NBT Tags for Snow Golem in Minecraft (Java Edition 1.16/1.17/1.18/1.19/1.20)

This Minecraft tutorial explains the NBT tags (formerly called data tags) that you can use for a snow golem (also called a snow man) in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20.

Background

In Minecraft Java Edition 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, the entity value for a snow golem is snow_golem. The snow_golem entity has a unique set of NBT tags that can be used in Minecraft commands such as: /summon and /data.

What are NBT tags (formerly called Data Tags)?

NBT tags allow you to set certain properties of an entity (such as snow_golem). The NBT tag is always surrounded in {} such as {NoAI:1}. If there is more than one NBT tag used in a game command, the NBT tags are separated by a comma such as {NoAI:1, CustomName:"\"Frosty\""}.

List of NBT Tags

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

NBT Tag	Value (Description)	Works With
CustomName	name (The name to assign to the snow golem) Example {CustomName:"\"Frosty\""}	/summon /data
Health	number (The number of health points the snow golem has) Example {Health:35.0f}	/summon /data
AbsorptionAmount	number (The number of absorption health points the snow golem has) Example {AbsorptionAmount:2.0f}	/summon /data
Invulnerable	0 (The snow golem will take damage like normal) 1 (The snow golem will not take any damage from attacks or physical surroundings) Example {Invulnerable:1}	/summon /data
PersistenceRequired	0 (The snow golem will despawn naturally) 1 (The snow golem won't despawn) Example {PersistenceRequired:1}	/summon /data
NoAI	0 (The snow golem will have artificial intelligence and will move/behave like normal) 1 (The snow golem will have no artificial intelligence and will appear motionless) Example {NoAI:1}	/summon /data
Silent	0 (The snow golem will make its usual noises in the game) 1 (The snow golem will not make any noise in the game) Example {Silent:1}	/summon /data
Fire	ticks (The number of game ticks until the snow golem is no longer on fire - there are 20 ticks in a second) Example {Fire:60}	/summon /data
PortalCooldown	ticks (The number of game ticks until the snow golem can go through a portal again - there are 20 ticks in a second) Example {PortalCooldown:120}	/summon /data
Air	ticks (The number of game ticks the snow golem has air left for) Example {Air:120}	/summon /data
id	snow_golem (The entity value used to represent a snow golem in the Passengers tag) Example {id:snow_golem}	/summon
Passengers	The mob that is riding on the snow golem. Use the entity value for the passenger mob Example of skeleton as passenger Passengers:[{id:skeleton}]	/summon /data

NBT Tag Examples

To summon a snow golem that has no artificial intelligence:

/summon snow_golem ~ ~ ~ {NoAI:1}

To summon a snow golem that is named Frosty and has no artificial intelligence:

/summon snow_golem ~ ~ ~ {NoAI:1, CustomName:"\"Frosty\""}

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=snow_golem value, you can target snow golems:

@e[type=snow_golem]

Target Selector Examples

To change the name of the nearest snow golem to Frosty:

/data merge entity @e[type=snow_golem,limit=1,sort=nearest] {CustomName:"\"Frosty\""}

To kill all snow golems:

/kill @e[type=snow_golem]

Next, learn how to use the game commands in Minecraft.

Command Generators

If you need help, you can use these tools to automatically generate commands for you: