Java Edition:Spawn Egg with Hand and Armor Drop Chances

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Directly updating any spawn egg from 11w49a - 1.8.9 to 15w33a - 15w33c (1.9 Snapshots) results in the spawn egg gaining tags for hand and armor drop chances. Spawn eggs must be first obtained in 11w49a (1.1 Snapshot) by temporarily going into creative mode. This tag does not do anything^[test], making it an unobservable feature. The NBT will be removed from the spawn egg if updated to 15w34a or later meaning it is only discontinued in the three snapshots.

Variants

The tag is only possible on the spawn eggs that were obtainable in 11w49a. A full list of these is below:

Obtainable Spawn Eggs

• Creeper
• Skeleton
• Spider
• Zombie
• Slime
• Ghast
• Pig Zombie
• Enderman
• Cave Spider
• Silverfish
• Blaze
• Magma Cube
• Pig
• Sheep
• Cow
• Chicken
• Squid
• Wolf
• Mooshroom
• Villager

See also

• Spawn Egg