[MCPE-9846] Mobs wearing armor drop that armor 100% of the time Created: 08/Aug/15  Updated: 15/Oct/16  Resolved: 30/Aug/16

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 0.12.1 Beta 7, 0.12.1 Beta 8, 0.12.1 Beta 9, 0.12.1, 0.12.2, 0.12.3, 0.13.0 Beta 1, 0.13.0, 0.13.1, 0.14.0 Beta 1, 0.14.0 Beta 2, 0.14.0 Beta 3, 0.14.0 Beta 4, 0.14.0 Beta 5, 0.14.0, 0.14.0 Beta 6, 0.14.0 Beta 7, 0.14.1, 0.15.0 Realms Alpha build 1, 0.15.0 Realms Alpha build 2, 0.14.2, 0.14.3, 0.15.0 Realms Alpha build 4, 0.15.0 Beta build 1, 0.15.0 Beta build 3, 0.15.0, 0.15.1 Beta 1, 0.15.1, 0.15.2, 0.15.3, 0.15.4, 0.15.6, 0.15.9
Fix Version/s: 0.15.90.0

Type: Bug
Reporter: Zenzoh
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 27
Labels: drop, rates

Attachments: PNG File armour stuff.PNG    
Issue Links:
Cloners
is cloned by MCPE-11102 A mob with armour always drops the ar... Resolved
Duplicate
is duplicated by MCPE-10494 Zombies that have armor drop all of i... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-10988 Zombies,skeletons, and zombie pigmen ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-11469 drops Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-11470 17381 Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-11471 drops Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-11474 item Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-12932 mobs always drop the whole armor when... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-13123 Skeletons and Zombies, after death dr... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-13305 skeletons with armor Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-13890 Mobs armour drops are too often. Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-14813 mobs always drop armor Resolved
Relates
relates to MCPE-17452 Zombies Do not drop armor Resolved
relates to MCPE-13966 Mobs do not drop spawned equipment Resolved
relates to MCPE-14211 Mobs don't pick up armor or tools whe... Resolved
relates to MCPE-14613 Strays and husks have only one skin l... Resolved
relates to MCPE-14706 Strays iron helmet armor texture bug Resolved
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Platform: Phone - Android - Motorola Moto G
CHK:

 Description   

An example, if I kill a zombie pigman with armor they drop full armor.

Steps to reproduce

  • Make sure your map is in creative mode. (This also affects the survival game play.)
  • Make sure your game difficulty is on the highest setting.
  • Spawn a zombie until one is wearing armor.
  • Give yourself a sword.
  • Switch to survival mode.
  • Kill the zombie that's wearing armor.

You will get all the armor the zombie was wearing. Repeat these steps and you will get even more sets of armor.



 Comments   
Comment by PHO [ 26/Sep/16 ]

SummerIsFun2, 0.15.x does not contain bug fixes in 0.16.0 beta so it needs not to be reopened.

Comment by Isaiah Varnado [ 25/Sep/16 ]

Reopen it's still in 0.15.9

Comment by Rodrigo [ 30/Aug/16 ]

Fixed in version 0.16.0 build 1

Comment by Isaiah Varnado [ 11/Aug/16 ]

Confirmed for 0.15.6

Comment by [Mojang] MissMarzenia (Aleksandra Zajac) [ 04/Aug/16 ]

This issue was reported and under fix for quite a while. It is more complex than initially reported.
Hopefully we will see a fix in the near future, please do not take this as a promise that this bug will be fixed in the next update.

Comment by Zeb [ 13/Jun/16 ]

Confirmed for 0.15.0 on Windows 10 Edition.

Comment by Maggie Mae Cufr [ 01/Jun/16 ]

same here. i hope it gets fixed in the next update i have this bug on win10 as well not sure though on my ipod 4th gen mcpe though.

Comment by MacchuPicchu96 [ 01/Jun/16 ]

Present on my iPhone 6S, running MCPE 0.14.3. I'd like to add two points to the discussion:
1) The importance of fixing this bug to Survival gameplay cannot be understated. A skilled Minecraft player with a set of stone tools can, after just the first night of a Survival world, easily acquire a half dozen full sets of gold and leather armor, much of it pretty well enchanted. There's no challenge in that. I want an armor drop from a mob to be an event, something exciting, something I'm proud to have, especially after just a few in-game days. But because armor drops are so common, almost none of it is valuable in any way. It's quite sad.
2) MCPE currently treats equipped armor on mobs as player-created armor that spawned with full durability. This means that if you kill an armored mob with potions, for example, the dropped armor will be at full durability. If you kill that same mob with a sword instead, their armor will take damage, resulting in a bunch of barely-damaged armor as seen in the picture posted above. But according to the Wiki, armor drops should have random durability, not full. I hope that this issue will be fixed alongside the major bug discussed here.

Comment by Namitha Kumar [ 13/Apr/16 ]

This still affects MCW10 version 0.14.1.
Device: PC with Win 10 Pro

Comment by Joshua [ 06/Mar/16 ]

Present on my device which is an Ipod touch 5th generation. Minecraft pe version 0.14.0

Comment by Namitha Kumar [ 23/Feb/16 ]

This is still present on 0.14.0.

Comment by Kai Sharp [ 12/Feb/16 ]

You would think would be good, but it is just plain annoying. So... much... armor... (I did not spell that wrong. The grammar varies between countries.) This bug is on my Kindle Fire and my iPad.

Comment by Torben Schamborski [ 07/Feb/16 ]

Confirmed for version 0.14.0 build 5
Device Samsung Galaxy Note3 Android 5.0

Comment by Sammy [ 04/Feb/16 ]

Bug present in 0.13.2

Comment by Namitha Kumar [ 27/Jan/16 ]

This bug is still present in build 1 of 0.14.0.

Comment by Sammy [ 11/Jan/16 ]

This bug still affects version 0.13.1.
The bug has gotten worst, as now players can't see the armor on zombies, and only a bit on skeletons.

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

This issue was submitted for testing and fix.

Comment by Sean Stewart [ 20/Nov/15 ]

Still happening on 0.13.0, using iPod Touch 5 Generation.

Comment by Namitha Kumar [ 03/Nov/15 ]

Still present in 0.13.0 build 1.

Comment by Namitha Kumar [ 25/Oct/15 ]

Bug still present in 0.12.3.

Comment by [Mojang] MissMarzenia (Aleksandra Zajac) [ 20/Oct/15 ]

This issue is currently being fixed.

Comment by Jamie Douglass [ 19/Oct/15 ]

Confirmed Windows 10 0.12.0 and 0.12.1. Added a picture of how much I actually have.

Comment by Namitha Kumar [ 14/Oct/15 ]

Still present in 0.12.2. I was attacked by a skeleton with full gold armor. When i killed it, it dropped all its armor. Tested on
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Gt-N7100 and Windows 10 edition.

Comment by Sammy [ 05/Oct/15 ]

Comfirm on iPad 4, iPhone 5s, Windows 10

Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 26/Sep/15 ]

Do you mean that mobs always drop their armour? If so then I will vote for this bug, if not I'll write a new one. The armour dropping 100% of the time is overpowered.
Also:
This goes for all armour wearing mobs, and the armour that gets dropped is nearly always at full durability.
Win 10 PC edition 0.12.1

Comment by Namitha Kumar [ 09/Sep/15 ]

Still there on build 13 of 0.12.1.

Comment by Zenzoh [ 15/Aug/15 ]

Confirmed in Build 9

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