[MCPE-237708] Farmer villagers plant/harvest 4 or 5 crops and then stop

Farmer Villagers will plant or harvest 3 or 4 crops then stop, and get stuck nodding their head as though looking for a new block then getting stuck.

Logging out then in will lead to them planting/harvesting 3 or 4 more crops, then stopping again.

This has been tested in survival and creative.

Initially I thought it might be because the farm blocks were over a minecart track, but this issues remains if the blocks below the farm grounds are solid.

I have attached the creative world showing the bug

Linked issues

is duplicated by 5

MCPE-237809 Farmer Harvesting Issue Resolved

MCPE-237544 Farmers not planting, get stuck in nodding animation Resolved

MCPE-237943 Farming villager stands and nods Resolved

MCPE-238258 Villager Farmers occasionally stutter and freeze when farming. Resolved

MCPE-239480 villagers cannot pick crops but just move their heads Resolved

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Comments 13

Automation for Jira 2026-03-31T14:07:42Z

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Tiny Vivi IX 2026-03-31T23:08:19Z

igobri8 2026-04-04T20:01:28Z

Facing this right now, they keep nodding their heads and don't harvest/plant for a very long time.

Kyle Harris 2026-04-07T23:06:15Z

Same issue on PS5. Farms above tracks, solid ground, and even replaced farmers.

krisk 2026-04-08T16:14:23Z

still broken in 26.13 on windows, not only do farmers not harvest/plant but they do not go to their workstation.

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Jackson strong 2026-04-11T21:37:49Z

Same problem have had the farm for months and just realized today that it is bugged now

Shut up 2026-05-03T21:47:27Z

Having the same issue on ps4/PE.

Memttm 2026-05-04T00:56:08Z

I did a bunch of testing of this bug, here is what I found:

The severity of the issue is affected by beds, workstations, farmland, and other villagers.

If the bed or workstation is harder to pathfind to, then the issue gets worse (using smooth sandstone (a block with no cost for pathfinding, paths also have this, except there is a separate bug preventing that) and no jump up blocks had the best performance).

If there is more farmland and/or crops, the issue gets worse.

The presence of any other villagers (probably any that are a part of the same village, and/or within a detection radius of the farmer (I would guess 16 blocks) makes the issue significantly worse, and is the most obvious change that can occur.

If the workstations or beds are broken/moved, the villagers work a little bit more, then stop again (likely the best workaround so far is to have a piston pushing the workstation every so often).

Overall, it seems the issue is pathfinding related, with my guess being that the villager’s pathfinding seems to build up more and more data with each attempt (I think this because of the fact that the villager works for a short time, then stops), which in turn needs to be processed, until the pathfinding just fails constantly. Breaking/moving workstations or beds seems to reset any pathfinding data (perhaps just putting a stop to searching for crops to search for a bed or workstation to claim).

MoogLaw 2026-05-11T02:01:04Z

I’ve been having this problem as well for months now. Incredibly frustrating. I feel like I’ve noticed that other villagers' pathfinding has also worsened, but the farmers definitely have it the absolute worst of all.

krisk 2026-05-17T02:29:40Z

this is a regression of the game play the farmer did not behave this way in the past. I don’t believe it is simply the path finding to the workstation. I have farmers in large areas with no obstacles to the workstations and this behavior exists. Mojag needs to fix this.

Ordare 2026-05-17T17:08:53Z

Same here, seemed to coincide with the Tiny Takeover update.

Irina Yushchuk 2026-05-20T22:35:37Z

When this is going to be fixed?

Jackson strong 2026-05-22T03:33:48Z

I made a ticket and got a email saying the developers know about it and are working to fix it so hopefully it will be fixed in the next update