Entity Documentation - minecraft:attack

Allows an entity to define an entity's melee attack and any additional effects on it's attack.

Attack Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
damage	not set	Range of floats	Range of the random amount of damage the melee attack deals. A negative value can heal the entity instead of hurting it.	Axolotl: 2, Blaze: 6, Bogged: 3
effect_duration	0	Decimal number	Duration in seconds of the status ailment applied to the damaged entity.	Bee: 10, 18, Cave Spider: 7, 15
effect_name	not set	String	Identifier of the status ailment to apply to an entity attacked by this entity's melee attack.	Bee: "poison", Husk: "hunger", Stray: "slowness"

Samples

Axolotl

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 2
}

Bee

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/normal_attack/minecraft:attack/:

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 2,
  "effect_name": "poison",
  "effect_duration": 10
}

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/hard_attack/minecraft:attack/:

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 2,
  "effect_name": "poison",
  "effect_duration": 18
}

Blaze

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 6
}

Bogged

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 3
}

Cave Spider

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/minecraft:spider_poison_easy/minecraft:attack/:

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 2,
  "effect_name": "poison",
  "effect_duration": 0
}

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/minecraft:spider_poison_normal/minecraft:attack/:

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 2,
  "effect_name": "poison",
  "effect_duration": 7
}

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/minecraft:spider_poison_hard/minecraft:attack/:

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 2,
  "effect_name": "poison",
  "effect_duration": 15
}

Elder Guardian

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 5
}

Enderman

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 7
}

Goat

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/goat_baby/minecraft:attack/:

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": 1
}

Hoglin

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/minecraft:hoglin_adult/minecraft:attack/:

"minecraft:attack": {
  "damage": [
    3,
    9
  ]
}