[MC-48171] Priests born before 1.8 are turned into Clerics when you play your world in 1.8 (14w06b actually)

Context

I did a few tests today to see what would happen to the villagers born in 1.7 when switching to 1.8

All four farmers, smiths, librarians and butchers picked a profession and new 1.8 trades in addition to their old trades (no bug here).
But all my already unlocked priests were turned into clerics and lose their old trades. I don't really know why.

This is clearly a bug since it only happens to these particular villagers.

How to reproduce

Generate a world in 1.7, spawn some villagers, then reload this world in 14w06b and note that they all but priests kept their old trades

Edit : it doesn't seem to happen anymore.

Comments 15

fienxjox 2014-02-10T15:43:07Z

Intended as far as I'm aware given the major changes in villagers overall. It continues to be changed each new snapshot, but this one has been consistent from the first 1.8 snapshot.

Koala_eiO 2014-02-10T15:45:26Z

How would it be intented for only one class ? Why just clerics ?

I mean, if it was really intented it would be every profession or none I guess.

fienxjox 2014-02-10T15:48:44Z

I cannot say the "why" behind design choices, only that it appears to be as intended.

Koala_eiO 2014-02-10T16:03:16Z

I'm not sure but, maybe Mojang wanted the Priest and his enchanting bottles removed since all trades now give XP.

Also do you say "it appears to be as intended" because it hasn't been changed since the first 1.8 snapshot, or because Dinnerbone has a real willing (show me a tweet 😃) to do it this way ?
If they have never changed it, it may just be because their never noticed it.

I hope my English is understandable, not my first language 🙂

fienxjox 2014-02-10T16:37:21Z

It is understandable, I'm used to a lot of people who have English as a second (or third...) language with better (formal) usage than native (mostly American...) speakers. 🙂

I say "appears" due to a few tweaks they have made to clerics over the snapshots (i.e. adding the zombie flesh and ender pearl trades, then removing the ender pearl one - probably due to it being overpowered), but with some evidence of stabilization of said changes. I don't have any official word / tweet from Dinnerbone or anyone, we unfortunately seem to get few of those confirming design intentions.

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Koala_eiO 2014-02-10T16:47:55Z

Ok thanks for explanations 🙂

A few weeks ago I read a tweet saying that old villagers would not be affected by 1.8, so even with the "stabilization" of cleric changes, I'm still conviced this is a bug.

fienxjox 2014-02-10T16:52:33Z

We can only leave for a mod (or Mojangster) to chime in.

Koala_eiO 2014-02-10T16:55:42Z

Yay you taught me a new verb 😛

WolfieMario 2014-02-10T17:23:30Z

Cannot confirm the offer loss. I had a priest in 1.7.4 with a Bottle o' Enchanting offer and a Diamond Axe enchantment offer. Upon upgrading to 14w06b, the priest retained its offers.

The appearance of the name "Cleric" is intended. That's not a profession, it's a career. Careers were introduced in the snapshots and did not exist in 1.7.4 - if a villager has no career, they will be assigned one when you open their interface. Similarly, your Farmers could gain the Shepherd, Fisherman, or Fletcher career. This isn't a bug.

If you still have the 1.7 world where your priest still has its offers, please attach that world or a schematic of the priest. I'd like to test whether it actually loses its offers. If you are losing existing offers when upgrading, that is a bug, as Dinnerbone has stated that old villagers are supposed to retain their offers.

But if all that happens is the GUI now says "Cleric", and nothing is lost, it's not a bug. There is no Priest career; villagers of the Priest profession are only eligible for the Cleric career. There are no careers offering to enchant items or sell Bottle o' Enchanting anymore; that is very likely an intentional change.

kumasasa 2014-02-10T21:30:53Z

@WolfieMario : Well said.

Koala_eiO 2014-02-11T12:39:25Z

Hey why did you consider it as "working as intended" ? :S

They didn't just got "Cleric" name in their GUI, they lose their old trades.

Koala_eiO 2014-02-11T12:41:46Z

According to a topic I opened on Reddit, it seems I'm the only one who gets this bug.

I may do a few other tests tonight.

kumasasa 2014-02-11T19:16:31Z

Hey why did you consider it as "working as intended" ?

Because the original issue Priests born before 1.8 are turned into Clerics when you play your world in 1.8 (14w06b actually) is working as intended.
You hi-jacked your own ticket and extended it with and lose their old trades after resolving it.
That is MC-47318 or MC-46325 or MC-45923 or ...

Jaqi Hegland 2014-04-06T13:40:50Z

excuse me, this somehow updated on the wrong ticket. I will move it.

Ethan 2014-08-17T15:30:31Z

Let's see if your ticket is good with CoderEnginez(Code logicial).If it is not,the problem,i think this problem must be resolved as invalid or else ok i will shut up.Let me analyse your minecraft version with with CoderEnginez.Alright,ready.