Phantoms burn at daylight with a ceiling above them at Y = 255
I wass messing around with phantoms and border blocks and found out that thry can burn if tgere is a ceiling above them but the ceiling needs to be at Y = 255 in order for tgem to burn. Observe the image
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Phantoms will still burn at daylight even if there is a ceiling above them
I wass messing around with phantoms and border blocks and found out that thry can burn if tgere is a ceiling above them but the ceiling needs to be at Y = 255 in order for tgem to burn. Observe the image
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Phantomswill stillburn at daylighteven if there isa ceiling above themPhantoms burn at daylight with a ceiling above them at Y = 255
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Confirmed in 1.16.40 on Windows 10. This happens because placing any block at y=254 or y=255 creates a source of sky light that will burn Zombies, Drowned, Skeletons and Phantoms. Attaching a video. sky_light_source_block.mp4
The underlying issue here was resolved as "Won't Fix" in
MCPE-1067. However, this ticket raises a new problem related to daylight mechanics at the build limit.Thank you for your report!
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