Minecraft wiki entry for Health, associated text: Mobs and players fall to their left side to the ground when killed (apart from squid which don't have a death animation, spiders which flip upside-down and the ender dragon which ascends and explodes), dropping experience‌[Java Edition only] and any drops at the location they were when they took the fatal damage. Once a fallen body disappears, it turns to dust and drops experience at the disappearance location.‌[Bedrock Edition only]