a village with Bad Omen and win it. Tip: Build walls or use iron golems to make it easier.
What a Deal!: Trade an emerald with a villager.
Sticky Situation: Bounce on a slime block (find slimes in swamps or “slime chunks” below Y=40).
Ol’ Betsy: Shoot a crossbow (craft with 3 sticks, 2 string, 1 iron ingot, 1 tripwire hook).
Sweet Dreams: Sleep in a bed (3 wool, 3 planks) to set your spawn point.
Who’s the Pillager Now?: Drop a crossbow near a pillager to let them pick it up (Java-only).
Two Birds, One Arrow: Kill two phantoms with one shot using a Piercing I crossbow. Tip: Stay awake 3+ days to spawn phantoms and line them up.
Arbalistic: Kill five different mobs with one crossbow shot (use Piercing IV on a zombie, skeleton, spider, cave spider, and silverfish). Tip: Set up a mob trap.
Adventuring Time: Visit all 53 biomes. Tip: Explore a lot or use a biome finder tool.
Sound of Music: Play a music disc in a jukebox (find discs in chests or from creepers killed by skeletons).
A Throwaway Joke: Throw a trident at anything (get one from drowned mobs).
Take Aim: Shoot something with a bow.
Very Very Frightening: Hit a villager with lightning using a Channeling trident in a thunderstorm.
Total Beelocation: Move a bee nest with three bees inside using a Silk Touch tool.
Bukkit Bukkit: Catch a tadpole in a bucket (find in swamps).
It Spreads: Kill a mob near a sculk catalyst in the deep dark.
Sneak 100: Sneak past a sculk sensor or warden without setting it off (crouch and move slow).
With Our Powers Combined!: Have all three froglight types in your inventory (feed frogs magma cubes in different biomes).
Caves & Cliffs: Reach Y=319 and Y=-59. Tip: Build a tower and dig a strip mine.
Star Trader: Trade with a villager at Y=319 (haul one up in a boat or minecart).
Feels Like Home: Ride a strider in lava with a warped fungus on a stick.
Surge Protector: Use a lightning rod (3 copper ingots) to shield a villager from lightning.
Light as a Rabbit: Walk on powder snow with leather boots (find in snowy biomes).
Glow and Behold!: Kill a glow squid for glow ink sacs (find in underground water).
Wax On, Wax Off: Put honeycomb on a copper block, then scrape it off with an axe.
Whatever Floats Your Goat!: Put a goat in a boat (find in mountains, use a lead).
The Healing Power of Friendship!: Team up with an axolotl to kill a mob (like a drowned).

Tricky Ones: “Adventuring Time” takes forever—use a biome finder or elytra later. “Arbalistic” needs a perfect mob setup; try a farm or spawn eggs. “Two Birds, One Arrow” is tough since phantoms don’t line up easily—trap them in a tight space.

3. Nether

These are about Nether tasks and exploration.

We Need to Go Deeper: Build a portal (covered above).
Return to Sender: Deflect a ghast fireball (covered above).
Those Were the Days: Find a bastion remnant in the Nether.
Hidden in the Depths: Mine ancient debris below Y=15 with a diamond pickaxe.
Subspace Bubble: Travel 7,000 blocks in the Nether (equals 875 Overworld blocks via portals).
A Terrible Fortress: Find a Nether fortress with blaze spawners.
Who is Cutting Onions?: Get crying obsidian from piglin trades or ruined portals.
Oh Shiny: Give a piglin a gold ingot to distract it.
This Boat Has Legs: Ride a strider (covered in “Feels Like Home”).
Uneasy Alliance: Bring a ghast to the Overworld and kill it. Tip: Use a lead or fishing rod through a portal—super tough.
War Pigs: Open a chest in a bastion remnant.
Country Lode, Take Me Home: Use a compass on a lodestone (8 chiseled stone bricks + 1 netherite ingot).
Cover Me in Debris: Wear full netherite armor (smelt ancient debris for scraps, mix with gold ingots).
Spooky Scary Skeleton: Get a wither skull from a wither skeleton (2.5% drop, use Looting III).
Into Fire: Get a blaze rod (covered above).
Not Quite ‘Nine’ Lives: Charge a respawn anchor with 4 glowstone blocks.
Hot Tourist Destinations: Visit all 5 Nether biomes (nether wastes, crimson forest, warped forest, soul sand valley, basalt deltas).
Withering Heights: Summon and kill the Wither (4 soul sand/soil + 3 wither skulls). Tip: Fight underground to limit damage.
Beaconator: Activate a beacon (3 obsidian, 5 glass, 1 nether star on a 3x3 pyramid of iron, gold, emerald, or diamond blocks).

Tricky Ones: “Uneasy Alliance” is a pain—ghasts are hard to move. Try a big portal and a lead. “Subspace Bubble” needs long travel; build a safe Nether tunnel. “Cover Me in Debris” takes 36 ancient debris—use beds to mine faster at Y=15.

4. The End

These focus on the End dimension and Ender Dragon.

The End?: Enter an End portal (covered above).
Free the End: Kill the Ender Dragon (destroy end crystals with a bow or beds, then attack).
The Next Generation: Pick up the dragon egg after the first dragon kill (punch to collect).
Remote Getaway: Jump into the End’s exit portal.
The End… Again…: Respawn and kill the dragon again with end crystals.
You Need a Mint: Bottle dragon’s breath during the fight (use empty bottles on breath clouds).
The City at the End of the Game: Find an End city after the dragon fight (use ender pearls to cross islands).
Sky’s the Limit: Grab an elytra from an End city ship (check item frames).
Great View From Up Here: Get hit by a shulker to levitate 50 blocks. Tip: Carry water buckets or slow-falling potions to avoid dying.

Tricky Ones: “Great View From Up Here” needs you to survive levitation—use potions or water to land safely. Finding an End city ship for “Sky’s the Limit” can take ages; bring lots of ender pearls.

5. Husbandry (Farming and Animals)

These deal with animals, farming, and breeding.

Bee Our Guest: Use a campfire under a beehive to collect honey safely.
The Parrots and the Bats: Breed two animals (like cows with wheat or chickens with seeds).
Best Friends Forever: Tame a wolf with bones from skeletons.
Glow and Behold!: Kill a glow squid (covered above).
Whatever Floats Your Goat!: Put a goat in a boat (covered above).
Total Beelocation: Move a bee nest (covered above).
Bukkit Bukkit: Catch a tadpole (covered above).
When the Squad Hops Into Town: Get all frog variants in boats (find in swamp, mangrove swamp, warm biomes).
With Our Powers Combined!: Get all froglights (covered above).
Smells Interesting: Find a sniffer egg in warm ocean ruins with a brush.
A Seedy Place: Plant a seed (like wheat on tilled soil).
Planting the Past: Plant a sniffer seed (sniffers dig up torchflower or pitcher plant seeds).
Two by Two: Breed all 24 breedable mobs (cows, pigs, chickens, etc.). Tip: Hunt biome-specific mobs like pandas in bamboo jungles.
A Complete Catalogue: Tame all 11 cat variants (use fish in villages or swamps).
Zoologist: Breed pandas with bamboo in a jungle.
Balanced Diet: Eat all 40 edible foods (like suspicious stew with all effects or golden apples). Tip: Track rare foods like pufferfish or chorus fruit.
Serious Dedication: Upgrade a hoe with a netherite ingot using a smithing table and template.
A Furious Cocktail: Have all 13 potion effects at once (use potions, beacons, etc.).
How Did We Get Here?: Have all 29 status effects at once (like Dolphin’s Grace, Mining Fatigue, Bad Omen). Tip: This is the toughest—set up a beacon, conduit, and trap mobs like elder guardians and shulkers.

Tricky Ones: “How Did We Get Here?” is a beast. You need:

Beacon for Resistance, Haste, etc.
Conduit for Conduit Power (build underwater).
Mobs like elder guardians (Mining Fatigue) and wither roses (Wither).
Potions for Poison, Slow Falling, etc.
Dolphin’s Grace, Bad Omen, and Hero of the Village from raids.

Setup: Build a spot with trapped mobs, a conduit, and a beacon. Apply all effects at once. Save your world first—it’s risky.
“Two by Two” needs rare mobs—explore or use /locate. “Balanced Diet” requires obscure foods like enchanted golden apples from chests.

6. Archaeology (1.20 Additions)

These are tied to the archaeology system.

Respecting the Remnants: Brush a suspicious block in desert temples, wells, or ocean ruins.
Smells Interesting: Find a sniffer egg (covered above).
Planting the Past: Plant a sniffer seed (covered above).
Crafting a New Look: Make a decorated pot with pottery sherds from suspicious blocks.
Careful Restoration: Craft a pot with 4 identical sherds (like 4 heart sherds).
Smithing with Style: Use a smithing template (from bastions or trail ruins) in a smithing table.

Tricky Ones: “Careful Restoration” needs lots of identical sherds—brush trail ruins repeatedly. “Smithing with Style” requires specific templates like netherite upgrades from bastions.

Key Strategies for Efficiency

Pick a Good World: Use a seed with a stronghold, village, and lots of biomes to cut down on travel.
Build Farms: Set up iron, gold, or emerald farms (like villager trading halls) to save time.
Gear Up: Get Fortune III for more ore drops and Looting III for better mob loot (like wither skulls).
Nether Hub: Make a Nether hub with portals to connect far-off Overworld spots for “Subspace Bubble” or biome hunting.
Mob Farms: Build farms for creepers (discs), zombies (iron), or wither skeletons (skulls) to speed things up.
Save Often: Back up before tough achievements like “How Did We Get Here?” or “Uneasy Alliance.”

Time Estimate

Expect 50–100 hours to get all achievements, depending on your skill and luck. “Adventuring Time” and “Two by Two” take ages due to exploration, and “How Did We Get Here?” needs serious planning. Playing with friends can make raids or mob farms quicker.