diff --git a/lib/plugins/bed.js b/lib/plugins/bed.js
index 9b526f698..513d70d2b 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/bed.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/bed.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function inject (bot) {
     } else {
       bot._client.write('entity_action', {
         entityId: bot.entity.id,
-        actionId: 2,
+        actionId: bot.supportFeature('entityActionUsesStringMapper') ? 'leave_bed' : 2,
         jumpBoost: 0
       })
     }
diff --git a/lib/plugins/creative.js b/lib/plugins/creative.js
index 2b894e4c6..a398690b6 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/creative.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/creative.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const assert = require('assert')
 const { Vec3 } = require('vec3')
 const { sleep, onceWithCleanup } = require('../promise_utils')
 const { once } = require('../promise_utils')
+const { mapsIdsToNames } = require('../protocol_ids')
 
 module.exports = inject
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ function inject (bot) {
         resolve()
       }, timeoutMs)
       pendingStatsRequests.push(request)
-      bot._client.write('client_command', bot.supportFeature('respawnIsPayload') ? { payload: 1 } : { actionId: 1 })
+      bot._client.write('client_command', bot.supportFeature('respawnIsPayload') ? { payload: 1 } : { actionId: mapsIdsToNames(bot.registry, 'packet_client_command', 'actionId') ? 'request_stats' : 1 })
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/game.js b/lib/plugins/game.js
index d3291b06e..63197f5d3 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/game.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/game.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const nbt = require('prismarine-nbt')
+const { mapsIdsToNames } = require('../protocol_ids')
 module.exports = inject
 
 const difficultyNames = ['peaceful', 'easy', 'normal', 'hard']
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ function inject (bot, options) {
 
   bot._client.on('game_state_change', (packet) => {
     if ((packet.reason === 4 || packet.reason === 'win_game') && packet.gameMode === 1) {
-      bot._client.write('client_command', { action: 0 })
+      bot._client.write('client_command', bot.supportFeature('respawnIsPayload') ? { payload: 0 } : { actionId: mapsIdsToNames(bot.registry, 'packet_client_command', 'actionId') ? 'perform_respawn' : 0 })
     }
     if ((packet.reason === 3) || (packet.reason === 'change_game_mode')) {
       bot.game.gameMode = parseGameMode(packet.gameMode)
diff --git a/lib/plugins/health.js b/lib/plugins/health.js
index 94ff32590..a600c2648 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/health.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/health.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const { mapsIdsToNames } = require('../protocol_ids')
 module.exports = inject
 
 function inject (bot, options) {
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ function inject (bot, options) {
 
   const respawn = () => {
     if (bot.isAlive) return
-    bot._client.write('client_command', bot.supportFeature('respawnIsPayload') ? { payload: 0 } : { actionId: 0 })
+    bot._client.write('client_command', bot.supportFeature('respawnIsPayload') ? { payload: 0 } : { actionId: mapsIdsToNames(bot.registry, 'packet_client_command', 'actionId') ? 'perform_respawn' : 0 })
   }
 
   bot.respawn = respawn
diff --git a/lib/plugins/inventory.js b/lib/plugins/inventory.js
index bab0eef7b..dabde16a0 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/inventory.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/inventory.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const assert = require('assert')
 const { Vec3 } = require('vec3')
 const { once, sleep, createDoneTask, createTask, withTimeout } = require('../promise_utils')
 const { toNotchianYaw, toNotchianPitch } = require('../conversions')
+const { mapsIdsToNames } = require('../protocol_ids')
 
 module.exports = inject
 
@@ -245,6 +246,8 @@ function inject (bot, { hideErrors }) {
     bot.swingArm()
   }
 
+  const mainHand = mapsIdsToNames(bot.registry, 'packet_use_entity', 'hand') ? 'main_hand' : 0
+
   async function activateEntity (entity) {
     // TODO: tell the server that we are not sneaking while doing this
     await bot.lookAt(entity.position.offset(0, 1, 0), false)
@@ -252,7 +255,7 @@ function inject (bot, { hideErrors }) {
       target: entity.id,
       mouse: 0, // interact with entity
       sneaking: false,
-      hand: 0, // interact with the main hand
+      hand: mainHand, // main hand
       location: new Vec3(0, 0, 0)
     })
   }
@@ -264,7 +267,7 @@ function inject (bot, { hideErrors }) {
       target: entity.id,
       mouse: 2, // interact with entity at
       sneaking: false,
-      hand: 0, // interact with the main hand
+      hand: mainHand, // main hand
       x: position.x - entity.position.x,
       y: position.y - entity.position.y,
       z: position.z - entity.position.z,
diff --git a/lib/protocol_ids.js b/lib/protocol_ids.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40e4a5015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/protocol_ids.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Some serverbound action ids are described as a protodef `mapper` on newer protocols, where the
+ * field takes the name rather than the number: 26.1 does it for `client_command.actionId` and
+ * `use_entity.hand`. Writing the number there throws in the serializer and the packet is dropped, so
+ * every writer has to ask the schema which shape this version wants.
+ */
+function mapsIdsToNames (registry, packet, field) {
+  const type = registry.protocol?.play?.toServer?.types?.[packet]?.[1]?.find(f => f.name === field)?.type
+  return Array.isArray(type) && type[0] === 'mapper'
+}
+
+module.exports = { mapsIdsToNames }
diff --git a/test/internalTest.js b/test/internalTest.js
index 068368f4d..b89d9ed76 100644
--- a/test/internalTest.js
+++ b/test/internalTest.js
@@ -1527,6 +1527,80 @@ for (const supportedVersion of mineflayer.testedVersions) {
       })
     })
 
+    describe('string mapped action ids', () => {
+      // 26.1 maps client_command's actionId and use_entity's hand to strings, and 1.21.6+ maps
+      // entity_action's actionId; a numeric id fails to serialize there and never reaches the server.
+      const fields = (name) => registry.protocol?.play?.toServer?.types?.[name]?.[1] ?? []
+      const has = (name, field) => fields(name).some(f => f.name === field)
+
+      // Resolves with the first matching packet the server sees. Asserting inside the packet listener
+      // would throw on the read path and wedge the connection instead of failing the test.
+      function packetFrom (name, act, want = () => true) {
+        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+          server.on('playerJoin', async (client) => {
+            try {
+              client.on('packet', (data, meta) => { if (meta.name === name && want(data)) resolve(data) })
+              await client.write('login', bot.test.generateLoginPacket())
+              const chunk = bot.test.buildChunk()
+              chunk.setBlockType(vec3(0, 64, 0), registry.blocksByName.stone.id)
+              await client.write('map_chunk', generateChunkPacket(chunk))
+              await client.write('position', {
+                x: 0,
+                y: 66,
+                z: 0,
+                dx: 0,
+                dy: 0,
+                dz: 0,
+                yaw: 0,
+                pitch: 0,
+                flags: bot.registry.version['>=']('1.21.3') ? {} : 0,
+                teleportId: 0
+              })
+              await sleep(200)
+              await act()
+            } catch (err) {
+              reject(err)
+            }
+          })
+        })
+      }
+
+      it('respawns with an action id the protocol accepts', async () => {
+        const packet = await packetFrom('client_command', () => {
+          bot.isAlive = false
+          bot.respawn()
+        })
+        const mapped = fields('packet_client_command').some(f => f.name === 'actionId' && f.type[0] === 'mapper')
+        assert.strictEqual(packet.actionId ?? packet.payload, mapped ? 'perform_respawn' : 0)
+      })
+
+      it('interacts with an entity using a hand the protocol accepts', async () => {
+        const packet = await packetFrom('use_entity', () => {
+          const Entity = require('prismarine-entity')(registry)
+          const target = new Entity(42)
+          target.position = vec3(1, 66, 0)
+          target.height = 1.8
+          bot.entities[target.id] = target
+          return bot.activateEntity(target)
+        })
+        // Before 1.9 the packet carries no hand at all; getting it at the server is the whole assertion.
+        if (has('packet_use_entity', 'hand')) {
+          const mapped = fields('packet_use_entity').some(f => f.name === 'hand' && f.type[0] === 'mapper')
+          assert.strictEqual(packet.hand, mapped ? 'main_hand' : 0)
+        }
+      })
+
+      it('leaves a bed with an action id the protocol accepts', async () => {
+        const mapped = registry.supportFeature('entityActionUsesStringMapper')
+        const sneakOrSprint = new Set(mapped ? ['start_sprinting', 'stop_sprinting'] : [0, 1, 3, 4])
+        const packet = await packetFrom('entity_action', () => {
+          bot.isSleeping = true
+          return bot.wake()
+        }, (data) => !sneakOrSprint.has(data.actionId))
+        assert.strictEqual(packet.actionId, mapped ? 'leave_bed' : 2)
+      })
+    })
+
     describe('onceWithCleanup', () => {
       it('rejects instead of throwing out of emit when checkCondition throws', async () => {
         // A condition that throws used to unwind whatever was emitting. For a