Commands/spectate - minecraft.fandom.com

Causes a player in Spectator mode to spectate another entity or stop spectating.

Syntax[]

spectate <target> [<player>]

Causes a player to spectate another entity.

spectate

Stops spectating.

Arguments[]

<target>: entity

Specifies the target to be spectated.

Must be a player name, a target selector or a UUID. And the target selector must be in single type.

<player>: entity

Specifies the spectating player. If unspecified, defaults to the executor.

Must be a player name, a target selector or a UUID. And the target selector must be of single-player type.

Result[]

Command	Trigger	Java Edition
any	the arguments are not specified correctly	Unparseable
	<target> fails to resolve to an entity (named player must be online)	Failed
	<player> fails to resolve to a online player
	<player> is not specified when the command's executor is not a player.
	<player> and <target> are the same.
	<player> isn't in spectator mode.
	Otherwise	Successful

Output[]

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	/execute store success ...	/execute store result ...
any	Java Edition	On fail	0	0	0
		On success	1	1	1

History[]

Java Edition
1.15		19w41a			Added /spectate.
1.19.4		22w03a			Now /spectate command works between dimensions.[1]

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