Name tags are items that can be used to name mobs by right-clicking on them. Name tags are not craftable, so the only way to legitimately obtain them in Survival is to find them inside of dungeon chests or strongholds, through trading, or by fishing.
Usage
Name tags must first be renamed with the use of an anvil before being applied to a mob (which, as of 1.8, costs 1 experience level, and on console editions, it costs 5). To use a name tag, simply hold the item and right-click on a mob to name it. Once done, the new name will display above the mob's head in a similar manner to a player's username. Once a mob is named, it can never be un-named, though its name can be replaced via another name tag.
Mob Behavior
Outside of naming mobs, name tags are useful for preventing mobs from despawning. Once a mob is named, it will remain in the world until it dies, regardless of the time or the player's distance from it. This makes it a great tool for hostile mobs (which can help in curing a zombie villager), which usually despawn during the day, or for neutral mobs and passive mobs, such as horses, in order to save them for a player to use no matter how far away they are or how long ago they were "rendered."
Easter Eggs
- If a mob is named "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm", it will be flipped upside down. This is an easter egg for
Nathan Adams, a developer with the same Minecraft nickname.
- Players on iOS and Android can flip themselves upside-down in-game by changing their usernames to "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm". This only works if you sign out of your account and in versions 1.1.0 and above.
- If a sheep is named "jeb_", its wool will cycle through the colors of the rainbow. It will continuously change color through all the types of wool, and will not stop unless it's either killed or renamed. However, this effect is purely aesthetic. If it's killed or sheared, it will drop the color of its original wool.
- If a rabbit is named "Toast", its texture will be changed to a black and white fur pattern, similar to the real-life Dutch rabbit. This is done in honor of a Minecraft user's girlfriend's lost rabbit.[1]
- If a vindicator is named "Johnny", it will be unconditionally aggressive to any mobs and players that are near it, except for any type of Illagers and ghasts. This is a reference to the film The Shining and Hungry Shark games.
Trivia
- Names of tagged mobs are visible within 4 blocks.
- If the Wither is named using a name tag, its boss health bar will display the new name.
- The killer bunny mob used to spawn with a name above it that said, "The Killer Bunny."
- If curse words are written on a name tag, it will censor them.
- A name tag can be traded for 20 emeralds at the librarian's master level.
- Any mob using a name tag will not despawn.
- Name tags do not grant immunity, as any mob currently using one can still be killed, but will not naturally despawn on its own.
Video
How to use Name Tags in Minecraft! (Minecraft 1.7.4) (2014) - HD
References
- ↑ Xyzen on Reddit
"Nathan" redirects here. For the previous Mojang employee, see Nathan Gilbert.
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Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams is a technical director at Mojang Studios who worked on Java and Bedrock editions,[9] and its launcher. A member of the Bukkit team, Adams was hired by Mojang on February 28, 2012 to develop the mod API.[10][11] His first day at the Mojang office was March 27, 2012,[12] shortly before the first development snapshots for version Java Edition 1.3.1.
A common trope attributed to Dinnerbone is that he is commonly displayed as being upside-down.[13][14] His Twitter avatar is flipped[15] and his user model, as well as any mob named "Dinnerbone", is rendered upside-down.[14]
In October 2015, he announced that he would be "taking a break from Minecraft PC development for a few months."[16] Later, in February 2016, he further elaborated that though he would continue on other projects at Mojang, he had left the Minecraft team.[17][18] During this time, he worked on the 2017 native launcher. On February 6, 2017, Dinnerbone confirmed he had rejoined the Minecraft team.[19] On July 30, 2022, he claimed that he had been off work for 1.5 years for his health.[20]
Biography[]
Nathan Adams is originally from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom.[21] He says he learned programming through creating MSN bots at age 10.[6][22] After finishing secondary school, Dinnerbone was rejected from college,[23] so he found a job with a tiny web development company, but was made redundant after a few years. Shortly after starting Bukkit, Dinnerbone was hired by Curse where he worked until joining Mojang Studios.[24] Aleksandra Zajac (MissMarzenia) is his fiancée.[25] He announced on August 24, 2016 that he and Aleksandra were expecting a baby boy.[26][27] The baby was later born on October 2, 2016.[28]
Videos[]
Dinnerbone in the Java Account Migration videosTrivia[]
- Dinnerbone is red-green colorblind, the most common type of
colorblindness.[21][29]
- This reason is why rubies were replaced by emeralds.
- Dinnerbone's username is a tribute to an old friend of his named Teabone (T-bone).[21][30]
- Dinnerbone's favorite color is blue, his favorite foods are lasagna and pizza,[21] and his "guilty pleasure" is milkshakes.[31]
- Dinnerbone hates fish[32] and ketchup.[31]
- Dinnerbone does not drink alcohol.[33]
- If the player names any mob with a name tag with the name "Dinnerbone", the mob flips upside down. This naturally extends to himself. A similar effect is applied when naming a mob "Grumm".
- Dinnerbone could sometimes be found on the MindCrack server with other famous YouTubers.
- Dinnerbone was a member of the popular Hermitcraft server during its early days.
- Dinnerbone's bodyguard in a Java Account Move video flipped him right side up. He remains this way throughout both migration videos.
- In a Java Account Move video, someone asked Dinnerbone if he was LunchMuscle.
Gallery[]
Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2010–2016.
Adams' old Twitter avatar.
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Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2016–present.
Adams' Minecraft skin.[13]
Notes[]
- ↑ Nathan's Minecraft wiki name automatically changed from "Dinnerbone" to "Dinnerbone-gpuser" during the Fandom account merge.
References[]
- ↑ Special:Diff/454363
- ↑ //www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits
- ↑ //twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1108770001660579841
- ↑ //twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1058396032000770048
- ↑ "Achievement get: First person to have multiple Minecraft games on his Mojang account. dinnerbone.com/media/uploads…" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, July 16, 2013
- ↑ a b //www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce4xre4?context=1
- ↑ Special:Diff/329409
- ↑ "Learned how to edit the Minecraft wiki. Am I doing it right?" – @Marc_IRL (Marc Watson) on Twitter, June 18, 2012
- ↑ //www.reddit.com/r/MCPE/wiki/devs
- ↑ //www.mojang.com/2012/02/minecraft-team-strengthened/
- ↑ //forums.bukkit.org/threads/bukkit-the-next-chapter.62489/
- ↑ "Arrived at Mojang HQ and did the awkward handshake dance with @notch and some other mojangsters" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, March 7, 2012
- ↑ a b "So I'm thinking it's time for me to actually have a real Minecraft skin, and not this silly upside down one. To the pixelmakingmachine!" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, September 30, 2012
- ↑ a b //www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce4vtm7/
- ↑ "Things I've learned this week: Turn your avatar upside down, and you'll get lots of messages from helpful people pointing it out to you." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, September 13, 2013
- ↑ "After that I'm taking a break from Minecraft PC development for a few months. I will be focusing on the new launcher & other cool projects!" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, October 15, 2015
- ↑ "@half_decent I don't work on Minecraft anymore :)" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, February 19, 2016
- ↑ //www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/46o3j1/i_dont_work_on_minecraft_anymore_dinnerbone_on/
- ↑ "Spent today moving desks at Mojang... Oh hey, I'm rejoining the Minecraft PC team! It's been so long, so much has changed!" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, February 6, 2017
- ↑ "To those mailing/tweeting/DMing/etc me blaming & insulting me about some Minecraft stuff: I've been off work for 1.5 years for my health. I physically can't get out of bed most of the time and it's getting worse by the day. I have nothing to do with anything you're upset over." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, July 30, 2022
- ↑ a b c d //dinnerbone.com/media/uploads/2013-02/screenshots/twitch_faq.png
- ↑ //blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2014/02/20/chatting-with-nathan-adams-and-erik-broes-of-minecraft/
- ↑ //www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce5pwb1?context=1
- ↑ //www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/s0pqt/i_am_nathan_adams_aka_dinnerbone_developer_of/c4a68cn?context=1
- ↑ "@Evangeder @KebabuTurka My fiancee, @MissMarzenia, is polish :)" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, May 7, 2013
- ↑ "Lots of people asking why I won't be going to Minecon. It's because I'll be too busy learning how to use these!" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, August 24, 2016
- ↑ "(It's gonna be a boy. If it were a girl, it'd be "Wednesday Adams" no question.)" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, August 24, 2016
- ↑ //twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/782527672010276864
- ↑ //www.minecraftforum.net/forums/archive/future-updates/384441-1-5-new-blocks-items?comment=11
- ↑ "@XxzJackozxX I once, long ago when I was new to the whole interwebs thing, knew a cool guy named Teabone. I took this name in respect to him" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, September 19, 2012
- ↑ a b "My guilty pleasure is milkshakes. I love milkshakes. Today I went to go get a nice strawberry milkshake at this new place that opened near me. They accidentally used ketchup instead of strawberry jam and oh my gosh do I hate ketchup. What a mistake to make! 🤢" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, December 1, 2018
- ↑ "@PoiPoiChen Just minecraft fishing mechanic. Not real fishing! I hate fish. :(" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, August 4, 2013
- ↑ "@DisBeJosh I don't drink. :(" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on Twitter, February 22, 2014
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