Entities Format
Byte Order
entities.dat is stored in Little Endian byte order.
Parsing Entities
Part 1 (Getting the NBT with the Entities and TileEntities)
| Name | Size (in bytes) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Magic | 4 | The magic number used to identify the entities file. Always 0x454E5400 or ENT. |
| Version | 4 | The version of the entities format. Always 1. |
| NBT Compound Size | 4 | The length of the NBT compound in bytes. |
| NBT Compound | Variable | The NBT compound holding the entities and tile entities. |
Part 2 (Getting Entities and TileEntities Data)
Entities
| Tag Name | Tag Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Entities | ListTag of CompoundTags | List of all the entities in the world. Each CompoundTag is an Entity. |
TileEntites
| Tag Name | Tag Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TileEntities | ListTag of CompoundTags | List of all the tile entities in the world. Each CompoundTag is a Tile Entity. |
License & Credits
This file is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
The information here is from this Minecraft wiki page with some wording tweaked and/or simplify
Contributors
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