Wither skeleton afraid to leave the shadows
The bug
Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows, when it is in the morning of overworld. Even if Wither Skeleton was attacked / being chased by a wolf.
And this makes the Wither Skeleton cannot attack the players.
How to reproduce
- Confirm you at the overworld
- Set the time to morning:
/time set day
- Spawn Wither Skeleton to beneath the shadow
Linked Issues
clones2
is duplicated by8
MC-121578wither_skeleton can't move out from under end_stone anywhere above him.DuplicateMC-130139Wither skeletons can't move when a block is above them in the overworld/endDuplicateMC-188888Wither skeleton doenst follow player into sunlightDuplicateMC-195521Pathfinding effected by sky accessDuplicateMC-198279Wither Skeletons Don't Like the Sunlight (MC 1.16.2)DuplicateMC-201558Wither skeleton can't path-find under certain blocksDuplicateMC-248098Wither Skeleton under one block of roof does not work correctly in the overworldDuplicateMC-270420Wither Skeletons become stuck under certain blocksDuplicaterelates to6
MC-13497Wither skeletons and zombie pigmen won't go through lava to get to enemies, even though they can't burnFixedMC-3453Zombie pigmen/burnable mobs in the sun use up helmetsWorks As IntendedMC-111856Wither skeletons unaggressive/don't walk while in 2.5/3 block tall spaceConfirmedMC-265174Skeletons and their variants quickly swap between aggression and non-aggression when being deterred by wolves
NormalMC-87093Skeleton, wither skeleton, stray and bogged arm animation glitch if they can't reach you
LowMC-50468Skeleton AI ignoring helmet - skeleton still stays in shadowFixed
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- Unresolved
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[Mod] Les3awe- 44
- 22
- Confirmed
- Low
- Gameplay
- Mob behaviour
- shadow shelter sunlight wither_skeleton
1.9.2 - 25w05a
1.9.2 16w14a 16w15a 16w15b 1.9.3-pre1 1.9.3-pre2 1.9.3-pre3 1.9.3 1.9.4 16w20a 16w21a 16w21b 1.10-pre1 1.10-pre2 1.10 1.10.1 1.10.2 16w32a 16w32b 16w33a 16w35a 16w36a 16w38a 16w39a 16w39b 16w39c 16w40a 16w41a 16w42a 16w43a 16w44a 1.11-pre1 1.11 16w50a 1.11.2 17w06a 17w13a 17w13b 17w14a 17w15a 17w16a 17w16b 17w17a 17w17b 17w18a 17w18b 1.12-pre1 1.12-pre2 1.12-pre3 1.12-pre4 1.12-pre5 1.12-pre6 1.12-pre7 1.12 1.12.1-pre1 1.12.1 1.12.2-pre1 1.12.2-pre2 1.12.2 17w43a 17w43b 17w45a 17w45b 17w46a 17w47a 17w47b 17w48a 17w49a 17w49b 17w50a 18w01a 18w02a 18w03b 18w05a 18w06a 18w07a 18w07b 18w07c 18w08a 18w08b 18w09a 18w10a 18w10b 18w10c 18w10d 18w11a 18w14a 18w14b 18w15a 18w20c 18w21a 1.13-pre1 1.13-pre6 1.13 18w31a 18w32a 18w33a 1.13.1-pre1 1.13.1-pre2 1.13.1 1.13.2-pre1 1.13.2-pre2 1.13.2 18w43a 18w43b 18w43c 18w44a 18w48a 18w48b 18w49a 18w50a 19w12b 19w13b 19w14a 19w14b 1.14.3 1.14.4 19w34a 19w39a 19w45b 1.15-pre1 1.15 1.15.1 1.15.2-pre2 1.15.2 20w06a 20w07a 20w08a 20w09a 20w10a 20w11a 20w12a 20w13b 20w18a 1.16-pre4 1.16-pre5 1.16-rc1 1.16 1.16.1 1.16.2-pre1 1.16.2-rc1 1.16.2-rc2 1.16.2 1.16.3 1.16.4-pre1 1.16.4-rc1 1.16.4 20w45a 20w46a 21w03a 1.16.5 21w05a 21w05b 21w06a 21w07a 21w11a 21w13a 21w14a 21w15a 1.17-pre2 1.17-pre5 1.17-rc1 1.17.1-rc1 1.17.1 21w37a 21w40a 21w43a 1.18-pre5 1.18 1.18.1-rc1 1.18.1 1.18.2 22w16b 1.19 1.19.1-rc2 1.19.1-rc3 1.19.1 1.19.2-rc1 1.19.2 22w42a 22w43a 1.19.3-rc1 1.19.3 23w04a 23w06a 1.19.4-rc1 1.19.4-rc3 1.19.4 23w16a 23w17a 23w18a 1.20-pre1 1.20-pre2 1.20-pre4 1.20-pre5 1.20-pre6 1.20-pre7 1.20-rc1 1.20 1.20.1-rc1 1.20.1 23w31a 23w32a 23w33a 23w35a 1.20.2-pre2 1.20.2-rc1 1.20.2 23w40a 23w41a 23w42a 23w43a 23w43b 23w44a 23w45a 23w46a 1.20.3-pre2 1.20.3-rc1 1.20.4 23w51b 24w03b 24w04a 24w05b 24w06a 24w07a 24w09a 24w11a 24w12a 24w13a 24w14a 1.20.5-pre1 1.20.5-pre3 1.20.5-rc2 1.20.5 1.20.6-rc1 1.20.6 24w18a 24w21b 1.21-pre2 1.21-pre4 1.21 24w33a 1.21.1 24w34a 24w35a 24w36a 24w37a 24w38a 24w39a 1.21.2-pre3 24w44a 1.21.3 1.21.4 25w02a 25w03a 25w05a
Created Issue:
Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows
Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows, when it is in the morning of overworld.
Reproduce steps:
- Confirm you at the overworld.
- Set the time to morning.
- /time set day
- Spawn Wither Skeleton to beneath the shadow.
Environment
OS : Windows 10 64-bit
Java 8 version : 1.8.0_77-b03 64-bit
CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
GPU : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
Drivers : GeForce 364.72
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Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows, when it is in the morning of overworld.
Reproduce steps:
- Confirm you at the overworld.
- Set the time to morning.
- /time set day
- Confirm you at the overworld.
Set the time to morning.- Spawn Wither Skeleton to beneath the shadow.
Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows, when it is in the morning of overworld.
Reproduce steps:
- Confirm you at the overworld.
Set the time to morning. /time set day- Spawn Wither Skeleton to beneath the shadow.
Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows, when it is in the morning of overworld.
Reproduce steps:
- Confirm you at the overworld.
- Set the time to morning. /time set day
- Spawn Wither Skeleton to beneath the shadow.
Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows, when it is in the morning of overworld.
Even if Wither Skeleton was attacked / being chased by a wolf.
And this makes the Wither Skeleton do not attack the players.Reproduce steps:
- Confirm you at the overworld.
- Set the time to morning. /time set day
- Spawn Wither Skeleton to beneath the shadow.
Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows, when it is in the morning of overworld.
Even if Wither Skeleton was attacked / being chased by a wolf.
And this makes the Wither Skeletondonot attack the players.Reproduce steps:
- Confirm you at the overworld.
- Set the time to morning. /time set day
- Spawn Wither Skeleton to beneath the shadow.
Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows, when it is in the morning of overworld.
Even if Wither Skeleton was attacked / being chased by a wolf.
And this makes the Wither Skeleton cannot attack the players.Reproduce steps:
- Confirm you at the overworld.
- Set the time to morning. /time set day
- Spawn Wither Skeleton to beneath the shadow.
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clones
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is duplicated by
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WitherSkeleton afraid to leave the shadowsWither skeleton afraid to leave the shadows
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is duplicated by
Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows, when it is in the morning of overworld.
Even ifWither Skeletonwasattacked / being chased by a wolf.
And this makes the Wither Skeleton cannot attack the players.Reproduce steps:
- Confirm you at the overworld.
- Set the time to morning.
/time set day- Spawn Wither Skeleton to beneath the shadow
.The bug
Wither Skeleton afraid to leave the shadows, when it is in the morning of overworld. Even if Wither Skeleton was attacked / being chased by a wolf.
And this makes the Wither Skeleton cannot attack the players.How to reproduce
- Confirm you at the overworld
- Set the time to morning:
/time set day- Spawn Wither Skeleton to beneath the shadow
![[Mod] ampolive](../../../data/avatars/users/18949.svg){kind=small}
This issue relates to MC-101136
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Hi [Mod] SunCat, I added a comment to the linked issue MC-101136 as you recommended, although that issue relates specifically to the overworld and sun avoidance behavior. My report notes that the issue affects the wither skeletons in the End too, where there is no sun. Thanks for taking the time to address this issue. =)
Wither skeletons do not to pathfind their way to players if they are below an opaque block. Wither skeletons are immune to burn in daylight, and they shouldn't be doing that. Any opaque block, including trees, will stop the wither skeleton from chansing you even if they are immune to fire or daylight. This is also an issue on Java. See MC-101136.
To Reproduce
1. Spawn wither skeleton in the Overworld
2. Go to survival and lure the wither skeleton to an opaque block
3. The wither skeleton will stop chasing you as theire is block above it.
Observed results
Wither skeletons don't chase players when they are under a tree as they think they can burn.
Expected results
The wither skeletons should always be chasing the player and not think that they can burn.
Rest in peace cool bug number 188888, duplicate of MC-101136
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Glitch Discription: Wither skeletons will not track players into sunlight in the overworld even though they won't be burned. Instead, the wither skeleton will sit in the liquid or shade and continually swapping arm animations from neutral to hostile while ignoring the player, unless they (player) move into the shade/liquid. I have provided a video to the website in the attachment section that demonstrates the glitch. **
How to Reproduce:
1) Place a wither skeleton in water, lava, or a shaded area.
2) Be in survival mode and have the time set to day.
3) The wither skeleton will now stay on the edge of the "safe" spot while swapping animations, until the player enters the area or the time is switched to night. The wither skeletons seem to be scared of stepping into sunlight.
Notes:
I attempted to find already reported bugs of the same nature, however no reports exist for the current latest version of Minecraft 1.16.2. Reports for older versions of MC seem to have been closed. It seems that this is either a recurring bug that returns every couple versions or one bug that hasn't been ever patched, as I have found multiple bug reports for past versions.
Links to similar reports:
1.16 Pre-Release 4: MC-188888
1.12.2: **MC-102055
1.9.2: MC-101136
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See MC-101136; the wither skeletons' behaviour depends on whether they are considered to be in direct sunlight. To address the blocks used in your video: Lava, soul sand, farmland, dirt and enchantment tables all block sunlight from affecting mobs, while glass, trapdoors and chests do not.
This seems like MC-101136 to me. Is anyone able to reproduce this in an area with no sunlight?
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So basically what you are saying is that Wither skeletons will not go out into sunlight.
Yes, that's what she's saying, they're immune to fire, so why hide from the sun?
Seems to be related to
MC-8671andMC-50468(the former describes wither skeletons and was resolved as intended by Dinnerbone 3 years ago, while the latter talks about skeletons wearing helmets and was fixed by ProfMobius last December).When you give Wither Skeleton a shelter, it would to stalk there.
But if you push it to sunlight under, it will resume normal.
It seems as though Wither Skeletons don't know they're immune to fire.
Relates to
MC-13497.As of 1.12.2, this issue affects the wither_skeleton even in the END, where there is no sun. The wither_skeleton, once he travels under cover of any kind, refuses to leave from under the cover, essentially trapping him there forvever until the overhead blocks are destoyed.
In fact the END is very bright.
If you place a torch in the END, the zombie will burn.
Confirming Scott Miller's finding and also adding that it exists in the latest snapshot for 1.13 (18w20c)
I actually came to the bug tracker to report the same issue and stumbled upon this. Recently, I was attempting to move a Wither Skeleton into The End in 1.12.2 (and to an End City in pursuit of the "How Did We Get Here Advancement") and wondered why it would not move and instead simply flailed its arms around. The initial spawn point in The End happened to be underground. I moved the skeleton manually out into the open but the behavior was the same and I eventually had to use mine carts or boats to move it.
For 1.13, I didn't manually move a wither skeleton into The End, but I did reproduce the bug easily in creative mode with similar instructions to the original report:
1. Build a 3x3 shade platform 4 blocks above the ground
2. Spawn a wither skeleton under the shade platform
3. While near the skeleton but out of reach, switch to Adventure mode
At this point the skeleton should "do the dance" and not move out into the open
Notes:
Can confirm for 19w39a.
Affects 1.16 pre release 4
I found this bug in MC 1.16.2 and created a bug report (
MC-198279), but was referred to this report as the parent issue. This issue seems to have persisted from 1.9.2 to 1.16.2.Can confirm in 21w03a.
Can confirm in 21w05a.
Can confirm in 21w05b.
Can confirm in 21w06a.
Video attached.
Can confirm in 21w07a.
Can confirm in 21w11a.
Can confirm in 21w13a.
Can confirm in 21w14a.
Wither Skeletons have the same ID as skeletons, and thus seek shade.
This is " Working as Intended "
Duplicate of
MC-8671Henrik First thing [Mod] Avoma isn't spamming he is just keeping a ticket uodated with current versions. Second thing is that this isn't a dupe or WAI see the priority, Mojang plans to fix this. Please be more cognizant of these things when commenting in the future.
Can confirm in 21w15a.
Can confirm in 1.18.1.
Can confirm in 1.18.2 and 22w16b.
Code analysis (Mojang mappings, 1.19.2): Wither skeletons inherit RestrictSunGoal and FleeSunGoal from AbstractSkeleton on the registerGoals() method.
It could be fixed by removing the super.registerGoals() line from the method and adding the other required methods present in AbstractSkeleton#registerGoals; this might not be desirable from a design standpoint, though, because it means that wither skeletons will no longer inherit the goals from AbstractSkeleton. Another fix could be moving RestrictSunGoal and FleeSunGoal from AbstractSkeleton to the stray and skeleton's code.