When rain lasts from night into the day, Drowned run back for the water instead of staying on land even when they are chasing villagers. They don't catch fire, but act like they do. Regular zombies will continue to chase villagers.
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is duplicated by 10
MC-276109
Drowned no longer chase players that are out of the water and during daytime
Resolved
MC-127247
Unarmed drowned by spawn egg / command to spawn don't take the initiative to attack the villagers and player
Resolved
MC-202720
Drowneds do not attack players during day despite they are wearing a helmet
Resolved
MC-190929
If the drowned is in the shade during the day, it cannot attack.
Resolved
MC-146808
Drowned don't attack Wandering Trader
Resolved
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Confirmed. Best way to reproduce this is to set the time to night and the weather to rain, drown a zombie (edit: or spawn a drowned), and then spawn a villager. The drowned will now chase the villager.
Now set the time to day, while it is still raining. The drowned will immediately run towards the next water puddle.
Keep in mind that MC-127247 exists when testing this.Actually, this bug is the cause of MC-127247.