Entity Documentation - minecraft:behavior.summon_entity

Allows the mob to attack the player by summoning other entities.

Note

This item requires a format version of at least 1.21.50.

Summon Entity Behavior Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
priority	not set	Integer number	As priority approaches 0, the priority is increased. The higher the priority, the sooner this behavior will be executed as a goal.
summon_choices	not set	Array of Summon Choices items	List of spells for the mob to use to summon entities.

Summon Choices

Summon Choice Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
cast_duration	not set	Decimal number	Time in seconds the spell casting will take.
cooldown_time	0	Decimal number	Time in seconds the mob has to wait before using the spell again.
do_casting	true	Boolean true/false	If true, the mob will do the casting animations and render spell particles.
filters	not set	Object	Conditions that must be met for this summon choice to be valid.
max_activation_range	32	Decimal number	Upper bound of the activation distance in blocks for this spell.
min_activation_range	1	Decimal number	Lower bound of the activation distance in blocks for this spell.
particle_color	not set	String	The color of the particles for this spell. Can be an integer (ARGB) or a hex string like '#AARRGGBB'.
particle_color (Alternate 1)	not set	Integer number
sequence	not set	Array of Sequence items	List of summon steps for the spell.
start_sound_event	not set	String	Sound event to play when casting starts.
weight	1	Decimal number	Relative weight for random selection among summon choices.

Sequence

Summon Step Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
base_delay	0	Decimal number	Delay in seconds before this step starts.
delay_per_summon	0	Decimal number	Delay in seconds between each entity summon.
entity_type	not set	String	The entity type to summon.
num_entities_spawned	1	Integer number	Number of entities to spawn in this step.
shape	circle	String	Shape of the summon pattern: 'circle' or 'line'.
size	1	Decimal number	Size of the summon pattern.
sound_event	not set	String	Sound event to play when summoning.
summon_cap	0	Integer number	Maximum number of entities that can be summoned.
summon_cap_radius	0	Decimal number	Radius to check for existing summoned entities.
target	self	String	Target for the summon: 'self' or 'other'.

Samples