I’ve encountered a bug where villagers are attempting to collect items which are within areas that have not been explored yet. Additionally, this traps them in a cycle whereby they do not have enough food to get to the items and so they return to town without actually collecting them, only to head out the next day and attempt to collect them again.
If there’s any additional data I can provide, please let me know. I still have the save file if it’s necessary for you to reproduce the issue.
To help with the debugging process, I’ve also included some screenshots. The first 2 are where you can find the bug occuring, as this is where the villagers are walking. The third screenshot shows a villager who attempted to walk out into the middle of nowhere to try and gather resources that had not yet been explored. If you allow the game to play out for a while, you’ll find that the villagers begin to make a really long path to a wolfs den. I believe the wolfs den is what they’re trying to gather the resources from.
IMAGE 3: This is a villager who attempted to gather unexplored resources. Currently they are heading back to town, but more villagers will eventually head out to try and gather unexplored resources again.