How to use name tag minecraft

This article is about the item that gives names to mobs. For the nameplate above a player's head, see Player § Username.

Name Tag

A name tag is an item used to name mobs in the world and prevent them from despawning naturally.

Obtaining[]

Chest loot[]

Fishing[]

Name tags can be caught from fishing as part of the treasure category with a ¹⁄₆ chance after the 5% chance of being a treasure catch.

The chance of catching treasure increases with the Luck of the Sea enchantment.

Trading[]

Master-level librarian villagers offer to sell a name tag for 20 emeralds as one of their available trades.

Usage[]

To use a name tag, it must first be renamed with an anvil, costing 1 experience level.

If it is not renamed, it has no effect when used on a mob. After the name tag is renamed, the player can use it on a mob to give it the name given to the name tag from the anvil.

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Mobs and name tags can be renamed any number of times. Name tags with the same name are stackable.

Once a mob is named, it keeps its name, and the name tag is consumed.

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