breaking Lectern doesnt drop non-book items even if contained in the NBT
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Description
Expected behavior
Regardless of whether it is a book or not, the lectern should drop the itemStack contained in its nbt.
Observed/Actual behavior
The lectern only drops the itemStack in its NBT if its a book
Steps/models to reproduce
store any non-book itemStack in the nbt. eg. using. "/setblock ~ ~ ~ lectern{Book:{id:"minecraft:dirt",count:1}}"
Break the lectern.
Plugin and Datapack List
None
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the provided /setblock command, then trace the lectern block's break and item-drop handling. Done means breaking a lectern drops the NBT-contained itemStack for non-book items as well as books, without requiring plugins or datapacks.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- game-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100