Phillip Maughmer
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Haven't noticed chunk distance being an issue for me as much as loading in (as for my my despawn problems) single player world off realms.
Spent alotta time on a Trident killer spawner farm only to find the trident despawned as well as hopper cart after loading in. Animals gone as well don't believe it's a chunk issue as I kept my pets inside name tagged and all so they aren't roaming, that I got use to by now. I'm loading in at my base with my animals so traveling out of the chunk doesn't seem to be the trigger. Also found my anvil had despawned as well.
Running 1.17.41 hotfix
I'm having the same issue playing on Xbox One v 1.17.41 Hotfix
I'm experiencing zero issues with chunk distance just loading in. My original world I have a main base (2208, 83, -85) not super far from my original survival "hut" (2456, 64, -17) any time I venture back there the animals are always there but can't keep them at my main base at all (where I save & quit) I almost always load in with all animals (including iron golems) despawned.
On Bedrock Xbox One v1.17.14