[MC-274613] Wind Burst knocks items and XP orbs away

Wind burst explosions can knock items and XP orbs away, which results in mob drops being launched extremely far away when using the mace. This behavior highly discourages players to use the mace to kill mobs as most drops will be lost.

Steps to Reproduce:

Spawn a mob that drops something upon death
Get a mace enchanted with Wind Burst III
Use the mace smash attack to kill the mob

Observed Behavior:
Items and XP dropped by the mob are sometimes launched very far away.

Expected Behavior:
Items and XP dropped by the mob stay near where the mob died, allowing players to collect them.

Note:
This bug does not always happen. It can be reproduced more consistently by trying to hit as late as possible so the Wnd Burst happens closer to the ground, giving the drops more horizontal momentum.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 2

MC-275123 Wind burst sends items way too far Resolved

MC-275148 The player's belongings, when dying from a mace enchanted by a wind burst of any levels, fly far away, and sometimes the inventory disappears Resolved

relates to 1

MC-266572 When the experience orb is hit by a wind charge, the physical collision is much more lagged compared to the item Resolved

Attachments

another way to reproduce (with one block height difference) - Made with Clipchamp.mp4

Untitled video - Made with Clipchamp (1).mp4

Untitled video - Made with Clipchamp (2).mp4

Comments 4

Viradex 2024-07-23T10:45:27Z

Cannot reproduce. The item drops stay where the mob dies.

sandro38 2024-07-23T10:49:46Z

it may take some attempts to reproduce. as i said, using the smash attack on the latest possible tick is a more consistent way to reproduce. better way to reproduce is to have the mob one block above the ground you do your smash attack on instead of flat ground

Viradex 2024-07-23T20:28:39Z

I can reproduce the issue when hitting the mob just before hitting the ground, while it is one block higher.

jdsniper111 2024-08-12T23:10:00Z

I can reproduce it but only to a small extent. Like you mentioned above, hitting a mob just before hitting the ground can make the XP travel a bit however, the intended target never traveled (for me) more than just a few blocks away. Maybe 10 most. While doing this I also tried hitting a mob of zombies to try some new ways to reproduce this, I can say, wind burst does knockback multiple mobs at once and you could be seeing XP from other mobs dying from fall damage.

Overall, the bug seems to be less a bug but rather the game mechanic of this enchantment which can cause slight travel. Of course, any game is capable of glitching, but overall, trying to reproduce this bug does not appear to cause any harm/inconvenience to the player using the mace for it's intended purpose.