With the new Raids being added in the game it seems like Vindicators that spawn inside these Raids are displaying and dropping after get killed Wooden Axes:
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But this doesn't affect their Base Damage, in this Screenshot I still in Hard Dificulty and they still dealt the same Damage as before.
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And this is not the case with Vindicators that are spawned with a Spawn Egg
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They even drop the Wooden Axe normally, instead of being an Iron Axe, so it's not just a Visual Bug
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I've had vindicators drop stone axes as well. Hard to tell if this is intended, but if it is, it's strange.