[MC-261666] Armor given to Villagers is lost when they convert to Zombie Villagers

How to reproduce

Use a dispenser to dispense armour onto a villager
Set difficulty to hard and kill the villager with a zombie
Use "/data get entity" on the zombie villager to see that there is no armour on it

Linked issues

is duplicated by 2

MC-265090 Villagers do not drop items from their inventory, armor, or hands when they convert to zombie villagers. Resolved

MC-274778 Equipped Villager armour is deleted and reset upon zombification and revival Resolved

relates to 1

MC-88967 Most NBT tags are not kept when a mob converts to another mob Resolved

Comments 2

EyeBlox 2023-04-06T22:04:31Z

this also happens when a zombie villager turns into a villager

ampolive 2023-04-06T22:36:59Z

This doesn't occur when a zombie villager converts into a villager if the armor was given by the player, the zombie villager's armor is dropped as item(s).