For example, if a door is closed on you, you can jump up and stand on top of the bottom-half door block, if there is air above the door.Įntities are lit according to the light level of the block their position is in. If a solid block enters an entity's space, such as falling sand or a swinging door, then it is free to move out of the solid block but not back in. Most types of entities prevent blocks from being placed in the space they occupy, except for resources (dropped items) and experience orbs, which are automatically pushed out of the block to open air. Entities that do have a health status include mobs, players, boats and minecarts.Įntities cannot pass through solid blocks, excluding vexes. Entity tiles, items, shot or thrown projectiles, area effect clouds, and experience orbs do not have a current health.
Some entities can be renamed by using a name tag on them. Most entities can be pushed around by water currents, and some can have their trajectory altered by explosions if already traveling at speed. Whether they have any status effect, such as from potions.Whether they are on fire, displayed as flames on or around the entity.A volume consisting of one or more non-rotating, three-dimensional boxes with a fixed height and width.