Kill Entity

The arc:on_kill_entity action type is triggered when a player kills an entity.

Action Data

When this action is triggered, the following action data is made available to be used by conditions and rewards:

Action Data Type	Description
arc:entity	Represents an entity in the game, such as a player, mob, or item.
arc:block_position	Specifies the coordinates (x, y, z) of a block in the world.
arc:world	Refers to the world/dimension where the action occurs.
arc:exp_drop	Defines the amount of experience points dropped by an action or entity.

Example

The following example will drop 3 white wool at the sheep's location every time a player kills a sheep.

data/my_datapack/arc/wool_for_killing_sheep.json

{
    "holder": {
        "type": "arc:player",
        "id": "arc:player"
    },
    "type": "arc:on_kill_entity",
    "conditions": [
        {
            "type": "arc:entity_type",
            "entity_type": "minecraft:sheep"
        }
    ],
    "rewards": [
        {
            "type": "arc:drop_item",
            "item": {
                "id": "minecraft:white_wool",
                "count": 3
            }
        }
    ]
}

Compatible Condition Types

The following condition types can be used with this action type:

🌍 Dimension

The arc:dimension condition type checks if the player is in a specific dimension.

👤🧱 Entity In Block

The arc:entityinblock condition type checks if an entity is currently inside a specific block.

👤 Entity Type

The arc:entity_type condition type checks if an entity matches a specific type.

👥 Entity Types

The arc:entity_types condition type checks if an entity is one of several specified types.

💰 Experience Drop

The arc:exp_drop condition type checks if the amount of experience dropped is within a specified range.

🪙✅ Item Equipped

The arc:item_equipped condition type checks if the player has a specific item equipped in any armor slot.

🪙✋ Item In Hand

The arc:iteminhand condition type checks if the player is holding a specific item in their main hand, off-hand, or either hand.

🪙📦 Item In Inventory

The arc:itemininventory condition type checks if the player has a specific item anywhere in their main inventory.

🚫 Not

The arc:not condition type inverts the result of its nested conditions. It is met if none of the specified conditions are met.

❌🧱 Not In Block Pos Cache

The arc:notinblockposcache condition type checks if a block's position is not in the player's recent placement history. This is useful for preventing rewards from blocks that the player has placed themselves.

🔀 Or

The arc:or condition type is met if at least one of its nested conditions is met.

✂️🐑 Ready For Shearing

The arc:readyforshearing condition type checks if a shearable entity is ready to be sheared.

📋 Scoreboard

The arc:scoreboard condition type checks if a player's score in a specific objective is within a given range.

👥 Team

The arc:team condition type checks if a player is on a specific scoreboard team.

Compatible Reward Types

The following reward types can be used with this action type:

💻 Command

The arc:command reward type executes a server command.

🪙 Drop Item

The arc:drop_item reward type drops an item at a specified location.

🔥👤 Entity On Fire

The arc:entityonfire reward type sets the target entity on fire.

✨ Experience

The arc:exp reward type gives the player a specified range of experience points.

✨➕ Experience Multiplier

The arc:exp_multiplier reward type multiplies the amount of experience dropped from an action.

🪙 Item

The arc:item reward type gives an item directly to the player's inventory.

👤➡️ Move To Entity

The arc:movetoentity reward type pulls the player towards the target entity's location.

➡️➡️ Multiple Arrows

The arc:multiple_arrows reward type shoots additional arrows when a player shoots a bow.

💉 Potion Effect

The arc:effect reward type applies a potion effect to the player.