Change an NPC's shown name

Change the name shown over an NPC's head, or take it off by leaving it empty.

Try it on your server

A Minecraft element (a step) in Plugins. Needs the Basic plan or higher to go live; building and testing are free.

Example

When a quest finishes → Change an NPC's shown name: <green>Guide (done).

Also called

rename npc, npc name, npc title, display name, name tag

Works as a data pack?

No. This one needs the Elementium plugin on a Paper server.

What you give it

• Name shown

Related

• Add a hologram line
• Copy a hologram
• Create a hologram
• Hide a hologram from a player
• Insert a hologram line
• Move a hologram
• Nudge a hologram
• Remove a hologram

All Minecraft elements