[MC-3735] Sometimes when killing a mob quickly, death sound does not play Created: 23/Nov/12  Updated: 10/Sep/22  Resolved: 21/Jan/21

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.4, Minecraft 1.4.5, Minecraft 1.4.6, Minecraft 1.4.7, Snapshot 13w01a, Snapshot 13w01b, Minecraft 1.5, Snapshot 13w11a, Minecraft 1.6.4, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 1.7.5, Minecraft 14w11b, Minecraft 1.7.8, Minecraft 1.8, Minecraft 1.8.1, Minecraft 1.8.2-pre1, Minecraft 1.8.8, Minecraft 15w43b, Minecraft 15w43c, Minecraft 15w44a, Minecraft 15w46a, Minecraft 1.9 Pre-Release 1, Minecraft 1.10.2, Minecraft 17w06a, Minecraft 1.12.1, Minecraft 1.12.2, Minecraft 18w21a, Minecraft 1.13.1, Minecraft 1.14.2, 1.14.4, 19w39a, 19w42a, 19w44a, 1.15 Pre-release 1, 1.15 Pre-Release 2, 1.15 Pre-release 3, 1.15 Pre-release 4, 1.15 Pre-release 6, 1.15 Pre-release 7, 1.15.1 Pre-release 1, 1.15.2 Pre-Release 1, 1.15.2 Pre-release 2, 20w06a, 20w07a, 20w08a, 20w09a, 20w10a, 20w11a, 20w12a, 20w13a, 20w14a, 20w16a, 20w18a, 20w20a, 20w21a, 20w22a, 1.16 Pre-release 1, 1.16 Pre-release 2, 1.16 Pre-release 3, 1.16 Pre-release 4, 1.16 Pre-release 5, 1.16 Pre-release 7, 1.16.1, 20w28a, 20w29a, 20w30a, 1.16.2 Pre-release 1, 1.16.2 Release Candidate 1, 1.16.3
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Connor Steppie Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Cannot Reproduce Votes: 21
Labels: death, mob, sound

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-76115 Mobs with "dead" sounds play the wron... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-90380 Mob Death Sound Bug Resolved
is duplicated by MC-153417 Death sound for some mobs will not pl... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-177450 Pig Death Sound Resolved
is duplicated by MC-178891 Iron golems don't play their death so... Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-93920 Playing Hit/Punch Sound with hitting ... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Category:
Sound
Mojang Priority: Low

 Description   

Quickly killing a mob causes the death rattle sound to not play.

To Reproduce
  • Spawn any mob (that is not fire resistant) in lava; notice that it will play the hurt sound upon death instead of the death sound.
Alternative
  1. Place down an always active repeating command block with
    scoreboard players tag @e[type=skeleton] add death {HurtTime:1s}
  2. Place an always active chain command block so that the previous command triggers it
    kill @e[type=skeleton,tag=death]
  3. Spawn a skeleton in daylight and observe how it doesn't make the death sound (only hurt sound) when it dies/catches on fire.


 Comments   
Comment by Connor Steppie [ 10/Sep/22 ]

I may have been able to reproduce this in 1.19.2 with a more complicated setup, but further testing is needed to confirm this.

Comment by [Mod] Michael Wobst [ 21/Jan/21 ]

Resolving as 'Cannot Reproduce' for now. A fix version can be added afterwards in case someone finds out the exact version where this got fixed.

Comment by Connor Steppie [ 20/Jan/21 ]

Still cannot reproduce in 21w03a with lava - can anyone else?

Comment by Connor Steppie [ 04/Nov/20 ]

Cannot reproduce in 20w45a - assuming fixed

Comment by user-189af (Inactive) [ 19/Jun/20 ]

This bug is a old dinosaur honestly, i don't see it getting fixed anytime soon.

Comment by user33 [ 01/Dec/19 ]

Still in 1.15 Pre-release 3.

Comment by [Mod] tryashtar [ 17/Oct/19 ]

Gave report to Awesoman3000, original reporter has no activity since 2015

Comment by Connor Steppie [ 16/Oct/19 ]

Affects 19w42a

Comment by Connor Steppie [ 02/Oct/19 ]

Affects 19w40a

Comment by Connor Steppie [ 27/Sep/19 ]

Affects 19w39a

Comment by Connor Steppie [ 26/Sep/19 ]

Confirmed for 19w38b with pigs in lava. Can I request ownership?

Comment by Fabian Röling [ 09/Apr/19 ]

I guess you can imagine what command I meant in the previous comment, it just gets worse every time I edit it.

Comment by Fabian Röling [ 09/Apr/19 ]

I just tried it with a few different mobs:

  • zombie: death sound
  • cow: no death sound
  • chicken: death sound
  • zombie pigman: Hm, I didn't think this through…
  • slime: death sound
  • villager: no death sound
  • fish: seems to have a death sound, but it's hard to say, because the sounds are similar and there are no subtitles

The two commands translated into 1.13 are:
(except without that backslash, Mojira is acting stupid)

{{kill @e[type=skeleton,nbt=

{HurtTime:1s}

]}}

And I can also reliably reproduce it with that.

Confirmed for 19w14b.

Comment by Connor Steppie [ 09/Apr/19 ]

Can the command method be updated for 19w14b? It doesnt seem to work anymore.

Also, having no luck reproducing this with lava.

Comment by Kraif [ 30/Aug/18 ]

Confirmed for 1.13.1.

Comment by user-f2760 (Inactive) [ 15/Feb/17 ]

Reproduced with a simple command setup, updated the description.

Comment by bob [ 20/Nov/16 ]

I've not been able to reproduce for far in 1.11. I was using a diamond sword with strength 2 on a skeleton.

Comment by user-f2760 (Inactive) [ 01/Jul/16 ]

I actually had this happen a few days ago in 1.10.2, it may be easier to reproduce in mulitplayer.
Note: we were dealing critical hits every 1/2 second (2 players).

Comment by Immaterialise [ 17/Feb/16 ]

Ok, tested again, but this time killing them with two hits in quick succession, and it is still present in 1.9-pre1. It occured twice in 167 attempts.

Comment by user-f2760 (Inactive) [ 17/Feb/16 ]

don't kill them in a single hit, kill them with a hit, just after you hit, almost instantly afterwards

Comment by Immaterialise [ 17/Feb/16 ]

Not sure if still present in 1.9-pre1. I just killed 512 zombies in 1 hit, every single one played the death sound. Is it that rare, or has it been fixed?

Comment by Swekob [ 15/Nov/15 ]

Confirmed for 15w46a

Comment by Swekob [ 28/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed for 15w44a.

Comment by Swekob [ 25/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed for 15w43c & 1.8.8.

Comment by Swekob [ 22/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed for 15w43b.

Comment by [Mod] Sonicwave [ 21/Sep/14 ]

Confirmed in 1.8.

Comment by branza [ 11/Apr/14 ]

Confirmed in 14w11b.

Comment by [Mod] Ezekiel (ezfe) [ 29/Jan/14 ]

Is this still a concern in the latest Minecraft version 14w04b? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Comment by Pixelgraph [ 14/Dec/13 ]

Still happens in 1.7.4, definitely happens most with Zombies.

Comment by branza [ 06/Oct/13 ]

Affects 1.6.4.

Comment by Tails [ 24/Dec/12 ]

Confirmed in 1.4.6.

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