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Permanent Villager Assignments and Bell-Based Village Centers (Bedrock)

1. Bed Assignments

  • Remain assigned until destroyed or villager exceeds defined relocation distance.

  • Pathfinding failures don't break assignments.

  • Wandering stays within defined radius of bed.

2. Workstations

  • Remain assigned until destroyed or villager permanently relocates.

  • May exist outside home village.

  • Physical access required for trade restocking, not village employment.

3. Village Centers (bell as permanent center)

  • Each functional bell establishes fixed 101×101×101-block area, extending 50 blocks along each axis.

  • Require 80-block minimum straight-line 3D separation.

  • Closer bells remain decorative; eligible bells activate when spacing allows.

  • Areas can overlap.

4. Village Membership

  • Depends on coordinates of villager's assigned bed pillow.

  • Closest eligible bell determines membership in overlapping areas.

  • Recalculate when bells or bed assignments change.

  • Villagers retain beds, jobs, and trades when membership changes.

5. Spawning Golems/Cats

  • Each bell independently evaluates resident population, beds, and employment.

  • "Assigned employment" replaces "recent workstation attendance."

  • Existing population thresholds and valid spawn-space requirements remain.

Justification: Prevents involuntary reassignment, stabilizes village centers, and supports larger settlements without complex city detection. Naturally generated villages retain existing layouts and routines with more reliable assignments. Bell-less settlements retain legacy village detection.

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    Commenting to bring attention to this. I really believe a lot of people would appreciate a more predictable pattern to villagers, their linked beds, and the village centers. These changes would allow players to build functional villages without constantly wondering what unpredictable function has changed or locking villagers in 'trading halls.'