Minecraft – Why doesn’t this /give command work

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So basically I have this command,

give @p sign 1 0
{
    BlockEntityTag:{
        Text2:"{\"text\":\"Don't Click me\",\"strikethrough\":true}",
        Text3:"{
            \"text\":\"Click Me!\",
            \"italic\":true,
            \"underlined\":true,
            \"clickEvent\":{
                \"action\":\"run_command\",
                \"value\":\"/setblock ~ ~100 ~ repeating_command_block{
                    Command:\\"/gamemode creative @a\\",
                    auto:1}
                \"
            }
        }"
    },
    display:{
        Name:"Custom Sign"
    }
}

Which in theory, when activated it should spawn a sign which when placed and right-clicked should spawn a repeating command block 100 blocks in the air which sets everyone in the server (@a) to creative mode. Although when I try to use it, only the "/give @p) part isn't red. I don't know much about commands but I can't seem to find anything wrong with it. Any help would be appreciated. Also I'm in version 1.16.4.

Best Answer

There are 3 things wrong with this command:

Firstly, the sign item name has been renamed to oak_sign (for definite future-proofness, I'd recommend you use minecraft:oak_sign instead).

Secondly, positioning for the NBT tag of an item is right after the item name itself. For example:

/give @p minecraft:oak_sign{display:{Name:"{\"text\":\"My Custom Name\"}"}} 1

Thirdly, I tried running your exact command and the syntax for the NBT data didn't seem to be correct. I can't figure out why, but if anyone can they should feel free to edit this answer

Related Solutions

Minecraft – Why doesn’t this Minecraft “/give” command work

A compound tag surrounds its data in curly brackets, while a list tag surrounds its data in square brackets. All tags except for those directly within a list must have a name.

The ench tag is a list, yet you have declared it as a compound because it's opened using curly brackets:

ench:{[],[],[]}

And within those curly brackets you have unnamed lists, which breaks syntax. The ench tag is instead a list of compounds:

ench:[{},{},{}]

You have also declared the id and lvl tags as strings by using quotation marks, when they are supposed to be numerical (specifically a short; a number between -32,768 and 32,767).

The game will not auto-correct any tag-types within item data, so by declaring it as an integer (number between -2,147,483,648 and 2,147,483,647) it will remain an integer and not the standard short. The game will still recognize that it's a numerical value even in that case. To declare a short, you append a numerical value with an "s". To declare an integer, you simply use a numerical value.

The Lore list must be placed within the display compound.

Fixed command, using the correct tag-types for enchantments:

/give x_xstolasx_x diamond_sword 1 0 {display:{Name:"Hellbringer",Lore:["Guilty."]},ench:[{id:20s,lvl:2s},{id:16s,lvl:10s},{id:19s,lvl:2s}]}

Alternative, using integers to show that the game will accept it:

/give x_xstolasx_x diamond_sword 1 0 {display:{Name:"Hellbringer",Lore:["Guilty."]},ench:[{id:20,lvl:2},{id:16,lvl:10},{id:19,lvl:2}]}

It is recommended to declare correct tag-types for the sake of consistency, since enchantments applied through normal means will be shorts.

Minecraft – getting an ‘unexpected token’ error with this Minecraft /give command

You need to add more escape characters to deeper-nested quotation marks. You open the Text1 tag with a ", thus the very next " character closes it. You open the value tag for the click event with \", meaning the next \" you use will close it, which occurs in your nested /give command's NBT data (specifically just after the Name tag). That it what's causing your issue.

The formula to determine the number of backslashes required is: 2n+1, where n is the number of current backslashes. For the nested NBT data, you need 3 backslashes per quotation mark (\\\").

Fixed command:

/give @p sign 1 0 {BlockEntityTag:{Text1:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true,\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"clear @p[name=rainbowlack,r=3] cactus 0 2304\"}}",Text2:"{\"text\":\"2304 Cacti\",\"color\":\"red\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"give @p[name=rainbowlack,r=3] minecraft:cookie 18 0 {display:{Name:\\\"$100 Cookie\\\",Lore:[$100]}}\"}}",Text3:"{\"text\":\"iIiIiIi\",\"color\":\"light_purple\",\"strikethrough\":true,\"obfuscated\":true}",Text4:"{\"text\":\"[Sell]\",\"color\":\"dark_purple\",\"bold\":true}"},display:{Name:"Custom Sign"}}