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MC-139468

Pillagers can't use bows/Skeletons and Illusioners can't use crossbows

Pillagers cannot use bows, and both all types of skeletons and Illusioners cannot use crossbows, even though both are weapons that fire arrows. In the case of Pillagers and Illusioners, it has already been reported (MC-139433), but for skeletons, it was discovered by Minecraft YouTuber Phoenix SC (www.youtube.com/watch?v=McU0QILC4_o), and I discovered it works with ALL skeleton variants (screenshot below). In the below screenshot, all skeletons are using their melee attack (they normally don't get this close to mobs they are hostile to (barring the wither skeleton, who normally attacks with a stone sword)).

The steps to reproduce are exactly the same as in MC-139433, except that you can use "skeleton", "wither_skeleton", or "stray" instead of [illager], and that this NBT data is instead:

{HandItems:[{id:crossbow,Count:1b},{}]} or {HandItems:[{id:bow,Count:1b},{}]}

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As of 18w47a, Pillagers stick their arms out, even when wielding a bow (MC-139703). However, they still don't use the weapon.

Still in 19w02a

Confirmed for 19w03a

Confirm for 19w03b and 19w03c

Confirmed in 19w04b, 19w05a and 19w06a.

Confirmed in 19w07a.

Yellow01

coschevi

Confirmed

bow, crossbow, pillager, skeleton

Minecraft 18w45a, Minecraft 18w46a, Minecraft 18w47a, Minecraft 18w47b, Minecraft 18w48a, ..., Minecraft 19w03c, Minecraft 19w04b, Minecraft 19w05a, Minecraft 19w06a, Minecraft 19w07a

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