Spawn Events for Wandering Trader in Minecraft

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

Minecraft ID Description Bedrock Edition
(Added in)
minecraft:become_calm Wandering Trader has become calm 1.12.0
minecraft:become_scared Wandering Trader has become scared 1.12.0
minecraft:scheduled Wandering Trader is scheduled 1.12.0
minecraft:start_despawn Wandering Trader has started to despawn 1.12.0

Spawn Event Example

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

/summon wandering_trader ~ ~ ~ minecraft:become_scared

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

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a wandering trader in Minecraft:

Command Generators

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