[MC-213287] named hostile mobs despawning

when I spawn a zombie with a named spawn egg and go away the zombie despawns

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duplicates 1

MC-54556 Mobs from named spawn eggs despawn Resolved

Comments 5

Arpol 2021-01-29T11:19:05Z

I think it's because if you want prevent mob from despawning, you must use a name tag on it.

crazymoose77756 2021-01-29T14:05:01Z

that is only a named item, not a named mob. To prevent hostile mobs from despawning, you have to name them with a name tag.

uyp 2021-01-30T01:42:21Z

set the PersistenceRequired nbt tag to 1b to prevent despawning

Avoma 2021-01-30T19:08:31Z

Please provide some screenshots or videos of this issue occurring whilst the F3 debug screen is enabled.

Arisa Bot 2021-02-19T21:57:38Z

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