Minecraft – Data values with /summon

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I wish to summon a wet sponge in front of me. I know:

/summon Item ~ ~ ~ {Item:{id:minecraft:sponge,Count:1}

But I don't know how to add wet sponge's data value (1) in that command.

There seems to be a lack of online information on this topic.

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The item's data value is stored as the Damage tag:

/summon Item ~ ~ ~ {Item:{id:"minecraft:sponge",Count:1,Damage:1}}

The wiki has a list of all item NBT data here.

-1 fits all possible data values

From the wiki entry on execute (emphasis mine):

block and data (detect mode only)

Specifies the block id and data which the block at (x2,y2,z2) must match for the command to run. block must be a valid block id (for example, minecraft:stone), and data must be a valid block data for that type of block or -1 to match any block data.

This use of -1 is not limited to execute. Other commands, such as testforblock also work like this.

Minecraft – Summon an item frame with custom item which have data on it

The Damage tag holds the metadata value of the item:

/summon ItemFrame 2019 32 1060 {Facing:3,Item:{id:"minecraft:skull",Damage:5,Count:1}}

Since 1.8, you should not have been using numerical IDs in NBT data. Since 1.7, using numerical IDs in command syntax presented you with a warning to not use name IDs.

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