The bug
When conduits are placed out of water, they create a water source block. The expected behavior would be the player is unable to place the conduit or the conduit is not waterlogged. This can further be exploited by using conduits to place water in the nether.
It was rather easily fixed in Bedrock Edition by removing the water. However, its not done in Java Edition (I hate this name) yet.
Related issues
is duplicated by
MC-128238
Conduits don't have waterlogged state despite making flowing water (Now merged with MC-128236)
MC-128240
Conduit is very buggy...
MC-128269
conduit can be placed in the nether and when broken allows water to flow in the nether
MC-128287
Water createable in Nether using conduits
MC-128313
Nether is overall strange
MC-128537
condoit is every time waterlogged
MC-128571
Conduit places water in the Nether
MC-129588
Players can create water in the Nether by destroying the conduits.
Comments
ZockerAxel
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I reported the both other issues on other tickets.
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Fixed in Bedrock Edition.
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Finally fixed!
Redrooey
this wasn't fixed in 18w20b. I tried /setblock ~ ~ ~ conduit and it still had water.
violine1101
Yep, still an issue, reproducible in survival by using a sponge.
↑ that would be a different issue. You don't place the conduit that way. And that's how force-waterlogged blocks work.
This issue has been technically fixed by not allowing conduits to be placed anymore outside of water, unless you're using cheats. You can do anything with cheats.
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That's not really a fix tho
Agnes Larsson
Also note: It doesn't even have a Waterlogged Tag, but destroying it will update it so the water flows. Also the Hitbox is like a Full Block's Hitbox