If hostile mobs die but are not killed by the player, they drop nothing. Dying by sunlight, drowning or falling used to let the mob drop items.
Same goes for iron golems. Only if killed by the player, they drop iron.
In Version 0.11 they used to drop items.
What I expected to happen:
The mob to drop items.
What actually happened:
The mob didn't drop items.
Steps to Reproduce in survival:
In survival wait until it gets night and than day again.
Wait for roaming zombies/skeletons to burn to death by sunlight.
look for drops
Steps to Reproduce in creative
Spawn a hostile mob (zombie/skeleton) with a spawn egg during day
Wait for the mob to die
look for drops
Related issues
is duplicated by
MCPE-11506
Zombies not dropping rotten flesh in drowning trap
MCPE-11817
bug on the mob drop when you don't kill them
MCPE-12242
Mobs Don't Drop Items From Falling.
MCPE-12252
hostile mobs don't drop item in creative mode
MCPE-12466
Mobs hostis, não estão dropando seus respectivos itens quando caem de uma altura fatal e/ou quando morrem afogados, atrapalhando em traps e farms.
MCPE-12880
Mob farm Bug
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Confirmed On Asus Zenfone 5 (Android 5.0) MCPE 0.12.2
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Confirmed on Samsung Galaxy S4 android 5.0.1 and Asus B121 Tablet Win10 Pro in creative and surival, single and multiplayer. There are several methods by which mobs killed indirectly by the player should result in drops. For example splash potions in MCPE-10957.
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Same issue with Minecraft PE v0.12.3 on both of my Android devices.
Samsung Galaxy S3 - 4.4.2
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 - Android 4.0.4
Some additional details:
-I have tested with several causes of death including drowning, lava, fire, sun, and fall damage. In all scenarios there are no drops.
-The only way to cause death resulting in drops is if the mob is killed directly by the player.
-An exception to this is that there WILL be drops if a mob takes damage from a player, and then dies by one of the aforementioned causes within 5 seconds.
I do hope this is fixed soon since this bug essentially removes mob farms from the game.
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I can confirm this on 0.12.3 / iOS, but iron golems do drop irons unlike any other hostile mobs.
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Confirmed on MCPE 0.13 build 5 that mobs (hostile or peaceful) don't drop anything if not hurt by the player within 5 minutes before dying. The exception being iron and snow golems who seem to always drop items regardless of how they are killed.
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I do not know if this is a bug or if it was done for a reason but, I would like it fixed. This whole issue with Minecraft having no rules. It seems this new version has a lot of rules. You guys just say, "That is considered cheating." Like no coordinates.
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I don't know if this is a bug or an intended change either, but I too want it to be fixed. Designing and constructing mob farms is a significant part of the fun of the game.
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Confirmed on iOS. All mob farms rendered useless. No one drops anything now.
Aleksandra Zajac
This issue had been submitted for testing.
Can confirm... Android Marshmallow, Nexus 5, MCPE 0.12.2.
-Go to Nether.
-Find pigmen under hanging gravel.
-Trigger gravelanche
-Find no loot (though you may get armor b/c of "always drops armor" bug).