/debugmobspawning

/debugmobspawning

Permission level required	2
Restrictions	-DMC_DEBUG_DEV_COMMANDS debug property

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/debugmobspawning is a command that can be enabled with the debug property -DMC_DEBUG_DEV_COMMANDS. It attempts to spawn mobs of the specified spawn group at the specified destination.

Syntax

debugmobspawning <spawn group> <at>

Forces a spawn attempt for the specified spawn group at the specified block position. Mobs only spawn if the spawn attempt succeeds, according to the rules described in Mob spawning § Spawn cycle.

Arguments

<spawn group>

Specifies the spawn group to force a spawn attempt for.

Must be one of ambient, axolotls, creature, misc, monster, underground_water_creature, water_ambient, or water_creature.

<at>: block_pos

Specifies the position to force the spawn attempt on.

Must be a block position composed of <X>, <Y> and <Z>, each of which must be an integer or a tilde and caret notation.

Result

Command	Trigger	Java Edition
Any	The command is incomplete, or any argument is not specified correctly.	Unparseable
	Otherwise	Successful

Output

Command	Edition	Situation	Success Count	/execute store success ...	/execute store result ...
Any	Java Edition	On success	1	1	1

History

Java Edition
1.21.9			Pre-Release 1				Added debug property -DMC_DEBUG_DEV_COMMANDS, making the command accessible in the vanilla game.