Items Documentation - minecraft:entity_placer

Allows an item to place entities into the world. Additionally, in version 1.19.80 and above, the component allows the item to set the spawn type of a monster spawner.

Item Components Entity Placer Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
dispense_on (Dispense On)	[]	Array of Dispense On items	List of block descriptors of the blocks that this item can be dispensed on. If left empty, all blocks will be allowed.
dispense_on (Alternate 1)	not set	String
dispense_on (Alternate 2)	not set	Object
entity		Object	The entity to be placed in the world. Value must match a regular expression pattern of "^(?:\w+(?:.\w+):(?=\w))?(?:\w+(?:.\w+))(?:<((?:\w+(?:.\w+):(?=\w))?\w+(?:.\w+))*>)?$".	My Sword Turtle: "minecraft:turtle"
use_on (Use On)	[]	Array of Use On items	List of block descriptors of the blocks that this item can be used on. If left empty, all blocks will be allowed.	My Sword Turtle: ["minecraft:sand"]
use_on (Alternate 1)	not set	String
use_on (Alternate 2)	not set	Object

Dispense On

Dispense On Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
name		String
states	{}	Integer number
states (Alternate 1)	not set	String
states (Alternate 2)	not set	Boolean true/false
tags		String

Use On

Use On Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
name		String
states	{}	Integer number
states (Alternate 1)	not set	String
states (Alternate 2)	not set	Boolean true/false
tags		String

Samples

"minecraft:entity_placer": {
  "entity": "minecraft:spider",
  "dispense_on": [
    "minecraft:web"
  ],
  "use_on": [
    "minecraft:web"
  ]
}

My Sword Turtle

"minecraft:entity_placer": {
  "entity": "minecraft:turtle",
  "use_on": [
    "minecraft:sand"
  ]
}