Since the 1.13 update villagers no longer run for the safety of their houses at sunset but all congregate outside under the window of one house for the entire night subjecting themselves to the danger of mobs. I have yet to witness their behavior once a zombie enters the village. It is now rare to find a villager inside their home during the day or night. I have seen no exceptions to this behavior in 7 or 8 villages.
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Generally the crowds of villagers I witnessed were under a window on the side of a house rather than at a door as in the picture I provided. They showed no interest in entering the house. It seemed as though safety meant they had to stick together rather than enter a house.
Hmm...I seem to remember that being an issue before the newest release. Let me see if I can find the issue number.
Edit: Here's another open ticket, but it's not the one I remember. And it goes back to 2013. o.0 MC-12675
Found it! This is the one I remember seeing. MC-123055 It says it's fixed? But maybe they just mean the breeding part?
Villagers no longer can navigate more than one slab step to enter a house in 1.13. In 1.12 most had no difficulty with this unless the house was unusually tall. Some do enter a house with one slab but most stay outside the door or at the side of the house all night long. No improvement was seen in 13.1. Villagers AI has changed.
Duplicate of MC-12675
Can confirm for 18w32a. At night the villagers in my seed just stand outside a house and push each other out of the way to get to the door, but then don't open the door to go inside. They did open the doors to leave the houses initially though, so I know they can open the doors.
They wouldn't even go into the house if I opened the door for them. They just stayed standing there as if the door was still closed. The only way they were able to enter the house is if they got pushed by me or another villager when I opened the door for them.
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Okay I tested spawning in a single villager by a different house and it went in right away. I also noticed that there were a couple houses with only one villager that made it in perfectly fine on their own.
So what I think is happening is when one villager is trying to get through one door, everything works fine. But when more than one are trying to get through the same door, they get stuck? Or are unable to work the doors?
seed: -8300275442758179407
village is right at spawn point