[MC-307171] Looting doesn't apply when a mob dies to fall damage right after being hurt by the player

If a mob gets hit by a looting enchanted item and dies by fall damage, the enchantment won’t work. If the player does that, they can drop xp and rare drops but it doesn’t count as a player kill in the stats.

The sword in the screenshots was enchanted with Looting 255 and Smite 4.

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MC-207034 Fire Aspect can nullify the effect of Looting Open

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Automation for Jira 2026-04-01T14:43:44Z

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luke 2026-04-01T14:47:42Z

It's only supposed to work if its directly killed by the player.

Sam 2026-04-01T16:19:16Z

Not a bug

blockofamethyst 2026-04-03T17:28:28Z

I believe this and MC- 207034 are the same issue.

Rasmus Kjær Damgaard 2026-08-29T22:05:44Z

Same two null-attacker paths as MC-207034 , see my comment there; the same lastHurtByPlayer fallback fixes both the Looting loss and the missing kill statistic for fall deaths.