Spawn Events for Cat in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the spawn events that you can use for a cat in Minecraft Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Education Edition.

Background

In the latest version of Minecraft Bedrock Edition and Education Edition, the entity value for a cat is cat. The cat entity has a unique set of spawn events that can be used in Minecraft commands such as: /summon and /event. (The spawn event parameter is called spawnEvent in the Minecraft help for the /summon command and eventName in the Minecraft help for the /event command.)

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What is a Spawn Event?

Spawn events allow you to trigger certain in-game events for an entity in Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Education Edition. Currently, you can only trigger one spawn event at a time when you use the /summon or /event commands.

List of Spawn Events

Here is a list of the spawn events that you can use for a cat in Minecraft Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Minecraft Education Edition:

Minecraft ID Description Bedrock Edition
(Added in)
minecraft:spawn_midnight_cat Cat is black in color 1.12.0
minecraft:ageable_grow_up Cat has grown up 1.12.0
minecraft:entity_born Cat has been born (which means it is a baby) 1.12.0
minecraft:cat_gifted_owner Cat has gifted the owner 1.12.0
minecraft:on_tame Cat is tame 1.12.0
minecraft:pet_slept_with_owner Cat has slept with owner 1.12.0
minecraft:spawn_from_village Cat has spawned from a village 1.12.0
minecraft:entity_spawned Cat has spawned 1.12.0

Spawn Event Example

To summon a black cat in Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) or Education Edition:

/summon cat ~ ~ ~ minecraft:spawn_midnight_cat

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

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a cat in Minecraft:

Command Generators

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