Attribute

This article is about the entity attribute system. For the command, see Commands/attribute. For item attributes, see Data component format. For the attributes controlling various visual and gameplay features, see environment attribute.

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

Attributes control certain numeric properties of players, mobs, and armor stands. Every entity has a base value for each of its attributes, and modifiers that determine the final value.

List of attributes

Each attribute is identified with a namespaced identifier, and has a default, minimum, and maximum value.

Most attributes are present on all living entities, but some attributes only apply to specific entity types. Additionally, some entity types have a base value other than the default.

Air Drag Modifier

This attribute modifies the air drag an entity experiences. The final air drag is calculated as , clamped to 0 to 1. The friction is 0.91 for sulfur cubes that have absorbed a block, parrots, and bees. For all other entities, including sulfur cubes that have no absorbed block, the friction is 0.98.

Armor

Armor

ID	armor
Default	0  ()
Minimum	0  ()
Maximum	30  ( × 15)

This attribute determines the number of armor points an entity has.

Entity	Base value
Magma Cube (large)	12 ( × 6)
Killer Bunny	8 ()
Magma Cube (medium)	6 ()
Wither	4 ()
Magma Cube (small)	3 ()
Zombie Husk Drowned Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Frostbite Evoker‌[Bedrock Edition only]	2 ()

Armor Toughness

This attribute determines an entity's armor toughness.

Attack Damage

Attack Damage

ID	attack_damage
Default	2HP
Minimum	0HP
Maximum	2048HP × 1024

This attribute determines the damage dealt by an entity's melee attack. Only the entities listed below have this attribute.

Entity	Base value
Giant	50HP × 25
Warden	30HP × 15
Iron Golem	15HP × 7.5
Ravager	12HP × 6
Frog	10HP
Elder Guardian	8HP
Enderman Piglin Brute	7HP
Blaze Guardian Hoglin Panda Polar Bear Zoglin	6HP
Piglin Pillager Vindicator Zombified Piglin	5HP
Vex Wolf Wither Skeleton	4HP
Cat Dolphin Drowned Husk Ocelot Zombie Zombie Villager Nautilus Zombie Nautilus Parrot Rabbit Breeze Creaking Frostbite	3HP
Allay Axolotl Bee Fox Goat Endermite Creeper Witch Evoker Illusioner Skeleton Bogged Parched Spider Cave Spider	2HP
Player Silverfish Baby Goat	1HP
Baby Hoglin Baby Zoglin	0.5HP × 0.25
Phantom	6HP + Size
Slime Magma Cube	1HP × Size

Attack Knockback

This attribute determines additional knockback applied to an entity's melee attack.​

Entity	Base value
Ravager Warden	1.5
Hoglin Zoglin	1

Attack Speed

This attribute determines the rate at which a player's attack cooldown recharges. Its value is the number of full-strength attacks per second. Only players have this attribute.

Nameplate Score Distance

This attribute determines the distance within which a scoreboard objective with a below_name display slot is visible above an entity.

Block Break Speed

This attribute multiplies the speed at which a player breaks blocks. Only players have this attribute.

Block Interaction Range

This attribute determines the block interaction range for players. Only players have this attribute.

Bounciness

This attribute determines the restitution of motion an entity is given when landing on the ground.

Burning Time

This attribute multiplies the duration for which an entity should remain on fire after being ignited.

Camera Distance

This attribute determines the maximum distance at which the camera is placed away from the player or spectated entity when in a third-person view. This distance is multiplied by the scale attribute to get a final target camera distance. If the entity being ridden has a larger camera_distance attribute, that distance will be used. The final distance can be reduced by colliding certain blocks.

Entity	Base value
Ghast Happy Ghast	8
Giant Ender Dragon	16

Entity Interaction Range

This attribute determines the entity interaction range for players.

Explosion Knockback Resistance

This attribute determines the proportion of knockback from explosions an entity resists. A value of 1 eliminates the knockback.

Fall Damage Multiplier

This attribute multiplies the amount of fall damage an entity receives.

Entity	Base value
Camel Donkey Horse Llama Mule Skeleton Horse Trader Llama Zombie Horse Camel Husk	0.5

Flying Speed

This attribute determines the flying speed of an entity.​ Only the entities listed below have this attribute.

Entity	Base value
Bee Wither	0.6
Allay	0.1
Ghast	0.06
Happy Ghast	0.05
Parrot	0.4

Mob Follow Range

This attribute determines the range in blocks within which a mob targets players or other mobs to track. Exiting this range causes the mob to cease following the player/mob. Only mobs have this attribute.

Entity	Base value
Ghast	100
Enderman	64
Allay Bee Blaze	48
Llama Wither	40
Zombie Husk Drowned Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Frostbite	35
Fox Pillager Ravager Creaking	32
Breeze Warden	24
Polar Bear	20
Illusioner	18
Evoker Vindicator Piglin Brute	12
All other mobs	16

Friction Modifier

This attribute determines the friction experienced by an entity.​

Gravity

This attribute determines the gravity affecting an entity in blocks per tick squared.

Jump Strength

This attribute determines the initial vertical velocity of an entity when they jump, in blocks per tick.

Entity	Base value
Horse Skeleton Horse Zombie Horse	Random (0.4 – 1.0)
Donkey Mule Llama Trader Llama	0.5

Knockback Resistance

This attribute determines the proportion of horizontal knockback from attacks and projectiles an entity resists. A value of 1 eliminates the knockback. Vertical knockback is not affected. It does not affect explosions.^[1]

Entity	Base value
Ender Dragon‌[Bedrock Edition only]	100
Iron Golem Warden	1
Ravager	0.75
Hoglin Zoglin	0.6
Nautilus Zombie Nautilus	0.30000001192092896
Zombie Husk Drowned Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Frostbite	Random (0 – 0.05)

Luck

This attribute affects the results of loot tables, with a higher attribute value increasing the amount and quality of results.

The number of rolls is increased by the pools "bonus rolls"-value times this attributes value, rounded down, and the weight of each entry is increased by its quality times this attributes value, also rounded down.

Only players have this attribute.

Max Absorption

Max Absorption

ID	max_absorption
Default	0HP
Minimum	0HP
Maximum	2048HP × 1024

This attribute determines an entity's maximum absorption.

Max Health

Max Health

ID	max_health
Default	20HP × 10
Minimum	1HP
Maximum	1024HP × 512

This attribute determines an entity's maximum health. It determines the highest health they may be healed to.

Entity	Base value
Warden	500HP × 250
Wither	300HP × 150
Ender Dragon	200HP × 100
Iron Golem Ravager Giant	100HP × 50
Elder Guardian	80HP × 40
Piglin Brute	50HP × 25
Tamed Wolf Enderman Zoglin Hoglin	40HP × 20
Camel Camel Husk Illusioner	32HP × 16
Polar Bear Guardian Shulker Breeze Turtle	30HP × 15
Witch	26HP × 13
Zombie Horse	25HP × 12.5
Evoker Pillager Vindicator Frostbite	24HP × 12
Player Zombie Zombie Villager Husk Drowned Zombified Piglin Skeleton Stray Wither Skeleton Creeper Blaze Strider Villager Wandering Trader Phantom Panda Allay Happy Ghast Cat(tamed)‌[Bedrock Edition only]	20HP × 10
Piglin Bogged Parched Spider	16HP × 8
Skeleton Horse Nautilus Zombie Nautilus	15HP × 7.5
Axolotl Sniffer	14HP × 7
Armadillo Copper Golem Cave Spider	12HP × 6
Bee Cow Mooshroom Dolphin Cat Ocelot Fox Frog Goat Panda(weak) Pig Squid Glow Squid Ghast	10HP
Sheep Wolf Endermite Silverfish	8HP
Bat Tadpole Parrot	6HP
Chicken Snow Golem	4HP
Cod Salmon Tropical Fish Pufferfish Rabbit	3HP
Creaking	1HP
Horse Donkey Mule Llama Trader Llama	Random (15HP × 7.5 – 30HP × 15)
Slime Magma Cube	1HP × Size × Size
Sulfur Cube	4HP × Size
Frostbite(leaders)‌	Random (48HP × 24 – 120HP × 60)
Zombie(leaders) Zombie Villager(leaders)‌ Husk(leaders)‌ Drowned(leaders)‌ Zombified Piglin(leaders)‌	Random (40HP × 20 – 100HP × 50)

Mining Efficiency

This attribute increases the speed at which a player breaks blocks. Only players have this attribute.

Movement Efficiency

This attribute is a factor to improve walking on terrain that slows down movement, such as soul sand. A value of 1 removes the slowdown.

Movement Speed

This attribute determines the speed at which an entity moves. It represents a multiplier for acceleration per tick. A mob's actual speed in blocks/second is approximately 43 times this value (see Entity#Formulas.)

Entity	Base value
Dolphin	1.2
Zombie Nautilus	1.1
Axolotl Frog Nautilus Tadpole	1
Armor Stand Bat Cod Ender Dragon Ghast Glow Squid Phantom Pufferfish Salmon Shulker Squid Tropical Fish Vex Wandering Trader	0.7
Breeze	0.63
Wither	0.6
Evoker Giant Guardian Illusioner Villager	0.5
Creaking	0.4
Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Vindicator	0.35
Bee Cat Cave Spider Elder Guardian Enderman Fox Hoglin Ocelot Rabbit Ravager Spider Warden Wolf Zoglin	0.3
Chicken Creeper Endermite Iron Golem Pig Polar Bear Silverfish Skeleton Stray Bogged Parched Turtle Witch Wither Skeleton	0.25
Blaze Drowned Husk Sheep Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin	0.23
Frostbite	0.21
Cow Goat Mooshroom Parrot Skeleton Horse Snow Golem Copper Golem Magma Cube	0.2
Llama Strider Trader Llama	0.175
Panda	0.15
Armadillo	0.14
Allay Sniffer Player	0.1
Camel Camel Husk	0.09
Panda (lazy)	0.07
Happy Ghast	0.05
Horse Donkey Mule	Random (0.1125 – 0.3375)
Zombie Horse	Random (0.2135 – 0.2846)
Slime Sulfur Cube	0.2 + 0.1 × Size

Name Tag Distance

This attribute determines the distance within which an entity's custom name is visible.

Oxygen Bonus

This attribute determines the chance that an entity's remaining air decreases while underwater in any given game tick. The chance is given by ¹⁄_{(oxygen_bonus + 1)}.

Safe Fall Distance

This attribute determines the distance in blocks an entity can fall before fall damage starts to accumulate.

Entity	Base value
Camel Camel Husk Donkey Horse Llama Mule Skeleton Horse Trader Llama Zombie Horse	6
Fox	5

Scale

This attribute multiplies an entity's size and hitbox dimensions.

Sneaking Speed

This attribute multiplies a player's movement speed when sneaking or crawling. Only players have this attribute.

Zombie Reinforcements

This attribute determines the chance for a zombie to spawn another zombie when attacked. Only the entities listed below have this attribute.

Entity	Base value
Zombie Husk Drowned Zombie Villager Frostbite	Random (0 – 0.1)
Zombified Piglin	0[2]

Step Height

This attribute determines the maximum number of blocks that an entity can step up without jumping. Sneaking prevents drops from heights that are higher than this value.^[3]

Entity	Base value
Camel Camel Husk	1.5
Creaking	1.0625
Axolotl Donkey Drowned Enderman Frog Horse Iron Golem Llama Mule Ravager Skeleton Horse Trader Llama Turtle Zombie Horse Copper Golem	1
Armor Stand	0[4]

Submerged Mining Speed

This attribute multiplies a player's mining speed when underwater. Only players have this attribute.

Sweeping Damage Ratio

This attribute determines the proportion of the base attack damage dealt to secondary targets when a player performs a sweep attack. This is in addition to the base damage of the sweep damage itself. Only players have this attribute.

Mob Tempt Range

This attribute determines the range in blocks in which a mob can be tempted, following a player holding a specific item.

Entity	Base value
Happy Ghast	16
Armadillo Axolotl Bee Chicken Cow Mooshroom Horse Donkey Mule Llama Trader Llama Zombie Horse Skeleton Horse Cat Ocelot Fox Frog Tadpole Goat Nautilus Zombie Nautilus Panda Parrot Pig Polar Bear Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Turtle Wolf Strider	10
Sulfur Cube	8

Water Movement Efficiency

This attribute determines movement speed and drag when touching water.​

Waypoint Receive Range

This attribute determines the maximum distance from a player to a waypoint at which the waypoint is displayed on the locator bar. Only players have this attribute.

Entity	Base value
Player	60,000,000

Waypoint Transmit Range

This attribute determines the distance at which an entity displays as a waypoint on the locator bar. Only players have this attribute.

Entity	Base value
Player	60,000,000

Modifiers

Attribute modifiers are persistent increases or decreases to an attribute's base value by preset operations.

Each modifier has a namespaced identifier to uniquely identify it. Modifiers affect exactly one attribute, increasing or decreasing its value depending on the modifier's operation and value. The resulting value after modification is capped by the attribute's minimum and maximum limits.

Operations

A modifier may perform one of three possible operations:

If multiple modifiers are applied to an attribute, the game first executes all add_value modifiers, then all add_multiplied_base modifiers, and finally all add_multiplied_total modifiers. The Total value is always carried as the Base for the next set of modifiers.

The final value is clamped to fit the attribute's minimum and maximum value range.

Applying modifiers

Various systems in the game add and remove modifiers.

Commands

The /attribute command can add or remove specific modifiers, including custom ones. Except for players, it is also possible add, remove and custom with /data.

Items

The attribute_modifiers item component defines modifiers that are automatically added to an entity when the item is equipped in a certain slot, and removed when it is removed.

All vanilla weapons and armor use this component to add and remove modifiers with the following IDs:

Modifier ID	Attribute	Items
minecraft:base_attack_damage	attack_damage	Swords Spears Trident Mace Axes Pickaxes Shovels Hoes
minecraft:base_attack_speed	attack_speed	Swords Spears Trident Mace Axes Pickaxes Shovels Hoes
minecraft:armor.helmet	armor armor_toughness knockback_resistance	Helmets
minecraft:armor.chestplate	armor armor_toughness knockback_resistance	Chestplates
minecraft:armor.leggings	armor armor_toughness knockback_resistance	Leggings
minecraft:armor.boots	armor armor_toughness knockback_resistance	Boots
minecraft:armor.body	armor armor_toughness knockback_resistance	Horse Armor Nautilus Armor Wolf Armor
minecraft:waypoint_transmit_range_hide	waypoint_transmit_range	Carved Pumpkin Heads

Enchantments

Enchantment attribute effects define modifiers that are automatically added to an entity when the enchanted item is equipped in a certain slot, and removed when it is removed.

Some enchantments use this effect to add and remove modifiers with the following IDs. The listed IDs are followed by / and the name of the slot the enchantment is active in.

Sulfur cube archetypes

Sulfur cube archetype definitions define modifiers that are automatically added to a sulfur cube when one of the specified items is given to it, and removed when it is removed.

See sulfur cube archetype for the values.

The vanilla archetypes add and remove modifiers with the following IDs:

Hardcoded

Some other attribute modifiers are hardcoded, not depending on data packs or data components, but rather on the game code. Although it is still possible to change these modifiers with /attribute, it is not possible to prevent them from appearing in specific conditions.

Effects

Some status effects apply modifiers when the effect is applied, and remove them when the effect runs out. The final value of the added attribute is multiplied by effect potency (in other words, multiplied by amplifier + 1).

Modifier ID	Attribute	Value	Operation	Effect
minecraft:effect.speed	movement_speed	0.2	add_multiplied_total	Speed
minecraft:effect.slowness	movement_speed	-0.15	add_multiplied_total	Slowness
minecraft:effect.haste	attack_speed	0.1	add_multiplied_total	Haste
minecraft:effect.mining_fatigue	attack_speed	-0.1	add_multiplied_total	Mining Fatigue
minecraft:effect.strength	attack_damage	3.0	add_value	Strength
minecraft:effect.weakness	attack_damage	-4.0	add_value	Weakness
minecraft:effect.jump_boost	safe_fall_distance	1.0	add_value	Jump Boost
minecraft:effect.waypoint_transmit_range_hide	waypoint_transmit_range	-1.0	add_multiplied_total	Invisibility
minecraft:effect.health_boost	max_health	4.0	add_value	Health Boost
minecraft:effect.absorption	max_absorption	4.0	add_value	Absorption
minecraft:effect.luck	luck	1.0	add_value	Luck
minecraft:effect.unluck	luck	-1.0	add_value	Bad Luck

Misc

Other parts of the game add and remove additional modifiers. In this table, every mention of "zombies" represents the class Zombie, that is, the entities: zombie, drowned, husk, zombie villager, zombified piglin, and frostbite​^{[upcoming: JE 26.4]}.

Modifier ID	Attribute	Value	Operation	Details
minecraft:random_spawn_bonus	follow_range	triangle(0.0, 0.11485)	add_value	Applied randomly to all mobs when they spawn.
minecraft:random_spawn_bonus	knockback_resistance	nextDouble()*0.05	add_value	Applied randomly to all zombies when they spawn.
minecraft:zombie_random_spawn_bonus	follow_range	nextDouble()*1.5*difficultyModifier	add_multiplied_total	Applied randomly to some zombies when they spawn. Only applies if greater than 1.
minecraft:leader_zombie_bonus	spawn_reinforcements_chance	nextDouble()*0.25+0.5	add_value	Applied randomly to some zombies to turn them into "leaders".
	max_health	nextDouble()*3.0+1.0	add_multiplied_total
minecraft:reinforcement_caller_charge	spawn_reinforcements_chance	existingAmount - 0.05	add_value	Applied to a zombie when it successfully spawns a reinforcement. The existingAmount is the value of the modifier previously, or 0.0 if it does not exist.
minecraft:reinforcement_callee_charge	spawn_reinforcements_chance	-0.05	add_value	Applied to zombie reinforcements when they spawn.
minecraft:baby	movement_speed	Zombie: 0.5 Piglin: 0.2	add_multiplied_base	Applied to zombies and piglins as babies, and removed when they are not babies.
minecraft:attacking	movement_speed	Enderman: 0.15 Zombified piglin: 0.05	add_value	Applied to endermen when they acquire a target, and removed when they lose it. Applied to adult zombified piglins when they get angry, and removed when they stop being angry.
minecraft:covered	armor	20.0	add_value	Applied to shulkers when their shell fully closes, and removed when it opens.
minecraft:creative_mode_block_range	block_interaction_range	0.5	add_value	Applied to players when they enter creative mode, and removed when leaving creative mode.
minecraft:creative_mode_entity_range	entity_interaction_range	2.0	add_value	Applied to players when they enter creative mode, and removed when leaving creative mode.
minecraft:drinking	movement_speed	-0.25	add_value	Applied to witches when they start drinking a potion, and removed when they finish drinking it.
minecraft:powder_snow	movement_speed	-0.05*getPercentFrozen()	add_value	Applied to all living entities that are inside powder snow or have the Freezing effect​[upcoming: JE 26.4] (TicksFrozen > 0), and removed when the frost effect wears off (TicksFrozen=0). The getPercentFrozen() is the float min(140,TicksFrozen)/140.
minecraft:sprinting	movement_speed	0.3	add_multiplied_total	Applied to all living entities when they start sprinting, and removed when they stop.
minecraft:waypoint_transmit_range_crouch	waypoint_transmit_range	-1.0	add_multiplied_total	Applied to players when they start sneaking, and removed when they stop.
minecraft:evil	attack_damage	5.0	add_value	Applied to rabbits when they become the killer bunny, and removed when they become a different variant.
minecraft:suffocating	attack_damage	-0.34	add_multiplied_base	Applied to striders when they become cold outside of lava, and removed when they return to lava.

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