[MCPE-11086] All mobs drop nothing unless killed by the player (or spawned or hurt by the player within 5 min of being killed) Created: 16/Oct/15  Updated: 10/May/17  Resolved: 26/Jan/16

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 0.12.2, 0.13.0 Beta 1, 0.13.0
Fix Version/s: 0.14.0 Beta 1

Type: Bug
Reporter: Florian Hanno
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 14
Labels: None

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MCPE-11506 Zombies not dropping rotten flesh in ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-11817 bug on the mob drop when you don't ki... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-12242 Mobs Don't Drop Items From Falling. Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-12252 hostile mobs don't drop item in creat... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-12466 Mobs hostis, não estão dropando seus ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-12880 Mob farm Bug Resolved
Relates
relates to MCPE-10957 Killing mobs with splash potions will... Resolved
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Platform: Phone - Android - Samsung Galaxy S5
CHK:

 Description   

If hostile mobs die but are not killed by the player, they drop nothing. Dying by sunlight, drowning or falling used to let the mob drop items.
Same goes for iron golems. Only if killed by the player, they drop iron.

In Version 0.11 they used to drop items.

What I expected to happen:
The mob to drop items.

What actually happened:
The mob didn't drop items.

Steps to Reproduce in survival:

  1. In survival wait until it gets night and than day again.
  2. Wait for roaming zombies/skeletons to burn to death by sunlight.
  3. look for drops

Steps to Reproduce in creative

  1. Spawn a hostile mob (zombie/skeleton) with a spawn egg during day
  2. Wait for the mob to die
  3. look for drops


 Comments   
Comment by [Mojang] MissMarzenia (Aleksandra Zajac) [ 08/Dec/15 ]

This issue had been submitted for testing.

Comment by dalwin [ 08/Dec/15 ]

Confirmed on iOS. All mob farms rendered useless. No one drops anything now.

Comment by PHO [ 19/Nov/15 ]

I don't know if this is a bug or an intended change either, but I too want it to be fixed. Designing and constructing mob farms is a significant part of the fun of the game.

Comment by Jacob [ 13/Nov/15 ]

I do not know if this is a bug or if it was done for a reason but, I would like it fixed. This whole issue with Minecraft having no rules. It seems this new version has a lot of rules. You guys just say, "That is considered cheating." Like no coordinates.

Comment by rplatham [ 13/Nov/15 ]

Confirmed on MCPE 0.13 build 5 that mobs (hostile or peaceful) don't drop anything if not hurt by the player within 5 minutes before dying. The exception being iron and snow golems who seem to always drop items regardless of how they are killed.

Comment by PHO [ 06/Nov/15 ]

I can confirm this on 0.12.3 / iOS, but iron golems do drop irons unlike any other hostile mobs.

Comment by Samuel Ryckman [ 29/Oct/15 ]

Same issue with Minecraft PE v0.12.3 on both of my Android devices.
Samsung Galaxy S3 - 4.4.2
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 - Android 4.0.4

Some additional details:
-I have tested with several causes of death including drowning, lava, fire, sun, and fall damage. In all scenarios there are no drops.
-The only way to cause death resulting in drops is if the mob is killed directly by the player.
-An exception to this is that there WILL be drops if a mob takes damage from a player, and then dies by one of the aforementioned causes within 5 seconds.

I do hope this is fixed soon since this bug essentially removes mob farms from the game.

Comment by rplatham [ 20/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed on Samsung Galaxy S4 android 5.0.1 and Asus B121 Tablet Win10 Pro in creative and surival, single and multiplayer. There are several methods by which mobs killed indirectly by the player should result in drops. For example splash potions in MCPE-10957.

Comment by Rodrigo X [ 19/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed On Asus Zenfone 5 (Android 5.0) MCPE 0.12.2

Comment by Dan Bryant [ 19/Oct/15 ]

Can confirm... Android Marshmallow, Nexus 5, MCPE 0.12.2.

-Go to Nether.
-Find pigmen under hanging gravel.
-Trigger gravelanche
-Find no loot (though you may get armor b/c of "always drops armor" bug).

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