With the newest snapshot, 12w06a. A few mobs drop special items on rare occasions. Except creepers don't drop anything. I think creepers rare drop should be a piece of TNT or 2. Can't really expand on this, like this idea?
Creepers already drop things needed to craft TNT, there is absolutely no need to make them drop TNT. And making Zombies drop Iron things makes perfect sense. They used to be an adventurer like you (if you say an arrow to the knee joke, I will hunt you down and set fire to your house), but they became a zombie, and they happened to have some equipment on them. Since Zombies lack the sense to randomly empty their backpack, it stays on their person and is dropped when you slay them.
So they only had iron tools? And creepers are like a piece of TNT with legs, there only drop, gunpowder is only good for TNT and splash potions. They should drop a piece of TNT very rarely. Just explain why this is such a horrible idea.
I just think that having them drop a man-made object as a non-sentient being is strange. They don't seem like the type to scavenge items or anything. Plus, the explosion is probably made from some other natural ingredient. Perhaps they could drop a couple bits of charcoal or something (maybe 5-7 so it'd be more of a reward), which is sparked, igniting the gunpowder/sulfur inside of them, causing them to explode. It'd be a tiny bit more realistic, and it would make a tiny bit more sense.
Having them drop a man made object is bad? Didn't you just say you love having Zombies drop iron tools?
You really didn't get a word of what I said into your head, did you? Zombies probably aren't born into the world as mindless, brain-devouring beings. They probably used to be sentient just like you, and happened to have tools on them when they became Zombies. That's why it makes sense for them to drop man-made objects, because they're men, or at least used to be. That's why it makes sense for Skeletons to have bows and arrows. It's not like a bear is going to pick up a gun, for example.
Hopefully this will be changed, it is just a snapshot. Honestly, I'd rather go with OP and have them drop TNT because at least they both explode, but it'd be better to make them drop something that makes even the slightest sense. Do they eat people now, or what?
No need to get defensive. But Zombies do infact spawn in the world. You can see them spawn.
A nice little bonus to our reward craving brains would be creepers occasionally dropping a TNT. Close your eyes, put your fingers on your temples and imagine this happening.
That and bring back zombie feathers. Completeeeeely useful, and makes way more sense than carrying useful armor.
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And I think also blazes and ghasts should rarely drop fire charges.
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So they only had iron tools? And creepers are like a piece of TNT with legs, there only drop, gunpowder is only good for TNT and splash potions. They should drop a piece of TNT very rarely. Just explain why this is such a horrible idea.
Having them drop a man made object is bad? Didn't you just say you love having Zombies drop iron tools?
No need to get defensive. But Zombies do infact spawn in the world. You can see them spawn.
That and bring back zombie feathers. Completeeeeely useful, and makes way more sense than carrying useful armor.