[MC-84789] Wolves still beg for bones after being tamed

The bug

Wild wolves smell the bone but don't tilt their heads,while tamed wolves don't want bones and tilt their heads anyway.

Code analysis

The following is based on a decompiled version of MC 1.12.2 using MCP 9.40.

This issue is caused in the method net.minecraft.entity.ai.EntityAIBeg.hasTemptationItemInHand() because in one of the if-statements it checks if the wolf is tamed, if the wolf is not tamed, the wolf won't beg.

private boolean hasTemptationItemInHand(EntityPlayer player)
    {
        for (...)
        {
            ItemStack itemstack = player.getHeldItem(enumhand);
            //Here it checks if the wolf is tamed, to fix change to '!this.wolf.isTamed()'
            if (this.wolf.isTamed() && itemstack.getItem() == Items.BONE)
            {
                return true;
            }

            if (..)
            {
                ..
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

To fix this, the isTamed boolean will need to be negated in the if-statement.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 5

MC-267123 Tamed wolves are still interested in bones Resolved

MC-232612 Tamed wolves do not accept bones Resolved

MC-107455 Untamed Wolf doesn't tilt its head for Bones Resolved

MC-93430 Tamed wolves beg for bones, wild wolves beg for meat Resolved

MC-85269 tamed wolf wanting a bone Resolved

relates to 1

MC-170103 Untamed wolves only beg for food while being angry and jumping Resolved

Attachments

MC-84789.mp4

Wolf Begging Feature.mp4

Comments 55

Serouj Ghazarian 2015-08-27T07:16:55Z

I hope it is not intended

Serouj Ghazarian 2015-12-26T01:03:47Z

My edition of the description and title was more correct,wild wolves always tilt their head for meat,it is intended

Orbic 2016-03-01T00:06:47Z

Still in 1.9 release

Orbic 2016-04-27T22:33:45Z

Confirmed for 1.9.3-pre2

Serouj Ghazarian 2016-07-13T15:56:31Z

Still in 1.10

45 more comments

JUE13 2017-06-03T05:14:07Z

Confirmed for 1.12-pre7

Also there is an error with the animation. My friend held a bone in his hand while he was bitten by my tame wolf. The wolf killed my friend, and the wolf began to behave strangely.

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bemoty 2017-08-14T23:17:35Z

Can confirm for MC 1.12.1.

CreeperMagnet_ 2018-02-06T02:24:20Z

Still affects 18w05a, please update!

Orbic 2018-02-21T03:31:42Z

Still in 18w07c

Orbic 2018-02-21T16:06:39Z

Still in 18w08a

CreeperMagnet_ 2018-03-02T00:11:16Z

Affects 18w09a.

Orbic 2019-04-19T00:20:09Z

Affects 1.14 Pre-Release 5

Orbic 2019-04-28T23:57:54Z

Still in 1.14 full release.

Orbic 2019-05-07T21:06:17Z

Confirmed for 1.14.1 Pre-1

Orbic 2019-05-17T03:23:51Z

Still in 1.14.2 Pre-1.

Orbic 2019-06-26T16:53:38Z

Still in 1.14.3

Orbic 2019-07-25T23:00:19Z

In 1.14.4

Orbic 2019-08-29T01:52:10Z

Still in 19w35a

Orbic 2019-09-11T23:22:03Z

Still in 19w37a

Orbic 2019-09-29T19:20:23Z

Still in 19w39a

Orbic 2019-10-02T21:14:43Z

In 19w40a

Orbic 2019-10-17T18:15:51Z

Still in 19w42a

Orbic 2019-11-22T20:22:01Z

Still in 1.15 Pre-1

Orbic 2020-02-27T19:29:12Z

Still in 20w09a

Orbic 2020-03-04T22:29:18Z

Still in 20w10a

marcono1234 2020-03-05T21:00:07Z

@@unknown, would you like to become the reporter? Then you can update affected versions yourself.

Serouj Ghazarian 2020-03-07T22:50:01Z

I think it should be if(!this.wolf.IsTamed){...}

marcono1234 2020-03-07T23:25:16Z

Yes, updated the code analysis accordingly. Tamed wolves do not consume bones so removing the check would make them incorrectly beg for it.

Orbic 2020-03-11T21:14:18Z

In 20w11a. Yes @Marcono1234. I'd be happy to!

marcono1234 2020-03-16T20:42:40Z

@@unknown, would it be alright for you as well if @unknown became the reporter? When I asked this in the comments you weren't that active anymore, so I assumed you would not mind it.

Orbic 2020-03-18T21:26:36Z

In 20w12a

Serouj Ghazarian 2020-03-23T17:36:36Z

Can you make it so we can both somehow update it? it would be greatly appreciated. I'll try my best to be more active. Sorry for not being active for a long time. I was just paying attention to other things. @Marcono1234

Also,College/University

marcono1234 2020-03-24T23:14:51Z

@@unknown, no there can sadly only be one reporter. I will leave you as reporter then since you are still active here. Also you don't have to check every snapshot, just now and then, when you have time for it, so the report will not become outdated. It might be good to check the behavior also when you notice that similar issues were addressed in a new version.

You can also let us know at any point if your free time does not permit your activity on the bug tracker here anymore, or if you have lost interest in this report.

Serouj Ghazarian 2020-03-25T17:58:13Z

added current snapshot, still affected (20w13a)

Serouj Ghazarian 2020-03-27T19:10:46Z

I didn't even realize there was a new snapshot 20w13b until like a minute ago. Still, it affects that snapshot as well.

Serouj Ghazarian 2020-04-08T16:35:45Z

Still in 20w15a.
In addition to the reasons to not update for so long, there is also the fact tat the game takes too long to launch for the first time and another long time to create a new world.

Orbic 2020-06-10T18:09:16Z

Still in 1.16 Pre 3.

Conem 2020-06-13T22:22:28Z

Confirmed in 1.16-pre5. Attached a screenshot.

Orbic 2020-11-11T17:59:14Z

In 20w46a

Avoma 2021-01-24T11:24:42Z

Can confirm in 21w03a.

Avoma 2021-02-06T16:04:57Z

Can confirm in 21w05b.

Avoma 2021-02-12T15:11:13Z

Can confirm in 21w06a.

Avoma 2021-02-19T15:13:28Z

Can confirm in 21w07a. Video attached.

Orbic 2021-03-13T04:19:52Z

In 21w10a, hope this gets fixed this update. I can't believe its been 5 years

Orbic 2021-03-21T00:19:55Z

In 21w11a

Orbic 2021-03-29T15:52:02Z

I would like to quickly argue against this being "Works as Intended" as I believe it perhaps may be a misunderstanding.

The way it used to work seems like very intentional game design. You give bones to wild wolves to tame them. They tilt their head when you hold bones to hint to the player that you can tame them and that you can give this item to them, as a sort of visual indicator for what item(s) can interact with them.

Conversely, once tamed, wolves no longer eat bones. They physically cannot be given a bone, right clicking them with one just makes them sit or stand. So they stopped "begging" for them. There simply isn't a need to confuse the player like that.

This does not apply to meat, and both tamed and wild wolves can take meat, though it will not tame the latter.

I went back to a version where this feature works to demonstrate this.

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In its current state, wild wolves have no indication they take bones to tame them, and tamed wolves ask for bones even though it's impossible to give it to them. It just doesn't make logical sense like it used to. Hopefully this issue can be reexamined.

Serouj Ghazarian 2021-03-29T16:50:35Z

What Orbic said

Orbic 2021-04-01T03:26:23Z

I stand by what I said. In 21w13a

Orbic 2021-04-15T02:39:17Z

Thank you for reopening 🙂
In 21w15a

Orbic 2021-04-28T17:14:56Z

Affects 21w17a

Orbic 2021-06-08T19:22:04Z

Can confirm for 1.17

ampolive 2021-07-04T21:40:15Z

Can confirm in 1.17.1 Release Candidate 1.

Rektroth 2024-06-19T23:25:37Z

As of 1.21, wild wolves now beg for bones. At least that part of this problem is resolved.
Is it intentional that tamed wolves also beg? To what others have said, they don't consume them, so I wouldn't think that they should.

himazinn_Japan 2024-12-04T12:57:23Z

As of 1.21.4, wild wolves now tilt their heads, so this should be changed to "tamed wolves are still interested in bones" or "tamed wolves don't take bones" etc. This issue needs to be closed if the current behavior is intended.

Serouj Ghazarian 2024-12-09T09:14:00Z

@himazinn_Japan I'll check it when I get home