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Entity tag (and more tags globally)

Since now there are tags for blocks, items, fluids and functions, why not for entities?

It would be useful, for example if you want to check if a mob is an undead, you could check this with a tag, or if a mob is a flying mob (ghast, phantom, blaze) if a mob is a boss, if it's a passive mob, if it's a floating entity, and so on...

this would be very helpful for mapmakers and modders

 

you could also extend tag system to include biomes (snowy biomes, dry biomes, ocean biomes), potion type, enchantment types and more...

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    It looks like this is dabbled a bit in 1.14: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Tag#Entity_Types

    I would like to see "hostile mobs" added as a tag that is kept up-to-date. I currently have a data-pack "God Mode" that puts a list of all hostile (or potentially hostile) entities in a "god_mode" group. I have a player with Senior Dementia also in this group so he can play without having to deal with mobs. I have a list of mobs I look for and put in the "god_mode" team as they spawn, but until 1.14 I couldn't even tag them. It would be very useful for me (and likely map-makers) to have a #minecraft:hostile_mob tag that was kept up-to-date as new mobs are added.

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    A non hostile (better name) should be added

    {
    "replace": false,
    "values": [
    "minecraft:area_effect_cloud",
    "minecraft:armor_stand",
    "minecraft:arrow",
    "minecraft:boat",
    "minecraft:chest_minecart",
    "minecraft:command_block_minecart",
    "minecraft:dragon_fireball",
    "minecraft:egg",
    "minecraft:end_crystal",
    "minecraft:ender_pearl",
    "minecraft:evoker_fangs",
    "minecraft:experience_bottle",
    "minecraft:experience_orb",
    "minecraft:eye_of_ender",
    "minecraft:falling_block",
    "minecraft:fireball",
    "minecraft:firework_rocket",
    "minecraft:fishing_bobber",
    "minecraft:furnace_minecart",
    "minecraft:hopper_minecart",
    "minecraft:item",
    "minecraft:item_frame",
    "minecraft:leash_knot",
    "minecraft:lightning_bolt",
    "minecraft:llama_spit",
    "minecraft:minecart",
    "minecraft:painting",
    "minecraft:potion",
    "minecraft:shulker_bullet",
    "minecraft:small_fireball",
    "minecraft:snowball",
    "minecraft:spawner_minecart",
    "minecraft:spectral_arrow",
    "minecraft:tnt",
    "minecraft:tnt_minecart",
    "minecraft:trident",
    "minecraft:wither_skull"
    ]
    }

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    I definitely need this.

    Examples for new tags could be:

    #oceanic: includes drowned, squid, cod, salmon, pufferfish, tropical fish, guardians, and elder guardians. A similar tag could have all mobs affected by the Impaling enchantment.

    #nether: magma cubes, wither (skeletons), zombie pigmen, blazes, and ghasts

    #hostile: all hostile mobs (zombie, skeleton, creeper, etc.)

    #neutral: all neutral mobs (wolf, zombie pigman, bee, etc.)

    #passive: all passive mobs (pig, cow, chicken, etc.)

    #flying: flying mobs (bats, phantoms, etc.)

    #inflictive: mobs that can inflict status effects (wither, wither skeleton, witch, bees, shulkers, husks, strays, cave spiders, etc.)

    #undead: all undead mobs including drowned

    #arthropod: spiders, cave spiders, endermites, silverfish, and bees

        #pest: endermites and silverfish

    #zombies: zombies, zombie pigmen, husks, zombie villager

    #humanoid: all zombies, villagers, illagers (even illusioner for java), skeletons, pillagers

    #projectile: egg, snowball, wither skull, arrow, etc.

    #non_mob: all non mob entities

    #strikeable: creepers, mooshrooms, and other mobs that change when struck by lightning

     

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    I would like to see a milkable tag. Entities in this tag, when right clicked with a bucket, produce milk.

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    IVAN

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    was thinking there should be a "burns_with_sunlight" tagb applicable for any entity, would be awesome to apply it to players