Is It Possible to Beat Minecraft Without Getting ANY Advancements?

hi this is a video where steve from the famous mining game minecraft doesn't actually do any of the mining stuff because he wants to avoid advancements for some reason
[EDIT: English subtitles have been added!]

[Music used]
All of the music used in this video (except for the end screen music) comes from Minecraft's original soundtrack. Here are the tracks used in order of apparition in the video:
C418 - Sweden
C418 - Minecraft
C418 - Mall
C418 - Alpha
C418 - Dreiton

[Rhododo]

Hi! [THERE IS A WAY TO AVOID THE INTO FIRE ADVANCEMENT]

Firstly, thanks for watching the video, I didn't expect this to blow up like that!
Secondly, a way to avoid the Into Fire advancement was found!!!

This makes the game beatable with only 4 advancements (including root advancements)!


Now, there's also a few questions I see a lot in the comments, so instead of answering the same thing to every comment individually, I'll answer them all here:

Q: Your food bar keeps going up and down, did you eat food off camera?
A: No, I did not eat any food. Respawning resets your food bar, so whenever I see my food bar going down I place all my items in a chest, jump from a bit too high or stay in water for a bit too long, and once I respawned my food bar is now full, and I come back to get the items from the chest I placed (which I often sort the exact same way, so the only thing that changes after a cut is my food bar). I do it at 3:08 for example.
Also, this doesn't have any repercussions in the run, the world is not in hardcore so we can respawn as much as we want, and lava/water don't count as entity damage so we don't get the "Adventure" advancement.

Q: You said you're playing in 1.19.4 but your game has old Netherrack textures, how?
A: I did play in 1.19.4 but I used the "Programmer Art" resource pack, which shows the textures from pre-1.14.

Q: How did you change your spawnpoint without getting the "Sweet Dreams" advancement?
A: You only get that advancement by sleeping in the bed, if you click on the bed during daytime, it will change your spawnpoint without giving you the advancement.

Q: Doesn't collecting seeds give the "A Seedy Place" advancement?
A: Nope, you only get that advancement by planting the seeds, not by collecting them.

Q: How did you avoid "Getting Wood", "Taking Inventory" and "Time to Mine!"?
A: Those used to be "Achievements", but in Java Edition they got removed in 1.12, where they got replaced by Advancements. So there are no advancements for opening your inventory, gathering wood or making wooden tools anymore.

Q: Doesn't entering a boat in water give an advancement?
A: No, that's a recipe.

Q: Isn't there another way to get Blaze Rods or Blaze Powder without going in the Nether like trading with villagers or killing witches?
A: No. In the current version of Minecraft (Java Edition), Blazes are the only way to obtain Blaze Rods and Blaze Powder, and Eyes of Ender can only be crafted. Witches don't drop blaze powder, Eyes of Ender do not spawn in any chests, cleric Villagers stopped trading Eyes of Ender in 1.9 and they have never traded Blaze Rods or Blaze Powder, and the brewing stand in igloos do not contain any Blaze Powder.

Q: Can't you get a fully light up portal to avoid the Nether entirely and finish the game in two advancements?
A: Theoretically, yes. However, that would only be realistically possible on a set seed, since an end portal only has one chance in a TRILLION to spawn pre-filled with 12 eyes.

Q: You can avoid "Into Fire" by using the gui skip glitch!!
A: That would've been a way to avoid it, but unfortunately this got patched in version 1.17, so we can't do that anymore, and reverting to an older version would go against the rules I set for this challenge. However, as stated at the top of this comment, another way was found to avoid this advancement.

Q: Banana and Bread did it first, you copied them!!
A: Actually, I had the idea for this challenge long before they made a video about it. I finished writing the route for this video in September 2022, while Banana and Bread uploaded their video in March 2023. I only started recording for this video in late April though, and in the meantime they had the same idea and made a video first. Anyway, their video is good, you should watch it, it's interesting to see how we found completely different ways to avoid some advancements!

Q: wow old netherrack is ugly
A: yeah but i like it


Also, at 11:00 I said we couldn't trade with Piglins without getting an advancement, but actually if you wear gold armor when trading with the Piglin, you don't trigger the "Oh Shiny" advancement, so trading gold to Piglins would've worked.


I hope that will answer some of your questions, thanks for your comments! :)

[Gertrude______________________]

even if it's not possible to beat minecraft with zero advancements, I loved seeing all of the creative ways he avoided seemingly "necessary" advancements like entering a nether fortress or the stronghold

[MrNicePotato]

7:11 A whopping 0.5m^2 per chicken is unironically really spacious compared to modern industrial intensive chicken farms sadly

[infiniteshay]

Now I kinda wanna see a minimal advancement speedrun category. I feel like it could go crazy

[pikazilla]

Theoretically it would only require 2 advancements if your world has a filled in end portal but i don’t exactly need to explain why that isn’t realistic for an unseeded run

[theguy]

the newest version actually makes this challenge maybe easier because in older versions, you have the "taking inventory" and the "getting wood" advancement.

[TheAdvertisement]

4:45 This encounter is even more terrifying realizing if the creeper kills you you get an advancement.
10:43 That cut was perfect.

[santiagoruiz]

As a speedrunner, I have huge amounts of respected for what you did here. Only thing I would have done differently is on the one cycle. There's a way to make it easier and more similar to what Speedrunners usually do which is by waterlogging a slab in the position where obsidian usually goes. That avoids the slab from blowing up. GG, dude. Hope this vid blows up

[BoughtChip]

11:00 actually you CAN trade with piglins, the "oh shiny" achievement is only gained when the piglin is attacking you, and THEN you drop the gold, if you drop the gold while wearing gold armor you will NOT get the "oh shiny" advancement

[the_terrific_tinfoil]

The effort put into this video is insane, and the editing is suprisingly smooth for such a small channel.

[Fuzzi]

I admire the commitment to not use a seed with a complete end Portal.

[mmmmythical]

This video is seriously underrated. Not only did you explain your thought process clearly but you also slipped in some witty comedy that made it entertaining. I haven’t watched a MC video in a while that’s kept my attention the whole way through like this. Humbly take my sub because you deserve it

[TheStudioArchitect]

The amount of creativity this guy has is incredible. I never would have thought of that Nether portal trick.

[notatallbruh]

17:13 "[Intentional Game Design] has made the advancement [Free The End]

[RyanEglitis]

If you put your gold in a chest, then break it, you can still avoid getting the "Oh Shiny" advancement and avoid the need for a mob tower for pearls. Also works for a furnace, if you want an inventory piglins won't get mad about breaking. *Edit* Apparently, it also doesn't give you that as long as you trade without them being aggro, which is much simpler.

I think the only other improvements would be hoping you hit the lottery with a 12 eye, then just digging around randomly forever to find the stronghold, but this obviously isn't a practical strat in random seed. It would shave 3 advancements though...

[Hunnie_Bunnie]

the perfect cut scream from the chicken, it was beautiful

[Slackow]

The enderman at 7:39 caught on fire because while in a boat, endermen can still teleport, they just end up right back in the boat, for one tick the enderman teleported into lava.

[enderstrikegaming]

I'm pretty sure you can trade with piglins without getting the advancement. If you're wearing gold, it wont be considered "distracting" it because its not mad at you.

[NotchArrow]

Something I learned from a different video on this topic. You can avoid "Into Fire" by doing what is known as a gui skip. Fill your inv. Open a crafting table. Move an item in your inv so that you pick up the blaze rod while still inside the crafting table and craft it into powder which won't grant an advancement.

[SamOfTheSmokies]

Wow you're smart man! I never would've thought of some of these ways to get around advancements! Good work!