Mobs with bows can't shoot players in boats
Skeletons & strays can't shoot entities that are in the same boat as them, but only when the boat is facing north, south, east, or west? Instead, the arrow only appears briefly behind the skeleton's head and makes the "twack" sound despite not hurting the player or sticking into any nearby blocks.
Same thing happens if you put a baby turtle in the boat with it, but that also makes the skeleton's arms look weird.
Orienting the boat northeast, northwest, southeast, or southwest seems to fix this (??)
Seems like unintended behavior since most mobs (including other bow-weilding ones - pillagers) can attack players from within boats.
How to reproduce:
1) Spawn a skeleton in a boat
2A) Board the boat and enter survival mode
2B) Put a baby turtle in there with it
(make sure you're aligned with either the X or Z axis)
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MC-137793Some mobs shoot backwards when on boats, boats with chest, bamboo raft or bamboo raft with chest 
NormalMC-260003Skeleton, stray, wither skeleton, bogged and illusioner will not adjust its aiming height due to the hitbox size of the target
LowMC-260005Pillagers and piglins can hardly hit the mobs lower than a block with a crossbowLowMC-125936When projectiles spawn inside a hitbox, they don't hit the hitbox of the entity they are inside
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Skeletons can't shoot players in boats
Skeletons & strays can't shoot entities that are in the same boat as them, but only when the boat is facing north, south, east, or west? Instead, the arrow only appears briefly behind the skeleton's head and makes the "twack" sound despite not hurting the player or sticking into any nearby blocks.
Same thing happens if you put a baby turtle in the boat with it, but that also makes the skeleton's arms look weird.
Orienting the boat northeast, northwest, southeast, or southwest seems to fix this (??)
How to reproduce:
1) Spawn a skeleton in a boat
2A) Board the boat and enter survival mode
2B) Put a baby turtle in there with it
(make sure you're aligned with either the X or Z axis)
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Skeletons & strays can't shoot entities that are in the same boat as them, but only when the boat is facing north, south, east, or west? Instead, the arrow only appears briefly behind the skeleton's head and makes the "twack" sound despite not hurting the player or sticking into any nearby blocks.
Same thing happens if you put a baby turtle in the boat with it, but that also makes the skeleton's arms look weird.
Orienting the boat northeast, northwest, southeast, or southwest seems to fix this (??)
Seems like unintended behavior since most mobs (including other bow-weilding ones - pillagers) can attack players from within boats.
How to reproduce:
1) Spawn a skeleton in a boat
2A) Board the boat and enter survival mode
2B) Put a baby turtle in there with it
(make sure you're aligned with either the X or Z axis)
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In 20w11a
In 20w12a
In 1.16 Pre 3
affects 1.16.2-pre1
Can confirm in 21w06a.
Can confirm in 1.16.5 and 21w08b. Video attached.
Isn't this a duplicate of MC-125936?
Can confirm in 1.17.
Axis does not seem to matter
isnt this good? tbh its possible to carry a skeleton in a boat and not get killed (dont ask me why would u do that)
@Bedwarer_ good point you could go on a romantic cruise with a skeleton. Honestly I was just combing thru the game to find if there was any weird behavior with boats so I could report it and feel like I'm helping
This can be fixed by making mobs that shoot projectiles aim at the eyes, not the feet, of their target.