[MCPE-16209] Bow charging animation for strays and skeletons is missing Created: 14/Jul/16  Updated: 02/Jan/25

Status: Reopened
Project: Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 1.19.80.22 Preview, 1.19.80.21 Preview, 1.19.50.22 Preview, 1.19.30.25 Preview, 1.19.30.22 Preview, 1.19.20.23 Preview, 1.19.10.24 Preview, 1.18.30.23 Preview, 1.18.30.22 Beta, 1.18.0.21 Beta, 1.17.30.21 Beta, 1.17.30.20 Beta, 1.17.11 Hotfix, 1.17.20.22 Beta, 1.17.10, 1.16.210.60 Beta, 1.16.100.56 Beta, 1.16.100.53 Beta, 1.16.100.51 Beta, 1.16.0.61 Beta, 1.16.0.60 Beta, 1.16.0.57 Beta, 1.16.0.53 Beta, 1.16.0.51 Beta, 1.15.0.56 Beta, 1.15.0.54 Beta, 1.15.0.51 Beta, 1.14.25.1 Beta, 1.14.1 Hotfix, 1.12.0.9 Beta, 0.15.2, 0.15.90.0, 0.15.90.1, 0.15.90.2, 0.16.2, 1.0.0.2, 1.0.0, 1.0.4.11, 1.0.5.13, 1.1.0.9, 1.0.9.1, 1.1.5.0, 1.2.0.25, 1.2.6.2, 1.2.5.52, 1.8.0.11 Beta, 1.9.0.2 Beta, 1.12.0.6 Beta, 1.11.4, 1.14.30 Hotfix, 1.14.60 Hotfix, 1.16.0, 1.16.20, 1.16.200, 1.16.201 Hotfix, 1.17.30, 1.17.34, 1.18.30.20 Beta, 1.18.12 Hotfix, 1.19.2 Hotfix, 1.19.10, 1.19.20, 1.19.21 Hotfix, 1.19.22 Hotfix, 1.19.40, 1.19.51, 1.20.41 Hotfix, 1.20.50, 1.21.30.24 Preview, 1.21.22 Hotfix, 1.21.44 Hotfix, 1.21.51 Hotfix
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Renaming
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 83
Labels: bow, entity-animation, skeleton, stray

Attachments: JPEG File missingArrows.jpg     JPEG File stray.jpg    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MCPE-39376 Skeletons don't show the reloading an... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-41843 skeleton bows don't animate and skele... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-44496 Skeletons don't have Bow pulling anim... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-47368 Skeleton don't have bow animation Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-51350 the archers animation is not seen Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-61035 Skeleton bow animation does not play Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-71239 Outdated skeletons Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-98233 Skeleton drawing-bow animation missin... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-118561 Bow hold by Skeleton and Stray have m... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-138454 Skeleton Do Not Show Arrow When It Shoot Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-152881 skeleton not showing arrows Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-169034 skeleton has no bow charge animation Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-188664 No animation of skeleton bow charging. Resolved
Relates
relates to MCPE-14648 Skeletons can shoot arrows without fa... Resolved
relates to MCPE-39095 Pillager doesn't reload the crossbow Resolved
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Platform: Multiple
CHK:
ADO: 54636 64308

 Description   

When a skeleton or a stray is attacking something, you cannot see the arrow in its bow animation.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Make a skeleton attack
2. You cannot see the arrow in the animation



 Comments   
Comment by FireLiz [ 15/Feb/24 ]

Also affects bogged

Comment by strawberrymilk [ 13/Dec/23 ]

affects 1.20.60.23 preview

Comment by strawberrymilk [ 13/Dec/23 ]

affects 1.20.50, and 1.20.60.22 preview.

Comment by strawberrymilk [ 03/Dec/23 ]

affects 1.20.41 Hotfix and 1.20.60.21 preview

Comment by Pedro Barbosa Bruno [ 26/Jun/22 ]

Affects 1.19.2 and 1.19.10.24 preview

Comment by Renaming [ 13/Mar/22 ]

Still affects 1.18.12.01. Not sure if they would implement the skeleton strafing AI alongside this animation.

Comment by Godofnoob [ 05/Mar/22 ]

effective 1.18.12.01

Comment by Yacoub Mezni [ 16/Oct/21 ]

Affects 1.18.0.21

Comment by StarJourney [ 24/Sep/21 ]

Affect on 1.17.30

Comment by StarJourney [ 15/Aug/21 ]

Affects on 1.17.11 hotfix update

Comment by JGames71 [ 16/Jul/21 ]

Affects 1.17.10

Comment by Skaijie [ 09/Dec/20 ]

Affects 1.16.200

Comment by Walter Brown [ 10/Jul/20 ]

I don't understand why they added the crossbow animation for Pillagers and Piglins but not the bow animation for Skeletons and Strays.

Comment by [Mod] Jarl-Penguin [ 14/Mar/20 ]

Affects 1.14.30

Comment by B [ 02/Mar/20 ]

Affects 1.15.0.53 and 1.15.0.54 beta versions

Comment by B [ 18/Feb/20 ]

Still happening in the 1.15.xx beta versions!

Comment by DrownedZombie [ 17/Apr/19 ]

Seems like Bedrock is the only version to have skeletons with the old AI. The stray does hold the bow like they are charging it but there is no animation.

Comment by PC_Screen [ 29/Nov/18 ]

Pillagers got their own animations - so why not just add it for the other mobs too?

Comment by Nagy Richárd [ 29/Nov/18 ]

Affects 1.9.0.2.

Comment by [MCPE Helper] Aspergerian [ 21/Mar/17 ]

Affects 1.0.5.13.

Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 17/Jan/17 ]

Confirmed for 1.0.0 - Added screenshot for comparison:

Comment by Zeb [ 24/Nov/16 ]

Actually, as of 0.16.2, skeletons have no bow-charging animation at all. Their bows are static when in use.

Comment by AMAN4700 [ 18/Nov/16 ]

This is a bulk resolve of issues that haven't been updated to 0.16.0+ yet. Please comment below (To open the ticket) and update your affected versions. If you cannot reproduce the bug, please write in the comments so we can resolve it as "Cannot Reproduce". Thank You!

Comment by Zeb [ 05/Sep/16 ]

Affects 0.15.90.2.

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