Invulnerable Entities

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Beginner

Using Damage Sensor

The best and most flexible way of disabling damage for entities is using the minecraft:damage_sensor component. The component allows us to use filters to determine which damage sources are allowed to damage our entity.

The best way to learn about this component is by using the vanilla examples for damage sensor.

Completely Invulnerable Entity

BP/entities/entity.json minecraft:entity/components

"minecraft:damage_sensor": {
    "triggers": {
        "cause": "all",
        "deals_damage": false
    }
}

Disable Damage from Player

BP/entities/entity.json minecraft:entity/components

"minecraft:damage_sensor": {
    "triggers": {
        "on_damage": {
            "filters": {
                "test": "is_family",
                "subject": "other",
                "value": "player"
            }
        },
        "deals_damage": false
    }
}

Min Health

The min property in the minecraft:health component allows us to make invincible entities that cannot die. This includes when using ./kill @e. This is not considered a good solution, because entities like this are hard to get rid of.

If you do choose to use this component, please make sure you have another method for killing the entity. Triggering minecraft:instant_despawn from something like an environment sensor, a timer, or an interact is a good solution.

BP/entities/entity.json minecraft:entity/components

"minecraft:health": {
    "value": 1,
    "max": 1,
    "min": 1
}