fire_damage

booleanJava 26.2 & Bedrock 26.32

Controls whether fire and lava deal damage to players and mobs. When false, walking through fire or standing in lava deals no damage — useful for creative builds or fire-themed maps.

Enable fire_damage

Fire and lava deal their normal damage — 1 per second for fire, 4 per second for lava.

Java/gamerule fire_damage true

Bedrock/gamerule firedamage true

Bedrock uses firedamage (all-lowercase, no separators).

Disable fire_damage

No damage from fire or lava. Entities can stand in flames and lava indefinitely.

Java/gamerule fire_damage false

Bedrock/gamerule firedamage false

Default: true. Restore with /gamerule fire_damage true

What fire_damage does

Controls whether fire and lava deal damage to players and mobs. When false, walking through fire or standing in lava deals no damage — useful for creative builds or fire-themed maps.

Related gamerules

drowning_damage fall_damage freeze_damage

All Gamerule commands Java vs Bedrock guide