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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