[MC-273942] Scute drop from armadillos appears to be hardcoded

The bug

The dropping of scutes from armadillos appears to be a hardcoded item drop, rather than referring to a loot table as with just about all other item drops from mobs.

This affects both random drops as well as forced drops via brushing.

How to fix

Introduce one or two loot tables for armadillos dropping scutes - either one for random dropping and one for brushing, or one for both.

Linked issues

relates to 18

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Comments 4

Viradex 2024-06-28T09:47:42Z

Can confirm by code analyzation of Minecraft 1.21 in ArmadilloEntity.class. I can also not find any loot table relating to this.

Random dropping (mobTick method):

if (this.isAlive() && !this.isBaby() && --this.nextScuteShedCooldown <= 0) {
    this.playSound(SoundEvents.ENTITY_ARMADILLO_SCUTE_DROP, 1.0F, (this.random.nextFloat() - this.random.nextFloat()) * 0.2F + 1.0F);
    this.dropItem(Items.ARMADILLO_SCUTE);
    this.emitGameEvent(GameEvent.ENTITY_PLACE);
    this.nextScuteShedCooldown = this.getNextScuteShedCooldown();
}

Brushing:

public boolean brushScute() {
    if (this.isBaby()) {
        return false;
    } else {
        this.dropStack(new ItemStack(Items.ARMADILLO_SCUTE));
        this.emitGameEvent(GameEvent.ENTITY_INTERACT);
        this.playSoundIfNotSilent(SoundEvents.ENTITY_ARMADILLO_BRUSH);
        return true;
    }
}

kelianor 2024-06-30T10:20:06Z

Considering similar issues have been fixed MC-267866 i think it can be considered a valid issue.

[Mojang] Triage Team 2024-07-03T07:12:29Z

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

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muzikbike 2024-09-11T16:31:55Z

This is fixed in 24w37a.