Deceased villagers are occasionally left lying on the ground indefinitely

Farthest Frontier Bug Reporting
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I’ve run into another specific case where a deceased villager is left lying on the ground indefinitely, and there are wild rats, a lot of them :smiley:

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Issue Details:

  • The Scene: A villager’s corpse is lying right next to a riverbank/bridge, completely surrounded by a large swarm of wild rats.
  • The Logic Breakdown:
    1. Laborers refuse to pick up the body.
    2. The area is quite far away from any active predator den (separated by a wall, a lake, and a bridge), so it’s not blocked by a wolf/boar nest.
    3. Curiously, a Rat Catcher assigned nearby reports that “there is nothing to do,” completely ignoring the massive cluster of rats.
    4. Meanwhile, a fisherman is casually sitting right next to the corpse and rats, fishing without issues!

Conclusion / Bug Suspection:

It looks like wild rats swarming outdoors either trigger the same “danger block” that prevents corpse retrieval, or the Rat Catcher AI fails to recognize wild/outdoor rat swarms as valid targets.

I have attached my save file showcasing this exact spot. It would be great if outdoor rat clusters could either be cleared by Rat Catchers or stop blocking laborers from collecting bodies!

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