Entity Documentation - minecraft:area_attack

2025-02-21

A component that does damage to entities that get within range.

Area Attack Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
cause	not set	String from a list of choices	The type of damage that is applied to entities that enter the damage range. A list of available damage sources can be found at Entity Damage Sources located in the Vanilla Listings Documentation.	Magma Cube: `"entity_attack"`, Pufferfish: `"contact"`
damage_cooldown	0	Decimal number	Attack cooldown (in seconds) for how often this entity can attack a target.	Magma Cube: `0.5`
damage_per_tick	2	Integer number	How much damage per tick is applied to entities that enter the damage range.	Magma Cube: `6`, `4`, `3`
damage_range	0.2	String	How close a hostile entity must be to have the damage applied.	Magma Cube: `0.15`, Pufferfish: `0.2`
entity_filter	not set	Minecraft filter	The set of entities that are valid to apply the damage to when within range.	Magma Cube: `{"any_of":[{"test":"is_family","subject":"other","value":"player"},{"test":"is_family","subject":"other","value":"irongolem"}]}`, Pufferfish: `{"any_of":[{"all_of":[{"test":"is_family","subject":"other","value":"mob"},{"any_of":[{"test":"is_family","subject":"other","value":"axolotl"},{"test":"is_family","subject":"other","operator":"not","value":"aquatic"}]}]},{"all_of":[{"test":"is_family","subject":"other","value":"player"},{"test":"has_ability","subject":"other","operator":"not","value":"instabuild"}]}]}`, Slime: `{"any_of":[{"test":"is_family","subject":"other","value":"player"},{"test":"is_family","subject":"other","value":"irongolem"},{"test":"is_family","subject":"other","value":"snowgolem"}]}`
play_attack_sound	true	Boolean true/false	If the entity should play their attack sound when attacking a target.

Samples

Magma Cube

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/minecraft:slime_large/minecraft:area_attack/:

"minecraft:area_attack": {
  "damage_range": 0.15,
  "damage_per_tick": 6,
  "damage_cooldown": 0.5,
  "cause": "entity_attack",
  "entity_filter": {
    "any_of": [
      {
        "test": "is_family",
        "subject": "other",
        "value": "player"
      },
      {
        "test": "is_family",
        "subject": "other",
        "value": "irongolem"
      }
    ]
  }
}

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/minecraft:slime_medium/minecraft:area_attack/:

"minecraft:area_attack": {
  "damage_range": 0.15,
  "damage_per_tick": 4,
  "damage_cooldown": 0.5,
  "cause": "entity_attack",
  "entity_filter": {
    "any_of": [
      {
        "test": "is_family",
        "subject": "other",
        "value": "player"
      },
      {
        "test": "is_family",
        "subject": "other",
        "value": "irongolem"
      }
    ]
  }
}

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/minecraft:slime_small/minecraft:area_attack/:

"minecraft:area_attack": {
  "damage_range": 0.15,
  "damage_per_tick": 3,
  "damage_cooldown": 0.5,
  "cause": "entity_attack",
  "entity_filter": {
    "any_of": [
      {
        "test": "is_family",
        "subject": "other",
        "value": "player"
      },
      {
        "test": "is_family",
        "subject": "other",
        "value": "irongolem"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Pufferfish

"minecraft:area_attack": {
  "damage_range": 0.2,
  "damage_per_tick": 2,
  "damage_cooldown": 0.5,
  "cause": "contact",
  "entity_filter": {
    "any_of": [
      {
        "all_of": [
          {
            "test": "is_family",
            "subject": "other",
            "value": "mob"
          },
          {
            "any_of": [
              {
                "test": "is_family",
                "subject": "other",
                "value": "axolotl"
              },
              {
                "test": "is_family",
                "subject": "other",
                "operator": "not",
                "value": "aquatic"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "all_of": [
          {
            "test": "is_family",
            "subject": "other",
            "value": "player"
          },
          {
            "test": "has_ability",
            "subject": "other",
            "operator": "not",
            "value": "instabuild"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Slime