The bug
Mob AI ignoring damage dealing blocks when randomly walking around/not fleeing when hit by them.
Affected blocs
Cactus
Magma block
Lava
Fire
Wither rose
Berry bushes
Campfire
Example
Here is a great example:
[media]Linked issues
is duplicated by 33
MC-70158
Villagers are suicidal and run into cactus
Resolved
MC-105931
Villagers don't care of actions
Resolved
MC-137504
Pandas cannot avoid fire/lava initiatively
Resolved
MC-137505
When a mob steps onto a wither rose it doesn't feel like leaving
Resolved
MC-137843
Mobs don't run from a Wither Rose
Resolved
MC-141642
Mobs not avoiding damaging sweet berry bushes
Resolved
MC-142066
Pets don't recognize campfires.
Resolved
MC-142067
Animals are dumb around campfires and get burned
Resolved
MC-143368
Campfire Pathfinding
Resolved
MC-143657
Dogs don't care about Campfire
Resolved
MC-144746
Mobs don't mind standing on a lit campfire
Resolved
MC-144758
Mobs do not see campfires as harmful and will walk onto them and take damage.
Resolved
MC-145915
some mobs dont see some blocks as obstacles
Resolved
MC-146315
Tamed Animals do not avoid campfires
Resolved
MC-148776
Tamed Parrots land/rest on lit campfires and die
Resolved
MC-150258
Cats keep killing themselves
Resolved
MC-150659
Cats sit on campfires and die
Resolved
MC-153246
AI of mobs allow them to walk on lit campfires
Resolved
MC-154278
Some tamed or trusting mobs won't avoid damage and/or death. Specifically relating to campfires
Resolved
MC-155063
Cat AI pathfinds into lava
Resolved
MC-157305
Animals, villagers and pets don't avoid damage
Resolved
MC-159238
non-nether mobs don't try to avoid fire
Resolved
MC-167473
Iron golems will stand on campfires until they die.
Resolved
MC-174412
bees run into campfires
Resolved
MC-178826
Piglins don't step off magma blocks if spawned in with a spawn egg
Resolved
MC-179731
cod has death wish
Resolved
MC-182113
Dogs (still) wander into lava for no particular reason
Resolved
MC-185975
Mobs don't avoid lava, if it's flowing
Resolved
MC-191777
Bees don't avoid campfires
Resolved
MC-200908
Snow Golem doesn't try to avoid campfires
Resolved
MC-256680
Camel on cactus
Resolved
MC-262025
Some mobs don't panic when taking damage from magma blocks
Resolved
MC-270036
Hello, when we fire at Nder Piglin, he doesn't run away
Resolved
relates to 9
MC-249812
When untamed parrots take damage, they won't flee in panic
Reopened
MC-260744
Some mobs no longer panic when taking Campfire as of 1.19.4 Pre-1
Resolved
MC-117323
Parrots don't try to avoid landing on dangerous blocks when flying toward their owners
Reopened
MC-137859
Panda tries to roll over and jump into some dangerous places
Resolved
MC-168033
Bees pathfind into campfires below their hive instead of directly into the hive
Resolved
Attachments
Comments 36
Confirmed for 1.1, and also for magma blocks.
This still happens in 18w31a.
Confirmed for 1.13.1.
Can confirm for cows in 1.13 with lava.
Affects 18w49a. Also berry bushes should be added to the list.
As of 19w02a, campfires seem to be affected as well, see MC-142066
However mobs that die because of the campfire should drop cooked meat
Added a video of this happening in version:
1.14 Pre-Release 2
Villagers ignoring campfires
Still in 1.14 Pre-Release 5
Still in 1.14.1 Release
Still in 1.14.2 Pre-Release 1 and 1.14.2 Pre-Release 2
Villagers are no longer affected.
still happens in 1.15.2
Cat killed itself. Was sad
Glad I found this. My dog almost died while I was building, had to push it off the campfire because it just stood there.
Still in 20w17 at least:
Took a couple of dogs caving with me... one of them tried to swim up a falling lava stream, after I'd already quenched the base – there was plenty of room. "Dog tried to swim in lava" – yep, they sure did! The other wandered across the corner of a half-quenched lava pool, and burned to death, and had no obvious reason to want to go down that corridor.
Related, and possibly the same bug. I noticed that when standing on magma blocks, mobs make no effort to get off of them even when they easily can, just stand there taking damage until they either die or they randomly wander off. Just like the villager on that cactus in the pic. Tested this in 1.16 Pre 3
😞 Yeah, still an issue. Had a parrot suicide on a berry bush outside of my house because they decided it was a great place to settle down to rest.
In 20w49a
Can confirm in 20w51a.
can confirm for 21w07a
In 21w10a
In 21w13a
In 21w15a
In 21w17a
Affects 21w18a
Affects 1.17
Can confirm in 21w40a.
Affects 1.20
Can confirm in 1.21.3
@unknown Do you have any reproduction steps you could supply for this issue, since you just confirmed it?
Place a magma block 3 blocks in front of the player and 4 more blocks (2 extending left and right each), then lure a villager with food.
Observed result: The villager takes damage from the magma block.
Expected results: The villager can path find around the magma blocks to go towards the player.
Also speaking about villagers, I want to highlight a few other serious bugs:
*Particularly important
The villagers pathfind around the magma for me, and doesn't take damage. If I close the food in with magma blocks they will just stare at it. Do you have any other reproducing steps?
I can't reproduce this in 1.21.3 and 24w45a either. Attached the image.
Closing this ticket as cannot reproduce.
Still happening in 1.8. One of my important pre-1.8 villager just died from a cactus.