[MC-685] Skeletons dropping bows that have few uses left. Created: 26/Oct/12  Updated: 07/Sep/15  Resolved: 08/Nov/12

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

Type: Bug
Reporter: Austin Lazarenko Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Works As Intended Votes: 0
Labels: drops, item, mob
Environment:

Windows 7


Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Game Mode: Survival

 Description   

When skeletons drop bows, they are supposed to be fully usable, and not have any uses used on them.

However, while killing skeletons, I realized that I had gotten a bow that had very few uses left on it, and you could see that the bar depicting uses was nearly depleted.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a world on either creative or survival
2. Kill many skeletons and hope to get a bow
3. Once you have gotten a bow, see the uses it has left.



 Comments   
Comment by Cat [ 26/Oct/12 ]

Ah! That explains why my custom-mob-spawner-spawned-zombies drop broken swords and completely ignore the damage value :$

Perhaps a better behaviour would be to only select a random durability if the damage value is undefined?
(Similarly, perhaps the villager profession from custom mob spawners could also be random if undefined) puppy eyes

Comment by Pixelgraph [ 26/Oct/12 ]

Intended behavior. In Minecraft 1.4 all mobs rare tool drops have limited duribility. I personaly disagree with this change as it almost makes rare drops pointless.

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