/summon

Spawns an entity at a specified location, optionally with NBT data to customize the entity.

Syntax

/summon <entity> [<pos>] [<nbt>]

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
entity	resource	Required	The entity type to summon (e.g., zombie, armor_stand, item).
pos	vec3	Optional	The coordinates to spawn the entity at. Defaults to the executor's position.
nbt	nbt_compound	Optional	NBT data to apply to the entity upon spawning.

Examples

/summon minecraft:zombie ~ ~ ~

Spawns a zombie at your location.

/summon minecraft:armor_stand ~ ~ ~ {Invisible:1b,NoGravity:1b,CustomName:'{"text":"Marker"}',CustomNameVisible:1b}

Spawns an invisible, floating armor stand with a visible custom name.

/summon minecraft:villager ~ ~ ~ {VillagerData:{profession:"weaponsmith",level:5,type:"plains"}}

Summons a max-level weaponsmith plains villager.

Common Mistakes

Summoning entities in unloaded chunks, the entity immediately despawns if the chunk is not loaded.
Invalid NBT syntax, forgetting quotes around string values or using wrong NBT type suffixes (b, s, f, d, L).

Notes

The entity ID must be namespaced (minecraft:zombie) or unnamespaced (zombie). Complex NBT data can configure nearly every aspect of the summoned entity.

Related Commands

/kill

/tp

/data

/forceload

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