Skeletons swapping bows for swords

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Works As Intended

Non aggroed skeletons will swap bows for swords (tested with stone swords).

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smokeycheese13 2020-08-27T21:51:49Z

This is an intentional feature - undead mobs will choose items that deal more damage, like they do with armour (they would choose diamond over leather etc)

[MCQA] v-magwar 2021-06-25T14:00:14Z

Closing as WAI as this is an expected behavior.

Reporter: MaybeJNaz

Assignee: (Unassigned)

Created: 2020-08-24T05:43:49Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T16:22:46Z

Resolved: 2021-06-25T14:00:14Z

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Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed

Platform: Windows

OS Version: Windows 10

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Affects Versions: 1.16.21

Fix Versions:

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