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MC-167417

Arrows stick above fences/walls

When firing an arrow next to a fence or wall from above, the arrow will catch on the fence/wall if it's shot at a steep enough angle. Fences/walls have a hitbox of 1.5 blocks, however one would expect to be able to shoot arrows over a fence/wall since visually it's only one block tall. Regardless of that opinion; you can still shoot an arrow through the top 0.5 blocks of their hitbox at a flat angle which does indeed make this a bug either way.

This issue was not present in 1.13 and only became a problem somewhere on the road to the 1.14 update. I strongly urge that this be fixed, being able to shoot down from fences/walls is incredibly useful in an extremely large variety of situations.

I have attached images that show the unexpected behavior and images that show arrows passing over fences through the top 0.5 blocks of their hitbox if shot horizontally.

Steps to reproduce:

  • Place down some walls (the issue is most noticeable with walls but it occurs with fences too)
  • Stand up against the wall
  • Shoot an arrow at a steep downwards angle while still aiming above the wall
  • For best results stand on a half slab

Unresolved

John Smith

2019-12-09, 10:52 PM

2024-12-28, 12:13 PM

7

4

Confirmed

Low

Platform

Entities, Hitboxes

1.14.4 - 1.21.41.14.4, 1.15 Pre-release 7, 1.16.3, 20w51a, 21w03a, 1.16.5, 21w08b, 21w13a, 1.17, 1.17.1, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 22w18a, 1.19, 1.21.4

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