Spawn egg names not saved when putting mob egg inside mob spawner

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When setting a mob spawner to a named spawn egg, it does not spawn the mob with the egg's name.

Linked issues

Confirmed for 1.9-pre2. Also if previous entity had a name (using setblock/blockdata), it applies for a new entity

WAI per MC-87184
or relates to it

Is basically the same.

Reporter: Raxcental

Assignee: (Unassigned)

Created: 2014-08-29T03:50:14Z

Updated: 2025-05-03T08:07:47Z

Resolved: 2016-12-08T09:58:49Z

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Confirmation Status: Community Consensus

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Affects Versions: Minecraft 1.8-pre3, Minecraft 15w42a, Minecraft 1.9 Pre-Release 2, Minecraft 16w33a

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Retrieved 2025-06-09T13:37:09Z