[MC-196141] Experience Orbs in spawners are 2D instead of 3D

The Bug
Experience Orbs within spawners are 2D which is inconsistent with other entities in spawners which are all 3D. This causes them to be small and un-viewable at certain times during there rotations.

/setblock ~ ~ ~ spawner{SpawnData:{entity:{id:"minecraft:experience_orb"},Delay:1s}}

Linked issues

relates to 3

MC-255849 Dragon fireballs appear very distorted in spawners Open

MC-779 Some entities are displayed outside of their spawner Reopened

MC-189565 Some entities do not render inside of spawners and producing error log spam in console, potentially causing lag Resolved

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[Mod] markderickson 2020-07-26T03:42:13Z

Hi there!

I can confirm for snapshot 20w30a and release 1.16.1.

Avoma 2021-01-21T15:53:48Z

Can confirm in 21w03a.

Avoma 2021-02-05T13:04:58Z

Can confirm in 21w05b.

Avoma 2021-02-13T11:53:26Z

Can confirm in 21w06a.

Avoma 2021-02-21T13:41:13Z

Can confirm in 21w07a.

6 more comments

Avoma 2022-03-21T19:43:53Z

Can confirm in 1.18.2 and 22w11a.

muzikbike 2022-03-25T16:37:30Z

Affects 22w12a

Avoma 2022-07-18T10:38:06Z

Can confirm in 1.19.

Avoma 2022-09-15T16:35:45Z

Can confirm in 1.19.2.

damku1214 2026-08-02T14:33:48Z

Don’t know how this is a bug - experience orbs were never 3D. They were always 2D, rotating depending on the player’s yaw.
I don’t think that entities being 3D in a spawner is ‘consistent behavior’, as all the spawner does is render the entity as it would normally when spawned (entities like fireball and dragon_fireball also render similarly in 2D).

If an experience orb were to be 3D, a whole new model would have to be made. I think that is what actually breaks the consistent behavior of a spawner rendering entities as is.