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-127247
Unarmed drowned by spawn egg / command to spawn don't take the initiative to attack the villagers and player
Resolved
MC-127354
Drowned don't attack in the day
Resolved
MC-127385
Drowned don't attack when it's raining
Resolved
MC-129597
Drowned try to extinguish themselves during the day even if they are not on fire.
Resolved
MC-133588
Drowned do not attack villager without a water
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.