Spawn particles

saturn:spawn_particles

Spawns particles near the entity using offset and spread parameters.

Runs an operation on a single entity. Used in entity action fields such as entity_action and a trigger rule's action; action arrays run in order.

JSON fields

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
type	Resource ID	yes	—	saturn:spawn_particles
particle	Enum string	yes	—	Vanilla particle parameter.
bientity_condition	Bi-entity condition	no	{"type":"saturn:always"}	Condition that filters the two sides of the context.
count	Integer	yes	—	Count or count matching pattern. Codec range: 0, 2147483647.
speed	Number	no	0.0	Particle speed.
force	Boolean	no	false	Whether to force the particles to be sent.
spread	Array of three numbers	no	[0.5,0.5,0.5]	Spread range on the three axes.
offset_x	Number	no	0.0	Offset along the X axis.
offset_y	Number	no	0.5	Offset along the Y axis.
offset_z	Number	no	0.0	Offset along the Z axis.

JSON example

{
  "type": "saturn:spawn_particles",
  "particle": {
    "type": "minecraft:cloud"
  },
  "count": 1
}

This is a value to embed in the corresponding field, not a standalone loadable data pack file. The example: references in the examples must be replaced with defined entries.

Java entry point

com.iafenvoy.saturn.data.action.builtin.entity.SpawnParticlesAction. This page is based on the Codec in the current 26.1.2 source.