Apparently, if a charged creeper kills a skeleton* and that skeleton is surrounded by more skeletons* and they all die from the creeper explosion, only 1 head can be obtained.
*It doesnt have to be a skeleton, a zombie, wither skeleton or Creeper can reproduce the bug exactly the same.
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MC-63807
Monster Heads only Dropping Once
Resolved
MC-65424
Lightning Creepers Not Dropping Correct Heads
Resolved
MC-69590
Mob Heads
Resolved
MC-106061
charged creeper explosion around multiple mobs only drops the head of the first mob spawned
Resolved
MC-107187
Heads not dropping when Charged creeper blows up.
Resolved
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I think it might be intended, they don't want use cheating to get like 470939394 wither skulls
Edit: Confirmed for 14w30c
So, how is both this and MCPE-18599 "Works as intended"? Both are complete opposites of each other, and not even a technical variance. I'll agree with Sam, this should be changed back, or the ticket I also mentioned. This doesn't seem like something that should be different between platforms.
But when the Charged Creeper blows up and Regular Creeper, and Zombie, you get the head only from Zombie. Is it also intended?
Made some tests and indeed, even if a charged creeper kills many mobs, only one head will be dropped.