Starts when · Starts a flow
When a dropped item vanishes
Starts when an item lying on the ground times out and disappears after five minutes.
m.on.item_despawn
In a flow
“When a dropped item vanishes, the steps wired after it run.”
When item despawn → Broadcast {trigger.entity_type}
What it does
Starts when an item lying on the ground times out and disappears after five minutes. It starts a flow, and gives the steps after it values about what happened. It gives 3 values later steps can use. Find it under Starts when in the palette.
When to use it
Use it to start a flow when a dropped item vanishes.
When not to
If the flow should start from a click or a command instead, pick that trigger: a flow has exactly one.
Typical wiring
Values it gives
- Entity Entity
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The entity of the item despawn. e.g. Zombie
If it's empty: Empty when the step didn't make one (it stopped early or was skipped); steps reading it get nothing.
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- Entity type Text
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The entity type of the item despawn. e.g. minecraft:stone
If it's empty: Empty when the step didn't make one (it stopped early or was skipped); steps reading it get nothing.
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- Location Location
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The location of the item despawn. e.g. world 10 64 -3
If it's empty: Empty when the step didn't make one (it stopped early or was skipped); steps reading it get nothing.
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