Make completely new Paper-296 server. Run it. Ensure gamerule and difficulty are set correctly. Throw stuff on randomly spawned Zombies, Skeletons, Wither Skeletons, and Zombie Piglins, and see that they do not pick up items at all. Make a long tube with items along the bottom, and spawn thousands of mobs inside, and see that they do not pick Not sure then. Only 70 zombie villagers are needed for the switch to work so it may be the chunk loader that doesn't work properly. I recommend using Vanilla Tweaks' chunk loader that also works in a 5x5 chunk area just so you're working with something that's confirmed to work, otherwise, try moving the portal loader around or try another design. Overview Villager Essentials is a lightweight plugin that adds minor tweaks to simplify villager trading on multiplayer. Features 1) Shared discounts Players can work together to earn better trades 2) Guaranteed zombification Villagers always transform, regardless of difficulty 3) Easy zombie containment Increased chance that a zombie can pick up items: an inexpensive way to prevent zombies Zombie villagers can pick up almost any item that a regular villager can, with a few exceptions. They are able to pick up and carry food, weapons, tools, and other items. However, they cannot pick up or carry blocks, flowers, or other plants. Suggestions for Minecraft: Java Edition – Minecraft Forum #1 is now available. Transporting items, mobs, and yourself long distances is an important but tiresome task. Thankfully, there are many ways to make the trips easier and faster. Walking or running everywhere are viable options, but you may want a faster or smoother option, possibly with added storage benefits. Below are options for transporting player(s) in order of the effort required to construct them. Horses Use a name tag so it won’t despawn . Only a small percentage of zombies are capable of picking up items. If you don't have a name tag, your best bet is to find a horde and toss a bunch of sticks. If one of them picks one up, you can kill the others and slap that dude in a cart or something. Some don't pick up items. When first batch arrives check to see if it has a villager. If it hasen't flip lever and burn them. Rinse and repeat. You can't automatically sort them, but Dataless822 has a decent video up for his manual sorter. It includes a baby sorter that directly murderizes the little ones and then drops all of the adults into individual holding cells First, you need to program the command block to summon a villager with the /summon command. This /summon command will be run each time the command block is activated. So, stand in front of the command block with your pointer (the plus sign) on the command block and click on the right mouse button. This will bring up the programming console for How to: Pick up & Anchor Villagers . - Shift + Right Click on a villager to pick them up. - Place the head on the ground to put them back. - Picked up villagers will display their professions. - Tip: You can put picked up villagers directly into minecarts or boats. - Tip: You can pick up zombie villagers. Cake is a food and a block that can be eaten by the player. A cake with candle is a light-producing variation created when a candle is used on an uneaten cake. Once the cake is placed, it cannot be recollected even with the use of Silk Touch. Candle cakes always drop their respective candle when broken. Expert-level farmer villagers can sell cake for a single emerald each. The chance is 2⁄7 o99XwQ7.