[MC-259188] Iron Golems don't attack the player after attacking another Iron Golem.

As said in the summary, iron golems dont attack the player after attacking an another iron golem.

How to reproduce:

Step 1:Create a new world in creative mode.

Step 2:Spawn two iron golems using spawn eggs (presumably works with other ways of spawning).

Step 3:Change to survival mode.

Step 4:Attack one of the iron golems, the other one does not attack.

Comments 24

user-f2760 2023-01-18T12:49:44Z

Did a player create the iron golems?

7 8 2023-01-18T12:52:16Z

nope, naturally spawned, also i saw the bug in singleplayer

Brain81505 2023-01-18T12:58:55Z

Please give me more info, does "naturally spawned" mean spawn by villager? Does the difficulty is set to Peaceful? And what does "an another iron golem" mean?

7 8 2023-01-18T13:02:44Z

1:yes it does 2:no 3:"an another iron golem" means the iron golem that got attacked

Brain81505 2023-01-18T13:06:06Z

Ok, can you send me some image?

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7 8 2023-01-18T13:13:27Z

in case you are wondering, no, i did saw the bug in a world where i never changed my gamemode

Brain81505 2023-01-18T13:23:17Z

Did you play on lastest version (1.19.3)? And did you use any mods? We don't accept a bug report with outdated version and modded game.

7 8 2023-01-18T13:27:44Z

yes i did play on the latest version and no i did not use any mods

7 8 2023-01-18T13:29:05Z

also, you cant reproduce the bug or something? no offense

Brain81505 2023-01-19T15:31:10Z

I cannot reproduce this issue, please send me a world file so I can download and see what happens on your world.

7 8 2023-01-19T15:57:39Z

i legitimately dont know how to, please tell me how

7 8 2023-01-19T15:58:06Z

wait, making a zip of the folder right?

7 8 2023-01-19T15:58:16Z

the world folder, i mean

Brain81505 2023-01-20T04:32:22Z

Sorry for respond late but to insert world folder, on the main screen, first click Singleplayer, then click on your world->Edit->Open World Folder, you can see the world folder, on the top, click "saves", next select and right-click your world folder->Send to->Compressed (zipped) folder. Now your have a zipped folder. Finally, send it to me by click "Attach files".

7 8 2023-01-20T09:46:57Z

all done

Brain81505 2023-01-21T14:56:18Z

@7 8, I'm sorry, but I can't reproduce this issue even in your world.

7 8 2023-01-21T20:03:01Z

maybe its related to the java version im using (not the game version, 19)

Brain81505 2023-03-15T16:01:55Z

Can you still reproduced this issue in 1.19.4?

[Mod] Jingy 2024-01-15T19:53:57Z

I can confirm that Golems do not have pack aggression, but with the lack of QoL and different features of the modern game in older versions, it is very difficult to confirm this behavior actually existed in previously. When I tried myself going back to version 1.9 I was not able to replicate the described expected behavior. Can you confirm this behavior existed previously with Golems? If so, some steps to reproduce the issue would be very helpful to have.

The only instance I can find of this behavior mentioned or shown is on the Minecraft wiki page, but can't seem to find a version currently where this existed:

If a village has more than one naturally-spawned iron golems and a player attacks one in front of the other(s), all of iron golems in that type may become hostile to the player.

user-f2760 2024-01-15T20:16:05Z

Regarding that quote: "may" because it decreases popularity/reputation. As mentioned on the same page:

and may attack players that attack it or have a low popularity or reputation with their village.

[Mod] Jingy 2024-01-24T22:52:47Z

Thank you for clarifying that, I missed it somehow.

[Mod] Jingy 2024-01-24T22:53:56Z

@unknown, can you pelase update the issue to follow the same format listed on this page? Currently, the issue is incomplete.

Specifically, clear and exact steps to reproduce are the most important part missing right now.

7 8 2024-03-05T13:30:23Z

Sorry for the late response, kinda stopped playing minecraft until now, hope this edit helps!

[Mojang] Triage Team 2025-06-24T07:19:58Z

Thank you for your report!
After consideration, the issue is being closed as Working as Intended.

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