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MC-53050

Withers' shoulder heads retain their facing directions when their target entity flees

The Bug:

Withers' shoulder heads retain their facing directions when their target entity flees.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Ensure that no entities other than yourself are present nearby.

  2. Give yourself resistance so that the wither doesn't kill you by using the command provided below.

    /effect give @p minecraft:resistance 1000 10 true
  3. Switch into survival mode and summon a wither.

  4. Once the wither starts attacking you, teleport two hundred blocks upward by using the command provided below.

    /tp @s ~ ~200 ~
  5. While falling down through the air, switch into creative mode.

  6. Locate the wither that was just previously attacking you and observe the facing direction of its shoulder heads.

  7. Take note as to whether or not withers' shoulder heads retain their facing directions when their target entity flees.

Observed Behavior:

Withers' shoulder heads retain their facing directions.

Expected Behavior:

Withers' shoulder heads would not retain their facing directions.

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Can anybody confirm?

Confirmed for

  • 14w31a when mob dies; the skull still look then in the direction where the mob was when there is no other mob

  • Minecraft 1.8-pre 1

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases. If this has been done, we can reopen the issue.

Keep in mind that the "Resolved"-Status on this ticket just means "Answered", and that we are waiting for further information on whether this issue still exists or not. We will reopen it as soon as the requested information has been delivered.

Seems to be fixed in 1.8.5, 1.8.6 (and maybe earlier)

Confirmed for

  • 16w15b

How to reproduce

  1. Give yourself resistance

    /effect @p minecraft:resistance 1000 10 true
  2. Summon at least 6 WitherBosses

  3. Switch to Survival mode

  4. Use the following command

    /tp ~ ~200 ~
  5. While falling down switch to Creative mode

7 more comments

Can confirm in 21w03a.

Can confirm in 21w05b.

Can confirm in 21w06a.

Can confirm in 21w07a. Video attached.

Can confirm in 1.17.

kazblox

Avoma

(Unassigned)

Confirmed

Mob behaviour

wither

Minecraft 1.7.5, Minecraft 14w11b, Minecraft 1.7.9, Minecraft 14w20b, Minecraft 14w21a, ..., 1.21.1, 1.21.2 Pre-Release 3, 1.21.4, 25w08a, 1.21.5

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