[MC-539] Heads don't drop as items from Creepers, Skeletons, and Zombies Created: 25/Oct/12  Updated: 27/May/19  Resolved: 25/Oct/12

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.2
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Steve Dawson Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Works As Intended Votes: 0
Labels: None

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-1269 Heads Resolved
is duplicated by MC-2326 Only Wither Skeletons drop their head Resolved
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed

 Description   

What gives? Did Mojang forget to toggle this or is this just bad game development?



 Comments   
Comment by Justerfrog [ 27/May/19 ]

well i was just looking at these to see what they were ... i noticed some people were still watching: you can only get mob heads other that wither by charged creepers.

Comment by Enzo Candisani [ 04/Jul/13 ]

It's impossible to obtain those Heads, at least you have TooManyItems or NotEnoughItems or commands /give or Creative.
So this is not a bug, only a old feature.

Comment by Steve Dawson [ 26/Oct/12 ]

I wouldn't put it passed Mojang to just... forget to toggle them. They do development like a 10 year old ADHD kid who refuses to take his Ritalin. "I'm going to make Lecterns. Oh wait. I'm going to ride my bicycle."

It's bad game development because they rolled out effectively 1/4 of a feature. This kind of thing would be acceptable if the game were in Beta, but since it's supposed to be a "released" product, there being features that are half-rolled out just makes the development cycle seem sloppy and apathetic.

Comment by Steve Dawson [ 26/Oct/12 ]

So... bad game development then?

Comment by Cloudy (Aaron Mills) [ 25/Oct/12 ]

These are decorative blocks only, apart from the wither skeleton head which actually has some use to create a wither. As such they are not supposed to drop their heads. Closing as it works as intended.

Comment by Steve Dawson [ 25/Oct/12 ]

Except that there are no Nether Brick Slabs accessible in Creative mode.

Comment by sciguyryan [ 25/Oct/12 ]

What reason could there be for adding various slabs not not nether brick slabs? Its the same thing. Its intentionally not added, why I cannot answer.

Comment by Steve Dawson [ 25/Oct/12 ]

What good reason could they have for making Wither Skeleton heads drop from Wither Skeletons, but not having Creeper, Skeleton, and Zombie heads drop from their respective mobs?

Comment by sciguyryan [ 25/Oct/12 ]

Are they even meant to? I know wither skeleton heads do but I have yet to witness any of the others. If so I guess that's intended.

Comment by Steve Dawson [ 25/Oct/12 ]

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Head

It'd be fine if they were rare. They're impossible to obtain in Survival.

Comment by Huw Harris [ 25/Oct/12 ]

Not a bug, they're just rare

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