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# How to Change Server Tick Rate in Minecraft

Looking to learn how to change server tick rate Minecraft? Whether you want tick faster crop growth or more efficient Redstone contraptions, we’ll walk you through the steps.

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## What is Tick Speed in Minecraft?

**Minecraft’s normal tick speed** is the fixed internal update rate at which the game processes events, set consistently at **20 ticks per second (TPS)**. This constant update frequency ensures smooth handling of actions, player movements, mob behaviors, and environmental changes—including the game loop of day-night cycle.

Because every one tick speed directly impacts gameplay, maintaining this steady rate is essential for seamless player experience. Unlike the random game tick speed, Minecraft’s normal tick rate isn't adjustable through standard in-game commands, it also plays a crucial role in regulating the day and night cycle, ensuring consistent world progression.

### What is Random Tick Speed in Minecraft?

**Minecraft’s random tick speed** is a customizable game rule that determines how frequently specific block updates occur randomly within the game world. Unlike the fixed normal tick rate, random tick speed has a default setting of **3**, which players can easily adjust.

Modifying this value directly impacts how quickly particular in-game processes happen, including crop growth, leaf decay, fire spreading, ice melting, and similar environmental events. Increasing the random tick speed accelerates these natural processes, while lowering it slows them down, providing players with flexible control over gameplay pacing.

## How to Change Server Tick Rate in Minecraft

Please note you need to enable **cheats** to change tick speed using this method.

To change the server tick rate in both Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition:

* Open the world or server you'd like to change the server tick speed in
    
* Open your chat and type `/gamerule randomTickSpeed <value>` and hit enter

This is an example of changing the Minecraft tick speed to 100 `/gamerule randomTickSpeed 100`

![](https://images.surferseo.art/c68f7097-f9fa-4575-8f16-fc8e8d583ecb.png)

You've now changed your Minecraft world ticks. Keep changing the tick speed till the in-game events are as desired!

### Using Console

Using the console and in-game commands are the same.

To change the server tick rate using the console:

* To change the server tick rate on your Minecraft server using the console:
    
* Type `gamerule randomTickSpeed [value]` in your console and hit enter
    
    ![](https://images.surferseo.art/4bcc8bfa-d5d0-4cb5-b5ad-bb642a1e752b.png)

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