The bug
When you splash invisibility on a horse, the saddle becomes invisible. When you do the same on a pig, the saddle stays visible. Note that this does not affect horse armor.
Splashing invisibility on a donkey or mule with a chest and/or saddle makes those equipped items invisible with the animal. This also affects saddled camels: MC-256469
Steps to Reproduce
Summon both a pig and a horse with a saddle:
/summon minecraft:pig ~4 ~ ~ {NoAI:1b,Saddle:1b} /summon minecraft:horse ~2 ~ ~ {NoAI:1b,Tame:1b,SaddleItem:{id:"minecraft:saddle",Count:1b}}Obtain a splash potion of invisibility and throw it at both entities.
Observed Behavior
Saddles on horses are not visible if horses have the invisibility effect, unlike pigs.
Expected Behavior
Saddles on horses would be visible when horses have the invisibility effect, just like the saddles of pigs are visible when they have the invisibility effect.
Related issues
is duplicated by
MC-14007
Horse armor
MC-16223
Invisible horses does not show their saddles/armor, and invisible donkeys does not show their saddle/chest.
MC-29208
Found a bug, I think...
MC-35246
Horse armor goes invisible with horse
MC-64838
Horse saddles & armor affected by invisibility
MC-69735
Horse armor and saddle dissapears with horse
relates to
MC-224886
The chests of mules and donkeys flash red when the mob is damaged
MC-61
endermen, spiders and cave spiders eyes and sheep wool remain visible when invisibility potion has been thrown on them
MC-256469
Invisible camels don't show their saddles
MCPE-17512
Horse armor not showing up when horse is under invisibly effect
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it's a bug!😛
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Confirmed.
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Confirmed.
Invisible horses does not show their saddles/armor, and invisible donkeys does not show their saddle/chest.
What it should happen:
Horses with invisible potion effect should show their armor/saddle, also with donkeys, but with their chest/saddle.
What it happened:
Invisible horses/donkeys didn't show their armor/saddle/chest.
How to reproduce:
1) Spawn a horse/donkey.
2) Tame it.
3) Give the horse an armor, saddle it... In the case of donkeys, chest it, saddle it...
3) Throw an invisibility splash potion near the horse/donkey.
... Profit! The full horse/donkey with its armor/saddle/chest are invisible.
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Still a concern in 1.7.4/5 and 1.8
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Confirmed for 14w18b.
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Confirmed for 14w19a.
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confirmed for 14w28b
Jens Bergensten
Fixing this would create a whole bunch of special-case code, as the saddle and armor are baked into the horses' textures. After making a few stabs at the code, I decided it was not worth the effort / complexity. I will remember this when/if we add other mobs with armor in the future.
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Affects 20w45a
Avoma
Can confirm in 20w51a.
Avoma
Can confirm in 21w03a.
Avoma
Can confirm in 21w05b.
Avoma
Can confirm in 21w06a.
Avoma
Can confirm in 21w07a.
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can confirm.
Avoma
Can confirm in 21w11a.
Avoma
Can confirm in 21w14a.
Avoma
Can confirm in 21w15a.
MrD108
Can confirm in 21w16a.
Avoma
Can confirm in 21w17a.
Avoma
Can confirm in 1.17.
Avoma
Can confirm in 1.17.1.
Avoma
Can confirm this behavior in 21w39a. Here are some extra details regarding this problem.
The Bug:
Saddles on horses are not visible if horses have the invisibility effect.
Steps to Reproduce:
Summon both a pig and a horse with a saddle.
/summon minecraft:pig ~4 ~ ~ {NoAI:1b,Saddle:1b}
/summon minecraft:horse ~2 ~ ~ {NoAI:1b,Tame:1b,SaddleItem:{id:"minecraft:saddle",Count:1b}}Obtain a splash potion of invisibility and throw it at both of the entities.
Observed Behavior:
Saddles on horses are not visible if horses have the invisibility effect, unlike pigs.
Expected Behavior:
Saddles on horses would be visible when horses have the invisibility effect, just like how the saddles of pigs are visible when they have the invisibility effect.
ampolive
Can confirm in 21w42a.
Avoma
Can confirm in 1.18.
Avoma
Can confirm in 1.18.1.
Avoma
Can confirm in 1.18.2.
Avoma
Can confirm in 1.19.
Avoma
Can confirm in 1.19.2. As mentioned above, since horses' saddles are "baked" into their textures, this also results in them being affected by the red damage tint when taking damage (MC-224886).
AMGAMES04
Can confirm in 23w32a
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While this post misses out on the remainder of saddle/ride-able mobs, it is still present in 1.20.5 shown here in more detail: MC-271100 Specifically, this alternate bug includes the inconsistency shared by Llamas.
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Can confirm, this issue is present in 1.21. As well as the additional rendering issues detailed in  MC-271100
AMGAMES04
Can confirm in 24w36a
Viradex
Can confirm in 1.21.4. Requesting ownership of this report to maintain it if possible, as the reporter has been inactive for over 11 years.
gegy