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I have heard people have been having problems with their animals despawning, and I believe it MAY be because the animals are actually walking through fences, but I'm not sure, I would test this myself, but my xbox is broken at the moment, so here are the schematics I have come up with.

Basically, what I want to find out is HOW they are disappearing, so I came up with these tests.

Fence clip-test. This is to see if the animals are actually going through the fences. (these pics are taken on the cpu version, just re-create them in a superflat world or something). Make sure all the designs have roofs on the above them to make sure no mobs fall in. Make sure this test consists of ALL FENCES.


This is a test to see if the animals are actually going through the fence gates. Make sure this test consists of ALL FENCE GATES:

This is a control test, to see if animals are actually despawning, just dig a hole and put animals in, make no exits.

This is a test to see if animals are clipping though doors, some people like doors better than fence gates.

Make sure this test consists of all doors.


Please reply with results, we may be able to make a work-around before the next patch, and maybe 4j can find out how they are leaving more quickly.

Wolves won't despawn if they are tamed because they attack stuff you hit. Also they will teleport to you if you hit something

im testing the nether fences today actually... theyre def not despawning but clipping thru fences. ive had the same distinct animals in a hole and not one has despawned regardless of distance and time away from the area.

In a limited space, animals may glitch into blocks (including fences) and actually kill themselves. If you hear your animals making bone cracking sounds, as if they're taking fall damage, you need to increase your space.