Minecraft, the popular world-creation and survival game born on computers, also reached consoles, mobile devices and other platforms with a version called Bedrock.

However, it seems that Minecraft Bedrock players are suffering bugs that cause some animals, villagers, and armor stands disappearing. The bug would be especially noticeable on the Xbox and Nintendo Switch versions.

Animals, villagers, and armor stands are disappearing for some Minecraft Bedrock players

Many players are reporting the sudden disappearance of important items in their Minecraft worlds for no apparent reason (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).

According to reports, the Minecraft Bedrock issue is affecting items such as animals, villagers, and armor stands. Many players are confused about it, and the problems seem to have started after the most recent update.

It seems that the bug can appear in different ways among the players. For example, with regard to the disappearance of animals, in some reported cases all but the cows disappear.

Minecraft community help my sheeps keep disappearing when cows r perfectly fine n it’s been happening to all other animals BUT COWS
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Meanwhile, in other cases, all but the parrots disappear . There are also case reports where absolutely all the animals disappear.

Then there are the reports of cases where, in addition to the above, affected players describe the disappearance of items and villagers without any explanation.

Me and my freinds were playing in survival minecraft where the host was on a Nintendo switch. We logged back on today and our pets, armour stands, villagers, and farm animals are gone. I had fully enchanted diamond Armour on one of the Armour stands and was wondering if there is anyway I could recover the lost items and creatures, or if I could prevent this from happening again. Thank you in advance.
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There are similar reports from years ago

This isn’t the first time similar reports have surfaced from Minecraft players. There are some from many years ago, where there are also complaints about the disappearance of animals and other elements in the game.

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In those old reports, some users suggested that the bug could happen when there were many animals together.

Developers are aware, working on a fix

In response to the reports, the game developers said the following:

We apologize for the inconvenience, but this is currently a known issue.

The team is currently working on a fix that should fix the issue as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience while we work on the solution!
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So, they are already aware of the bug and working on a solution. However, there is still no estimated date for the arrival of the fix.

At the moment, affected Minecraft Bedrock players can only wait until the fix doesn’t take long to arrive. We will update this article when updates arise on the matter to keep you informed.

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