Spawn Events for Dolphin in Minecraft

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

Minecraft ID Description Bedrock Edition
(Added in)
minecraft:ageable_grow_up Dolphin has grown up 1.12.0
minecraft:become_angry Dolphin has become angry 1.12.0
minecraft:on_calm Dolphin is calm 1.12.0
minecraft:dried_out Dolphin has dried out 1.12.0
minecraft:navigation_off_land Dolphin is navigating off land 1.12.0
minecraft:navigation_on_land Dolphin is navigating on land 1.12.0
minecraft:start_dryingout Dolphin is starting to dry out 1.12.0
minecraft:stop_dryingout Dolphin is done drying out 1.12.0
recover_after_dried_out Dolphin has recovered after drying out 1.17.0
minecraft:entity_spawned Dolphin has spawned 1.12.0

Spawn Event Example

To summon a dolphin that has become angry in Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) or Education Edition:

/summon dolphin ~ ~ ~ minecraft:become_angry

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

Command Examples

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

Command Generators

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