When a jockey mob is pathfinding to avoid dangerous blocks, it uses the follow_range value of the mount instead of the rider.
Steps to reproduce:
U-shaped path with magma block floor, Chicken jockey spawned in the center.
Chicken follow_range = 16, Zombie follow_range = 16 → Jockey stops at the edge of magma blocks and cannot find a safe path to the player.❌
Chicken follow_range = 16, Zombie follow_range = 40 → Jockey still stops at the edge and cannot find a safe path. ❌
Chicken follow_range = 40, Zombie follow_range = 16 → Jockey successfully navigates around magma. ✅
This clearly proves the pathfinding check uses the mount’s follow_range, not the rider’s.
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