Endermen immediately start moving after being looked at instead of freezing and staring back at you
The Bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
Expected behavior
When looking at an enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.
How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
Linked Issues
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MCPE-43530Endermen immediately start moving after being looked at instead of freezing and staring back at youConfirmed
MC-192857Already Hostile Endermen freeze and become unable to move when stared atWorks As IntendedMC-88209Endermen make stare sound even when provoked by attackingFixedMC-159757Endermen stop moving, if you look at their face even when they're already in hostile modeWorks As Intended
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- Enderman Mob Stare enderman
1.7.10 - 19w09a
1.7.10 14w34d 1.8-pre3 1.8 1.8.8 15w43a 15w47c 15w49a 15w49b 16w06a 1.9 1.9.3-pre2 1.10.2 16w43a 1.11.2 17w14a 1.12 1.12.2 18w07c 18w08a 18w09a 18w10b 18w10c 18w10d 18w11a 18w14a 18w14b 18w15a 18w16a 18w19b 18w21a 18w22c 1.13-pre1 1.13-pre2 1.13-pre3 1.13-pre5 1.13-pre6 1.13-pre10 1.13 18w30b 18w31a 18w32a 18w33a 1.13.1-pre1 1.13.1 1.13.2-pre1 18w43c 18w44a 18w50a 19w02a 19w03c 19w04a 19w04b 19w05a 19w06a 19w07a 19w08a 19w08b 19w09a- 19w11a
Created Issue:
Endermen Stare not working right.
When you stare at endermen in the any of the 1.8 snapshots and now in 1.8 itself, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have also seen this in versions lower than 1.8 snapshots, such as 1.7.10, but instead of it always happening it only happened very rarely.
What I expected to happen was....
When looking at a enderman It would wait until I looked away to attack.What actually happened was...:
The enderman attacked me right when I looked at it instead of waiting for me to look away.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. In a 1.8 snapshot, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it.
2. The enderman will charge at you instead of starring back at you.Environment
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When you stare at endermen
in the any of the 1.8 snapshots and now in 1.8 itself, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have also seen this in versions lower than 1.8 snapshots, such as 1.7.10, but instead of it always happening it only happenedvery rarely.
What I expected to happen was....
When looking at a enderman It would wait until I looked away to attack.What actually happened was...:
The enderman attacked me right when I looked at it instead of waiting for me to look away.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Ina1.8snapshot, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it.
2. The enderman will charge at you instead of starring back at you.When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in 1.8 and the 1.8 snapshots. I have also seen this in versions lower than even 1.8 snapshots, such as 1.7.10, but instead of it always happening it only happened extremely rarely.
What I expected to happen was....
When looking at a enderman It would wait until I looked away to attack.What actually happened was...:
The enderman attacked me right when I looked at it instead of waiting for me to look away.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. In 1.8, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it.
2. The enderman will charge at you instead of starring back at you and screaming.
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Endermen Stare not working right.
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When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in 1.8 and the 1.8 snapshots. I have also seen this in versions lower than even 1.8 snapshots, such as 1.7.10, but instead of it always happening it only happened extremely rarely.
What I expected to happen was....
When looking at aenderman It would wait until I looked away to attack.What actually happened was...:
The enderman attacked me right when I looked at it instead of waiting for me to look away.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. In 1.8, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it.2.Theenderman will charge at you instead ofstarring back at you and screaming.When you stare at Endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
What I expected to happen was....
When looking at a Enderman It would wait until I looked away to attack.What actually happened was...:
The Enderman attacked me right when I looked at it.Steps to Reproduce:
1. In 1.8 and up, spawn a Enderman and stare at it to anger it.2. The Enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior.
When you stare at
Endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.What I expected to happen was....
When looking at a Enderman It would wait until I looked away to attack.What actually happened was...:
The Enderman attacked me right when I looked at it.Steps to Reproduce:
1. In 1.8 and up, spawn a Enderman and stare at it to anger it.2. The Enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior.
The bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
Expected behavior
When looking at a enderman It would wait until I looked away to attack.
How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
The bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
Expected behavior
When looking at a enderman
It would wait until I looked away to attack.How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
The bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
Expected behavior
When looking at a enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.
How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
The bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
Expected behavior
When looking at a enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.
How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
h3.The bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
*+Expected behavior+*
When looking at a enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.
h3.How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
h3.The bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
*+Expected behavior+*
When looking at a enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.
h3.How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
The bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.Expected behavior
When looking at a enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
The bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.Expected behavior
When looking at a enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
The Bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
h3Expected behavior
When looking at a enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.h3How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
The Bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
h3Expected behavior
When looking at a enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.h3How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
The Bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
Expected behavior
When looking at a enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.
How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
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The Bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you. I have seen this in the 1.8 snapshots and all versions after it.
Expected behavior
When looking at an enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.
How to reproduce
- In 1.8 and up, spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
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Repost of MC-71256 for Bedrock Edition. More information and comments may be available there.
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The Bug
When you stare at endermen, instead of stopping, staring, and then attacking you only when you look away, they immediately charge at you.
Expected behavior
When looking at an enderman it would wait until I looked away to attack.
How to reproduce
- Spawn a enderman and stare at it to anger it
- The enderman will charge at you instead of engaging in the original "staring contest" behavior
Video
Video comparison of expected/actual behavior can be found here (with timestamp):
https://youtu.be/bx1Jeo2KVFM?t=995
This seems to be intentional behavior because this was a fix for MC-71256 which was released in 19w11a. It was also mentioned at another video made by Slicedlime.
Separate from the fixed MC-71256, as this isn't about them freezing in place.
When you look at an Enderman and they freeze, they will not immediately relocate their head position to be facing the player that triggered the hostility, nor will they track their movement. They will instead be stuck facing wherever they were last looking. If the player is close enough they may passively glance at them, but this is separate idle behavior.
I'm unable to provide my own footage as proof other than memory of it happening, but I was able to find two videos demonstrating this old behavior online.
1. https://youtu.be/0skRdWJMPPA?t=2 - At 0:02
2. https://youtu.be/-nkyzCp_RQk?t=54 - At 0:54
That's probably intentional. It's the fix of MC-71256.
As already mentioned, this is MC-71256 being fixed.
Also the stare is now triggered by looking at its lower chest instead of its eyes like before.
Yes, I noticed that bug as well. It has been around for a long time.. ever since I started Minecraft, back in late 1.4. Maybe even before then.
15w43a
Is this still an issue in the current Minecraft Snapshot 15w45b or later? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.
This is still in the recent snapshots and appears to be less known. This bug has been around since Endermen were given updated AI in 1.8.
The correct behavior is that Endermen should stand still when the player places their crosshair on them, but this was broken when they were given the updated AI.
Yep, this is still a thing. Just tested in the most recent versions.
Still in 16w06a
Still in 1.9
This is still a problem in 1.9.3-pre2
Still in 17w14a.
Confirmed for 1.12
Confirmed for 18w07c
Confirmed for 18w22c
Confirmed for 18w32a
Confirmed for 1.13.1.
Still in 18w50a
This is not completely fixed. When you stand close to them, they start shaking and then teleport away, thereby breaking eye contact.
Ok so, after some testing I've come to realize this big is only partially fixed, but not in the way Fabian described it. I'm not sure if their discovery is WAI or not, as them teleporting away as your draw near makes sense, but what I found is basically the opposite: Endermen still won't act properly if you're too far away.
At 10 blocks, behavior is as expected:
At 20 blocks, things start getting a bit buggy:
And at a very far distance, they'll immediately run at you unless they happen to fall into your cursor
It seems the issue is that, from afar, their detection is wonky and the only thing that triggers is the hostility, not the "staring contest." If they get into your cursor again they'll stop, but unless you remain staring straight ahead its unlikely that they will.
As such, I'd say this bug is unfortunately only partially fixed. It still effects the mob's behavior after a certain distance.
Fabian Röling Well that does make sense. If you stare at it, it won't charge at you, but if you walk to close it will teleport away to sneak up on you and attack because if you get close to it then it is in your reach and it would only be natural for it to teleport away as self-defense.
From my tests, before 1.5 enderman slowly "twitched" towards players (since actual method of freezing them was buggy). When they reached certain distance threshold, they teleported away. New behavior still has this "teleport away".
Adding upper limit for staring and unexpected un-freezes after some time are intended (even if somehow arbitrary).
Thank you for the confirmation!