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	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.0.5\|dev=alpha 1.0.5.0\|Added {{cmd\|difficulty}}}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.0.5\|dev=alpha 1.0.5.0\|Added {{cmd\|difficulty}}}}
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			\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.20.50\|dev=Preview 1.20.50.20\|[[Minecraft:Vindicator]]s and [[Minecraft:evoker]]s no longer spawn in peaceful difficulty.}}
			\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.20.60\|dev=Preview 1.20.60.20\|[[Minecraft:Zoglin]]s no longer spawn in peaceful difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|?\|Added regional difficulty.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|?\|Added regional difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.21.40\|Added Hardcore mode.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.21.40\|Added Hardcore mode.}}

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	[[File:DifficultyButton.gif\|thumb\|right\|The difficulty button {{in\|je}}.]]		[[File:DifficultyButton.gif\|thumb\|right\|The difficulty button {{in\|je}}.]]
	[[File:Difficulty.png\|thumb\|260px\|The options menu available in the [[pause menu]] {{in\|je}}, with the difficulty button highlighted.]]		[[File:Difficulty.png\|thumb\|260px\|The options menu available in the [[pause menu]] {{in\|je}}, with the difficulty button highlighted.]]
	There are four difficulty levels in the game: Peaceful. These can be changed when creating a world, in the [[Minecraft:world options]], as well as with the {{cmd\|difficulty}} command.		There are four difficulty levels in the game: Easy, Normal, Hard and Peaceful. These can be changed when creating a world, in the [[Minecraft:world options]], as well as with the {{cmd\|difficulty}} command.

	While the difficulty settings modify the challenge in [[Minecraft:Survival]] mode, they also affect hostile mobs in [[Minecraft:Creative]] mode the same as in Survival; for example:		While the difficulty settings modify the challenge in [[Minecraft:Survival]] mode, they also affect hostile mobs in [[Minecraft:Creative]] mode the same as in Survival; for example:

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	[[File:DifficultyButton.gif\|thumb\|right\|The difficulty button {{in\|je}}.]]		[[File:DifficultyButton.gif\|thumb\|right\|The difficulty button {{in\|je}}.]]
	[[File:Difficulty.png\|thumb\|260px\|The options menu available in the [[pause menu]] {{in\|je}}, with the difficulty button highlighted.]]		[[File:Difficulty.png\|thumb\|260px\|The options menu available in the [[pause menu]] {{in\|je}}, with the difficulty button highlighted.]]
	There are four difficulty levels in the game: Peaceful~~, Easy, Normal, and Hard~~. These can be changed when creating a world, in the [[Minecraft:world options]], as well as with the {{cmd\|difficulty}} command.		There are four difficulty levels in the game: Peaceful. These can be changed when creating a world, in the [[Minecraft:world options]], as well as with the {{cmd\|difficulty}} command.

	While the difficulty settings modify the challenge in [[Minecraft:Survival]] mode, they also affect hostile mobs in [[Minecraft:Creative]] mode the same as in Survival; for example:		While the difficulty settings modify the challenge in [[Minecraft:Survival]] mode, they also affect hostile mobs in [[Minecraft:Creative]] mode the same as in Survival; for example:

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	=== Peaceful ===		=== Peaceful ===
	No [[Minecraft:hostile mob]]s can spawn naturally, except for [[Minecraft:shulker]]s, [[Minecraft:hoglin]]s, and the [[Minecraft:ender dragon]], all of whom no longer deal any damage. No [[Minecraft:spider]]s, [[Minecraft:cave spider]]s, [[Minecraft:zombified piglin]]s, [[Minecraft:endermen]], [[Minecraft:drowned]], [[Minecraft:skeleton horse]]s, [[Minecraft:zombie horse]]s, [[Minecraft:camel husk]]s, or [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s{{upcoming}} – [[Minecraft:Mob#Neutral mobs\|neutral]]/[[Minecraft:Mob#Passive mobs\|passive]] rather than hostile mobs – can spawn naturally. {{IN\|java}}, [[Minecraft:piglin]]s and [[Minecraft:hoglin]]s can only naturally spawn inside of [[Minecraft:bastion remnants]], and their other spawning conditions are disabled{{until\|JE 26.2}}; the same goes for [[Minecraft:zombie nautilus]]es, only spawning inside of [[Minecraft:ocean ruin]]s.		No [[Minecraft:hostile mob]]s can spawn naturally, except for [[Minecraft:shulker]]s, [[Minecraft:hoglin]]s,{{until\|JE 26.2}} and the [[Minecraft:ender dragon]], all of whom no longer deal any damage. No [[Minecraft:spider]]s, [[Minecraft:cave spider]]s, [[Minecraft:zombified piglin]]s, [[Minecraft:endermen]], [[Minecraft:drowned]], [[Minecraft:skeleton horse]]s, [[Minecraft:zombie horse]]s, [[Minecraft:camel husk]]s, or [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s{{upcoming}} – [[Minecraft:Mob#Neutral mobs\|neutral]]/[[Minecraft:Mob#Passive mobs\|passive]] rather than hostile mobs – can spawn naturally. {{IN\|java}}, [[Minecraft:piglin]]s and [[Minecraft:hoglin]]s can only naturally spawn inside of [[Minecraft:bastion remnants]], and their other spawning conditions are disabled{{until\|JE 26.2}}; the same goes for [[Minecraft:zombie nautilus]]es, only spawning inside of [[Minecraft:ocean ruin]]s.

	When any of these mobs attempt to spawn (whether naturally, through [[Minecraft:monster spawner]]s, [[Minecraft:spawn egg]]s, or [[Minecraft:commands]]), they despawn instantaneously, with no visible spawning.		When any of these mobs attempt to spawn (whether naturally, through [[Minecraft:monster spawner]]s, [[Minecraft:spawn egg]]s, or [[Minecraft:commands]]), they despawn instantaneously, with no visible spawning.
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	\| {{EntityLink\|Camel Husk}}<br>{{EntityLink\|Killer Bunny}}{{only\|java\|short=1}}<br>{{EntityLink\|Skeleton ~~Horse}}<br>{{EntityLink\|Zombie~~ Horse}}		\| {{EntityLink\|Camel Husk}}<br>{{EntityLink\|Killer Bunny}}{{only\|java\|short=1}}<br>{{EntityLink\|Skeleton Horse}}
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			\| {{EntityLink\|Zombie Horse}}
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			\| {{Tc\|partial\|No{{until\|JE 26.2}}<br>Yes{{upcoming\|JE 26.2}}}}
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	\| {{EntityLink\|Hoglin}}<br>{{EntityLink\|Piglin}}		\| {{EntityLink\|Hoglin}}
			\| {{tc\|partial\|No{{until\|JE 26.2}}<br>Yes{{upcoming\|JE 26.2}}}}
			\| {{tc\|partial\|As part of structures only{{only\|java\|short=1}}{{until\|JE 26.2}}<br>Yes{{only\|bedrock\|short=1}}<br>No{{upcoming\|JE 26.2}}}}
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	[[Minecraft:Dispenser]]s are unable to place [[Minecraft:wither skeleton skull]]s even if the required blocks for summoning a [[Minecraft:wither]] are available.		[[Minecraft:Dispenser]]s are unable to place [[Minecraft:wither skeleton skull]]s even if the required blocks for summoning a [[Minecraft:wither]] are available.

	One major effect of the lack of certain resources is that it is impossible to acquire the resources required to craft [[Minecraft:eyes of ender]], which are necessary to activate [[Minecraft:End ~~Portal\|End portals~~]].<ref group="note"> An eye of ender requires [[Minecraft:blaze powder]] to craft, which can be crafted only from [[Minecraft:blaze rod]]s; but a blaze rod can be obtained only as a drop from a [[Minecraft:blaze]], which is a hostile mob that cannot spawn in Peaceful.</ref> However, it is possible to switch to a non-Peaceful difficulty, let blazes and endermen spawn, kill enough for crafting eyes of ender, and switch back to Peaceful. It is also possible for an end portal to be activated by naturally generating with an eye of ender already embedded within all 12 end portal frames. For any given end portal, there is a 1 in a trillion chance of this happening.<ref group=note>Since each end portal frame has a {{fraction\|1\|10}} chance of being filled, there is a ({{fraction\|1\|10}})<sup>12</sup> = {{fraction\|1\|1 trillion}} chance of all 12 end portal frames being filled.</ref>		One major effect of the lack of certain resources is that it is impossible to acquire the resources required to craft [[Minecraft:eyes of ender]], which are necessary to activate [[Minecraft:End portal]]s.<ref group="note">An eye of ender requires [[Minecraft:blaze powder]] to craft, which can be crafted only from [[Minecraft:blaze rod]]s; but a blaze rod can be obtained only as a drop from a [[Minecraft:blaze]], which is a hostile mob that cannot spawn in Peaceful.</ref> However, it is possible to switch to a non-Peaceful difficulty, let blazes and endermen spawn, kill enough for crafting eyes of ender, and switch back to Peaceful. It is also possible for an end portal to be activated by naturally generating with an eye of ender already embedded within all 12 end portal frames. For any given end portal, there is a 1 in a trillion chance of this happening.<ref group=note>Since each end portal frame has a {{fraction\|1\|10}} chance of being filled, there is a ({{fraction\|1\|10}})<sup>12</sup> = {{fraction\|1\|1 trillion}} chance of all 12 end portal frames being filled.</ref>
	However, because of the huge number of possible seeds, over 8 million seeds are known to generate such end portals.<ref>https://github.com/hube12/SSGOutput/releases/tag/1.1</ref>		However, because of the huge number of possible seeds, over 8 million seeds are known to generate such end portals.<ref>https://github.com/hube12/SSGOutput/releases/tag/1.1</ref>

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	\| {{EnvSprite\|mobs}} Zombies are more likely to have a greater follow distance.		\| {{EnvSprite\|mobs}} Zombies are more likely to have a greater follow distance.
	\| If (random # in range 0–1.5) × {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is greater than 1, that becomes a bonus multiplier on the follow distance. Therefore, this is impossible when the {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is less than 0.67<ref group="note">This value is actually{{frac\|1\|3}}.</ref>; when the {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is 1.0, there is only a {{frac\|1\|3}} chance of it happening.		\| If (random # in range 0–1.5) × {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is greater than 1, that becomes a bonus multiplier on the follow distance. Therefore, this is impossible when the {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is less than 0.67<ref group="note">This value is actually {{frac\|1\|3}}.</ref>; when the {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is 1.0, there is only a {{frac\|1\|3}} chance of it happening.
	\| {{tc\|No}} \|\| {{tc\|No}} \|\| {{tc\|Yes}} \|\| {{tc\|No}}		\| {{tc\|No}} \|\| {{tc\|No}} \|\| {{tc\|Yes}} \|\| {{tc\|No}}
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	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|October 22, 2010\|link={{tweet\|notch\|28442263772}}\|[[Minecraft:Notch]] tweets stating that he is "changing 'difficulty' to 'realism'". Lowest setting <nowiki>=</nowiki> [[Minecraft:Creative]]. Highest setting <nowiki>=</nowiki> [[Minecraft:Hunger\|starve]]". This was never implemented; however, a "[[Minecraft:Hardcore]]" mode was added along with a Creative gamemode.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|October 22, 2010\|link={{tweet\|notch\|28442263772}}\|[[Minecraft:Notch]] tweets stating that he is "changing 'difficulty' to 'realism'". Lowest setting <nowiki>=</nowiki> [[Minecraft:Creative]]. Highest setting <nowiki>=</nowiki> [[Minecraft:Hunger\|starve]]". This was never implemented; however, a "[[Minecraft:Hardcore]]" mode was added along with a Creative gamemode.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|java}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|java}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.0.0\|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2\|Hardcore mode ~~added~~.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.0.0\|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2\|Added Hardcore mode.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.6.1\|dev=13w16a\|~~Regional~~ difficulty ~~added~~.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.6.1\|dev=13w16a\|Added regional difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.8\|dev=14w02a\|[[Minecraft:Hunger]] now refills in Peaceful difficulty.\|Difficulty is now saved per-world, instead of globally; difficulty can no longer be changed from the title screen.\|Difficulty defaults to Normal instead of Easy.\|Difficulty can now be locked.\|Added {{cmd\|difficulty}}.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.8\|dev=14w02a\|[[Minecraft:Hunger]] now refills in Peaceful difficulty.\|Difficulty is now saved per-world, instead of globally; difficulty can no longer be changed from the title screen.\|Difficulty defaults to Normal instead of Easy.\|Difficulty can now be locked.\|Added {{cmd\|difficulty}}.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.16\|dev=20w17a\|Difficulty can now be chosen on world creation.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.16\|dev=20w17a\|Difficulty can now be chosen on world creation.}}
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	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|?\|Added regional difficulty.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|?\|Added regional difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.21.40\|Hardcore mode ~~added~~}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.21.40\|Added Hardcore mode.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.21.90\|dev=Preview 1.21.90.20\|[[Minecraft:Piglin brutes]] now despawn in ~~peaceful~~ difficulty.<ref>{{bug\|MCPE-88837\|\|Piglin brutes do not despawn in Peaceful mode}}</ref>{{verify\|will they despawn or become passive?}}}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.21.90\|dev=Preview 1.21.90.20\|[[Minecraft:Piglin brutes]] now despawn in Peaceful difficulty.<ref>{{bug\|MCPE-88837\|\|Piglin brutes do not despawn in Peaceful mode}}</ref>{{verify\|will they despawn or become passive?}}}}
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	\|{{HistoryLine\|console}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|console}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU1\|xbone=CU1\|ps3=1.00\|psvita=1.00\|ps4=1.00\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|~~Difficulty added~~.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU1\|xbone=CU1\|ps3=1.00\|psvita=1.00\|ps4=1.00\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|Added difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU11\|xbone=CU1\|ps3=1.00\|psvita=1.00\|ps4=1.00\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|Added a message when the player tries to spawn a [[Minecraft:hostile mob]] from a [[Minecraft:spawn egg]] in Peaceful difficulty.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU11\|xbone=CU1\|ps3=1.00\|psvita=1.00\|ps4=1.00\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|Added a message when the player tries to spawn a [[Minecraft:hostile mob]] from a [[Minecraft:spawn egg]] in Peaceful difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU19\|xbone=CU7\|ps3=1.12\|psvita=1.12\|ps4=1.12\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|~~Regional~~ difficulty ~~added~~.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU19\|xbone=CU7\|ps3=1.12\|psvita=1.12\|ps4=1.12\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|Added regional difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU25\|xbone=CU14\|ps3=1.17\|psvita=1.17\|ps4=1.17\|It is now possible to change the difficulty via the [[Minecraft:host options]] menu if host privileges are enabled.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU25\|xbone=CU14\|ps3=1.17\|psvita=1.17\|ps4=1.17\|It is now possible to change the difficulty via the [[Minecraft:host options]] menu if host privileges are enabled.}}
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	[[Minecraft:Dispenser]]s are unable to place [[Minecraft:wither skeleton skull]]s even if the required blocks for summoning a [[Minecraft:wither]] are available.		[[Minecraft:Dispenser]]s are unable to place [[Minecraft:wither skeleton skull]]s even if the required blocks for summoning a [[Minecraft:wither]] are available.

	One major effect of the lack of certain resources is that ~~[[Minecraft:End portal]]s cannot be activated by the player in Peaceful difficulty, because~~ it is impossible to acquire the [[Minecraft:eyes of ender]] necessary to activate ~~an end portal~~.<ref group="note"> An eye of ender requires [[Minecraft:blaze powder]] to craft, which can be crafted only from [[Minecraft:blaze rod]]s; but a blaze rod can be obtained only as a drop from a [[Minecraft:blaze]], which is a hostile mob that cannot spawn in Peaceful.</ref> However, it is possible to switch to a non-Peaceful difficulty, let blazes spawn, kill enough for crafting eyes of ender, and switch back to Peaceful. It is also possible for an end portal to be activated by naturally generating with an eye of ender already embedded within all 12 end portal frames. For any given end portal, there is a 1 in a trillion chance of this happening.<ref group=note>Since each end portal frame has a {{fraction\|1\|10}} chance of being filled, there is a ({{fraction\|1\|10}})<sup>12</sup> = {{fraction\|1\|1 trillion}} chance of all 12 end portal frames being filled.</ref>		One major effect of the lack of certain resources is that it is impossible to acquire the resources required to craft [[Minecraft:eyes of ender]], which are necessary to activate [[Minecraft:End Portal\|End portals]].<ref group="note"> An eye of ender requires [[Minecraft:blaze powder]] to craft, which can be crafted only from [[Minecraft:blaze rod]]s; but a blaze rod can be obtained only as a drop from a [[Minecraft:blaze]], which is a hostile mob that cannot spawn in Peaceful.</ref> However, it is possible to switch to a non-Peaceful difficulty, let blazes and endermen spawn, kill enough for crafting eyes of ender, and switch back to Peaceful. It is also possible for an end portal to be activated by naturally generating with an eye of ender already embedded within all 12 end portal frames. For any given end portal, there is a 1 in a trillion chance of this happening.<ref group=note>Since each end portal frame has a {{fraction\|1\|10}} chance of being filled, there is a ({{fraction\|1\|10}})<sup>12</sup> = {{fraction\|1\|1 trillion}} chance of all 12 end portal frames being filled.</ref>
	However, because of the huge number of possible seeds, over 8 million seeds are known to generate such end portals.<ref>https://github.com/hube12/SSGOutput/releases/tag/1.1</ref>		However, because of the huge number of possible seeds, over 8 million seeds are known to generate such end portals.<ref>https://github.com/hube12/SSGOutput/releases/tag/1.1</ref>

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	== Regional difficulty ==		== Regional difficulty ==
	[[File:Local Difficulty Debug.png\|thumb\|upright=2.0\|Regional difficulty values shown on the [[debug screen]]]]		[[File:Day Count Local Difficulty Debug.png\|thumb\|upright=2.0\|Regional difficulty values shown on the [[debug screen]]]]

	'''Regional difficulty''' or '''local difficulty''' is a value between 0.00 and 6.75 that the game calculates by considering the world difficulty setting, the ''inhabited time'' of a [[Minecraft:chunk]], the ''total daytime'' in the world, and the phase of the [[Minecraft:moon]]. This value is shown on the [[Minecraft:debug screen]] as the ''first'' value listed after the heading "Local Difficulty". This value determines several aspects of the difficulty of gameplay (see [[#Other effects\|below]]).		'''Regional difficulty''' or '''local difficulty''' is a value between 0.00 and 6.75 that the game calculates by considering the world difficulty setting, the ''inhabited time'' of a [[Minecraft:chunk]], the ''total daytime'' in the world, and the phase of the [[Minecraft:moon]]. This value is shown on the [[Minecraft:debug screen]] as the ''first'' value listed after the heading "Local Difficulty". This value determines several aspects of the difficulty of gameplay (see [[#Other effects\|below]]).

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	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.0.5\|dev=alpha 1.0.5.0\|Added {{cmd\|difficulty}}}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.0.5\|dev=alpha 1.0.5.0\|Added {{cmd\|difficulty}}}}
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			\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.20.50\|dev=Preview 1.20.50.20\|[[Minecraft:Vindicator]]s and [[Minecraft:evoker]]s no longer spawn in peaceful difficulty.}}
			\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.20.60\|dev=Preview 1.20.60.20\|[[Minecraft:Zoglin]]s no longer spawn in peaceful difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|?\|Added regional difficulty.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|?\|Added regional difficulty.}}
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	[[Minecraft:Dispenser]]s are unable to place [[Minecraft:wither skeleton skull]]s even if the required blocks for summoning a [[Minecraft:wither]] are available.		[[Minecraft:Dispenser]]s are unable to place [[Minecraft:wither skeleton skull]]s even if the required blocks for summoning a [[Minecraft:wither]] are available.

	One major effect of the lack of certain resources is that it is impossible to acquire the resources required to craft [[Minecraft:eyes of ender]], which are necessary to activate [[Minecraft:End ~~Portal\|End portals~~]].<ref group="note"> An eye of ender requires [[Minecraft:blaze powder]] to craft, which can be crafted only from [[Minecraft:blaze rod]]s; but a blaze rod can be obtained only as a drop from a [[Minecraft:blaze]], which is a hostile mob that cannot spawn in Peaceful.</ref> However, it is possible to switch to a non-Peaceful difficulty, let blazes and endermen spawn, kill enough for crafting eyes of ender, and switch back to Peaceful. It is also possible for an end portal to be activated by naturally generating with an eye of ender already embedded within all 12 end portal frames. For any given end portal, there is a 1 in a trillion chance of this happening.<ref group=note>Since each end portal frame has a {{fraction\|1\|10}} chance of being filled, there is a ({{fraction\|1\|10}})<sup>12</sup> = {{fraction\|1\|1 trillion}} chance of all 12 end portal frames being filled.</ref>		One major effect of the lack of certain resources is that it is impossible to acquire the resources required to craft [[Minecraft:eyes of ender]], which are necessary to activate [[Minecraft:End portal]]s.<ref group="note">An eye of ender requires [[Minecraft:blaze powder]] to craft, which can be crafted only from [[Minecraft:blaze rod]]s; but a blaze rod can be obtained only as a drop from a [[Minecraft:blaze]], which is a hostile mob that cannot spawn in Peaceful.</ref> However, it is possible to switch to a non-Peaceful difficulty, let blazes and endermen spawn, kill enough for crafting eyes of ender, and switch back to Peaceful. It is also possible for an end portal to be activated by naturally generating with an eye of ender already embedded within all 12 end portal frames. For any given end portal, there is a 1 in a trillion chance of this happening.<ref group=note>Since each end portal frame has a {{fraction\|1\|10}} chance of being filled, there is a ({{fraction\|1\|10}})<sup>12</sup> = {{fraction\|1\|1 trillion}} chance of all 12 end portal frames being filled.</ref>
	However, because of the huge number of possible seeds, over 8 million seeds are known to generate such end portals.<ref>https://github.com/hube12/SSGOutput/releases/tag/1.1</ref>		However, because of the huge number of possible seeds, over 8 million seeds are known to generate such end portals.<ref>https://github.com/hube12/SSGOutput/releases/tag/1.1</ref>

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	\| {{EnvSprite\|mobs}} Zombies are more likely to have a greater follow distance.		\| {{EnvSprite\|mobs}} Zombies are more likely to have a greater follow distance.
	\| If (random # in range 0–1.5) × {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is greater than 1, that becomes a bonus multiplier on the follow distance. Therefore, this is impossible when the {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is less than 0.67<ref group="note">This value is actually{{frac\|1\|3}}.</ref>; when the {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is 1.0, there is only a {{frac\|1\|3}} chance of it happening.		\| If (random # in range 0–1.5) × {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is greater than 1, that becomes a bonus multiplier on the follow distance. Therefore, this is impossible when the {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is less than 0.67<ref group="note">This value is actually {{frac\|1\|3}}.</ref>; when the {{tooltip\|CRD\|Clamped Regional Difficulty}} is 1.0, there is only a {{frac\|1\|3}} chance of it happening.
	\| {{tc\|No}} \|\| {{tc\|No}} \|\| {{tc\|Yes}} \|\| {{tc\|No}}		\| {{tc\|No}} \|\| {{tc\|No}} \|\| {{tc\|Yes}} \|\| {{tc\|No}}
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	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|October 22, 2010\|link={{tweet\|notch\|28442263772}}\|[[Minecraft:Notch]] tweets stating that he is "changing 'difficulty' to 'realism'". Lowest setting <nowiki>=</nowiki> [[Minecraft:Creative]]. Highest setting <nowiki>=</nowiki> [[Minecraft:Hunger\|starve]]". This was never implemented; however, a "[[Minecraft:Hardcore]]" mode was added along with a Creative gamemode.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|October 22, 2010\|link={{tweet\|notch\|28442263772}}\|[[Minecraft:Notch]] tweets stating that he is "changing 'difficulty' to 'realism'". Lowest setting <nowiki>=</nowiki> [[Minecraft:Creative]]. Highest setting <nowiki>=</nowiki> [[Minecraft:Hunger\|starve]]". This was never implemented; however, a "[[Minecraft:Hardcore]]" mode was added along with a Creative gamemode.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|java}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|java}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.0.0\|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2\|Hardcore mode ~~added~~.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.0.0\|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2\|Added Hardcore mode.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.6.1\|dev=13w16a\|~~Regional~~ difficulty ~~added~~.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.6.1\|dev=13w16a\|Added regional difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.8\|dev=14w02a\|[[Minecraft:Hunger]] now refills in Peaceful difficulty.\|Difficulty is now saved per-world, instead of globally; difficulty can no longer be changed from the title screen.\|Difficulty defaults to Normal instead of Easy.\|Difficulty can now be locked.\|Added {{cmd\|difficulty}}.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.8\|dev=14w02a\|[[Minecraft:Hunger]] now refills in Peaceful difficulty.\|Difficulty is now saved per-world, instead of globally; difficulty can no longer be changed from the title screen.\|Difficulty defaults to Normal instead of Easy.\|Difficulty can now be locked.\|Added {{cmd\|difficulty}}.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.16\|dev=20w17a\|Difficulty can now be chosen on world creation.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.16\|dev=20w17a\|Difficulty can now be chosen on world creation.}}
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	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|?\|Added regional difficulty.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|?\|Added regional difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.21.40\|Hardcore mode ~~added~~}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.21.40\|Added Hardcore mode.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.21.90\|dev=Preview 1.21.90.20\|[[Minecraft:Piglin brutes]] now despawn in ~~peaceful~~ difficulty.<ref>{{bug\|MCPE-88837\|\|Piglin brutes do not despawn in Peaceful mode}}</ref>{{verify\|will they despawn or become passive?}}}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|1.21.90\|dev=Preview 1.21.90.20\|[[Minecraft:Piglin brutes]] now despawn in Peaceful difficulty.<ref>{{bug\|MCPE-88837\|\|Piglin brutes do not despawn in Peaceful mode}}</ref>{{verify\|will they despawn or become passive?}}}}
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	\|{{HistoryLine\|console}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|console}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU1\|xbone=CU1\|ps3=1.00\|psvita=1.00\|ps4=1.00\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|~~Difficulty added~~.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU1\|xbone=CU1\|ps3=1.00\|psvita=1.00\|ps4=1.00\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|Added difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU11\|xbone=CU1\|ps3=1.00\|psvita=1.00\|ps4=1.00\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|Added a message when the player tries to spawn a [[Minecraft:hostile mob]] from a [[Minecraft:spawn egg]] in Peaceful difficulty.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU11\|xbone=CU1\|ps3=1.00\|psvita=1.00\|ps4=1.00\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|Added a message when the player tries to spawn a [[Minecraft:hostile mob]] from a [[Minecraft:spawn egg]] in Peaceful difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU19\|xbone=CU7\|ps3=1.12\|psvita=1.12\|ps4=1.12\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|~~Regional~~ difficulty ~~added~~.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU19\|xbone=CU7\|ps3=1.12\|psvita=1.12\|ps4=1.12\|wiiu=Patch 1\|switch=1.0.1\|Added regional difficulty.}}
	\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU25\|xbone=CU14\|ps3=1.17\|psvita=1.17\|ps4=1.17\|It is now possible to change the difficulty via the [[Minecraft:host options]] menu if host privileges are enabled.}}		\|{{HistoryLine\|\|xbox=TU25\|xbone=CU14\|ps3=1.17\|psvita=1.17\|ps4=1.17\|It is now possible to change the difficulty via the [[Minecraft:host options]] menu if host privileges are enabled.}}
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