If a Piglin is holding a crossbow and picks up an item they want (e.g. Golden Carrots, Blocks of Gold, etc.), they will lose the crossbow in favor of holding that item. This does not happen with Gold Ingots or Gold Nuggets. Bartering with Gold Ingots still works as intended.
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We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-172090, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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