Summary
Drowneds are neutral toward iron golems, players and villageds outside water in daytime.
How to reproduce:
Spawn an iron golem/villager in the day
Spawn some drowneds
-> The drowned don't attack the iron golem/you/the villager until the iron golem/you attack them ❌
Related issues
is duplicated by
MCPE-136995
Drowned won't attack player in Hard Mode
MCPE-142432
Drowned do not attack villagers
MCPE-143778
The drowned don't attack you during the day
MCPE-147027
Drowned don't attack immediately
MCPE-160698
Drowned is not hostile at all while being near villagers and is not being attacked by the Iron Golem
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Comments
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Jarl-Penguin
In nighttime they attack. Also, MCPE-65098 hasn't been resolved as WAI, so no, we don't know if drowned are supposed to be passive in the day.
GoldenHelmet
Updated title and confirmed. It has long been known that Drowned are neutral outside of water during the day, as described in the wiki. However, I cannot find an explicit statement that this is intended behavior in either the Java Edition 1.13 or the Bedrock Edition 1.5 changelogs, where Drowned were introduced.
The Bedrock 1.5 changelog does say
The Drowned - These dangerous, underwater zombies lurk in dark, deep water and will come up to the shore at night
I am not sure if this is a strong enough statement to declare Drowned being neutral on land during daytime to be intended behavior.
[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay)
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They don't attack, when are they 30 seconds out of water.
Jarl-Penguin
Did you try this at night time? Because drowned are usually passive during the day. If you did, it’s probably a bug.