The bug
Hostile mobs attack players, villagers and iron golems normally, but sometimes they will just stop following the player for about a second. Sometimes it will stay next to the player if the player stays still. A video evidence and screenshot shown as proof.
These are the mobs I know so far who will sometimes stop attacking you for 1 second and staying next to you. Rest of them seems to work normally:
Vindicators
Zombified Piglins
Zombies/Zombie Villagers/Husks/Drowned
Endermen
Wither Skeletons
Silverfish
Endermites
Dolphins
(This relates to the latest report I just created: MC-148243)
Related issues
is duplicated by
MC-151718
Some mobs don't keep attacking continuously after being blocked by shield.
MC-155070
Some hostile mobs stop attacking and stay next the player if the player near it
MC-158759
Vindicators are weird
MC-175105
Mobs don't attack other mobs when very close to them
MC-181186
Melee mobs can't attack you if standing too close
MC-183789
Mobs can't attack you if you stand still
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Still confirmed for 1.14 Pre-Release 4.
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Still confirmed for 1.14 Release,1.14.1 Release,1.14.2 Release,1.14.3 Pre1 and 1.14.3 Pre2.
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Confirmed for 1.14.3 Pre-Pelease 3.
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Is duplicated by MC-158759. Confirmed in 19w45b
Orbic
Can confirm, and here's a list of more mobs I found with this issue:
-Pandas, especially when it's a grumpy one
-Hoglins
-Piglins
-Zombified Piglins
-Wither Skeletons
-Silverfish
-Endermites
-Wolves
The only two I'm unsure of are Vexes and Dolphins. Vexes wait a while before attacking but considering they float around and spawn it groups this may be intentional. Dolphin attacks seem bugged as a whole, They'll carry on as usual and then attack you.. sometimes. But prioritize even idle movement over it.
Orbic
Still in 20w10a
Orbic
In 20w11a
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In 20w12a
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Also seems to happen with Spiders sometimes, when you hit them
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Some mobs like Endermen and Baby Zombies sometimes do a weird back-and-forth run when they stop "idling" and try to attack the player again
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In 20w16a
Orbic
Affects 20w18a
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Piglins, hoglins and zoglins aren't affected
Orbic
I tested again just now in 20w19a to see, and yes, Piglins, Hoglins and Zoglins are no longer affected. In fact, neither are Pandas, and Wolves. They've somehow.. stopped doing this. Don't know what could possibly cause that, but now the list is:
-Vindicators
-Zombified Piglins
-Zombies/Zombie Villagers/Husks/Drowned
-Endermen
-Wither Skeletons
-Silverfish
-Endermites
-Dolphins
I still can't confirm for spiders or cave spiders doing this. Perhaps MC-49129 is being mistaken for this bug.
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Confirmed for 20w19a
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Thanks Orbic! The list has been updated to the specific mobs that still has the issue.
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I can't reproduce for spiders either anymore. Maybe I did mistake it for that, I don't know.
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At least Baby Zombies still do this, and even adult Zombies sometimes
galaxy_2alex
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These videos demonstrate the issue with normal zombies and baby zombies:
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This video gives a much better example. The baby zombie and vindicator are faster than the players backward walking speed. When they catch up to me and attempt to hit me, they fail to because they stop moving before they get close enough to hit me. https://streamable.com/hph3g1
Adrian Östergård
The issue shown in the latest comments is a different issue than this bug. It's potentially MC-2310 or it's a different issue.
Resolving this one again.