You choose your game mode in the [lobby](/getting-started/lobby) with the compass or at the NPCs. `/lobby` takes you back at any time.

- [SMP](/game-modes/smp): one survival world for everyone. Build your home, found cities and trade with others. In beta.
- [Creative](/game-modes/creative): your plot, every block and WorldEdit. In beta.

Before you enter a mode for the first time, you confirm its [rules](/reference/rules).

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