{"id":1339,"date":"2018-06-28T10:47:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T18:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2019-09-24T09:34:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T17:34:09","slug":"how-to-summon-mobs-riding-mobs-minecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/28\/how-to-summon-mobs-riding-mobs-minecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Summon Mobs Riding Mobs &#8211; Minecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Minecraft, the &#8220;jockey&#8221; mobs are really hard to find. So, I wanted to easily find a way to summon them using commands.<\/p>\n<p>However, many videos I was able to find were outdated, as the newer versions of Minecraft no longer used numbers as IDs. <em>Note that these commands only work on Minecraft Java Edition.\u00a0<\/em>If you would like information for the Bedrock edition, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/minecraft.gamepedia.com\/Tutorials\/Jockeys\">Minecraft Wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-28_11.43.40.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-28_11.43.40-1024x542.png\" alt=\"2018-06-28_11.43.40\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-28_11.43.40-1024x542.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-28_11.43.40-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-28_11.43.40-768x407.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-28_11.43.40.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15.2015px;\"><strong>Before 1.8<\/strong>, this was the command used to spawn a spider jockey:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 15.2015px;\"><p>\/summon Skeleton ~ ~ ~ {Riding:{id:Spider}, Equipment:[{id:261}]}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I found this command on many older videos, and it&#8217;s used <strong>between 1.8 and 1.8.9 <\/strong>to spawn a spider jockey.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\/summon Skeleton ~ ~ ~ {Riding:{id:Spider}}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, this was changed in <strong>Minecraft 1.9+<\/strong> to become:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\/summon Spider ~ ~ ~ {Passengers:[{id:Skeleton}]}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Note: The <em>Riding<\/em> tag became changed to the <em>Passengers<\/em> tag, and also is now swapped around. Previously, we would summon the skeleton riding the spider. Now, we summon the spider with a passenger.<\/p>\n<p>However, in <strong>1.12+<\/strong>, the passengers will no longer spawn holding anything. Therefore, you have to make it hold something.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\/summon Spider ~ ~ ~ {Passengers:[{id:Skeleton,HandItems:[{id:bow,Count:1}]}]}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a list of all mobs in the game listed out alphabetically, so you can summon them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">blaze<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">cave_spider<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">creeper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">drowned<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">elder_guardian<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">ender_dragon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">enderman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">endermite<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">evoker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">ghast<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">giant<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">guardian<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">husk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">illusioner<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">magma_cube<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">phantom<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">pillager<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">pufferfish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">ravager<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">shulker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">silverfish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">skeleton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">slime<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">spider<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">stray<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">vex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">vindicator<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">witch<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">wither<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">wither_skeleton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">zombie<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">zombie_villager<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And here are a list of all the non-hostile mobs in the game:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">bat<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">cat<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">chicken<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">cod<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">cow<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">dolphin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">donkey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">fox<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">horse<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">iron_golem<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">llama<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">mooshroom<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">mule<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">ocelot<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">panda<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">parrot<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">pig<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">polar_bear<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">rabbit<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">salmon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">sheep<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">skeleton_horse<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">snow_golem<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">squid<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">trader_llama<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">tropical_fish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">turtle<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">villager<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">wandering trader<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">wolf<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">zombie_horse<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, here are some common nbt tags to use and modify. For a full list, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/minecraft.gamepedia.com\/Chunk_format\">Minecraft Wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Health<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The amount of health something has<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\/summon minecraft:spider ~ ~ ~ {health:650}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>HandItems<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The list of items the mob is holding, in the following order: Main hand, Off hand.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>For all HandItems and ArmorItems, you need a Count and an id, which means you need to tell the game how many and what item its supposed to put there.<\/li>\n<li>\/summon Spider ~ ~ ~ {Passengers:[{id:Skeleton,HandItems:[{id:bow,Count:1}]}]}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Armoritems<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The list of items the mob is wearing as armor, in the following order: feet, legs, chest, head. Similar to HandItems, you need an id and a count.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"nowrap\">NoAI<\/span>:<\/strong> 1 or 0 (true\/false)\n<ul>\n<li>True disables the mob&#8217;s AI. The mob does not and cannot move, not even capable of falling<\/li>\n<li>\/summon bat ~ ~ ~ {NoAI:1}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passengers<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The data of the entity which is riding this entity.<\/li>\n<li>\/summon Spider ~ ~ ~ {Passengers:[{id:Skeleton}]}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Glowing<\/strong>: 1 or 0 (true\/false)\n<ul>\n<li>True means the entity has a glowing outline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silent:<\/strong> 1 or 0 (true\/false)\n<ul>\n<li>True means the mob won&#8217;t make any noise. Not applicable for all mobs, though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invulnerable<\/strong>: 1 or 0 (true\/false)\n<ul>\n<li>True means the shouldn&#8217;t take any damage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>OwnerUUID<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The UUID of the player who owns this tamed animal<\/li>\n<li>\/summon cat ~ ~ ~ {OwnerUUID:_jeb}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Size<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The size of a slime. 0 is the smallest value of slime.<\/li>\n<li>\/summon slime ~ ~ ~ {size:1}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Tips<\/h5>\n<p>Some tips I have for you trying to summon is making sure the brackets aren&#8217;t mismatched. Make sure that for every <strong>{<\/strong> you have a <strong>}<\/strong>, and for every <strong>[<\/strong> you have a <strong>]<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h5>Extra ExampleCommands<\/h5>\n<p>The following example commands were taken from the <a href=\"https:\/\/minecraft.gamepedia.com\/Tutorials\/Jockeys\">Minecraft Wiki<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\/summon chicken ~ ~ ~ {Passengers:[{id:zombie,IsBaby:1}]}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another one to summon lots of things riding each other, but this one only works in Minecraft 1.12+.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\/summon Spider ~ ~ ~ {Passengers:[{id:Skeleton,Passengers:[{id:Zombie,Passengers:[{id:Creeper,Passengers:[{id:Enderman,Passengers:[{id:Blaze}]}]}]}]}]}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A funny command I found on the Wiki is as following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\/<a title=\"Commands\/summon\" href=\"https:\/\/minecraft.gamepedia.com\/Commands\/summon\">summon<\/a>\u00a0Vex ~ ~1 ~ {Passengers:[{id:skeleton,HandItems:[{Count:1,id:diamond_sword},{Count:1,id:shield}],ArmorItems:[{Count:1,id:diamond_boots},{Count:1,id:diamond_leggings},{Count:1,id:diamond_chestplate},{Count:1,id:diamond_helmet}],CustomName:Killer,Visible:1,HandDropChances:[1.0f,1.0f],ArmorDropChances:[1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f],ActiveEffects:[{Id:1,Amplifier:1,Duration:999999},{Id:5,Amplifier:1,Duration:999999},{Id:8,Amplifier:1,Duration:999999},{Id:12,Amplifier:0,Duration:999999}]}]}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More information on the \/summon command can be found on this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Minecraft\/comments\/1lsesa\/how_to_use_the_summon_command\/\">reddit<\/a>\u00a0post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Minecraft, the &#8220;jockey&#8221; mobs are really hard to find. So, I wanted to easily find a way to summon them using commands. However, many videos I was able to find were outdated, as the newer versions of Minecraft no longer used numbers as IDs. Note that these commands only work on Minecraft Java Edition.\u00a0If &#8230; <a title=\"How to Summon Mobs Riding Mobs &#8211; Minecraft\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/28\/how-to-summon-mobs-riding-mobs-minecraft\/\" aria-label=\"More on How to Summon Mobs Riding Mobs &#8211; Minecraft\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1339"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1672,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1339\/revisions\/1672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirknightj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}