The bug
Enderman will make the stare sound whenever they turn hostile, even if the player didn't stare at it. This includes when they get attacked by other mobs (such as Iron Golems), or turn hostile towards Endermites.
How to reproduce
Find an enderman (or spawn one and wait at least 20 seconds; otherwise it won't make the sound due to MC-115567)
Hit it while looking at its feet
→ It should make the stare sound while attacking
Code analysis
Based on 1.11.2 decompiled using MCP 9.35 rc1
The stare sound is used in general when the enderman starts screaming (method net.minecraft.entity.monster.EntityEnderman.playEndermanSound()), even if you did not stare at it.
Linked issues
is duplicated by 2
relates to 2
Comments 17
Is this still an issue in the latest snapshot 16w44a? If so please update the affected versions.
This is an automated comment on any open or reopened issue with out-of-date affected versions.
Cannot reproduce in 1.11.2 or 17w14a, but that's because Endermen now don't make the staring sound at all (reported as MC-115567).
Nevermind, Endermen still make the stare sound sometimes, just not if it spawned or made the stare sound in the last 20 seconds. Confirmed for 1.12-pre3
@@unknown, this report has been resolved for a while now. Could you please search if another report already exists, and if not create a new one.
There is a new issue now, that an enderman makes stare sound when looked at, even though it is provoked beforehand. For example if you aggrevate an enderman by attacking it, it won't make the stare sound, but then when you look into its eyes, it will make the stare sound, even though it is already provoked.
@@unknown, could you please search for existing reports and in case you do not find any, create a new one? Usually we prefer to create a new report when an existing report has already been resolved as Fixed for a long time.
New occurrence is being tracked at MC-264851.
slicedlime
Confirmed for 1.9, but you need to try a few times to reproduce