Nbt Tags For Magma Cube Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains the NBT tags (formerly called data tags) that you can use for aÂ magma cubeÂ in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20.

TIP:Â If you are not running Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.16/1.17/1.18/1.19/1.20, find NBT tags for magma cube in another version of Minecraft:

Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.14/1.15

Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.11/1.12

Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.10

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Background

In Minecraft Java Edition 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, theÂ entity valueÂ for a magma cube isÂ magma_cube. TheÂ magma_cubeÂ entity has a unique set of data tags that can be used in Minecraft commands such as:Â /summonÂ andÂ /data.

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What are NBT tags (formerly called Data Tags)?

NBT tags allow you to set certain properties of an entity such as (magma_cube). The NBT tag is always surrounded in {} such as {Size:3}. If there is more than one NBT tag used in aÂ game command, the NBT tags are separated by a comma such as {Size:3, CustomName:”\”Scorcher\””}.

List of NBT Tags

Here is a list of the NBT tags that you can use forÂ magma_cubeÂ in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20:

NBT Tag	Value (Description)	Works With
Size	number (It represents the size of the magma cube. The higher the number, the larger the magma cube. If you enter a number too high, your game will glitch and freeze!!) 0 (Baby magma cube) 1 (Medium magma cube) 3 (Large magma cube) 100 (Giant magma cube) Example {Size:3} TIP:Â If you have summoned a magma cube that is too large and your game glitches, type the followingÂ /kill commandÂ to kill all magma cubes in your world: /kill @e[type=magma_cube] This will give you back control!! Though you may need to enter this command a few times as the magma cubes get smaller and smaller.	/summon /data
CustomName	name (The name to assign to the magma cube) Example {CustomName:”\”Scorcher\””}	/summon /data
Health	number (The number of health points the magma cube has) Example {Health:9.0f}	/summon /data
AbsorptionAmount	number (The number ofÂ absorptionÂ health points the magma cube has) Example {AbsorptionAmount:2.0f}	/summon /data
Invulnerable	0 (The magma cube will take damage like normal) 1 (The magma cube will not take any damage from attacks or physical surroundings) Example {Invulnerable:1}	/summon /data
PersistenceRequired	0 (The magma cube will despawn naturally) 1 (The magma cube won’t despawn) Example {PersistenceRequired:1}	/summon /data
NoAI	0 (The magma cube will have artificial intelligence and will move/behave like normal) 1 (The magma cube will have no artificial intelligence so it will appear motionless) Example {NoAI:1}	/summon /data
Silent	0 (The magma cube will make its usual noises in the game) 1 (The magma cube will not make any noise in the game) Example {Silent:1}	/summon /data
Fire	ticks (The number ofÂ game ticksÂ until the magma cube is no longer on fire – there are 20 ticks in a second) Example {Fire:60}	/summon /data
PortalCooldown	ticks (The number ofÂ game ticksÂ until the magma cube can go through a portal again – there are 20 ticks in a second) Example {PortalCooldown:120}	/summon /data
Air	ticks (The number ofÂ game ticksÂ the magma cube has air left for) Example {Air:120}	/summon /data
id	magma_cube (TheÂ entity valueÂ used to represent a magma cube in the EntityTag or Passengers tag) Example {id:magma_cube}	/summon /give
Passengers	The mob that is riding on the magma cube. Use theÂ entity valueÂ for the passenger mob Example of skeleton as passenger Passengers:[{id:skeleton}]	/summon /data

NBT Tag Examples

To summon a baby magma cube:

/summon magma_cube ~ ~ ~ {Size:0}

To summon a medium magma cube:

/summon magma_cube ~ ~ ~ {Size:1}

To summon a large magma cube:

/summon magma_cube ~ ~ ~ {Size:3}

To summon a giant magma cube:

/summon magma_cube ~ ~ ~ {Size:100}

To summon a large magma cube that is named Scorcher:

/summon magma_cube ~ ~ ~ {Size:3, CustomName:"\"Scorcher\""}

Target Selectors

Before we finish discussing data tags, let’s quickly explore how to use theÂ @e target selector. The @e target selector allows you to target entities in your commands. If you use theÂ type=magma_cubeÂ value, you can target magma cubes: