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MC-174496

Player heads lose their name after being placed

Resolved
Fixed
43

The bug

Since player heads are tile / block entities and thus can save NBT data (just like shulker boxes, bee hives, chest, etc), they should retain their name after being placed. However, this is not the case.

To reproduce

  1. Run 

    /give @s minecraft:player_head{SkullOwner:violine1101}

    (or use another player name of your choice)

  2. Rename the head using an anvil

  3. Place it

  4. Break it in survival mode
    → ❌ The name changed back

Linked issues

is duplicated by 3

relates to 1

Attachments

MC-174496.mp4
Minecraft 20w11a - Singleplayer 2020-03-11 19-04-34.mp4
 Player Head BUG.png

Comments 22

True for me too - very annoying when trying to use them as decoration blocks but keep losing the name.

yeah this is genuinely annoying

Confirmed in 1.16-pre5.

Issue present in 1.16.3 public release as well (as of 9/24/2020)

Can confirm in 20w48a.

12 more comments

Can confirm in 1.19/22w24a.

There is a fabric mod that claims to fix this issue: https://modrinth.com/mod/headfix ("Head Name Fix")

Can confirm in 1.19.2.

This is an unofficial fix for MC-174496

Here is an unofficial mod that fixes this bug:
Keep Head Names

violine1101

(Unassigned)

Confirmed

Platform

Important

Block states

Minecraft 1.12.2, Minecraft 1.13-pre3, Minecraft 1.13-pre4, Minecraft 1.13-pre5, Minecraft 1.13-pre6, ..., 1.17.1, 1.19, 22w24a, 1.19.2, 1.20.1

24w10a

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