Silverfish suffocate inside of soul sand
The expected behaviour would be for silverfish to not suffocate inside of soul sand. However, mobs should still suffocate inside of soul sand (as well as farmland and grass paths) if their head is within the solid 15/16 of the block. (This logic should be applied to other solid non-full blocks as well; see MC-134360)
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Silverfish suffocate inside of soul sand
Found while testing
MC-161156.
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MC-165949
discovered while testing
Found while testing
MC-161156. ClonesMC-51030.The expected behaviour would be for silverfish to not suffocate inside of soul sand. However, mobs should still suffocate inside of soul sand (as well as farmland and grass paths) if their head is within the solid 15/16 of the block. (This logic should be applied to other solid non-full blocks as well; see
Found while testing
MC-161156. ClonesMC-51030.The expected behaviour would be for silverfish to not suffocate inside of soul sand. However, mobs should still suffocate inside of soul sand (as well as farmland and grass paths) if their head is within the solid 15/16 of the block. (This logic should be applied to other solid non-full blocks as well; see
Found while testing
MC-161156. ClonesMC-51030.The expected behaviour would be for silverfish to not suffocate inside of soul sand. However, mobs should still suffocate inside of soul sand (as well as farmland and grass paths) if their head is within the solid 15/16 of the block. (This logic should be applied to other solid non-full blocks as well; see MC-134360)
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relates to
Found while testing
MC-161156. ClonesMC-51030.The expected behaviour would be for silverfish to not suffocate inside of soul sand. However, mobs should still suffocate inside of soul sand (as well as farmland and grass paths) if their head is within the solid 15/16 of the block. (This logic should be applied to other solid non-full blocks as well; see MC-134360)
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Clones MC-149928
In pre2 mobs became able to suffocate inside of soul sand again, as well as farmland and grass paths. However, this seems to have been removed again in pre3, likely as a fix for MC-166386 and MC-166389.
The suffocation should be readded again, but checking the mob's head height this time as to prevent erroneous silverfish suffocation. Suffocation could also be added to other solid blocks using this mechanic as per MC-134360.

I thought this was a feature used for silverfish proofing your house
Yeah, this could be mistaken for something that was intended