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{{About|the format of villages.dat, which stores information on village doors, player reputation, etc|the format of Village.dat, which stores information on village generation|Generated structures data file format}}
{{outdated|edition=java|As of [[Minecraft:Java Edition 19w11a|19w11a]], this file is no longer generated or used.}}
The '''villages.dat''' file located in the data folder of every Minecraft level is used to store information about the [[Minecraft:villages]] in the level. It is stored as a GZip'd NBT file.

Additional files '''villages_nether.dat''' and '''villages_end.dat''' are stored, allowing for villages in other [[Minecraft:dimension]]s should the [[Minecraft:player]] build them.

Villages are "forgotten" and not saved in this file when their [[Minecraft:chunk]]s are unloaded.

== NBT Structure ==
<div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound}}: The root tag.
** {{nbt|compound|data}}
*** {{nbt|int|Tick}}: Internal clock.
*** {{nbt|list|Villages}}: List of Byte tags when empty, list of Compound tags otherwise.
**** {{nbt|compound}}: A village.
***** {{nbt|int|ACX}}: Aggregate of the x-coordinates of all houses.
***** {{nbt|int|ACY}}: Aggregate of the y-coordinates of all houses.
***** {{nbt|int|ACZ}}: Aggregate of the z-coordinates of all houses.
***** {{nbt|int|CX}}: X coordinate of the village center.
***** {{nbt|int|CY}}: Y coordinate of the village center.
***** {{nbt|int|CZ}}: Z coordinate of the village center.
***** {{nbt|int|Golems}}: The number of [[Minecraft:Iron Golem]]s.
***** {{nbt|int|MTick}}: Last time a villager was killed by a mob, or by a damage source that's not related to an entity while a player was nearby.
***** {{nbt|int|PopSize}}: The number of [[Minecraft:Villager]]s.
***** {{nbt|int|Radius}}: Radius of the village.
***** {{nbt|int|Stable}}: Last time a house was added to the village.
***** {{nbt|int|Tick}}: Internal clock.
***** {{nbt|list|Doors}}: The doors in the village.
****** {{nbt|compound}}: A door.
******* {{nbt|int|IDX}}: Specifies the inside direction along x.
******* {{nbt|int|IDZ}}: Specifies the inside direction along z.
******* {{nbt|int|TS}}: Last time a [[Minecraft:villager]] was nearby.
******* {{nbt|int|X}}: X coordinate.
******* {{nbt|int|Y}}: Y coordinate.
******* {{nbt|int|Z}}: Z coordinate.
***** {{nbt|list|Players}}: List of Byte tags when empty, list of Compound tags otherwise.
****** {{nbt|compound}}: A player who has traded or harmed villagers.
******* {{nbt|string|UUID}}: The UUID of the player.
******* {{nbt|int|S}}: The social rank of the player. Can be negative. Goes up with trading and down with harming villagers.
</div>

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w32a|Overworld village data is saved.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w02a|Village data is saved for the Nether and the End.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=19w11a|Village data has been removed and replaced by points of interest system.}}
}}

== See also ==
* [[Minecraft:Village mechanics]]

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