Withers are now affected by potion effects
Withers are now able to have potions other than Instant Health and Instant Damage applied to them, as well as the Glowing effect from a Spectral Arrow.
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Withers are now affected by potion effects
Withers are now able to have potions other than Instant Health and Instant Damage applied to them, as well as the Glowing effect from a Spectral Arrow.
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Fix of MC-226948 is most likely causing the bug.
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However, this issue is Working as Intended.
The only potion effects that should affect the Wither are Instant Health and Instant Damage, see MC-226948.
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I can confirm that this is an issue. Just for clarification reasons, this did not happen in 1.16.5.
Can confirm it does not happen in 1.16.5
btw, did spectral arrows never have their own texture in bows?