AFK Player Anchor
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![Thumbnail Five stationary dummy players created using AFK Player Anchor, each with a unique identifier and a visible [AFK] name tag.](https://media.forgecdn.net/attachments/2033/265/2026-10-08_18-50-45-png.png)
Five stationary dummy players created using AFK Player Anchor, each with a unique identifier and a visible [AFK] name tag.
![Thumbnail Dummy players appear in the TAB player list with an [AFK] prefix, alongside real players.](https://media.forgecdn.net/attachments/2033/267/2026-10-08_18-50-43-png.png)
Dummy players appear in the TAB player list with an [AFK] prefix, alongside real players.
Dummy player names support Unicode characters from multiple languages, including English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean.
A dummy player positioned near the Overworld destination of a Nether portal mob farm, helping prevent distance-based despawning of transferred mobs.
A stationary dummy player placed near a mob farm to keep surrounding chunks loaded and ticking, helping the farm continue operating while real players are away.
AFK Player Anchor provides commands to create, view, rename, and remove dummy players. Command suggestions are available in Minecraft's chat interface.