Commands/attribute

Used to change or read attributes.

Syntax[]

attribute <target> <attribute> get [<scale>]

Returns the total value of the specified attribute.

attribute <target> <attribute> base get [<scale>]

Returns the base value of the specified attribute.

attribute <target> <attribute> base set <value>

Overwrites the base value of the specified attribute with the given value.

attribute <target> <attribute> modifier add <uuid> <name> <value> (add|multiply|multiply_base)

Adds an attribute modifier with the specified properties if no modifier with the same UUID already existed.

attribute <target> <attribute> modifier remove <uuid>

Removes the attribute modifier with the specified UUID.

attribute <target> <attribute> modifier value get <uuid> [<scale>]

Returns the value of the modifier with the specified UUID.

Arguments[]

<target>: entity

The entity that the attribute is applied to. Only players, armor stands, and mobs have attributes.

Must be a player name, a target selector or a UUID. And the target selector must be in single type.

<attribute>: resource

Specifies the attribute.

Must be an existing registered resource location in minecraft:attribute registry.

<scale>: double

The number the value is multiplied with before being stored with /execute command.

Must be a Double-precision floating-point format number.

<uuid>: uuid

Specifies the uuid of a modifier.

Must be a UUID in the hyphenated hexadecimal format. Allowed characters include:

• -
• A-F
• a-f
• 0-9

<name>: string

Specifies the name of a modifier.

Must be a string. And it must be a quotable phrase, which is either a single word (allowed characters: -, +, ., _, A-Z, a-z, and 0-9) or a double-quoted string.

<value>: double

Specifies the value to use.

Must be a Double-precision floating-point format number.

Result[]

Command	Trigger	Java Edition
any	the arguments are not specified correctly	Unparseable
	<targets> fails to resolve to a player, an armor stand, or a mob	Failed
	the attribute doesn't exist (for example,a player entity has no minecraft:horse.jump_strength)
... modifier add ...	a modifier with the specified uuid is already present
... modifier remove ... modifier value get ...	the modifier with the specified uuid doesn't exist
any	Otherwise	Successful

Output[]

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	/execute store success ...	/execute store result ...
any	Java Edition	On fail	0	0	0
... get [<scale>]		On success	1	1	The attribute value (multiplied by <scale>, then cast to int)
... base get [<scale>]		On success	1	1	The attribute base value (multiplied by <scale>, then cast to int)
... modifier value get <uuid> [<scale>]		On success	1	1	The modifier value (multiplied by <scale>, then cast to int)
... base set ... ... modifier add ... ... modifier remove ...		On success	1	1	1

Examples[]

• To set the minimum armor value of the current entity to 5:

  /attribute @s minecraft:generic.armor base set 5

History[]

Java Edition
1.16		20w17a			Added /attribute.
1.18.2		1.18.2-pre3			Changed from resource_location to resource argument type for the attribute argument.