The bug
When shooting normal arrows at endermen they will not get hit and they will teleport away. When shooting them with a spectral arrow they do the same but they will be marked with the spectral effect even though the arrow doesn't hit them. This also applies to the arrow of invisibility (and probably all other new arrows).
Shulker bullet / blaze(dispenser) fire charge also apply effect / fire to endermen.
Code analysis
Code analysis by @unknown can be found in this comment.
Linked issues
is duplicated by 27
MC-82852
Enderman can get hit by dipped arrows
Resolved
MC-83060
Endermen still get potion effects applied when evading potion tipped arrows
Resolved
MC-83125
Shooting Endermen w/ Tipped Arrow Still Gives Effect
Resolved
MC-83244
Enderman Dodge Arrows But Still Get Affects
Resolved
MC-83335
When you shoot an enderman with a potion arrow the enderman still gets affected by the potion affect
Resolved
MC-83424
Spectral arrow and Endermen
Resolved
MC-83505
Shooting Spectral Arrows at Endermen gives them the effect.
Resolved
MC-83647
Enderman Affected with Potion Arrow!
Resolved
MC-84032
Enderman gets affected by the spectral arrows.
Resolved
MC-84040
enderman get potion effect even though they don't get hit with the potion arrows
Resolved
MC-84254
Enderman receives arrow effect
Resolved
MC-85035
When shot at with tipped and spectral arrows, endermen get the effect of the arrow
Resolved
MC-85161
Endermans can be shot with arrows effect
Resolved
MC-85583
Enderman Glowing
Resolved
MC-85690
Spectral Arrows on Endermen
Resolved
MC-86558
effect arrow play on enderman
Resolved
MC-90781
Spectral arrows and endermans
Resolved
MC-91871
Endermen shot by tipped arrows
Resolved
MC-92493
Poison arrows poison endermen before teleport
Resolved
MC-94423
Tipped Arrows can hit Endermen
Resolved
MC-94686
Some tipped arrows (Spectral, Fire Resistance e.g.) work on Enderman
Resolved
MC-95548
Tipped and spectral arrows hit endermen
Resolved
MC-98978
tipped arrows still leave effects on enderman
Resolved
MC-120037
You can shot at endermen
Resolved
MC-146947
Endermen Affected by Special Arrows?
Resolved
MC-162039
You are able to kill the enderman using bow
Resolved
MC-164736
When shooting a spectral arrow at an enderman, the enderman escapes but he is affected by the glowing of the arrow even thought the arrow passes right through the enderman.
Resolved
relates to 6
MC-186119
Endermen sometimes get the wither effect when dodging wither skulls
Open
MC-84647
Spectral arrow highlights endermen
Resolved
MC-94421
Shooting an enderman with a bow and arrow or trident will play arrow or trident collision sound and subtitles
Resolved
MC-266516
Arrows on fire set breezes on fire, despite being deflected
Resolved
MCPE-15264
Enderman still get potion effects when shooting the tipped arrows
Resolved
Attachments
Comments 42
I can reproduce this.
It is with all of the arrow effects, I tested it!
Confirmed.
why is my bug marked as a duplicate of this, even though i reported it earlier then this?
@unknown bugs with more info or higher quality are chosen, not bugs reported first.
okay, thx for telling me
Can confirm for 15w33b
Affects also 15w36d
Confirmed for 15w40b
Confirmed for 15w41b
Confirmed for 15w42a
Confirmed for 15w43a
Confirmed for 15w44a
Confirmed for 15w46a
Confirmed for 15w47c
Confirmed that the Shulker bullet will let Enderman floating.
Can confirm for 15w49a
Confirmed for 15w51b by MC-94686.
Shulker bullet / Blaze(Dispenser) fire charge also apply effect / fire to Endermen.
Confirmed for 16w02a.
Confirmed for 16w06a, also the arrow doesn't disappear.
Confirmed for 1.9.1-pre3.
Confirmed for 1.9.3-pre3.
Confirmed for 1.9.4.
Confirmed for 16w21a.
Confirmed for 16w21b.
Confirmed for 1.10-pre1.
Confirmed for 1.10-pre2.
Confirmed for 1.10.
Confirmed for 1.10.1.
Based on net.minecraft.entity.monster.EntityEnderman.attackEntityFrom(), endermans actually can get hit by arrows, they just instantly teleport away as soon as they receive damage from an indirect damage source (such as an projectile). Therefore, the method net.minecraft.entity.projectile.EntityArrow.arrowHit() is called even though it seems like the arrow didn't hit the enderman.
A simple fix would be to check if the entity hit by the arrow (both tipped & spectral arrow) is an enderman before applying potion effects to the hit entity in the aforementioned method.
Suggested Fix: net.minecraft.entity.projectile.EntitySpectralArrow.arrowHit()
protected void arrowHit(EntityLivingBase living)
{
super.arrowHit(living);
if(!(living instanceof EntityEnderman))
{
PotionEffect potioneffect = new PotionEffect(MobEffects.GLOWING, this.duration, 0);
living.addPotionEffect(potioneffect);
}
}Suggested Fix: net.minecraft.entity.projectile.EntityTippedArrow.arrowHit()
protected void arrowHit(EntityLivingBase living)
{
super.arrowHit(living);
if(!(living instanceof EntityEnderman)) {
for (PotionEffect potioneffect : this.potion.getEffects())
{
living.addPotionEffect(new PotionEffect(potioneffect.getPotion(), Math.max(potioneffect.getDuration() / 8, 1), potioneffect.getAmplifier(), potioneffect.getIsAmbient(), potioneffect.doesShowParticles()));
}
if (!this.customPotionEffects.isEmpty())
{
for (PotionEffect potioneffect1 : this.customPotionEffects)
{
living.addPotionEffect(potioneffect1);
}
}
}
}All of this is based on MCP 9.40pre-1 using MC 1.12. Also, can confirm for 1.12.1 here.
I think the trident does the same way. I tried to throw a trident with Channeling enchantment to an Enderman, the trident bounced off to the ground, the Enderman teleported away, and the Lightning bolt hits the teleported Enderman.
Confirmed for 18w19a
Confirmed for 18w22c
Still in 1.13-pre1
I noticed a little side effect when a tipped arrow using the CustomPotionEffects tag hits an enderman. The Duration tag is set to 0 after the enderman teleports (i think).
Confirmed for 1.13-pre3
Confirmed for 1.13-pre5
Confirmed for 19w39a and 1.14.4
Still in 19w45a
Also in BE, see — MCPE-156656
coschevi
Endermen got hit by Arrow of Invisibility