[MC-4520] Aggressive neutral mobs become neutral when the world is reloaded

The bug

If a neutral mob is attacking you, quitting and rejoining the world will cause them to become neutral again. This includes at least Wolves, Endermen, Iron golems and Zombie Pigmen.

However, both Bees and Piglins are unaffected by this bug.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 10

MC-8069 Wolves are no longer hostile when attacked if the player has gone through nether portal but they show hostile texture Resolved

MC-9415 When you log out and back in, wolves stop being angry but still have red eyes Resolved

MC-67943 Neutral mobs (except PigZombies) forget aggression when Player logs out Resolved

MC-90003 Neutral mobs stop attacking after relogging Resolved

MC-95604 Wolves do not retain their anger Resolved

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Comments 28

kumasasa 2012-12-13T07:23:40Z

Confirmed.

FireHunterX 2013-03-27T11:48:43Z

Pigmen seem to be an exception, as sometimes they are still hostile.

Ezekiel 2014-02-03T14:32:54Z

Is this still a concern in the latest Minecraft version 14w05b? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Omnimetatron 2014-02-17T06:06:01Z

Confirmed to still be an issue in snapshot version 14w07a. I've replicated this in SMP as well as SSP with Zombie Pigmen.

qmagnet 2014-08-09T01:05:35Z

Confirmed for Endermen and Wolves in 14w32d. Pigmen remain hostile.

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BoxFigs 2014-08-28T17:42:31Z

Still occurs in 1.8-pre3.

I think that Wolves and Endermen storing the UUID of the player they are angry at would fix this.

John Smith 2016-01-16T15:52:49Z

Still a problem with wolves in 16w02a

John Smith 2016-01-20T18:34:47Z

Wolves still suffer from this in 16w03a

John Smith 2016-01-28T17:44:42Z

Still present in 16w04a

John Smith 2016-02-03T21:05:40Z

Still in 16w05a

John Smith 2016-02-05T12:59:02Z

Still in 16w05b

John Smith 2016-02-10T16:13:52Z

Still in 16w06a

John Smith 2016-02-15T18:20:39Z

Still in 16w07a

John Smith 2016-02-17T20:39:57Z

Still present in 1.9-pre1

John Smith 2016-02-18T20:24:13Z

Still in 1-9-pre2

John Smith 2016-02-24T21:29:57Z

still in 1.9-pre3

John Smith 2016-02-27T11:39:27Z

Still in 1.9-pre4, but is it even worth reporting since it's unfixed from MC 1.4? I won't bother from now on if they just ignore it.

FaRo1 2016-07-23T21:19:20Z

Tested with single pigman. Result: Only becomes peaceful again if it was a certain distance away when relogging.

Alexander 2016-10-21T12:14:43Z

Confirmed for 16w42a, but only for Enderman and Wolf. Pigmen remain aggravated upon reloading.

I suggest removing "Pigmen" from the description and only leaving the other two.

FaRo1 2016-10-21T21:25:47Z

Pigmen are still affected. I think you have to be in a different chunk than they are when you quit and re-enter the world.

Jon1337 2018-07-27T16:23:35Z

Confirmed in 18w30b

user-f2760 2020-05-13T17:10:43Z

This is a really easy fix: simply serialise the attack target memory.

Confirmed for 20w20a.

Leo Holdiman 2020-06-05T19:51:41Z

It's been 8 years. 8 YEARS, and finally fixed.

CalXee 2020-10-29T15:43:10Z

This bug returned. It affects enderman.

FaRo1 2020-10-29T18:05:06Z

Then please create a new report with proper reproduction steps and comment its ID here so that it can be marked as related. And of course search first if it has been reported already for recent versions.

Southpaw1496 2020-10-31T14:47:00Z

I can reproduce this in 1.16.4rc1

Jon1337 2020-11-02T20:33:33Z

For all the same mobs?

Arisa Bot 2021-07-07T07:40:23Z

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