Minecraft: craft name badge - is that possible?
While you can't craft name badges in Minecraft, you can still rename individual creatures. We'll tell you exactly how this works in this game tip.
Minecraft: Rename creatures without a name tag
To change the name of a creature, you must rename the name badge with the anvil. Then you have to right click on the creature.
- Renaming the sign for the first time costs five experience levels each. Each further renaming costs you nine levels.
- You can find name badges in dungeons and forts, sometimes when fishing.
- Alternatively, you can rename a creature with the "/ entitydata" command. You need the object ID, the old and the new name.
- For example, a command would be "/ entitydata @e [type = Villager, name = Oyo] {CustomName:" Prof. Oyo "}".