Commands/entitydata

entitydata

Permission level required	2
Restrictions	None

Modifies the data tag of an entity.

Syntax

entitydata <entity> <dataTag>

Arguments

entity

Specifies the entity(ies) to be modified. Must be an entity UUID or the @e target selector.

dataTag

Specifies the data tag elements to be added to, or overwrite elements of, the specified entity (data tags cannot be removed and strings cannot be set to a null value). Must be a compound NBT tag (for example, {CustomName:Steve}).

Result

Fails if the arguments are not specified correctly, or if entity fails to resolve to one or more non-player entities (players cannot be changed).

On success, modifies the data tag of the targeted entity or entities.

Examples

• To prevent all zombies from picking up loot:

  entitydata @e[type=zombie] {CanPickUpLoot:0}

History

Java Edition
1.8		14w32b			Added /entitydata.
1.13		17w45b			Removed /entitydata as its features are merged into /data.

See also

• /blockdata — replaces the data of a block

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