NBT Tags for Guardian in Minecraft (Java Edition 1.10)
This Minecraft tutorial explains the NBT tags (formerly called data tags) that you can use for a guardian in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.10.
TIP: If you are not running Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.10, find NBT tags for guardian in another version of Minecraft:
Background
In Minecraft Java Edition 1.10, the entity value for a guardian is Guardian. The Guardian entity has a unique set of data tags that can be used in Minecraft commands such as: /summon, /entitydata, /give, /fill, /setblock, /testfor.
Guardian is used as the entity value for both guardian and elder guardian in Minecraft 1.10:
What are NBT tags (formerly called Data Tags)?
NBT tags allow you to set certain properties of an entity (such as Guardian). The NBT tag is always surrounded in {} such as {Elder:1}. If there is more than one NBT tag used in a game command, the NBT tags are separated by a comma such as {Elder:1, CustomName:Menace}.
List of NBT Tags
Here is a list of the NBT tags that you can use for Guardian in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.10:
| NBT Tag | Value (Description) | Works With |
|---|---|---|
| Elder | 0 (The guardian is not an elder guardian) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| CustomName | name (The name to assign to the guardian. If the name has spaces, you need to surrounded the name value in "".) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| Health | number (The number of health points the guardian has) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| AbsorptionAmount | number (The number of absorption health points the guardian has) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| Invulnerable | 0 (The guardian will take damage like normal) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| PersistenceRequired | 0 (The guardian will despawn naturally) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| NoAI | 0 (The guardian will have artificial intelligence and will move/behave like normal) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| Silent | 0 (The guardian will make its usual noises in the game) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| Fire | ticks (The number of game ticks until the guardian is no longer on fire - there are 20 ticks in a second) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| PortalCooldown | ticks (The number of game ticks until the guardian can go through a portal again - there are 20 ticks in a second) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| Air | ticks (The number of game ticks the guardian has air left for) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| ArmorItems | Since a guardian does not wear armor, you can use this data tag to list 4 items that you want the guardian to drop when it is killed (4 custom drops) Syntax Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| ArmorDropChances | The drop chances for each of the 4 items listed in ArmorItems. A value of 1.0f means 100% chance of the item being dropped when the guardian is killed, 0.5f means 50%, 0.2f means 20%, and so on. Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| UUIDLeast | A number that specifies the right half of the UUID for the guardian (use UUIDLeast and UUIDMost to target/find a particular guardian in the game) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| UUIDMost | A number that specifies the left half of the UUID for the guardian (use UUIDLeast and UUIDMost to target/find a particular guardian in the game) Example |
/summon /entitydata |
| id | Guardian (The entity value used to represent a guardian in the EntityTag or Passengers tag) Example |
/summon /give |
| Passengers | The mob that is riding on the guardian. Use the entity value for the passenger mob Example of skeleton as passenger |
/summon /entitydata |
NBT Tag Examples
To summon an elder guardian:
/summon Guardian ~ ~ ~ {Elder:1}
To summon a guardian named Menace that is silent:
/summon Guardian ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:Menace, Silent:1}
To summon a guardian that has 4 custom drops (3 redstone, 1 gold horse armor, 2 iron ingot and 7 gold ingot). Use a command block to run this command:
/summon Guardian ~ ~1 ~ {ArmorItems:[{Count:3,id:redstone}, {Count:1,id:golden_horse_armor}, {Count:2,id:iron_ingot}, {Count:7,id:gold_ingot}], ArmorDropChances:[1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f]}
To give the closest player a guardian spawn egg in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.10:
/give @p spawn_egg 1 0 {EntityTag:{id:Guardian}}
Target Selectors
Before we finish discussing data tags, let's quickly explore how to use the @e target selector. The @e target selector allows you to target entities in your commands. If you use the type=Guardian value, you can target guardians:
@e[type=Guardian]
You can also add a radius value to target guardians within a certain radius of blocks (for example, r=5 lets you target guardians within a 5 block radius of where the command is run):
@e[type=Guardian,r=5]
Target Selector Examples
To change all guardians into elder guardians within a 5 block radius:
/entitydata @e[type=Guardian,r=5] {Elder:1}
To test for all guardians within a 50 block radius:
/testfor @e[type=Guardian,r=50]
To summon a lightning bolt at all guardians:
/execute @e[type=Guardian] ~ ~ ~ /summon LightningBolt
To kill all guardians:
/kill @e[type=Guardian]
Next, learn how to use the game commands in Minecraft.
Command Examples
Here are some game command examples for a guardian in Minecraft:
Command Generators
If you need help, you can use these tools to automatically generate commands for you:
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