[MC-120158] Anvils and other falling_blocks with HurtEntities set to true kill items and xp orbs

The bug

Anvils and other falling_block entities with HurtEntities set to 1b kill items and xp orbs.

How to reproduce

Make a tower of anvils
Place a non-full block, 2 blocks beneath the bottom anvil
Remove the block in between the non-full block and the anvil
→ ❌ The anvils kill the already dropped anvil items resulting in a single anvil item in the end

Linked issues

is duplicated by 6

MC-124293 Anvil items vanish on merge when anvils fall at least 2.5 blocks onto non full cube block Resolved

MC-141736 Dropping 2 or more Anvils on a Slab will result in you only receiving 1 Anvil. Resolved

MC-152498 Anvil item entities get deleted when trying to stack with another anvil item entity Resolved

MC-180539 Anvils disappear as well as items in them Resolved

MC-185609 Item entity dies from falling anvil Resolved

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relates to 2

MC-572 Anvils sometimes destroy items when falling on them even if they aren't placed successfully Resolved

MC-206594 Large stalactites falling occasionally don't drop all of their pointed dripstone items Resolved

Comments 9

JochCool 2017-08-15T14:28:33Z

Can confirm for Minecraft 1.12.1. Only the last anvil is left.

What I did notice though, is that when an anvil falls on a torch, the torch disappears and the anvil remains. The torch didn't seem to drop its item, which is probably because it was "crushed" by the anvil.