MC-146959Iron bars no longer protect ender crystals properly
The iron bar hitbox has changed, which is intentional, but now it is possible to shoot the ender crystals without breaking any iron bars. This makes the dragon fight a bit easier since you could just shoot the "protected" ender crystals.
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17w47a - 1.21.2-rc1
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Created Issue:
Iron bars aren't protecting the ender crystal properly
Due to the iron bar change in 1.13, there are various holes at the top and corners of the iron bar cage (which didn't exist from 1.9-1.12.2) that you could shoot through if you have the skill. When playing in versions 19w13a and beyond, the iron bars barely protect the crystals at all because of the huge gap that you could easily shoot through from a relatively far distance. This makes the dragon fight a bit easier since you could just shoot the "protected" ender crystals.
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Due to the iron barchange in 1.13, there are various holes at the top and corners of the iron bar cage (which didn't exist from 1.9-1.12.2) that you could shoot through if you have the skill. When playing in versions 19w13a and beyond, the iron bars barely protect the crystals at all because of the huge gap that you could easily shoot through from a relatively far distance. This makes the dragon fight a bit easier since you could just shoot the "protected" ender crystals.The iron bar hitbox has changed, which is intentional, but now it is possible to shoot the ender crystals without breaking any iron bars. This makes the dragon fight a bit easier since you could just shoot the "protected" ender crystals.
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Iron bars no longer protect ender crystals properly
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See MC-146959, MC-158205, MC-194339, MC-197201, MC-207174, MC-227327 for several already reported issues with ender dragons and the ender dragon fight. If there is an issue that was not previously reported, please create a separate ticket for that issue.
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Can confirm here, you can pretty much destroy the crystals if you aim the lower corners of the cages, without the need to climb up there.
Well, I believe if you were above them, you would also be able to shoot through the iron bars. Or if you fired an arrow precisely that it came down at such an angle to phase through the bars from the top.
One such solution would be to either:
a. expand the pillars so that they are square.
b. Move the corner of the iron bars in so that they adhere to the shape of the pillar.
People use this "bug" all the time.
Can confirm in 1.19.2.