How do you get Name Tag in Minecraft?

Craft it: 1 paper + 1 nugget of any kind (diagonal in the grid) Chest loot in dungeons, mineshafts, ancient cities and woodland mansions Fishing treasure (0.8%) or librarian villager trades; in Bedrock, wandering traders can drop one

What is Name Tag used for?

Rename it on an anvil (1 experience level per whole stack) then use it on a mob to give it that name Named mobs never despawn and stop counting toward the mob cap - essential for farms and pets Easter eggs: Dinnerbone or Grumm flips the mob upside down, jeb_ makes a rainbow sheep, Toast reskins a rabbit, Johnny turns a vindicator hostile to everything

Name Tag

Utility Stack: 64 Since 1.6.1 (Horse Update)

Quick answer: Craft it: 1 paper + 1 nugget of any kind (diagonal in the grid).

How to get it

Craft it: 1 paper + 1 nugget of any kind (diagonal in the grid)
Chest loot in dungeons, mineshafts, ancient cities and woodland mansions
Fishing treasure (0.8%) or librarian villager trades; in Bedrock, wandering traders can drop one

Uses

Rename it on an anvil (1 experience level per whole stack) then use it on a mob to give it that name
Named mobs never despawn and stop counting toward the mob cap - essential for farms and pets
Easter eggs: Dinnerbone or Grumm flips the mob upside down, jeb_ makes a rainbow sheep, Toast reskins a rabbit, Johnny turns a vindicator hostile to everything

Renewability

Renewable via crafting, fishing and librarian trades.

Java vs Bedrock

Crafting recipe and anvil naming work the same in both editions; the wandering trader drop is Bedrock-only.

Related: Saddle Totem of Undying

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