PhantasmalAce

So I was able to progress the story and do the things that lead up to the Devastation. The problem now is that it seems like once again things just aren't spawning in? After spending hours on the tower with a broken elevator (I assume it's supposed to make checkpoints possible, but it could only ever be called to the floor you were on), I finally made it to the top. Found the lens, but couldn't take it even after investigating around a while. It looks like there's supposed to be a boss? Starting to wonder if there's a problem with the current version and story location generation with entities. Unfortunately, the method that worked for Nadiya doesn't seem to work for this location so I'm once again stuck with the story. Not sure if I'll bother making another topic for it. Might just give up on the game's story content for a while. Just a thing to look out for to anyone who checks this for info though.

So I had another user (Shout out to Cosmic_Abraxas) message me since they couldn't seem to reply here and after trying this fix, it does seem to work. This is what they sent me "Go to your account settings on the main menu and reinstall the basic 1.21.0 version (don't worry, it won't delete any of your saved stuff.) Then, open the game back up and enter your world. Go to the center of the village and type /wgen regen 3 into chat and let the chunks reload. The village should now appear normally on the map, music should be playing, and the villagers should have reappeared. Now you can update your game back to the current version and it should all still be there. Just make sure you don't have a mule with stuff in saddlebags within the radius of the village when you regen the chunks. I learned that one the hard way lol. Someone mentioned that you may have to do this again when you get to the desolation, but I haven't gotten that far yet. Hope this helps!" Followed those instructions and things are looking much better. The village actually shows on the map and I could immediately tell there were more NPCs. Now apparently the Devastation is next? That sounds like an ominous time. Looking forward to whatever that's about lol

I tried regenerating the chunks. Unfortunately it's just the same handful of villagers in what is mostly a ghost town. Weirdly the rain just seems to pass through everything now (like the roofs and upper floors), but it wasn't raining when I first explored the town so that might not be new. There's a lot that's kind funky with the village also including the fact it's not even really on the map (it's just an indistinct brown blob). I suppose best I can do now is see if a patch can fix it.Thanks for the suggestions though and letting me know it does seem to be a known bug.

I walked through the village for about 2 in game days and could never find more than the same 5 or so villagers. Found out Sedna tends to be in the tavern in the evenings, but only three villagers ever went there. Good to know about the bug reports though. Here's to hoping it can be resolved in a way that doesn't require starting over again. I'll have to give the regeneration command a shot when I next play. Thank you very much for the suggestion. I'll share if it works when I do get the chance. Thank you for the answers!

I'm a newer player who's trying to go through the story. I've gotten as far as finding Nadiya, but after wandering around in circles and talking to the same 5 or so villagers over and over it seems like something is wrong. Checking the wiki seems to indicate that there should be 17 villagers. The tavern keeper mentions a Sedna who seems like the next step in the story, but that villager (and many others) just don't seem to exist. Does this mean I can't continue the story? Or does anyone know of any around/way to fix this? Edit: I did share a fix that currently works as of posting a little ways down this thread.