The Ender Dragon cannot be harmed by other mob's projectiles
Mobs that use projectiles as their weapon, such as Skeletons and Withers, cannot deal damage to the Ender Dragon but projectiles fired by a player does deal damage, such as an arrow.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make a new Creative world.
2. Construct an End Portal and enter it.
3. Spawn a Wither.
4. It may be difficult, but get the Wither to chase the Ender Dragon.
5. Notice that when a Wither Skull manages to directly hit the Ender Dragon, no damage is dealt. Sometimes, only the explosion damage is dealt.
- Unresolved
Chumbanotz
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- Confirmed
Low
- Gameplay
- Mob behaviour
- ender_dragon mob projectile wither
13w01b - 1.20.2-rc2
13w01b 13w02a 13w02b 13w03a 13w04a 13w05a 13w05b 13w06a 13w07a 13w09a 13w09b 13w09c 13w10a 13w10b 1.5 13w11a 1.5.1 13w16a 13w16b 1.5.2 13w17a 1.6.2 1.7.4 14w05b 14w06b 14w07a 21w10a 21w11a 21w13a 21w14a 21w15a 21w16a 21w17a 21w18a 21w19a 21w20a 1.17-pre1 1.17-pre2 1.17-pre3 1.17-pre4 1.17-pre5 1.17-rc1 1.17-rc2 1.17 1.17.1-pre1 1.17.1-pre2 1.17.1-rc1 1.17.1 21w37a 21w38a 21w39a 21w40a 21w41a 21w42a 21w43a 21w44a 1.18-pre1 1.18-pre5 1.18 1.18.1-pre1 1.18.1 1.18.2 22w13a 22w14a 22w15a 22w17a 22w19a 1.19-pre2 1.19 1.19.4 23w18a 1.20.2-rc2
Created Issue:
The Ender Dragon cannot be harmed by other mob's projectiles
Mobs that use projectiles as their weapon, such as Skeletons and Withers, cannont deal damage to the Ender Dragon but projectiles fired by a player does deal damage, such as an arrow.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make a new Creative world.
2. Construct an End Portal and enter it.
3. Spawn a Wither.
4. It may be difficult, but get the Wither to chase the Ender Dragon.
5. Notice that when a Wither Skull manages to directly hit the Ender Dragon, no damage is dealt. Sometimes, only the explosion damage is dealt.
Mobs that use projectiles as their weapon, such as Skeletons and Withers, canno
nt deal damage to the Ender Dragon but projectiles fired by a player does deal damage, such as an arrow.Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make a new Creative world.
2. Construct an End Portal and enter it.
3. Spawn a Wither.
4. It may be difficult, but get the Wither to chase the Ender Dragon.
5. Notice that when a Wither Skull manages to directly hit the Ender Dragon, no damage is dealt. Sometimes, only the explosion damage is dealt.
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This might be related to MC-6101.
Duplicate of MC-6101.
Since melee mobs cannot damage ender dragons, this ticket would be considered a duplicate of MC-6101.
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the ender dragon is immune to bad effects, but not immune to explosions: Intended
It was already resolved as intended.
Is this still an issue in 22w19a?
Can confirm in 1.19.4 and 23w18a
Confirmed for 1.20.2. I was wondering why my skeletons kept missing...
Edit: If you need this fixed for map maker reasons, there is a workaround. Make every arrow belong to the player:
Can confirm in 24w14a. I've written a more streamlined and reliable way to reproduce this:
Steps to Reproduce:
Expected Results:
The skeleton would damage the ender dragon.
Observed Result:
The arrow is removed, and does not damage the ender dragon.