[MC-184330] Skeleton arrows fail to hit the wither

The Bug
When a Skeleton aggros on a Wither, its arrows fail to hit and just bounce off.

Replicate

Spawn a Skeleton
Spawn a Wither
Have the Skeleton aggro on the Wither (I did this by having the skeleton being hit by the explosion of the wither spawn)
Notice that when the skeleton attacks the Wither, it just bounces off

Linked issues

relates to 3

MC-6101 The Ender Dragon cannot be harmed by other mob's projectiles Reopened

MC-162633 Zombified piglins don't do damage to withers Open

MC-177878 Zoglins uselessly attack the wither Open

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Comments 33

Iosiv Visokogorskiy 2020-06-15T13:06:58Z

Can you reproduce this bug in 1.15.2?

pine1needle 2020-06-16T06:10:49Z

This might be related to MC-6101.

user-a4a49 2020-06-18T08:55:52Z

Confirmed in 1.16 Pre-release 8.

poweredbow 2020-07-31T04:46:43Z

Undead mobs do not damage withers, so WAI.

anthony cicinelli 2020-07-31T04:49:44Z

poweredbow if you see Henrik Kniberg is currently working on this bug so it has plans to be fixed. Also if it is WAI then you need a source.

23 more comments

AMGAMES04 2022-02-09T19:58:59Z

Can confirm in 22w06a

AMGAMES04 2022-02-18T14:27:42Z

Can confirm in 22w07a

clamlol 2022-03-16T21:51:13Z

Affects 22w11a.

Avoma 2022-11-07T18:44:35Z

Can confirm in 1.19.2 and 22w44a.

diskria 2024-11-17T19:04:17Z

Can confirm in 1.21.3 and 24w46a, but...
All undead mobs are able to aggro on the Wither and attempt to hit him, although they do not inflict any damage. I think it’s necessary to create a general bug report about this issue and mark this report as a duplicate.