[MC-17247] Villagers running all the time

I found a village,where villagers are always running,like they are trying to escape a zombie,though no zombies are seen or heard around.
I don't know how to reproduce the bug because it was seen in a random spawned village.
*Also villagers sometimes start running in circles as if they were surrounded by wall,not stopping until they are pushed out of the circle radius

Linked issues

is duplicated by 18

MC-15175 Speedy Villagers Resolved

MC-15859 Running Villager: Fleeing from a bunch of zombies? Resolved

MC-24913 Wierd Villager Adults Resolved

MC-32750 Villagers run into their houses - it's daytime Resolved

MC-36961 Villagers running around Resolved

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MC-15080 Villagers Run at Faster Than Normal Speeds When Running to a House Resolved

Comments 22

kumasasa 2013-06-05T06:01:48Z

Is it raining ?
Is this village in a desert and it't raining in the world but not in the desert (sky is overcast) ?
If so , then duplicate of MC-15080

Dmitry Kulin 2013-06-05T18:11:07Z

No it's not raining and the village is not in a desert.

likalaruku 2013-06-15T22:44:39Z

Al the people in all of my villages run around in circles indoors whether it's raining or not.

Ezekiel 2013-07-10T22:24:39Z

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

Byron 2013-10-28T03:32:37Z

I see this issue was marked for 1.7.1, but it's also present in the full release of 1.7.2.

I created a world using the seed "Earth" and found a village at x: -840, z: 740 in a Savanna biome where the villagers were sprinting and opening and closing doors repeatedly. It wasn't raining. I found another village in a desert biome at x: -490, z: 1000, and the villagers were doing the same thing. It wasn't raining there, either. I completely closed the client and reloaded the world, but the villagers were still behaving strangely and sprinting.

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Dan Keller 2013-11-13T12:28:55Z

I have a village in the savanna where this is happening. Version 1.7.2 no mods. Seed 4703063874724549443 and coordinates around x:16 z:2362. Makes trading very difficult. Not only that but more than once my trade has been interrupted by the behavior. No rain, no zombies, broad daylight. Running in circles occasionally occurs but bumping into the offending villager solves that.

WolfieMario 2014-01-10T08:43:40Z

Confirmed for 14w02b.

Patrick Gorman 2014-01-10T16:09:09Z

*FIX FOR PART OF THIS BUG* (the running fast)

@EntityAIMoveIndoors
(2 entries) change .tryMoveToXYZ from (1.0) to (0.6)

Helmuth Olsen 2014-01-11T14:32:00Z

Noticed this as well. Makes it very hard to transport and trade with villagers.

Erin Fusaro 2014-01-24T20:03:26Z

I've reported MC-45714 which has a lot more details. I've experimented a lot, but nothing's worked. I've found that it happens in the Desert and Savannah (where it doesn't precipitate), but not in the Plains. I think whatever fix was supposed to prevent them from running around when it's raining elsewhere has instead made them CONSTANTLY run around. There are more details in my report, it's just rather long to put in a comment.

Dan Keller 2014-01-24T20:21:11Z

Erin - that's an excellent point. My problem village is in a savanna. Just found a new village in the plains and I do not see the issue.

kumasasa 2014-01-24T21:15:57Z

MC-1105: "Villagers act like it is Raining when they are in the Desert, and it Rains elsewhere."

mad max 2014-01-29T15:42:53Z

i thing this bug is the same with MC-78
yes Dan Keller this happen at savanna and desert

Milos Stankovic 2014-07-10T23:24:23Z

I found a village in Savanna. I decided to stay in, enfence whole village and live in. but, it was so hilly. even one house was half under ground. so I decided to enplain it. while I was working I hitt a villager accidentally. since then he is running crazy. I think he has not been crazy when I got there. Other villagers DO NOT run crazy! but, when that crazy villager touch them while running, they start to run too but stop after one run OR if I right-click them. same happen when you smash the door and place it again on same place. do not know how to fix him

Sonicwave 2014-10-06T08:18:50Z

Still in 1.8. They run even when no zombies are spawning at all.

marcono1234 2014-10-31T20:50:50Z

Confirmed for

1.8.1-pre3 see MC-73877 for videos

Sonicwave 2014-12-11T20:49:09Z

Confirmed for 1.8.1.

FaRo1 2016-10-15T16:11:19Z

Does this still occur in the current versions?

Robin Gravel 2016-10-15T17:23:07Z

Not happened since 1.9 for me.

Does it still happen to you?

FaRo1 2016-10-15T17:32:43Z

I suspected that it might be fixed, because there were at least two AI fixes for villagers in 1.9.
So this can be closed as fixed in 1.9.

Robin Gravel 2016-11-03T15:14:45Z

Just happened in 16w43a even it happens rarely.

I have Vista.

Chip Luigi 2019-03-20T12:53:04Z

This bug is occurring for me on the Snapshot for 19w11b. I've played on Survival and Creative mode and they will not calm down unless I exit the game and restart. Even in peaceful mode on Creative, they will not calm down.