[MC-150011] Villager not going through Nether Portal

Villagers won't go through Nether Portal

What I expected to happen was...:
I pushed a Villager into the Nether, now that I want to bring it back he won't teleport.
What actually happened was...:
He did not. He is IN the portal but he will not teleport to the overworld. Several minutes have passed and I've tried closing and reopening the game.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Teleport a Villager to the Nether
2. Try to teleport it back to the Overworld (The portals were 180 blocks apart)

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-151648 Non-player entities cannot travel through unlinked nether portals Resolved

Comments 5

Jeremy Currier 2019-04-27T15:26:46Z

If both portals have already loaded chunks on both sides of the portal (Nether and Overworld) then this is a bug. But mobs can't load new chunks so if the overworld chunks aren't already loaded by the player, mobs will be unable to go through the portal.

Nick 2019-04-28T03:26:55Z

I am having the same problem. I have waited several hours but the villager still will not go back through the portal into the overworld.

Rachel Sanchez 2020-04-14T00:21:44Z

I was having the same problem in 1.15.2 on my server, however I tried killing the few zombie pigmen around the villager and it seemed to work. I have no idea if this works for 1.14 but its worth a try.

Froekoewoekoe 2020-05-10T14:51:06Z

I had the same problem on my 1.15.2 server, however only killing zombie pigman did not fix it for me.
My fix:

-Break nether portal so it is inactive
-Kill 1 zombie pigman
-reactivate portal
-All villagers instantly go through

Giovanni Roverso 2020-09-22T11:03:47Z

Same problem. Playing on Wildercraft 1.16.3. He went in, then after a few minutes he went back. Then he decided to go back again and now he won't come back from the nether. Just stands in the portal regardless of me traveling back and forth. Only solution is to hit them.