[MC-606] zombies can pick up items while dying

I killed a villager zombie and saw rotten flesh drop but then saw it whoosh towards the dying villager zombie and didn't gain any rotten flesh. I can only assume that the dying mob picked up it's own drop then despawned.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 3

MC-860 Zombies Hold Their Flesh After Dying Resolved

MC-1130 Mobs can pick up items on their death and destroy them that way (including their own drops) Resolved

MC-1509 When a zombie picks up an item and dies without the player killing it, it wont drop the item it picked up. Resolved

Comments 3

Max 2012-10-25T22:55:32Z

I believe I can confirm this. A Wither Skeleton dropped his skull but the skull disappeared before he died, like in your scenario. However, because it is the same texture it was hard to tell.

Luke Z 2012-10-28T21:39:32Z

I saw this happen just recently while I was killing a zombie. Luckily, all it dropped was rotten flesh so it didn't destroy any rare drops.

Tommy Stephens 2012-10-29T10:27:06Z

This happened to me as well, I actually saw the flesh in the hand of the zombie as it was lying down just before it poofed into smoke.