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modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 6:03 PM

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Version 26.1.2
I'm working on a chestplate enchantment called Buzzy that has a chance to summon three bees when you're hit. These bees are supposed to then get angry at and sting your attacker, but I have been unable to make the bees get angry. I've done a great deal of research and tried a great many things but nothing quite works, so I'm here asking for help.
I will post everything as text under this, as it is too long for this message.

spice cobaltBOT Apr 26, 2026, 6:03 PM

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modest sonnet Version 26.1.2 I'm working on a chestplate enchantment called Buzzy that has a c...

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modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 6:03 PM

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Here is the enchantment:

    "anvil_cost": 3,
    "description": "Buzzy",
    "effects": {
        "location_changed": [
            {
                "effect": {
                    "type": "apply_mob_effect",
                    "to_apply": "slow_falling",
                    "min_duration": 5,
                    "max_duration": 10,
                    "min_amplifier": 1,
                    "max_amplifier": 255
                },
                "requirements": {
                    "condition": "entity_properties",
                    "entity": "this",
                    "predicate": {
                        "movement": {
                            "fall_distance": {
                                "min": 20,
                                "max": 40
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                
            }
        ],
      "post_attack": [
        {
            "affected": "victim",
            "effect": {
                "type": "run_function",
                "function": "summonbees"
                
            },
            "enchanted": "victim",
            "requirements": {
                "chance": {
                    "type": "minecraft:enchantment_level",
                    "amount": {
                        "type": "minecraft:linear",
                        "base": 0.1,
                        "per_level_above_first": 0.1

                    }
                },
                "condition": "random_chance"
            }
        }
      ]
    },
    "exclusive_set": "#exclusive_set/thorns",
    "max_cost": {
        "base": 15,
        "per_level_above_first": 10
    },
    "max_level": 3,
    "min_cost": {
        "base": 5,
        "per_level_above_first": 2
    },
    "primary_items": "#minecraft:enchantable/chest_armor",
    "slots": [
        "chest"
    ],
    "supported_items": "#minecraft:enchantable/chest_armor",
    "weight": 9
}```

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Here is the function ran by the enchantment:

summon bee ~ ~1 ~ {Tags:[SummonedByBuzzy],CannotEnterHiveTicks:999999999}
summon bee ~ ~1 ~ {Tags:[SummonedByBuzzy],CannotEnterHiveTicks:999999999}
damage @e[type=bee,tag=SummonedByBuzzy,limit=1] 0 generic by @n[predicate=!isbuzzy,tag=!SummonedByBuzzy]```

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Here is the predicate which ensures players wearing a chestplate with Buzzy do not get attacked:

    "condition": "entity_properties",
    "entity": "this",
    "predicate": {
        "slots": {
            "armor.chest": {
                "predicates": {
                    "enchantments": [
                        {
                            "enchantments": "buzzy"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    }
}```

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 6:25 PM

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you can chnage execute context with execute on attacker subcommand so it will run as the attacker

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Then damage the bees as the attacker

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You could also change the way your enchantment works by runing the function not as the vitim but as the attacker and use damage by @s

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:03 PM

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so here's what I've added to the enchantment:

            "affected": "attacker",
            "enchanted": "victim",
            "effect": {
                "type": "run_function",
                "function": "angerbees"
            }
        }```
and here's the new function:
`damage @n[type=bee,tag=SummonedByBuzzy,limit=1] 0 generic by @s`
however, due to both the bees being summoned and damaged on the same tick, they won't attack until the player is damaged again. i've tried to add the angerbees function with a 2 tick delay to the original function and have it be run fully by the attacker, but this causes the bees to simply not attack at all
is there a way for me to make this function run on a delay and still work, or just another way at all to get this to work? if not, I can settle for this, since it's better than not working at all, and I really appreciate the help!

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:13 PM

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Note that when scheduling functions, (with /schedule), all the context is lost so as @s will be the server and at @s will be at 0 0 0

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:14 PM

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i see, so that's why scheduling it in the original function didn't work

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:15 PM

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Does anything change if instead of damaging 0, you damage a small amount ?

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:15 PM

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i shall try that right now!

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:16 PM

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And you can summon the bees in the attacker function so that you ensure the bees are summoned before the damage command is ran

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:18 PM

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a small amount of damage seems to change nothing unfortunately

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changing the function to be like this:

summon bee ~ ~1 ~ {Tags:[SummonedByBuzzy],CannotEnterHiveTicks:999999999}
summon bee ~ ~1 ~ {Tags:[SummonedByBuzzy],CannotEnterHiveTicks:999999999}
damage @n[type=bee,tag=SummonedByBuzzy,limit=1] 0.1 generic by @s```
and have it ran by the attacker in the enchantment also does not seem to fix the issue

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:20 PM

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Make sure you exit and reenter the world when modifying enchantments as /reload won't actually reload them.

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:20 PM

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yes, i learned that the hard way in an event i tried to run a week ago lol

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:21 PM

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And also, you need to target @e[type=bee,tag=SummonedByBuzzy,limit=3]

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what happens when you get hit 2 times in a row ?

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:22 PM

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thorny musk And also, you need to target `@e[type=bee,tag=SummonedByBuzzy,limit=3]`

issue with that is /damage can only do one entity at a time

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:22 PM

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Oh didn't know that

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:23 PM

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otherwise i wouldn't even use a limit at all

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:23 PM

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Then /execute as @e... and you need to tag the attacker so you can easily target them

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:25 PM

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like this?
execute as @e[type=bee,tag=SummonedByBuzzy] on attacker run damage @n[type=bee,tag=SummonedByBuzzy,limit=1] 0.1 generic by @s

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:25 PM

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nope that won't work

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:26 PM

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also putting the two functions together does seem to remove the bees getting angry at all, even before changing it to /execute
it seems the only way it worked was with two separate functions, and that would only work on second time hit

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:26 PM

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tag @s add temp
summon ...
execute as @e[type=bee,tag=SummonedByBuzzy] run damage @s 0 generic by @e[tag=temp]
tag @s remove temp

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Alternatively, bees have an angry_at tag that you could use for your use case

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:31 PM

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thorny musk ``` tag @s add temp summon ... execute as @e[type=bee,tag=SummonedByBuzzy] run d...

unfortunately, this does not cause the bees to attack, unless i've done it wrong. here's how i did it:

summon bee ~ ~1 ~ {Tags:[SummonedByBuzzy],CannotEnterHiveTicks:999999999}
summon bee ~ ~1 ~ {Tags:[SummonedByBuzzy],CannotEnterHiveTicks:999999999}
summon bee ~ ~1 ~ {Tags:[SummonedByBuzzy],CannotEnterHiveTicks:999999999}
execute as @e[type=bee,tag=SummonedByBuzzy] on attacker run damage @s 0 generic by @n[tag=TargetedByBuzzy]
tag @s remove TargetedByBuzzy```

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oh whoops i did do it wrong i see

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please hold, my apologies

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fixed it, however the first set of bees summoned will not attack, it's only when the second set is summoned that they get angry

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:34 PM

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does the second set attack right away ?

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:36 PM

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the second set does attack right away, and it angers the first set and subsequent sets as well

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:43 PM

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I tried some stuff on my own but it seems that bees cannot be angered on the tick they are spawned so you will need to schedule a function

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:49 PM

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how can i schedule it in a way where the context isn't lost? or would i simply need to try doing it in a different way

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:49 PM

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Actually I manage to do it

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You just need to summon your bees with a AngerTime set to something more than 20

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:51 PM

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i see

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i set AngerTime to 300, it did in fact summon the bees in an angry state, but they did not attack until the second set of bees were summoned

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 7:55 PM

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execute as @e[bee selector] run data modify entity @s AngryAt set from entity @n[target selector] UUID

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Yep it didn't work with the /damage command but it does work with this ^

modest sonnet Apr 26, 2026, 7:58 PM

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it wasn't working at first, but when i changed AngryAt to angry_at, it began working

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thank you so much!

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i'm going to do some more testing and ensure it works consistently before closing this

thorny musk Apr 26, 2026, 8:04 PM

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modest sonnet it wasn't working at first, but when i changed AngryAt to angry_at, it began wor...

Oh yes I was testing it in 1.20.6

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