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'Trading Post' block that designates Wandering Trader spawnpoint

Sometimes it can be annoying when Wandering Traders appear near your home, but stay an annoying/dangerous distance outside and/or get stuck in caves/holes in the ground. It's also sort of strange from a story/world-feel perspective that they just stand around outside, particularly once the player has made buildings nearby.

To solve this, I suggest creating a trading post block that acts as a sort of "lightning rod" for wandering trader spawns - if a trader would be spawned within a certain radius of the block, the spawn instead happens right at the block's location.

Thus, it would be possible to create a designated area of the player's home base as a trading point for traders intent on visiting your home to stay at, while the limited radius means it would still be possible to encounter traders while away from home.

Thank you for taking the time to consider my idea!

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    this is a great idea

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    Yea, Wandering traders are annoying, especially on melon/pumpkin farms. Had a lot of times where the wandering trader and its llamas would spawn well within the confines of my melon and pumpkin farms.

    They can trample on the farmland since the melons and pumpkins make the ground uneven, necessitating jumps to the fruits then sometimes to the farmland. When that happens, I would have to plow and regrow the melon and pumpkin plants, frankly annoying to say the least. I would have to kill them to prevent further damage to the farm.

    If there would be a trading post or some marker that defines wandering trader AND/OR a no-spawn zone defining block for the traders, I would stop killing them.

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    I really like this idea, it reminds me of the Fallout 4 caravan post, which made Fallout settlements feel more alive with visitors.