LivingEntity

Overview

LivingEntity is the base class for all entities with health in Minecraft, inheriting from Entity. It covers players, mobs, animals, etc., supporting health management, potion effects, equipment, attributes and more.

Mechanism Description

• Inherits from Entity, extending health (health), potion effects (activeEffects), equipment (handSlots, armorSlots), attributes, etc.
• Supports event-driven, tick auto-update, NBT persistence.
• Common methods: getHealth, setHealth, heal, hurt, addEffect, removeEffect, getItemBySlot, etc.

Common Methods

// Health management
const health = entity.getHealth();
entity.setHealth(20);
entity.heal(10);

// Damage
entity.hurt(entity.damageSources().generic(), 5.0);

// Potion effects
entity.addEffect("minecraft:speed", 200, 1);
entity.removeEffect("minecraft:poison");

// Equipment
const helmet = entity.getItemBySlot("head");
entity.setItemSlot("head", Item.of("minecraft:diamond_helmet"));

Notes

• All entities with health inherit from LivingEntity
• Some methods are only available on the server side, pay attention to compatibility
• For detailed types and parameters, refer to

Advanced

• Related subclasses: Mob (AI behavior), Player (player-specific), Animal (breedable), etc.
• Attribute system uses Minecraft's attribute system, supports modifiers