[MC-1049] Inconsistent/Bad rare drop design

ISSUE: Current zombie rare drop system makes fighting zombies worthless while skeletons retain pre-1.4.2 drop pattern.

THEORY: Zombies suffer from a two-part calculation for their drops: one to spawn with the item and one to actually drop it.

SOLUTION: The chance for a zombie to drop the sword or shovel it is currently holding needs to be set to 100%

Linked issues

is duplicated by 1

MC-1703 Zombies drop rate Resolved

relates to 1

MC-4384 Zombies with items not dropping it on death Resolved

Comments 2

default 2012-10-28T17:23:51Z

I believe that the rare zombies that are carrying items such as a sword, should always drop that item when killed.

Nathan Adams 2012-10-29T14:21:41Z

It is intentional that there's both a chance to have and a chance to drop. The chance of any given mob dropping an item is roughly the same as before, only now they'll actually wear it + some other mobs may wear it too (but won't drop it).