Upon spawning sniffers, it takes them a long time to see them actively scenting and finding the seeds. In Java Edition they dig up their first seed within a minute after spawning.
Step to Reproduce
1. Spawn some sniffers (on a large patch of grass due to MCPE-178301).
2. Let them find the seed.
Observed Result
They sniff and scent, but they aren't actively looking for the seeds for 7-8 minutes.
Expected Result
They should be actively looking for the seeds soon after spawning.
Linked issues
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I have tested this issue by placing 4 Sniffers inside equally-sized fences in a Flat world. I have found that in these conditions, Sniffers consistently find seeds at regular intervals of 7-8 minutes. These results are consistent between Bedrock Edition and Java Edition. Do the results differ on your end?
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Tested and they do find seeds eventually after the intervals, I could say it is either intended or this ticket is invalid.
This is a feature of the Bedrock entity runtime. Entities with cooldown properties in their behavior components must wait for the cooldown to expire before the entity exhibits the intended behavior for the first time. Java Edition appears to short-circuit the cooldown when they are initially spawned and uses some other timer to decide when to do the behavior for the first time.
On my realm I just recently hatched a sniffer egg and waited for it to fully grow up that was a few days ago. I have 2 sniffers in different areas and neither one of them have found a single seed. I even took a sniffer around my base and still didn't find one. I went into a Creative test world I have and put a sniffer in it and waited for it to grow up and when it did and after its cool down it found a seed. But for some reason on my realm 2 sniffers haven't found a seed for the last few days.
Mine have been finding seeds just fine. Sometimes they take a couple of minutes but they are still consistently finding seeds.