Is a versatile and powerful format used in minecraft commands and files. It is used for entity/item names, item descriptions, .mcmeta files and more.
JSON is based on a key-value (key to value) system. In case of minecraft the
key is always a string. There's a limited set of keys, and corresponding set of values it can
accept
Example: {"color":"red"} ("key":"value")
Some components have a (Client) prefix. It means, that it may display different text for different players.
text
Plain text
Is a static type used to define plain text.
Syntax:
"Your text" )
Example: {"text":"Hello World!"} will display as Hello World!
translate
Multilanguage text
(Client) Contains a value, which is used by resourcepack to change its contents depending on the
language. By default, inherits from en_us.json
Syntax:
"Your translatable key" )You can create your own keys for your own translations. The full list of vanilla keys can be found the Vanilla Resourcepack
Example: {"translate":"block.minecraft.gray_wool"} will display as
Gray Wool in US English, Grey Wool in UK
English, etc.
selector
Entity selectors
Inserts an entity's name with a hoverEvent set to display this entity's UUID and type.
Syntax:
Examples:
{"selector":"@e[distance=..1]"} would display a list of entities in
radius of a block.
{"selector":"@p"} would display the nearest player.
score
Score
Displays a score value (integer) of a specific scoreboard. Used to insert variables into text.
Syntax:
"score": {
"objective":"Scoreboard name"
"name":"Entity selector/Fake player"
}
Example:
{"score":{"objective":"my_scoreboard", "name":"@p"}} would display
my_scoreboard's score of nearest player
keybind
Keybind
(Client) Displays a keybind player has set in controls settings for a specific action.
Syntax:
key.advancements,
key.back,
key.chat,
key.command,
key.drop,
key.forward,
key.fullscreen,
key.hotbar.1,
key.hotbar.2,
key.hotbar.3,
key.hotbar.4,
key.hotbar.5,
key.hotbar.6,
key.hotbar.7,
key.hotbar.8,
key.hotbar.9,
key.inventory,
key.jump,
key.left,
key.loadToolbarActivator,
key.pickItem,
key.playerlist,
key.right,
key.saveToolbarActivator,
key.screenshot,
key.smoothCamera,
key.sneak,
key.spectatorOutlines,
key.sprint,
key.swapOffhand,
key.togglePerspective,
key.use.
Example:
{"keybind":"key.jump"} (if player didn't change the keybind) will display
spacebar
nbt
NBT Path
Can display all kinds of NBT Data as well as interpret it, which is extremely powerful.
Syntax:
"nbt""NBT Path"
"entity"/"storage"/"block (one of three) an NBT source, should be
followed by a string
"interpret" (optional) can be set to true or false.
Specifies whether NBT should be turned into a formatted text.
Examples:
{"nbt":"SelectedItem.Count", "entity":"@p", "interpret":true} will
display the amount of items the nearest player is currently holding{"nbt":"Items", "block":"~ ~-1 ~", "interpret":true} will display all
items inside an entity block underneath{"nbt":"Some.Random.Path[0]", "storage":"minecraft:my_storage"} will
display the contents of Some.Random.Path[0] of a storage named minecraft:my_storage in its pure way. (Kind of like /data get storage would display)