

Finally, it can be activated by being shot out by a Dispenser, which is one of the ways of launching and activating TNT. TNT can also be activated by explosions from other TNT blocks or Creepers, by spreading Fire or Lava, as well as Projectiles.

The easiest way to detonate a block of TNT is using Flint and Steel or Redstone. They’re useful, but can also pose a threat as they can inflict damage to the Player and other Mobs.

These blocks can be crafted as well as found naturally in the world, usually in structures like Mineshafts or Desert Temples. TNT is an explosive block in Minecraft that destroys itself and blocks around it when activated. because gamerule mobGriefing is set to false, you'll have all the damage without any of the terrain damage.Building a TNT Launcher How TNT Works in Minecraft Then, in a second repeating, we want to run the command execute as at run kill which will kill the nearly-about-to-explode TNT before it actually does, leaving the Creeper to do the exploding. Next, in a repeating command block, we want to find any TNT that's about to explode, and summon a Creeper at the same spot execute as at run summon creeper ~ ~ ~ will summon an ignited Creeper with 2 ticks before it explodes this will prevent mobs from destroying terrain. There's actually a rather simple way to do this involving some funky command usage.įirst, make sure that gamerule mobGriefing is set to false. the information below pertains to Java, and will not work on Bedrock due to the inability to view or edit NBT data.Īs far as i'm aware, this is borderline impossible to do on Bedrock since you can't test for TNT explosion time, nor summon a Creeper with set explosion time however, i've decided to keep the information below for preservation's sake in the hopes it may still help people. It appears i'm a bumbling idiot, and didn't notice the Bedrock tag.
