As the name suggests, the Replace Item command in Minecraft can be used to swap one item for another, although the limitations of this command are quite loose, allowing players to replace many things in the environment. well outside of their own inventory.
This particular Minecraft command is more useful than one might think at a quick glance. Players can replace their armor and equipped weapons, replace items in chests, swap items in their toolbar, and even replace blocks on their character model or on different entities such as villagers or mobs. In Minecraft Bedrock Edition specifically, this command has a slightly different syntax than how it would be typed in Java Edition.
Minecraft Bedrock Edition: Entering and using the element replacement command
Since Minecraft Bedrock Edition runs on a different platform than its Java counterpart, a different command syntax is often required when executing any form of in-game chat console commands. Item replacement order and additional ordering information for Bedrock Edition can be found below:
- The default command syntax for current versions of Minecraft Bedrock Edition is “/replaceitem block
slot.container [amount] [data] [components]” without quotes. This will replace a block with another element. - Players wishing to replace an entity’s held item with a different item will use the command syntax “/replaceitem entity
[amount] [data] [components]“again without quotes. - The position represents the x/y/z coordinates of the block or feature whose element is being replaced.
- Target designates a player or target indicator (such as @a for all players) whose element will be replaced in the same way as the positional argument works for blocks.
- The location type determines the type of location that will replace the object. For example, Minecraft players can use the “slot.chest” type to replace items in a storage chest.
- The location ID decides which location number will replace the item. For example, using a number from 1 to 53 will determine the slot number at which an item is replaced in a chest.
- Item name is the designated name of the item in Minecraft that will be used as the replacement item. For example, “minecraft.apple” would replace the existing item with an apple.
- The amount is an optional argument, allowing players to place multiples of an item in a stack in a slot.
- Data is another optional argument that can place a specific variant of an element as a replacement instead of its default value. For example, Minecraft players could use the data value of 22 to use a variation of an arrow that is enchanted with instant healing, while using a value of 18 would inflict slow instead. Both items are arrows, but their data values distinguish their variance.
- Components is an optional .json argument that probably won’t be used in most cases of the command. This can be used to change the item properties from their defaults if desired.
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There are a huge number of different commands that can be performed with an override item in Minecraft. Players should find commands that are useful to them and keep them in writing for easy access.