Minecraft:Commands/version

Presents the server's game version information to the client on the Minecraft:chat.

Usage

Prints the server's game version information on the chat, such as the name, protocol version, and the resource pack and data pack formats.

This is similar to the Template:Key Minecraft:debug hotkey, but presents server side info instead of client side.

The following is an example of what would be printed to chat on Minecraft:1.21.8:

Server version info:
id = 1.21.8
name = 1.21.8
data = 4440
series = main
protocol = 772 (0x304)
build_time = Tue Jul 17 12:00:57 UTC 2025
pack_resource = 64
pack_data = 81
stable = yes

Field	Content
ID	Version ID string
Name	User-friendly name of the version, usually identical to ID.
Data	Minecraft:Data version
Series	Identifies which branch the game comes from, the default values is "main" and other values are used when a version isn't from the main branch. This can be checked on the Minecraft:version.json for older versions, for example, "deep_dark_preview" was used for Minecraft:Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 and "april<YYYY>" is used for Minecraft:April Fools' Day joke versions released in 2022 or after.
Protocol	Minecraft:Protocol version
Build time	Timestamp of when the version was built, in local timezone.
Pack resource	Minecraft:Resource pack format
Pack data	Minecraft:Data pack format
Stable	Yes for release versions, no for development versions

Syntax

version

Result

Always successful.