The bug
Some mobs strafe on certain blocks they move extremely fast (1.5 times as fast as hostile endermen), and move straight toward you instead of strafing. Just hit a skeleton in third person in Survival to reproduce, or let it walk on certain blocks like rails, they will go berserk!
Also noticed that if you run down a hill with a horse, the skeleton will "hover" or "slide" towards you.
Affected mobs
Skeleton
Illusioner
Piglin with crossbow
Affected blocks
air
chests
daylight sensors
enchanting tables
end portal frames
grass paths
farmland
lava
water
magma blocks
honey blocks
rails
slabs
soul sand
Linked issues
is duplicated by 16
MC-100588
skeletons move fast on rails
Resolved
MC-106402
Skeleton walking speed on farmland
Resolved
MC-109688
Speedy Skeletons On Non-Full Blocks
Resolved
MC-109793
Skeleton Speed on Slabs
Resolved
MC-120898
Skeletons move super fast when pathfinding toward a survival player
Resolved
MC-150477
Бешенный скелет
Resolved
MC-151725
Aggravated skeletons move way too fast on trapdoors
Resolved
MC-155923
Top Slab bugs
Resolved
MC-156755
Skeletons move like Sonic the hedgehog on slabs
Resolved
MC-157565
skeleton runs super fast after being hit with minecart
Resolved
MC-158031
Skeletons move quickly at the Player, when targeting the Player and on bottom-half slabs.
Resolved
MC-167234
Skeletons/strays and illusioners on honey blocks run very fast towards their targets and does not strafe
Resolved
MC-171623
Skeletons double/triple their speed when on Farmland.
Resolved
MC-172979
Piglin and Soulsand
Resolved
MC-173200
Skeletons move very quickly on soul sand when attacking the player
Resolved
MC-190679
Skeleton Speed on Minecart Rails Bug
Resolved
relates to 5
MC-105588
Skeletons and their variants continue to strafe shortly after losing their targets
Open
MC-129998
Skeletons riding skeleton horses underwater have broken pathfinding when strafing
Open
MC-174500
Skeletons, illusioners, and piglins with crossbows don't strafe on certain blocks
Open
MC-268588
Skeletons, strays, wither skeletons, boggeds and illusioners sliding on the ground
Open
MC-106905
Rabbits jump extra high on farmland and fence related blocks.
Resolved
Attachments
Comments 23
Could you make a list of affected blocks?
Confirmed for farmland.
i can confirm this with grass paths, chests, slabs, magma blocks, enchanting tables, end portal frames, water, lava, and air causing agility bugs when falling or hurt which means that hitting a skeleton also causes glitches. I will edit my report on this bug. I created a new ticket that is related to this one, MC-105588
I have also confirmed this with illusioners.
Confirmed for Daylight Sensors
confirmed for soul sand
This is probably because of the AI of entities on non-solid blocks. They likely have a pathfinding glitch and want to get to the nearest solid block, but being on a non-integer Y level confuses the pathfinding. This happens with passive mobs as well, and they end up spinning is circles on top of fence blocks. This sort of bug has been in the game for a long time.
Here is a video that clearly shows the skeleton running straight at the player when on soul sand and iron trapdoors.
Edit: Confirmed in 17w43a.
I think Jeb should reduce the speed of skeletons, and reduce the difficulty of the game
confirmed for slabs
This is also confirmed for 18w19a because the skeletons (that now sink) will still swim unusually fast, which also makes this bug more noticeable.
Confirmed for 1.14.2 Pre-Release 2
Confirmed for 1.14.2
Confirmed for 1.14.4
Also it happens on the block "farmland" aswell
Skeletons swim at the same speed as the player when in water so that's intended.
@Greg Milson This was never intended. Skeletons should strafe when in water which is not happening.
Still happens in 1.15.1 ... died on skyblock (built in bottom slabs) due to a skeleton going crazy. This seems to happen on any non full block, e.g. when the skeleton is not at perfectly rounded Y coordinate
Confirmed in 1.15.1, slime blocks are also affected. Video
Confirmed 1.15.2
Confirmed for soul sand. This glitch could be a serious problem in the soul sand valley, as skeletons frequently spawn there.
Confirmed for piglins with crossbows.
Still happens in 20w09a.
This was fixed in 20w11a. The skeletons no longer have the speed issue, however, they still don't strafe on certain blocks. I made a report on the behavior without the super speed: MC-174500
gaspoweredpick
this ticket is duplicated by MC-100588