Name Tag Tweaks (Legacy Fabric)
Modby Serilum
📛 Adds nametag crafting recipe, command, and named entities drop their tag on death.
Type
Mod
CurseForge Downloads
118,544
CurseForge ID
539820
Last Updated
Jul 29, 2026
Description
Requires the library mod Collective (Fabric) and the Fabric API.
This is the legacy page for Fabric version 1.16 and 1.17.
New files and updates have been moved to the main project page.
For versions of Forge, and Fabric 1.18+, click here.
This mod is part of The Vanilla Experience.
Name Tag Tweaks makes some changes to the game regarding the name tag item. Entities with a custom name will drop their name tag on death. A command is added to change the name tag's value without an anvil. The mod also adds a crafting recipe.
Configurable: ( how do I configure? )
droppedNameTagbyEntityKeepsNameValue (default = true): If enabled, any name tag that drops on an entity's death will keep its named value.
enableNameTagCommand (default = true): If enabled, adds the /nametag <name> command. Used to change the name value without an anvil.
nameTagCommandReplaceUnderscoresWithSpaces (default = true): If enabled, replaces underscores with spaces when using the /nametag command.
The crafting recipe:
The /nametag <name> command:
And the result:
Here you can see a named pig drop its name tag on death:

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