Villages.dat format

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The villages.dat file located in the data folder of every Minecraft level is used to store information about the villages in the level. It is stored as a GZip'd NBT file.

NBT Structure

: The root tag.
- data
  - Tick: Unknown.
  - Villages: List of Byte tags when empty, list of Compound tags otherwise.
    - : A village.
      - ACX: Unknown.
      - ACY: Unknown.
      - ACZ: Unknown.
      - CX: Unknown.
      - CY: Unknown.
      - CZ: Unknown.
      - Golems: The number of Iron Golems.
      - MTick: Unknown.
      - PopSize: Unknown.
      - Radius: Unknown.
      - Stable: Unknown.
      - Tick: Unknown.
      - Doors: The doors in the village.
        : A door.
        IDX: Unknown.
        
        IDZ: Unknown.
        
        TS: Unknown.
        
        X: X coordinate.
        
        Y: Y coordinate.
        
        Z: Z coordinate.
      - Players: List of Byte tags when empty, list of Compound tags otherwise.
        : A player who has traded or harmed villagers.
        Name: The name of the player.
        
        S: The social rank of the player. Can be negative. Goes up with trading and down with harming villagers.

Villages.dat format

NBT Structure

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