MCPE-11204Attacking and mining with enchanted books applies the book's enchantments
How to reproduce: create a creative world, hold a Knockback II book, attack a mob and watch it fly.
I expected that the book's enchantment would not be applied to the action.
This bug has been around since long before 0.12.3
It appears that this bug is limited to sharpness, smite, bane of arthropods, knockback, fire aspect, looting and silk touch, but not all enchantment options have been attempted.
While this bug appears innocent and WAI, it can be easily exploited by the player. Some examples:
- a sharpness V book can be used as an unbreakable sword
- a fire aspect book means you never need to cook meat
- a silk touch book can collect all blocks not destroyed when mined by hand
- a looting book can be used for the final blow to kill a mob and get more loot
Books with multiple strong enchantments compound this exploit quickly.
[MCPE Mod] AMAN- A duplicate of this issue has been resolved (MCPE-9886) so this is probably fixed for a future release. I can not confirm yet.
Tested on:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0.1 0.12.3 single player survival
- Asus B121 Tablet Win 10 Pro MCPE 0.12.3 single player survival
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Created Issue:
Attacking with enchanted books applies the underlying enchantments
Tested on:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0.1 0.12.3 single player survival
- Asus B121 Tablet Win 10 Pro MCPE 0.12.3 single player survival
This bug has been around since long before 0.12.3
A simple way to reproduce is to create a creative world, hold a Knockback book, attack a mob and watch it fly. I expected that the book's enchantment would not be applied to the action.
It appears that this bug is limited to sharpness, smite, bane of arthropods, knockback, fire aspect, looting and silk touch, but not all enchantment options have been attempted.
While this bug appears innocent and WAI, it can be easily exploited by the player. Some examples:
- a sharpness V book can be used as an unbreakable sword
- a fire aspect book means you never need to cook meat
- a silk touch book can collect all blocks not destroyed when mined by hand
- a looting book can be used for the final blow to kill a mob and get more loot
Books with multiple strong enchantments compound this exploit quickly.
Tested on:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0.1 0.12.3 single player survival
- Asus B121 Tablet Win 10 Pro MCPE 0.12.3 single player survival
This bug has been around since long before 0.12.3
A simple way to reproduce is to create a creative world, hold a Knockback book, attack a mob and watch it fly. I expected that the book's enchantment would not be applied to the action.
It appears that this bug is limited to sharpness, smite, bane of arthropods, knockback, fire aspect, looting and silk touch, but not all enchantment options have been attempted.
While this bug appears innocent and WAI, it can be easily exploited by the player. Some examples:
- a sharpness V book can be used as an unbreakable sword
- a fire aspect book means you never need to cook meat
- a silk touch book can collect all blocks not destroyed when mined by hand
- a looting book can be used for the final blow to kill a mob and get more loot
Books with multiple strong enchantments compound this exploit quickly.
A simple way to reproduce is to create a creative world, hold a Knockback book, attack a mob and watch it fly. I expected that the book's enchantment would not be applied to the action.
Tested on:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0.1 0.12.3 single player survival
- Asus B121 Tablet Win 10 Pro MCPE 0.12.3 single player survival
This bug has been around since long before 0.12.3
It appears that this bug is limited to sharpness, smite, bane of arthropods, knockback, fire aspect, looting and silk touch, but not all enchantment options have been attempted.
While this bug appears innocent and WAI, it can be easily exploited by the player. Some examples:
- a sharpness V book can be used as an unbreakable sword
- a fire aspect book means you never need to cook meat
- a silk touch book can collect all blocks not destroyed when mined by hand
- a looting book can be used for the final blow to kill a mob and get more loot
Books with multiple strong enchantments compound this exploit quickly.
A simple
wayto reproduceis tocreate a creative world, hold a Knockback book, attack a mob and watch it fly. I expected that the book's enchantment would not be applied to the action.Tested on:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0.1 0.12.3 single player survival
Asus B121 Tablet Win 10 Pro MCPE 0.12.3 single player survivalThis bug has been around since long before 0.12.3
It appears that this bug is limited to sharpness, smite, bane of arthropods, knockback, fire aspect, looting and silk touch, but not all enchantment options have been attempted.
While this bug appears innocent and WAI, it can be easily exploited by the player. Some examples:
- a sharpness V book can be used as an unbreakable sword
a fire aspect book means you never need to cook meata silk touch book can collectall blocks not destroyed when mined by hand- a looting book can be used for the final blow to kill a mob and get more loot
Books with multiple strong enchantments compound this exploit quickly.
How to reproduce: create a creative world, hold a Knockback II book, attack a mob and watch it fly. I expected that the book's enchantment would not be applied to the action.
This bug has been around since long before 0.12.3It appears that this bug is limited to sharpness, smite, bane of arthropods, knockback, fire aspect, looting and silk touch, but not all enchantment options have been attempted.
While this bug appears innocent and WAI, it can be easily exploited by the player. Some examples:
- a sharpness V book can be used as an unbreakable sword
- a fire aspect book means you never need to cook meat
- a silk touch book can collect all blocks not destroyed when mined by hand
- a looting book can be used for the final blow to kill a mob and get more loot
Books with multiple strong enchantments compound this exploit quickly.Tested on:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0.1 0.12.3 single player survival
- Asus B121 Tablet Win 10 Pro MCPE 0.12.3 single player survival
How to reproduce: create a creative world, hold a Knockback II book, attack a mob and watch it fly.
I expected that the book's enchantment would not be applied to the action.
This bug has been around since long before 0.12.3It appears that this bug is limited to sharpness, smite, bane of arthropods, knockback, fire aspect, looting and silk touch, but not all enchantment options have been attempted.
While this bug appears innocent and WAI, it can be easily exploited by the player. Some examples:
- a sharpness V book can be used as an unbreakable sword
- a fire aspect book means you never need to cook meat
- a silk touch book can collect all blocks not destroyed when mined by hand
- a looting book can be used for the final blow to kill a mob and get more loot
Books with multiple strong enchantments compound this exploit quickly.Tested on:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0.1 0.12.3 single player survival
- Asus B121 Tablet Win 10 Pro MCPE 0.12.3 single player survival
How to reproduce: create a creative world, hold a Knockback II book, attack a mob and watch it fly.
I expected that the book's enchantment would not be applied to the action.This bug has been around since long before 0.12.3
It appears that this bug is limited to sharpness, smite, bane of arthropods, knockback, fire aspect, looting and silk touch, but not all enchantment options have been attempted.
While this bug appears innocent and WAI, it can be easily exploited by the player. Some examples:
- a sharpness V book can be used as an unbreakable sword
- a fire aspect book means you never need to cook meat
- a silk touch book can collect all blocks not destroyed when mined by hand
- a looting book can be used for the final blow to kill a mob and get more loot
Books with multiple strong enchantments compound this exploit quickly.Tested on:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0.1 0.12.3 single player survival
- Asus B121 Tablet Win 10 Pro MCPE 0.12.3 single player survival
Attacking with enchanted books applies theunderlyingenchantmentsAttacking and mining with enchanted books applies the book's enchantments
How to reproduce: create a creative world, hold a Knockback II book, attack a mob and watch it fly.
I expected that the book's enchantment would not be applied to the action.This bug has been around since long before 0.12.3
It appears that this bug is limited to sharpness, smite, bane of arthropods, knockback, fire aspect, looting and silk touch, but not all enchantment options have been attempted.
While this bug appears innocent and WAI, it can be easily exploited by the player. Some examples:
- a sharpness V book can be used as an unbreakable sword
- a fire aspect book means you never need to cook meat
- a silk touch book can collect all blocks not destroyed when mined by hand
- a looting book can be used for the final blow to kill a mob and get more loot
Books with multiple strong enchantments compound this exploit quickly.[MCPE Mod] AMAN- A duplicate of this issue has been resolved (
MCPE-9886) so this is probably fixed for a future release. I can not confirm yet.Tested on:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0.1 0.12.3 single player survival
- Asus B121 Tablet Win 10 Pro MCPE 0.12.3 single player survival
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I have tested this with all types of swords and with Sharpness, Knockback, and looting. Ive tested the Silk Touch with a Diamond Pick and it also dosent work. Im on iPad Pro 12.9", iOS 9.3.3, MCPE 0.15.0
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Confirmed on MCPE 0.12.3 on HP Pavilion laptop with Windows 10.
Does this issue still affects 0.14.3?, if so, please respond
Confirmed to Affect 0.14.3 on Windows 10 PC
Confirmed on MCPE 0.12.3 until 0.15.1 build 1.PC Edition and Console Edition can do this or not?
Confirmed in MCPE 0.15.1 using Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920W8), Android 5.1.1.
Confirmed on Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920W8), Android 6.0.1 MCPE 0.16.0 Beta build 1 (v0.15.90.2)
I hit a spider with a knockback II book and in a new creative single player world and the spider received the knockback effect.
Tested in 0.15.90.7 - Fire Aspect book didn't seem to ignite any mobs, but a silk touch book would work like a silk touch tool.
It also affects Windows 10 Minecraft Beta v0.15.7 on silk touch enchanted book.
Reopened as Silk Touch books are still affected by this bug. To reproduce, break a grass block with a Silk Touch book in survival, see that it drops a grass block, not a dirt block.
Yup! :/
Still works on 0.16.2 on Windows 10.
Confirmed to affect 1.1.0.8.
Still an issue for 1.2.0.15 - Using a Silk Touch book in survival to break these, will drop as an item: