Tutorial hints

This article is about Survival mode hints. For tips given while loading a world, see loading tips. For user-created tutorials, see Tutorials. For the tutorial world that existed in Legacy Console Edition, see Legacy Console Edition tutorial. For the hints feature that existed in Legacy Console Edition, see Legacy Console Edition Hints.
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Most of the hints available in Java Edition in order.
An animation demonstrating the progress bar of the "Destroy the tree" hint.
A tutorial hint/game tip in Bedrock Edition.

Tutorial hints (also known as game tips in Bedrock Edition) are toasts in the right-hand corner of the player's screen which show up when a player starts a world in Survival mode for the first time on a device. They are meant to guide new players on the game controls.

Interface

Main hints

When a Survival world is generated for the first time on a device, the first tutorial hint appears: the movement hint. Each tutorial hint appears as a toast in the top right of the screen (much like new recipes and advancements). Each hint consists of the hint title, a description of how to complete it, and an image to describe it. Once the tutorial hint has been completed (for example, when the player harvests a tree's log), that tutorial hint disappears. After a certain amount of time, the next hint is shown automatically. Once the "craft wooden planks" hint is completed, tutorial hints never again appear in any world.

Tutorial hints are obtained by simply completing the task given. Each hint, minus the "Open your inventory" and the "Craft wooden planks" hint, have a progress bar that shows the player's progress on the current hint and fills up as it is being completed. For example, for the "Destroy the tree" hint, the progress bar begins emptying and starts filling up as the player harvests a log, so that when the log is destroyed, the bar is complete and the hint disappears.

In Creative mode, only the first two hints are displayed.

Social interaction hint

When an open to LAN world or multiplayer server is first joined on a device, there is also a hint about the social interaction menu. It simply tells the player that they can press the P button on the keyboard to open the social interactions menu.

options.txt

In Java Edition, the gameplay stages of the tutorial is stored as tutorialStep: in the options.txt file in the game directory, except the Social Interactions hint, which is stored as joinedFirstServer:, so they are kept per device and per directory (you can set up more profiles with different game directories in the launcher options). After the last guide is shown, the value none is saved. Changing TutorialStep to this value (the game must be closed beforehand) prevents the instructions from appearing.

In Bedrock Edition, each game tip has its own line in options.txt to track whether or not it's been completed.

List of hints

Java Edition:

Image In-game title and description Actual requirements (if different) options.txt name
Move with Forwards, Left, Backwards, and Right
Jump with Jump		 Use move and jump to move around. movement
Look around
Use your mouse to turn		 — movement
Find a tree

Punch it to collect wood

find_tree
Destroy the tree
Hold down Mine		 Mine a log block until it breaks. punch_tree
Open your inventory
Press Inventory		 — open_inventory
Craft wooden planks
The recipe book can help		 Put wood in a crafting table or the inventory crafting. craft_planks
Social Interactions
Press Social Interactions to open		 Open the social interactions menu joinedFirstServer

Bedrock Edition:

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Note: Actual requirements
Image In-game title and description Actual requirements (if different) options.txt name Input method
Look around

Use your mouse to turn

camera Mouse
Touch and drag the screen to look around Touch
Move :tip_right_stick: to look around Controller
[note 1] Move with Forwards, Left, Backwards, Right movement Mouse
Move by using the joystick Touch
Move by using the arrow buttons Touch (classic)
Move Move to move around Controller
[note 1] Double tap Jump to fly flying Mouse
Double tap jump to fly Touch
[note 1] Press Jump to fly up fly_up Mouse
[note 1] Press Sneak to fly down fly_down Mouse
[note 1] Double tap Jump to stop flying stop_flying Mouse
Double tap fly down to stop flying Touch
[note 1] Jump with Jump jump Mouse
[note 1] Press and hold Jump to swim up swim Mouse
Press to swim up Touch
Hold left click to break blocks break_block Mouse
Tap and hold to break blocks Touch
Touch (classic)
Controller
Tap and hold :tip_virtual_button_action_attack_or_destroy:

to break blocks

Touch (crosshair)
Right click to place block place_block Mouse
Tap to place block Touch
Click on the ground to place block Controller
Tap :tip_virtual_button_action_build_or_use: to place block Touch (crosshair)
Open your inventory

Press Inventory

open_inventory Mouse
Open inventory to see crafting recipes Touch
Press Inventory to open your inventory Controller
Open your inventory

Press Inventory

Mouse
Open inventory to see building blocks Touch
Press Inventory to open your inventory Controller
[note 1] Hold Sneak to sneak!

Can't fall off edges now

sneak Mouse
You are sneaking! Can’t fall off edges now Mouse
You're sneaking, so you can't fall off edges Touch
Controller
— stop_sneaking Touch
Place your crafting table. Hold it and click to place place_crafting_table Mouse
Place your crafting table by tapping the ground Touch
Place your crafting table, hold it then tap the ground Controller
Right click on Crafting Table to use use_crafting_table Mouse
Scroll or press %s to hold item[note 2] hotbar_scrolling Mouse
Tap item in hotbar to hold it Touch
[note 3] Press Chat to open chat[note 4] chat Mouse
Tap to open chat Touch
Tap the chat button to open chat Touch (tts)
Press or hold Emote to emote emote Mouse
Tap to emote Touch
Tap the emote button to emote Touch (tts)
  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h If something other than the default controls are used, the keys are removed from the animation
  2. ↑ A random hotbar slot with items is picked. Instead of appearing like other hints, it appears directly above the hotbar slot, pointing to it like a speech bubble.
  3. ↑ If ↵ Enter isn't at least one of the keys bound to Chat button, the mobile animation is used
  4. ↑ If multiple keys are bound, both options are listed

History

Java Edition
1.1217w16aAdded tutorial hints.
pre3Tutorial hints are now more accurate with deciding whether or not to display.
1.16.4Pre-release 1 Added the Social Interactions tutorial hint.
Pre-release 2 The icon for the Social Interactions tutorial hint has changed.
1.19.3Pre-release 3 The icon for the Open your inventory tutorial hint has been updated.
1.20.323w41a The icon for the Craft wooden planks tutorial hint has been updated.
Bedrock Edition
1.20.70Preview 1.20.70.20Added tutorial hints.
1.20.80Preview 1.20.80.20Added "Tutorial" option and "Restart Tutorial" button to the general settings.[1]
1.21.20Preview 1.21.10.21Added chat game tip.

Issues

Issues relating to "Tutorial hints" or "Tutorial" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

See also

References

  1. ↑ MCPE-184669 — Tutorial option does not appear sometimes

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