Entity Holds Item

In this tutorial, you will learn to have an entity spawn with an item in its hand. I'll be using a custom mandalorian_armorer entity and a custom hammer item for the examples.

Model ​

First of all, you'll need to have a model in Blockbench that has a map called rightArm. Within this map, there needs to be a submap called 'rightItem'. Now set the position of the pivot point of this submap, so it sits in the place you want the entity to hold the item at.

Behavior Pack-side ​

Now you'll need to add a minecraft:equipment component in the component list for your entity and add a loot table with the desired item.

In our example it will look like this:

"minecraft:equipment": {
    "table": "loot_tables/entities/gear/mandolorian.json"
}

Loot Table ​

Finally, add the loot table for your entity. It needs to be in loot_tables/entities/<your_loot_table_name>.json in the behavior pack. In our case, it's called mandolorian.json.

To have the entity always spawn with the same item, add the following loot table:

{
	"pools": [
		{
			"rolls": 1,
			"entries": [
				{
					"type": "item",
					"name": "dd:hammer",
					"weight": 1
				}
			]
		}
	]
}

If everything went well, you'd have something looking like this:

Common Problems ​

• Held item not displaying

Your entity contains multiple geometry variants.