In Minecraft Survival mode, flying is not naturally available like in Creative mode, but you can achieve flying through a few methods:
1. Using Elytra and Fireworks
- Obtain an Elytra, a special item that acts like wings.
- Equip the Elytra in your chest armor slot.
- Use fireworks rockets to boost your flight.
- To start flying, jump and then double-tap the spacebar to glide, and right-click while holding a firework rocket to propel yourself forward and gain altitude.
- This method allows you to glide and fly around the map but requires some skill to control and avoid fall damage
2. Using Commands (Cheats Enabled)
- If cheats are enabled in your world, you can grant yourself the ability to fly using commands.
- Use the command
/ability @s mayfly trueto enable flying in Survival mode. - This lets you fly similarly to Creative mode while still having your survival health bar.
- Note that this flying ability resets when you leave and rejoin the world, so you may need to reapply the command.
- To automate this, you can use command blocks to keep the flying ability enabled continuously
Summary:
Method| Description| Requirements| Notes
---|---|---|---
Elytra + Fireworks| Glide and boost flight using Elytra and rockets| Elytra,
fireworks, survival mode| Requires finding Elytra and rockets, skillful
control needed
Command /ability| Enable flying via command in survival mode| Cheats
enabled, commands| Temporary, needs reapplying or automation
In Creative mode, flying is simple by double-tapping the jump key (spacebar) and using movement keys to navigate, but this is not Survival mode flying
. Mods or plugins can also add flying commands in Survival, but these are not part of the vanilla game
. Thus, to fly in Survival Minecraft without mods, your best options are to use Elytra with rockets or enable flying with commands if cheats are allowed.
