Achievements in Minecraft offer players the chance to do some specific things. Rather than just playing the game and randomly completing tasks, achievements give the players a bit more purpose. Sure, there's defeating the Ender Dragon (which is an achievement ironically), but otherwise there's not a lot of focus or purpose in Minecraft.Achievements also give players a restriction. Getting achievements is great, but they can't be completed in Minecraft Creative mode or with cheats. Without achievements, there's less incentive to eschew cheats and switch back and forth into Creative mode. Sure, there's nothing wrong with doing that.These are the features of the game that were added by the developers. Not using them makes the game harder, but at least with achievements there's a small reward for doing that.My daughter just told me she's grinding Minecraft achievements on Xbox, Win 10, and Switch at the same time to win her June gamerscore leaderboard so I guess today is Father's Day? pic.twitter.com/GQACBmmuid— Jeff Rubenstein (@jeffrubenstein) June 29, 2021Achievements in Minecraft: Java EditionIt's important to note that the achievements for Minecraft are universal across the board. Every version, platform and whatever else has the "Taking Inventory" achievement. Some, like the "Mokstraumen" (building a conduit) achievement, are specific to Bedrock. Some are easy and will be passively collected but others require some purposeful intent.Minecraft Java. Image via Business InsiderSome of the easy Java ones including "Taking Inventory" (self explanatory), "Acquiring Hardware" (getting iron), "Getting an Upgrade" (a better pickaxe) are pretty much passively collected. Taking inventory is something done right at the beginning of the world, as are the other two and many other simple achievements.My goal this summer is to get all 114 Minecraft achievements on my console— Lyssa (@AlyssaBeard) June 25, 2021Others, however, are rather difficult and require a lot of time and a lot of intentionality. There isn't really a way to accidentally fly a pig off a cliff (When Pigs Fly).Here's all the achievements for the Java edition:Taking Inventory- Open inventory for the first time.Getting Wood- Attack a tree until a piece of wood breaksBenchmarking- Create a crafting tableTime to mine!- Craft a wooden pickaxeHot Topic- Craft a furnaceAcquire hardware- Smelt an iron ingotTime to farm!- Craft a wooden hoeBake bread- Craft bread from wheatThe Lie- Make a cakeGetting an upgrade- Craft a stone pickaxeDelicious fish- Catch and cook fishOn a rail- Travel 1m on a railcartTime to strike!- Craft a wooden swordMonster hunter- Kill a hostile mobCow tipper- Harvest leatherWhen pigs fly- Run a pig off a cliffSniper duel- Kill a skeleton with a bow from 50 blocks awayDIAMONDS!- Mine diamondsWe need to go deeper- Construct Nether portalReturn to sender- Send a ghast fireball back at it and hit itInto fire- Kill a blaze and get a rodLocal brewery- brew a potionThe End?- Locate the endThe End.- Kill the dragonEnchanter- Craft an enchantment tableOverkill- Deal 9 hearts of damage with one hitLibrarian- Upgrade enchantment table with bookshelvesAdventuring time- Discover all Minecraft biomesThe Beginning?- Spawn the WitherThe Beginning.- Kill the WitherBeaconator- Craft a fully powered beaconRepopulation- Breed two cows with wheatDiamonds to you!- Throw diamonds at another Minecraft playerOverpowered- Eat an enchanted golden appleJava edition. Image via SportskeedaFor more Minecraft content, subscribe to our YouTube channel!