Bone Tags - Lode Entities

A bone tag is a special prefix in a bone’s name that gives the bone a behavior. You set them in Blockbench, just by naming groups, and LodeEntities picks them up when the model loads. No config files involved.

The tags at a glance

Tag	On a bone named like	What it does
`h_`	`h_head`	The bone follows the base entity’s head rotation. Your creature looks where it’s looking.
`hi_`	`hi_head`	Same, but the bone and all bones inside it follow the head.
`b_`, `ob_` or the name `hitbox`	`b_body`	The bone defines a custom hitbox.
`p_`	`p_seat`	The bone is a mount point: a hitbox can be seated on it.
`tag_`, `ptag_`, `mtag_`	`tag_name`	The bone positions the nametag.
the name `shadow`	`shadow`	The bone defines the custom shadow.

The one you’ll use first: h_

Most creatures need a head that tracks. Rename your head bone from head to h_head, re-import, and the model’s head follows the entity’s gaze, turning to face players, looking around as the AI does. Use hi_ instead when the head has children that should turn along with it, like ears, horns or a hat bone nested inside.

Trying it out

Any tag change is just a model change: rename the bone in Blockbench, save the model over the old one in Mobs/, /le reload, and spawn a fresh mob to see it.

Going deeper

Three tags are big enough to get their own pages:

Custom Hitboxes: shape where your creature can be hit.
Custom Nametags: put the floating name exactly where you want it.
Custom Shadows: size the shadow to the creature.