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  • Question
    How do I get name tags?
    Community Answer
    Librarian villagers trade name tags for 20–22 emeralds a piece as part of their tier 6 trades. Name tags can be caught from fishing as part of the treasure category. Name tags can be found in 29.0% of dungeon chests and 42.3% of chest minecarts in abandoned mine shafts in stacks of one.
  • Question
    How do I name a mob in Minecraft Pocket Edition?
    Gabby
    Community Answer
    Get a name tag, put a name on it in the anvil, then go up to the mob and a 'name' button should appear.
  • Question
    How do I name a villager?
    Community Answer
    Rename a spawn villager egg (this can be obtained in creative mode) with an anvil, then spawn the villager.
  • Question
    How can I name a wolf/dog?
    Community Answer
    Go in your menu (creative) and get a name tag. Look up the recipe (survival) for a name tag. This works for all mobs (tame cows, sheep, etc.).
  • Question
    Does the name of the mob appear above it even when you are not holding a name tag?
    Karianna Wood
    Community Answer
    Yes.
  • Question
    Can I use this on villagers?
    Community Answer
    Yes you can. Use it with the name tag and anvil. Combine the name tag within the villager's egg together and it will work.
  • Question
    How do I name a dog in the Xbox one?
    Community Answer
    Take a name tag, use an anvil and name your tame dog. It only works with tame ones.
  • Question
    Can I name a player with a name tag?
    Community Answer
    No, but the player can change their nameplate to something else if they would like.
  • Question
    How do I remove a name tag from a horse?
    Gabby
    Community Answer
    You can rename the horse, but you can't remove the name tag.
  • Question
    Can I do this in creative?
    Community Answer
    Yes, you can. Click on the anvil, get a name tag, choose one of the repair boxes and name the tag. Then you hover over the creature and click 'name'.
  • Question
    Can I put a name tag on myself?
    Community Answer
    No, you can't put a name tag on yourself, but you can change your name if you'd like.
  • Question
    How do I name a dog?
    Community Answer
    Spawn a wolf and get a bone. Hover over the wolf with the bone and click Tame.
  • Question
    Does it work on a Switch?
    Community Answer
    Yes. These methods for naming a mob in Minecraft will work for any platform you can play the game on, including the Nintendo Switch.
  • Question
    What happens if I name a mob 'jeb_'?
    Community Answer
    Nothing. That will be the mob's name and it won't affect anything aside from distinguishing. It's not a swear word so you can choose it if you want.
  • Question
    Why are they called mobs?
    Community Answer
    The term "mob" is short for "mobile object" which refers to non-player characters in the game. A "mob" is also a term for a group of mobs.
  • Question
    How do you name a dolphin?
    Aria
    Community Answer
    You can't name a dolphin. Sorry. But you can name mobs that can become pets!
  • Question
    What do I rename all the mobs so they give me a spawn egg?
    Seasalt25
    Top Answerer
    You cannot get spawn eggs by renaming mobs, no matter which mob it is or what you name them. The only way to get spawn eggs is through the creative inventory or commands.
  • Question
    How can I name a player?
    Seasalt25
    Top Answerer
    You cannot use a nametag to name a player in Minecraft. However, it is possible to change your in game username through minecraft.net.
  • Question
    Do you do the same thing for creative?
    Seasalt25
    Top Answerer
    Yes, you can use a nametag in Minecraft to name a mob the same way in creative mode.
  • Question
    Can you name the bosses (ender dragon, wither boss)?
    Seasalt25
    Top Answerer
    You cannot use a nametag on the ender dragon or the wither in Minecraft, you'd have to use mods to name them.
  • Question
    Can I name a target?
    Seasalt25
    Top Answerer
    You cannot use a nametag to name a target block or any other block in Minecraft without the use of mods.
  • Question
    What if your name button won't let you name it?
    Community Answer
    Try logging out and back in. If it still does not work, maybe it is a bug or named by someone else.
  • Question
    When I put a name tag in the repair box it makes a x on the arrow. What did I do wrong?
    SunPuppy
    Community Answer
    You didn't do anything wrong. You have to rename the name tag first. If you don't rename it, then it won't do anything.
  • Question
    How do I name a wolf?
    SunPuppy
    Community Answer
    Get a name tag, put a name on it with an anvil, and right click the wolf. You can do this either before or after the wolf is tamed.
  • Question
    Can you tame a zombie in Minecraft?
    SunPuppy
    Community Answer
    No. Zombies are hostile mobs, and they are untameable, unless you have mods.
  • Question
    When I try to name a horse with the name tag on the PC, I just get on the horse, what am I doing wrong?
    Community Answer
    With wolves and horses, the right-click button already has an assigned function. For wolves, they will sit when you right-click, and for horses, you will mount. Because of this, for these animals you will need to hold the Shift button while right-clicking on the animal with the nametag in your hand.
  • Question
    How do I name a dog in Minecraft?
    Community Answer
    Have a nametag that has been named using the anvil. Obtain a tamed wolf by feeding a wild wolf bones. Then, with the nametag in your hand, hold shift and right-click on the wolf.
  • Question
    How do I name a wolf in Minecraft: Education Edition?
    Community Answer
    Do the same thing: name the name tag on the anvil then click the wolf. If you want to name it Education Edition, you type the name on the anvil.
  • Question
    How do you spawn a witherstorm in Minecraft?
    Amrith Center
    Community Answer
    Witherstorm only exists in Story Mode of Minecraft so you cannot spawn it.
  • Question
    How do I name my dog on creative mode on the PS4 version of Minecraft?
    Community Answer
    It is the same method. Once you have put the name on the tag when you go up to your dog, a ‘name’ button will appear. Select that and your dog should be named.
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