According to MC-15114, marked as WAI, and MC-92772, which was fixed, mobs are intended to drop their saddles upon death even when the gamerule doMobLoot is set to false. However, this no longer happens. This issue affects horses, mules, camels, skeleton horses, donkeys, zombie horses, striders and pigs. It is also related to MC-271480 and partially overlaps with MCPE-162215, but applies to all saddable mobs, not just pigs and striders.
How to reproduce
Summon a horse, mule, camel, skeleton horse, donkey, zombie horse, pig, or strider
Saddle it
/gamerule doMobLoot falseKill it
Expected result
The mob would drop its saddle upon dying.
Observed result
The mob doesn't drop its saddle.
Note: Donkeys and mules still drop their chest when equipped, even if doMobLoot is set to false.
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I've attached a datapack containing a total of 8 gametests testing that saddled horses, camels, pigs, and striders drop their saddles with both doMobLoot enabled and disabled. The tests with doMobLoot disabled fail.
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After consideration, the issue is being closed as Won't Fix.
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Can confirm.