Do you want to summon a fireball in Minecraft? You are able to do that whenever you want and you are able to do that by usinga cheat (game command) in Minecraft. To summon Fireball, you will have to use the /summon command.
If you want to run game commands in Minecraft, you need to turn cheats on in your Minecraft world. If you play Minecraft using Java Edition 1.16 on your PC or Mac, you will have to use this syntax to be able to summon a fireball by using /summon command:
/summon fireball [pos] [nbt]
It is important for you to know that beginning in Java Edition 1.16, the direction NBT tag has been replaced with Motion tag and now it is optional.
What about the syntax to summon a fireball in Minecraft Java Edition 1.14, 1.15, and 1.16 in Java Edition on PC or Mac? The syntax to summon a fireball is like this:
/summon fireball <pos> <nbt>
However, it is also important for you to know that you need to provide the direction NBT tag. If not, the command will not work. You are able to see below.
/summon fireball ~ ~1 ~ {direction:[0.0,0.0,0.0]}
Here are some notes about the syntax above.
- pos is needed and it is the x y z coordinate where the fireball should spawn.
- nbt is a compound NBT tag and it is formerly named data tag. It sets a property for the fireball like {ExplosionPower:4}.
To make you more understand about the usage of the command, below you are able to see some examples of the Fireball Command usage.
In Java Edition 1.16 on PC or Mac, if you want to summon a fireball, it will be like this:
/summon fireball
If you want to summon a fireball which has an Explosion Power of 4, then the command that you have to use will be like this:
/summon fireball ~ ~1 ~ {ExplosionPower:4}
How to summon a fireball which has an Explosion Power of 4 and moves East at an initial velocity of 3:0? The command is like this:
/summon fireball ~ ~1 ~ {ExplosionPower:4,Motion:[3.0,0.0,0.0]}
Note that beginning in 1.16, you have to use the Motion NBT tag to set initial velocity instead of the direction tag.
And below, you are able to see some examples to summon fireball in Java Edition 1.14, 1.15 and 1.16 in PC or Mac.
/summon fireball ~ ~1 ~ {direction:[0.0,0.0,0.0]}
If you want to summon a fireball which has an Explosion Power of 4, you can use this command:
/summon fireball ~ ~1 ~ {ExplosionPower:4,direction:[0.0,0.0,0.0]}
And if you want to summon a fireball which has an Explosion Power of 4 and moves East at an initial velocity of 3:0, you can use this command:
/summon fireball ~ ~1 ~ {ExplosionPower:4,direction:[3.0,0.0,0.0]}
To enter the command, you have to open the chat window. In Java edition, you can access it by pressing the T key. Then, you have to type the command in the chat window. When you are typing, you will see the command come up in the lower left corner of the game window. Then, hit the Enter key to run the command. If the cheat has been entered, the fireball will spawn and come up in your world. There will be a message “Summoned New Fireball” which appear in the lower left corner of the game window. It indicates that the fireball has been summoned.
