Mob heads and skulls, signs, (Ender) chests and End Portals disappear when moving more than 63 blocks away.
Steps to reproduce:
Place mob heads or chests
Walk or fly 63 blocks away
Maybe related to MC-1616
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Shulker boxes cast a shadow on their attached block even when they are not visible from a far distance
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Resolved
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Beds still use the block entity for special rendering, rather than block models
Resolved
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Does not apply to all blocks with an tile entity, so furnaces, dispensers, nether portals and so on remain visible, but the book on the enchantment table is also invisible at > 63 blocks.
No, when I mention an 'entity' I refer usually to a tile entity that does not occupy the block mechanic. That is, although a furnace is a tile entity, signs etc. disappear first because they are not 'blocks'. However I have also observed that tile entities such a heads, signs, item frames, chests and not tile entities such as end portals and vines (although vines have no metadata except for orientation) render first before other blocks.
Does the same effect apply to signs and item frames? Entities like these disappear before blocks do as they are considered 'dynamic' and therefore take more processing space. It is as if rendering is done in gradient to avoid lag.