Iron golems that naturally spawned in generated villages don't attack the player that hit the villagers.
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MC-146424
iron golem does not care if a player hit a villager
Resolved
MC-147904
Iron Golem attacts player when provoked
Resolved
MC-148015
Iron Golem don't attack player when player hit one of villagers hear him
Resolved
MC-151128
Iron Golems no longer attack players with reputation at -15 or below
Resolved
MC-156770
Iron golems not attacking when the player hits a villager
Resolved
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Comments 14
Confirmed for 1.14. The iron golem never protects the village from players, even if they have a low "reputation".
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I cannot reproduce this - it does take a while to reach the proper gossip level, but once there it has attacked me every time.
Can confirm for minecraft 19w11b, it should only take 3 baby villager kills to have enough "negative reputation" (if we assume it works like it used to) to trigger Iron Golem hostility, but they never become hostile. It looks like Iron Golems don't remember what Village they're a part of, but they do stay near the Village.