Learn how to create a boss bar timer in Minecraft using command blocks!
In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through setting up the timer, customizing it, and even limiting its visibility to certain players on a server. This is perfect for mini-games, events, or custom maps!
~What You’ll Learn:~
How to set up scoreboards for the timer
Adding and customizing a boss bar
Commands to reset and tick the timer
Adjusting the timer duration
Making the timer visible only to nearby players
~All commands used in this video:~
~Scoreboards~
1 IUN - /scoreboard objectives add TimerScore dummy
2 IUN - /scoreboard objectives add TimerMinutes dummy
3 IUN - /scoreboard objectives add TimerSeconds dummy
~Boss Bar~
4 IUN - /bossbar add timerbar {"text":"0:0"}
5 IUN - /bossbar set minecraft:timerbar players @a
6 IUN - /bossbar set minecraft:timerbar max 180
7 IUN - /bossbar set minecraft:timerbar color purple
8 IUN - /bossbar set minecraft:timerbar style notched_10
9 IUN - /bossbar set minecraft:timerbar players
~Ticking Line~
10 IUN - /execute store result bossbar minecraft:timerbar value run scoreboard players remove TimerEntity TimerScore 1
11 CUA - /scoreboard players remove TimerEntity TimerSeconds 1
12 CUA - /execute if score TimerEntity TimerSeconds matches ..-1 run scoreboard players remove TimerEntity TimerMinutes 1
13 CUA - /execute if score TimerEntity TimerSeconds matches ..-1 run scoreboard players set TimerEntity TimerSeconds 59
14 CUA - /bossbar set minecraft:timerbar name ["",{"score":{"name":"TimerEntity","objective":"TimerMinutes"}},{"text":":"},{"score":{"name":"TimerEntity","objective":"TimerSeconds"}}]
15 CUA - /execute if score TimerEntity TimerScore matches ..-1 run playsound minecraft:ui.toast.challenge_complete ambient @a ~ ~ ~ 5 1 1
16 CUA - /execute if score TimerEntity TimerScore matches ..-1 run setblock X Y Z minecraft:redstone_block
~Reset~
17 IUN - /execute store result bossbar minecraft:timerbar value run scoreboard players set TimerEntity TimerScore 180
18 CUA - /scoreboard players set TimerEntity TimerMinutes 3
19 CUA - /scoreboard players set TimerEntity TimerSeconds 0
20 CUA - /bossbar set minecraft:timerbar name ["",{"score":{"name":"TimerEntity","objective":"TimerMinutes"}},{"text":":"},{"score":{"name":"TimerEntity","objective":"TimerSeconds"}}]
21 CUA - /bossbar set minecraft:timerbar players
22 CUA - /setblock X Y Z minecraft:redstone_block
23 IUN - /setblock ~ ~1 ~ air
24 IUN - /bossbar set minecraft:timerbar players @a
~Key~
IUN - Impulse, Unconditional, Non Active
CUA - Chain, Unconditional, Active
~World Download~
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~Better Command Blocks Mod~
modrinth.com/mod/bettercommandblockui
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:15 Better Command Blocks
0:40 How we'll do this
1:16 Scoreboards
2:16 Boss Bar
4:12 Ticking Line
6:51 Reset Line
8:58 Redstone
10:10 Showing the Boss Bar
10:27 Testing
10:46 Changing the Time
11:38 Setting a Distance
12:28 Outro