Spawn Events for Tropical Fish in Minecraft

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

Minecraft ID Description Bedrock Edition
(Added in)
minecraft:become_anenonme Tropical Fish has become an Anenonme 1.12.0
minecraft:become_black_tang Tropical Fish has become a Black Tang 1.12.0
minecraft:become_blue_dory Tropical Fish has become a Blue Dory 1.12.0
minecraft:become_butterfly_fish Tropical Fish has become a Butterfly Fish 1.12.0
minecraft:become_cc_betta Tropical Fish has become a CC Beta 1.12.0
minecraft:become_cichlid Tropical Fish has become a Cichlid 1.12.0
minecraft:become_clownfish Tropical Fish has become a Clownfish 1.12.0
minecraft:become_dog_fish Tropical Fish has become a Dogfish 1.12.0
minecraft:become_e_red_snapper Tropical Fish has become an E Red Snapper 1.12.0
minecraft:become_goat_fish Tropical Fish has become a Goat Fish 1.12.0
minecraft:become_moorish_idol Tropical Fish has become a Moorish Idol 1.12.0
minecraft:become_ornate_butterfly Tropical Fish has become an Ornate Butterfly 1.12.0
minecraft:become_parrot_fish Tropical Fish has become a Parrot Fish 1.12.0
minecraft:become_queen_angel_fish Tropical Fish has become a Queen Angel Fish 1.12.0
minecraft:become_red_cichlid Tropical Fish has become a Red Cichlid 1.12.0
minecraft:become_red_lipped_benny Tropical Fish has become a Red Lipped Benny 1.12.0
minecraft:become_red_snapper Tropical Fish has become a Red Snapper 1.12.0
minecraft:become_threadfin Tropical Fish has become a Threadfin 1.12.0
minecraft:become_tomato_clown Tropical Fish has become a Tomato Clown 1.12.0
minecraft:become_triggerfish Tropical Fish has become a Triggerfish 1.12.0
minecraft:become_yellow_tail_parrot Tropical Fish has become a Yellow Tail Parrot 1.12.0
minecraft:become_yellow_tang Tropical Fish has become a Yellow Tang 1.12.0
minecraft:entity_spawned Tropical Fish has spawned 1.12.0

Spawn Event Example

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

/summon tropical_fish ~ ~ ~ minecraft:become_angry

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

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a tropical fish in Minecraft:

Command Generators

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