Order Command

/playermob order — Commanding a PlayerMob

Order a specific PlayerMob to perform a one-off action against a target. The command is op-gated (permission level 2) and runs server-side.

/playermob order <name> <action> …

• <name> — selects the PlayerMob by its custom name (set with an anvil + name tag). If no loaded PlayerMob matches the name, the nearest PlayerMob to the command source is used instead. Tab-completion suggests the names of loaded PlayerMobs.
• <action> — one of the actions below.

Orders are transient: a new order replaces any previous one, nothing is saved to disk, and the mob returns to its normal AI once the action finishes.

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Targets, positions & items

Token	Accepts
<target>	An online player's name, a named PlayerMob, or a mob type (resolves to the nearest entity of that type within 128 blocks of the ordered mob). Plain names only — not @e selectors.
<pos>	World coordinates x y z. Relative ~ ~ ~ is supported.
<block>	A block id (e.g. minecraft:stone) — placed conjured from air.
<item> / <weapon>	An item id (e.g. minecraft:diamond_sword).

Spacing note: Brigadier splits arguments on spaces, so numeric limits are written with a space and a unit — 10 s, 2 hearts, 50 blocks — not 10s.

Mob types: give the type's id path without a namespace — sheep, cow, iron_golem. The command parser can't accept a colon in this slot, so minecraft:sheep won't parse; the minecraft namespace is assumed. A type resolves to the nearest matching entity, so it's most useful with a name (player / PlayerMob) reserved for a specific individual.

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Actions at a glance

Action	Syntax	Summary
walk	walk ( <pos> | <target> )	Path to a position or entity and stop.
punch	punch <target>	Walk into reach and land one melee hit.
punchat	punchat <target>	Walk up but stop out of reach and throw punch motions (taunt).
attack	attack <target> [limit] [with <weapon> [spawn]]	Strike once, or fight with a stop limit / chosen weapon.
gift	gift <target> [<item>]	Walk up and toss an item (auto-picked, or the one named).
greet	greet <target>	Walk up and perform the crouch-bow greeting.
steal	steal <target> [<n> s | <n> blocks]	Take the target's held item, then flee.
use	use ( <pos> | <target> ) <item> [spawn]	Right-click the item at a position / on an entity.
place	place ( <pos> | <target> ) <block>	Place a block at a position, or chase a live target and place at their feet.

While an order runs, the Creative-only objective readout under the mob's name shows what it's doing (e.g. "Following order — placing block").

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walk

/playermob order <name> walk <pos>
/playermob order <name> walk <target>

Paths to a fixed position, or to a player / PlayerMob (following them until it arrives).

/playermob order Bob walk ~ ~ ~5
/playermob order Bob walk Steve

punch

/playermob order <name> punch <target>

Walks into melee reach, swings once, and lands a single hit using whatever weapon it holds.

punchat

/playermob order <name> punchat <target>

Walks up but stops just outside melee range, looks at the target, and throws a few punch motions without ever landing a hit — a taunt.

attack

/playermob order <name> attack <target> [limit] [with <weapon> [spawn]]

With no limit, performs a single strike with the equipped weapon. A limit turns it into a sustained fight (the mob's normal combat AI does the fighting until the limit is met):

Limit	Effect
(none)	One strike.
kill / forever	Fight until the target dies.
<n> s / <n> seconds	Fight for n seconds.
<n> hearts / <n> heart	Fight until the target is down to n hearts (n × 2 HP).
return	Fight until the mob is hit back (takes retaliation damage), then stand down.

The optional with <weapon> picks a weapon:

• with <weapon> — uses the weapon only if the mob already carries it (else it fails and tells you to add spawn).
• with <weapon> spawn — conjures the weapon into the mob's hand first.

/playermob order Bob attack Steve
/playermob order Bob attack Steve kill
/playermob order Bob attack Steve 10 s
/playermob order Bob attack Steve 2 hearts
/playermob order Bob attack Steve return
/playermob order Bob attack Steve with minecraft:diamond_sword spawn
/playermob order Bob attack Steve 10 s with minecraft:diamond_sword spawn

gift

/playermob order <name> gift <target> [<item>]

Walks up and tosses a gift. With no item, it auto-picks the best thing from its pack (spare gear, surplus food, or a flower). With an item, it tosses that (conjured) item.

/playermob order Bob gift Steve
/playermob order Bob gift Steve minecraft:diamond

greet

/playermob order <name> greet <target>

Walks up and performs the friendly crouch-bow greeting.

steal

/playermob order <name> steal <target> [<n> s | <n> blocks]

Walks up, takes whatever is in the target's main hand into its own pack, then flees:

Form	Flee duration
(none)	A short default (~5 seconds).
<n> s / <n> seconds	n seconds.
<n> b / <n> blocks	Until it is n blocks from where it grabbed the item.

/playermob order Bob steal Steve
/playermob order Bob steal Steve 10 s
/playermob order Bob steal Steve 50 blocks

use

/playermob order <name> use <pos> <item> [spawn]
/playermob order <name> use <target> <item> [spawn]

Walks up and performs a real right-click of the item — at a position (placement, tilling, bonemeal, buckets, throwables) or on a target entity (shearing, milking, breeding, leads).

• Without spawn, the mob must already carry the item (else it fails and tells you to add spawn).
• With spawn, the item is conjured into the mob's hand first.

/playermob order Bob use ~ ~ ~ minecraft:water_bucket spawn
/playermob order Bob use ~ ~ ~ minecraft:wheat_seeds spawn
/playermob order Bob use Sheep minecraft:shears spawn
/playermob order Bob use Cow minecraft:bucket spawn

How it works / caveats. use drives a fake player through the full server interaction pipeline (useItemOn / useItem / interactOn), so the loaders' interaction events fire and most modded items work, not just vanilla. The mob's live held stack is used and written back, so stateful items (buckets, energy, durability, milk) reflect their result on the mob. NeoForge uses its real FakePlayer for capability-aware mods. Still best-effort: items needing a client/screen or a specific player identity won't work, and positional placement clicks the face of <pos> nearest the mob, so a block may land one over depending on the item.

place

/playermob order <name> place <pos> <block>
/playermob order <name> place <target> <block>

Places a block (conjured from air):

• <pos> — walks near the position and places the block there, then swings.
• <target> — chases the live target and places the block at their current feet block (or one block up if that space is occupied) — "as close as possible".

/playermob order Bob place ~ ~ ~ minecraft:stone
/playermob order Bob place Steve minecraft:cobweb

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Notes

• Single feature, layered on the AI. An order is a high-priority goal that overrides the mob's autonomous behaviour while it runs, then releases control. It never drowns the mob (it yields swimming to the float behaviour).
• attack vs the rest. attack (with a limit) keeps the mob's normal combat AI driving the fight; the other actions are self-contained "walk up and do X" sequences.
• Unnamed mobs. Because /playermob summon doesn't name the mob, an unnamed PlayerMob is reachable only via the nearest-match fallback. Name one with an anvil + name tag to target it reliably.

See also

Other /playermob subcommands (reincarnate, life, summon, debug spawnlog, unlimitedammo, naturalspawn) are documented in the in-code Javadoc of ReincarnateCommand and in the project README.