How To Use Item Ids In Minecraft

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Manipulate or re-create items in the inventories of blocks (breast, furnaces, etc.) or entities (players or mobs).

Syntax [ ]

particular modify (block <pos>|entity <targets>) <slot> <modifier>

Modifies the items in the specified slot with the specified modifier.

                  particular replace                  (block <pos>|entity <targets>) <slot>                  with                  <item> [<count>]

Replaces the items in the specified slot with the specified items.

                  item supercede                  (cake <pos>|entity <targets>) <slot>                  from                  (block <sourcePos>|entity <sourceTarget>) <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]

Copies the source items to the target slot and optionally modifies it with the modifier.

Syntax displayed in various ways

Simplified tree:

Simplified tree:
`detail ...` `... modify <TARGET> <slot> <modifier>` `... replace <TARGET> <slot>` `... with <particular> [<count>]` `... from <SOURCE> <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]` where substituted arguments are: `<TARGET>` = `(block <pos>\|entity <targets>)` `<SOURCE>` = `(block <sourcePos>\|entity <sourceTarget>)`

detail ...
- ... modify <TARGET> <slot> <modifier>
- ... replace <TARGET> <slot>
  - ... with <particular> [<count>]
  - ... from <SOURCE> <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]

where substituted arguments are:

<TARGET> = (block <pos>|entity <targets>)

<SOURCE> = (block <sourcePos>|entity <sourceTarget>)

Minimised:
`/item (modify (block <pos>\|entity <targets>) <slot> <modifier>\|supercede (cake <pos>\|entity <targets>) <slot> (with <item> [<count>]\|from (block <sourcePos>\|entity <sourceTarget>) <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]))`

Maximised:

Maximised:
`item modify block <pos> <slot> <modifier>` `item modify entity <targets> <slot> <modifier>` `detail replace block <pos> <slot> with <item> [<count>]` `item supplant block <pos> <slot> from block <sourcePos> <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]` `item supersede block <pos> <slot> from entity <sourceTarget> <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]` `item supplant entity <targets> <slot> with <item> [<count>]` `item replace entity <targets> <slot> from block <sourcePos> <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]` `detail replace entity <targets> <slot> from entity <sourceTarget> <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]`

item modify block <pos> <slot> <modifier>

item modify entity <targets> <slot> <modifier>

detail replace block <pos> <slot> with <item> [<count>]

item supplant block <pos> <slot> from block <sourcePos> <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]

item supersede block <pos> <slot> from entity <sourceTarget> <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]

item supplant entity <targets> <slot> with <item> [<count>]

item replace entity <targets> <slot> from block <sourcePos> <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]

detail replace entity <targets> <slot> from entity <sourceTarget> <sourceSlot> [<modifier>]

Arguments [ ]

<pos>: block_pos

Specifies the position of the block to be modified.

Information technology must be a block position equanimous of <x>, <y> and <z>, each of which must be an integer or a tilde and caret notation.

<targets>: entity

Specifies one or more entities to modify.

Must be a player name, a target selector or a UUID.

<slot>: item_slot

Specifies the inventory slot to be modified. Valid values depend on whether a block or an entity is beingness modified.

Must be a string annotation that refer to certain slots in the inventory, which consists of "slot type" and optional "slot number", in the format of <slot_type> or <slot_type>.<slot_number>. Run across Slot for details.

<modifier>: resource_location

Specifies the item modifier to apply on the chosen item.

Must be a resources location.

<item>: item_stack

Specifies the detail to be placed in the block or entity's inventory slot.

It must be in course of item_id{data_tags}(accepts item and block tags), in which data tags tin can be omitted when they are non needed.

<count>: integer

Specifies the number of items to be placed in the block or entity's inventory slot.

Must be a 32-fleck integer number. And it must be between i and 64 (inclusive).

<sourcePos>: block_pos

Specifies the position of the block to copy items from.

Information technology must be a block position composed of <ten>, <y> and <z>, each of which must exist an integer or a tilde and caret annotation.

<sourceTarget>: entity

Specifies an entity to re-create items from.

Must be a player name, a target selector or a UUID.

<sourceSlot>: item_slot

Specifies the inventory slot to copy the items from. Valid values depend on whether the source is cake or an entity. Run across <slot> argument to a higher place for more than information.

Result [ ]

Command	Trigger	Java Edition
whatever	the arguments are non specified correctly	Unparseable
`/item modify ... /detail ... from ...`	the specified `<modifier>` doesn't be	Failed
`/item change block ... /item replace block ...`	`<pos>` is unloaded or out of the world
	the block at the `<pos>` is not a container
	the block at the `<pos>` does not accept the specified slot
`/item change entity ... /item replace entity ...`	`<targets>` fails to resolve to one or more than entities (named actor must be online)
`/item change entity ... /item replace entity ...`	All selected entities meet 1 or more of the post-obit conditions: It doesn't have the specified slot (for case, zombies have no `horse.armor`) Specified item cannot exist placed into the specified slot of its (for example, to place a rock into `armor.chest` of a thespian)
`/... with <item> <count>`	`<count>` exceeds the stack limit of the specified item
`/... from block ...`	`<sourcePos>` is unloaded or out of the world
	the cake at `<sourcePos>` is not a container
	the block at `<sourcePos>` does not have the specified slot
`/... from entity ...`	`<sourceTarget>` fails to resolve to a single entity (named player must be online)
`/... from entity ...`	the `<sourceTarget>` doesn't have the specified slot (for example, zombies have no equus caballus.armor)
whatsoever	On success	Manipulate items in the specified slot.

Output [ ]

Command	Edition	State of affairs	Success Count	`/execute store success ...`	`/execute shop outcome ...`
any	Java Edition	On fail	0	0	0
`/item (modify\|replace) block ...`		On success	one	one	1
`/item (alter\|replace) entity ...`		On success	1	1	the number of entities whose items are successfully replaced

Examples [ ]

To supercede the items in the bottom-correct slot of a single chest 2 block above with 4 spruce saplings:
- /detail supersede cake ~ ~2 ~ container.26 with minecraft:spruce_sapling iv
To replace the items in the rightmost hotbar slot of the nearest player with four spruce saplings:
- /detail replace entity @p hotbar.eight with minecraft:spruce_sapling 4
To supervene upon the detail in the offhand of the selected player with the detail in their primary hand:
- /detail replace entity @due south weapon.offhand from entity @s weapon.mainhand
To put a brown banner on a player's head
- /particular replace entity @south armor.head with minecraft:brown_banner

To increase the count of the item in your main hand:

/item modify entity @s weapon.mainhand case:increase_count

file in a datapack: data/example/item_modifiers/increase_count.json

                                                {                        "function"                        :                        "minecraft:set_count"                        ,                        "count"                        :                        1                        ,                        "add"                        :                        true                        }

History [ ]

Java Edition
1.17		20w46a			Added `/item`, replacing `/replaceitem`.
1.17		21w19a			Syntax of `/particular` has been inverse.

Run into also [ ]

/data — can also replace items in a container'south or mob's inventory, or modify the drop chances of armor and weapons
/give — give items to players without specifying specific inventory slots or overwriting other items
/replaceitem — The Bedrock Edition equivalent