Farmer villagers not harvesting or planting crops

@[Helper] GoldenHelmet How much time / days, on average, does it take for the report to be answered by developers ?? and to confirm the error ??

@[Helper] GoldenHelmet How much time / days, on average, does it take for the report to be answered by developers ?? and to confirm the error ??

@@unknown Developers do not directly update the bug tracker in the MCPE project (Bedrock Edition) because they use a separate internal tracking system. Reports from the bug tracker are forwarded to the developers once they are confirmed by the volunteer team. Generally, the only update we get back would be to see a fix mentioned in a changelog. As for timing, Mojang sets its own priority on bug reports internally and does not regularly publish information about planned fixes or schedules.

This ticket has already been confirmed with a status of "community consensus" based on the votes and duplicate reports. Based on my experience, a report like this one may take months to be fixed, if it is indeed determined to need a fix.

@@unknown Developers do not directly update the bug tracker in the MCPE project (Bedrock Edition) because they use a separate internal tracking system. Reports from the bug tracker are forwarded to the developers once they are confirmed by the volunteer team. Generally, the only update we get back would be to see a fix mentioned in a changelog. As for timing, Mojang sets its own priority on bug reports internally and does not regularly publish information about planned fixes or schedules.

This ticket has already been confirmed with a status of "community consensus" based on the votes and duplicate reports. Based on my experience, a report like this one may take months to be fixed, if it is indeed determined to need a fix.

This may only affect carrots and potatos. Here is a picture from the duplicate report MCPE-80376:

This may only affect carrots and potatos. Here is a picture from the duplicate report MCPE-80376:

I have a farmer who refuses to plant or harvest. He used to take seeds if I threw them to him, and then he would plant, in 1.14. When I loaded the world in 1.16 he would neither take seeds, nor plant, nor harvest. The only crop he's every had access to is wheat. The other farmer in the village does just fine.

Update: my farmer was not harvesting because his inventory was full of bread and wheat. (I determined this using an NBT viewer.) Once I set up a new villager for him to throw bread to, he began taking seeds and harvesting and replanting normally.

I have a farmer who refuses to plant or harvest. He used to take seeds if I threw them to him, and then he would plant, in 1.14. When I loaded the world in 1.16 he would neither take seeds, nor plant, nor harvest. The only crop he's every had access to is wheat. The other farmer in the village does just fine.

Update: my farmer was not harvesting because his inventory was full of bread and wheat. (I determined this using an NBT viewer.) Once I set up a new villager for him to throw bread to, he began taking seeds and harvesting and replanting normally.

A player noted that with 1.16 the farmers will need to be linked to a bed before they start farming. Once they start the farming you can remove the bed and they will continue working.

A player noted that with 1.16 the farmers will need to be linked to a bed before they start farming. Once they start the farming you can remove the bed and they will continue working.

So the issue I’m witnessing, is Farmer villagers are not harvesting any crop, I have attempted all four. My villagers do seek out seeds or crops left on the ground, and will replant, but refuse to harvest. Causing any automatic villager breeder to stop working as of 1.16. With the update that went live for PlayStation today, nothing has improved. I can confirm that the resolution was not assigning a bed. I have three farmers and 40 beds. And fully grown wheat, potatoes, carrots, and beetroot in front of them. The farmers won’t harvest the food and won’t increase the village population. I even updated all the beds (picking them up and putting them down again). 

So the issue I’m witnessing, is Farmer villagers are not harvesting any crop, I have attempted all four. My villagers do seek out seeds or crops left on the ground, and will replant, but refuse to harvest. Causing any automatic villager breeder to stop working as of 1.16. With the update that went live for PlayStation today, nothing has improved. I can confirm that the resolution was not assigning a bed. I have three farmers and 40 beds. And fully grown wheat, potatoes, carrots, and beetroot in front of them. The farmers won’t harvest the food and won’t increase the village population. I even updated all the beds (picking them up and putting them down again). 

Small update. I made a completely new world on creative mode. PS4 Bedrock 1.16.1 to test. The farmer villagers were harvesting crops for a small period of time(wheat) but never converted it into bread and pass amongst other villagers To initiate love mode. So I’m assuming the issue is widespread farmer villager AI.

Small update. I made a completely new world on creative mode. PS4 Bedrock 1.16.1 to test. The farmer villagers were harvesting crops for a small period of time(wheat) but never converted it into bread and pass amongst other villagers To initiate love mode. So I’m assuming the issue is widespread farmer villager AI.

Similar problem in Java 20w29a - villagers have stopped farming. I can still trade with them. iron golem generation has stopped at the same time

Similar problem in Java 20w29a - villagers have stopped farming. I can still trade with them. iron golem generation has stopped at the same time

Confirmed in 1.16.1 using the seed and coordinates provided in the description. Farmers in that village do not harvest. I also tried:

• Closing and reopening the world.

• Placing extra beds in the village.

• Converting an unemployed villager, who had originally generated as a baby with the village, into a new farmer.

• Spawning a new villager and converting it to be a farmer.

• Planting beetroot and wheat.

• Allowing crops to grow from seedling to mature plant naturally.

None of these actions led to anything getting harvested.

I also checked the vanilla behavior pack villager_v2.json and nothing seems to have changed there with regard to harvesting. I also observed that librarians still perform their secondary work task of inspecting bookshelves. So, I think the bug is in the harvest behavior component, and possibly related to the change in 1.16.0.63 beta that was supposed to make farmers continue harvesting when their inventories are full.

Confirmed in 1.16.1 using the seed and coordinates provided in the description. Farmers in that village do not harvest. I also tried:

• Closing and reopening the world.

• Placing extra beds in the village.

• Converting an unemployed villager, who had originally generated as a baby with the village, into a new farmer.

• Spawning a new villager and converting it to be a farmer.

• Planting beetroot and wheat.

• Allowing crops to grow from seedling to mature plant naturally.

None of these actions led to anything getting harvested.

I also checked the vanilla behavior pack villager_v2.json and nothing seems to have changed there with regard to harvesting. I also observed that librarians still perform their secondary work task of inspecting bookshelves. So, I think the bug is in the harvest behavior component, and possibly related to the change in 1.16.0.63 beta that was supposed to make farmers continue harvesting when their inventories are full.

I was testing this behavior earlier today in a creative test world, and made the following observation:

• Farmer will not harvest anything if their inventory is empty

• Once given some amount of the crop around them, they will begin harvesting as expected

Have not done a full test of this with all of the crop types, yet, just carrots.

Depending on the behind the scenes behavior of the farmer when they work at their workstation, if it deletes some number of the crops in their inventory (to act like they have "used" the composter), this could be a self perpetuating situation. This would be worse for wheat, as the villager would hold onto wheat to turn into bread, and then probably "compost" the seeds, eventually filling their inventory with wheat and bread and no seeds. (Again, this is conjecture, because I do not have access to see what the code is actually doing.)

In the above described scenario by GoldenHelmet, I would suggest that in the scenario where you spawned a new villager and converted it to a farmer (or even converting an unemployed villager), if you gave that farmer some of the crop you wanted it to harvest, it would start harvesting them at that point.

There is a related issue where farmer villagers also do not distribute any crops or food that they have in their inventory: MCPE-91823

I was testing this behavior earlier today in a creative test world, and made the following observation:

• Farmer will not harvest anything if their inventory is empty

• Once given some amount of the crop around them, they will begin harvesting as expected

Have not done a full test of this with all of the crop types, yet, just carrots.

Depending on the behind the scenes behavior of the farmer when they work at their workstation, if it deletes some number of the crops in their inventory (to act like they have "used" the composter), this could be a self perpetuating situation. This would be worse for wheat, as the villager would hold onto wheat to turn into bread, and then probably "compost" the seeds, eventually filling their inventory with wheat and bread and no seeds. (Again, this is conjecture, because I do not have access to see what the code is actually doing.)

In the above described scenario by GoldenHelmet, I would suggest that in the scenario where you spawned a new villager and converted it to a farmer (or even converting an unemployed villager), if you gave that farmer some of the crop you wanted it to harvest, it would start harvesting them at that point.

There is a related issue where farmer villagers also do not distribute any crops or food that they have in their inventory: MCPE-91823

I can confirm @unknown’s findings. Farmers (at least those generated in 1.16) will only harvest if they already have something to plant. They do not need to have the specific crop they are going to harvest, just something plantable. I tested potatoes and wheat seeds in a newly generated world, with a different seed from the one provided in the description.

I can confirm @unknown’s findings. Farmers (at least those generated in 1.16) will only harvest if they already have something to plant. They do not need to have the specific crop they are going to harvest, just something plantable. I tested potatoes and wheat seeds in a newly generated world, with a different seed from the one provided in the description.

I see farmers in a carrot field not harvesting, regardless of whether they have something in their inventory or not. If given carrots, they start planting them, but still not harvesting. There is a villager close by with empty inventory but the farmers do not throw the carrots at him.

I see farmers in a carrot field not harvesting, regardless of whether they have something in their inventory or not. If given carrots, they start planting them, but still not harvesting. There is a villager close by with empty inventory but the farmers do not throw the carrots at him.

Adding to my last comment, the issue may be related to pathfinding.

I noticed when I turned up tick speed to 2500, the farmers harvested the crop they were at, then replanted, and as the crop ummediately regrew, they would harvest and replant again. This continued for the nearest 2-3 blocks but they would ignore other farmland. When I set tickspeed to 1, they would harvest, replant, then stop, ignoring neighboring blocks. This indicates that they will plant and harvest at the block they are standing on or immediately next to, but not others, possibly due to pathfinding. Also they still would not throw anything to an isolated villager, possibly this may be a pathfinding issue too. They can pathfind to beds and workstations though.

Adding to my last comment, the issue may be related to pathfinding.

I noticed when I turned up tick speed to 2500, the farmers harvested the crop they were at, then replanted, and as the crop ummediately regrew, they would harvest and replant again. This continued for the nearest 2-3 blocks but they would ignore other farmland. When I set tickspeed to 1, they would harvest, replant, then stop, ignoring neighboring blocks. This indicates that they will plant and harvest at the block they are standing on or immediately next to, but not others, possibly due to pathfinding. Also they still would not throw anything to an isolated villager, possibly this may be a pathfinding issue too. They can pathfind to beds and workstations though.

Yet another observation. Inspired by a post in a related bug (farmers not throwing crops), I observe that the farmer does plant and harvest when conveniently near the patch, but does not take initiative to go anywhere other than between bed and workstation. When the farmer travels from one to the other, it seems he may harvest and replant. And at a very high rate if tick rate is high or bonemeal is used.

Under the same conditions, the farmer may throw potatoes, if said farmer coincidentally meets another villager. But the farmer does not actively seek to socialize with other villagers, meaning potatoes are only thrown on lucky occasions.

For test, I made a farm of a single strip of land, see attached. Testing for a half hour I saw potatoes thrown once. 

Yet another observation. Inspired by a post in a related bug (farmers not throwing crops), I observe that the farmer does plant and harvest when conveniently near the patch, but does not take initiative to go anywhere other than between bed and workstation. When the farmer travels from one to the other, it seems he may harvest and replant. And at a very high rate if tick rate is high or bonemeal is used.

Under the same conditions, the farmer may throw potatoes, if said farmer coincidentally meets another villager. But the farmer does not actively seek to socialize with other villagers, meaning potatoes are only thrown on lucky occasions.

For test, I made a farm of a single strip of land, see attached. Testing for a half hour I saw potatoes thrown once. 

Further testing reveals the farmer may farm a longer piece of land, here on a strip of 18 x 1 blocks. Potatoes are farmed en route to workstation and back again to bed. Not consistently so, but to a degree, which is more than not at all.

Further testing reveals the farmer may farm a longer piece of land, here on a strip of 18 x 1 blocks. Potatoes are farmed en route to workstation and back again to bed. Not consistently so, but to a degree, which is more than not at all.

Another shot of the new test farm. Receiving villager is given a workstation nex to the composter, so they will face each other for a bigger part of the day. We see potatoes thrown, however few. Interestingly, I gave the farmer villager 5 stacks of 64 potatoes, and he immediately threw them all at the armorer here. But harvesting his own crops and throwing them is painfully slow.

Bonus info: Villager can't pathfind across a waterlogged staircase in the ground. Also, villager can't pathfind his bed if potatoes are growing right next to the bed or if a trapdoor is placed right next to the bed.

Another shot of the new test farm. Receiving villager is given a workstation nex to the composter, so they will face each other for a bigger part of the day. We see potatoes thrown, however few. Interestingly, I gave the farmer villager 5 stacks of 64 potatoes, and he immediately threw them all at the armorer here. But harvesting his own crops and throwing them is painfully slow.

Bonus info: Villager can't pathfind across a waterlogged staircase in the ground. Also, villager can't pathfind his bed if potatoes are growing right next to the bed or if a trapdoor is placed right next to the bed.

1.16.2 Java, I do not have, and cannot reproduce this problem (any village (7 tested) , any seed (3 tested),) the picture shows a farm I have set up, they will plant and harvest, they will socialise, and throw food at everyone else, without my input.

1.16.2 Java, I do not have, and cannot reproduce this problem (any village (7 tested) , any seed (3 tested),) the picture shows a farm I have set up, they will plant and harvest, they will socialise, and throw food at everyone else, without my input.

@Henrik: please do not comment on Bedrock Edition tickets with your test results from Java Edition. It is not relevant.

@Henrik: please do not comment on Bedrock Edition tickets with your test results from Java Edition. It is not relevant.

The 1.16.100.57 beta changelog includes the lines

• Improved performance of farmer villagers when harvesting or sowing crops

• Fixed a bug which could prevent farmer villagers from harvesting crops

Can anyone give feedback on whether the change fixes this issue?

The 1.16.100.57 beta changelog includes the lines

• Improved performance of farmer villagers when harvesting or sowing crops

• Fixed a bug which could prevent farmer villagers from harvesting crops

Can anyone give feedback on whether the change fixes this issue?

Started new world in creative, experimental gameplay on.

Made a farm, 9 x 9 blocks wide, irrigation in center, composter in center, bed at fringe, 1 farmer, given 1 stack of 64 potatoes.

Farmer picks up potatoes and begins planting. Rates very low though. 5 blocks are planted after 10 minutes. Whole area planted with potatoes after maybe two hours run time.

Farmer harvests, but also at very low rates. 

In prior tests, I noticed the farmer only plants and harvests where he is standing, not moving around to plant/harvest other areas. When the farmer moves to his composter, he will plant/harvest on the way there, but not move around the field (thereby possibly linked to pathfinding?). This seems no longer to be the issue, as the farmer does travel about the field and plants/harvests within a broader area than what I noticed in previous version. However, still very slow, as described above.

Overall an improvement, but still with the farmer exhibiting a low rate of initiative. I cannot say whether the rate of initiative is lower than before version 1.16.

Started new world in creative, experimental gameplay on.

Made a farm, 9 x 9 blocks wide, irrigation in center, composter in center, bed at fringe, 1 farmer, given 1 stack of 64 potatoes.

Farmer picks up potatoes and begins planting. Rates very low though. 5 blocks are planted after 10 minutes. Whole area planted with potatoes after maybe two hours run time.

Farmer harvests, but also at very low rates. 

In prior tests, I noticed the farmer only plants and harvests where he is standing, not moving around to plant/harvest other areas. When the farmer moves to his composter, he will plant/harvest on the way there, but not move around the field (thereby possibly linked to pathfinding?). This seems no longer to be the issue, as the farmer does travel about the field and plants/harvests within a broader area than what I noticed in previous version. However, still very slow, as described above.

Overall an improvement, but still with the farmer exhibiting a low rate of initiative. I cannot say whether the rate of initiative is lower than before version 1.16.

Created a new flat world on beta 1.16.200.52 on Windows. Created an 8x8 field of tilled dirt, put a water block in the center, put the composter in the center above the water block. Spawned a villager and gave it 64 potatoes. 

It pretty quickly planted all the crops, when the crops were done growing the villager would travel around the field to pick them up and replant. 

issue seems fixed in the beta.

Created a new flat world on beta 1.16.200.52 on Windows. Created an 8x8 field of tilled dirt, put a water block in the center, put the composter in the center above the water block. Spawned a villager and gave it 64 potatoes. 

It pretty quickly planted all the crops, when the crops were done growing the villager would travel around the field to pick them up and replant. 

issue seems fixed in the beta.

@Kelby Lawson and Johan Vestergaard Paulsen: I'm sorry, but you haven't actually tested the bug tracked on this ticket. What you need to do is plant the field yourself, then create a farmer but do not give it any potatoes/carrots/seeds. Then wait and see if it harvests the field.

I've added a link to the relevant comment in the description note, since it's been obscured by later comments.

@Kelby Lawson and Johan Vestergaard Paulsen: I'm sorry, but you haven't actually tested the bug tracked on this ticket. What you need to do is plant the field yourself, then create a farmer but do not give it any potatoes/carrots/seeds. Then wait and see if it harvests the field.

I've added a link to the relevant comment in the description note, since it's been obscured by later comments.

Created new flat world. Marked out 2 fields of 9x9 farmland, irrigation in center, composter in center, bed by the fringe. The two fields separated by glass blocks. Each field of 9x9 farmland planted with potatoes (my doing). Spawned villager (immediately claims bed & composter), added villager for 2nd field. Set tick speed to 2500 for a few seconds for potatoes to grow. Then tick speed to 1, and waited. No farming, no harvesting. Villagers mainly looking at their composter, sometimes wandering, no harvesting, regardless of time of day. Watched one game day.

Duplicated world, turned on experimental gameplay. No change.

In experimental gameplay, gave 1 farmer a stack of potatoes.  Farmer picked up potatoes and immediately began harvesting and replanting the nearest blocks of farmland. Stopped after 5 blocks of farmland. No harveting after that, not even when wandering around.

In first world (without experimental gameplay on), gave 1 farmer a stack of potatoes. Picked them up, immediately began harvesting and replanting. Stopped after 8 blocks of farmland.

Only a villager who is given potatoes changes behavior. The other villager (in the second glass-encased field) did not show this change of behavior.

We can conclude that without potatoes in their inventory it seems farmers will not harvest/replant. With potatoes in inventory, they will, but only in small amounts. No apparent difference between experimental gameplay and normal gameplay.

Created new flat world. Marked out 2 fields of 9x9 farmland, irrigation in center, composter in center, bed by the fringe. The two fields separated by glass blocks. Each field of 9x9 farmland planted with potatoes (my doing). Spawned villager (immediately claims bed & composter), added villager for 2nd field. Set tick speed to 2500 for a few seconds for potatoes to grow. Then tick speed to 1, and waited. No farming, no harvesting. Villagers mainly looking at their composter, sometimes wandering, no harvesting, regardless of time of day. Watched one game day.

Duplicated world, turned on experimental gameplay. No change.

In experimental gameplay, gave 1 farmer a stack of potatoes.  Farmer picked up potatoes and immediately began harvesting and replanting the nearest blocks of farmland. Stopped after 5 blocks of farmland. No harveting after that, not even when wandering around.

In first world (without experimental gameplay on), gave 1 farmer a stack of potatoes. Picked them up, immediately began harvesting and replanting. Stopped after 8 blocks of farmland.

Only a villager who is given potatoes changes behavior. The other villager (in the second glass-encased field) did not show this change of behavior.

We can conclude that without potatoes in their inventory it seems farmers will not harvest/replant. With potatoes in inventory, they will, but only in small amounts. No apparent difference between experimental gameplay and normal gameplay.

So it’s been confirmed that this bug has finally been fixed. So I can have villagers again in my worlds, but my question is. Will this fix be added to a update soon, or will it be on hold since the new snapshots are featuring cave update features? I very much hope they could release this fix in the coming week. 

So it’s been confirmed that this bug has finally been fixed. So I can have villagers again in my worlds, but my question is. Will this fix be added to a update soon, or will it be on hold since the new snapshots are featuring cave update features? I very much hope they could release this fix in the coming week. 

No apparent difference between experimental gameplay and normal gameplay was observed. It seems the bug was not fixed.

No apparent difference between experimental gameplay and normal gameplay was observed. It seems the bug was not fixed.

This thread has gone quiet for a while. Any idea when this bug will be addressed and fixed in a patch?

This thread has gone quiet for a while. Any idea when this bug will be addressed and fixed in a patch?

Had the same problem for a few days. Today I went and broke some crops for my farmers and after picking up a few drops, my farmers started breaking the crops again, resolving the issue I posted yesterday, which was dissmissed as being a duplicate issue

Had the same problem for a few days. Today I went and broke some crops for my farmers and after picking up a few drops, my farmers started breaking the crops again, resolving the issue I posted yesterday, which was dissmissed as being a duplicate issue

They do seem to get "stuck" tho. They spontaneously stop working to stand in front of their composting bin. When I break a crop near them they start working normaly again and after breaking and replanting a few crops they ignore the other crops that are ready for harvest and resume staring at the bin...

They do seem to get "stuck" tho. They spontaneously stop working to stand in front of their composting bin. When I break a crop near them they start working normaly again and after breaking and replanting a few crops they ignore the other crops that are ready for harvest and resume staring at the bin...

@Charles: All villagers stare at their workstations as part of their “work” schedule. Farmers can be expected to do that off-and-on with harvesting and planting.

@David Paul: Mojang does not publish plans or schedules for bug fixes here, sorry.

@Charles: All villagers stare at their workstations as part of their “work” schedule. Farmers can be expected to do that off-and-on with harvesting and planting.

@David Paul: Mojang does not publish plans or schedules for bug fixes here, sorry.

affects 1.17.11

Affects 1.17.40.20