[MC-311178] Drowned are no longer hostile in the daytime until provoked and can keep being hostile even when the player is out of water

During the day, drowned are supposed to be hostile when you’re touching water and passive when you aren’t touching water. This no longer works correctly, they will remain passive even when you’re touching water unless you attack them and if you leave water while a drowned is chasing you it will continue to chase you until it leaves water.

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MC-311329 Drowned sometimes fail to acquire player target in daytime when both are fully submerged in water (regression) Resolved

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Maximus_3069 2026-08-19T02:33:50Z

Can confirm and also they are naturally going out of the water for no reason

[Mojang] Triage Team 2026-08-20T12:24:25Z

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