[MC-117195] Mobs summoned with no health (Health:0f) do not drop loot

Mobs summoned with no health (Health:0f) will not drop any loot.

I expected that mobs summoned this way drop loot.

Summon a mob with Health:0f in their NBT tag

/summon zombie ~ ~ ~ {Health:0f}

For comparison summoning a mob with health then killing it will drop loot

/summon zombie ~ ~ ~ {Health:1f}

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Also occurs if you change their health to 0f using entitydata (using a command similar to the one below):

entitydata @e[type=zombie,c=1] {Health:0f}

You can't kill what is already dead 😉

It's too much hassle to "fix" this problem, so I suggest you summon your mobs with the Wither effect if you want it to die properly.

/summon minecraft:zombie ~ ~ ~ {ActiveEffects:[{Id:20b,Amplifier:3b,Duration:999}],Health:0.1f}