How to Stop Farm Mobs from Despawning with Crafted Tags

Crafting and Renaming the Tag

Farm mobs can accidentally disappear if they wander or despawn. You can use the Craftable Nametags mod to craft as many tags as your farm requires:

1. Collect basic supplies including iron, paper, and string (or leather).

2. Open a standard crafting table and combine the ingredients to craft a new name tag.

3. Place an anvil down in your base and right-click it to open the repair and rename interface.

4. Put your newly crafted tag into the leftmost slot of the anvil.

5. Click the name field at the top, type your chosen name for the farm animal, and take the finished tag out of the output slot.

Tagging Your Farm Animals

Tags made with this mod function identically to standard tags when used on mobs:

1. Move the renamed tag to your active hotbar slot and hold it in your main hand.

2. Enter your animal pen and look directly at the cow, sheep, pig, or other farm mob you want to keep.

3. Right-click on the animal with the tag.

The tag is consumed from your hand, and the custom name will now float above the animal's head. The mob is permanently marked, ensuring it will not disappear from your farm.