# Villagers stuck in gaia trees

**URL:** <https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/villagers-stuck-in-gaia-trees/286315>\
**Category:** AoM - Report a Bug\
**Created:** [May 22, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/villagers-stuck-in-gaia-trees/286315 "2026-05-22T14:23:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![apoy](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/apoy/32/146888_2.png) [@apoy](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/apoy)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/villagers-stuck-in-gaia-trees/286315/1 "2026-05-22T14:23:08Z")

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## Game Version: Premium
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## Build Number: **602822R**
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## Platform: Steam
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## Operating System: Windows 11

> ## Issue:

vilagers/laborers/dwarves/gatherers…(all of them except atty citizens) get stuck in gaia forest.

> ### Trigger Event:

i play online team games, my ally often casts gaia forest on me. Having vils choping down gaia trees is almost garranted to have one of them stuck in here…

If you chop the lumber on the edge of the gaia forest spawn, it seems to have less bugs that way.

This bug is here since the launch of retold i think

> ### Repro Steps:

1. cast gaia forest on someone’s tc (also bug other place than on tc)
2. get villagers to gather wood from it
3. vil stuck

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**Author:** ![AquilesHeroe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/aquilesheroe/32/207643_2.png) [@AquilesHeroe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AquilesHeroe)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/villagers-stuck-in-gaia-trees/286315/2 "2026-05-27T00:17:28Z")

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Yes. Its important bug because is a god power wasted. That 5% gathering sometimes kills a villager or maybe more so there is no benefit

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**Author:** ![AquilesHeroe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/aquilesheroe/32/207643_2.png) [@AquilesHeroe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AquilesHeroe)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/villagers-stuck-in-gaia-trees/286315/3 "2026-07-21T06:07:22Z")

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come on change the animation my villagers get stuck or become idle all time when using the forest of gea

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**Author:** ![noBrainur](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/nobrainur/32/175246_2.png) [@noBrainur](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/noBrainur)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/villagers-stuck-in-gaia-trees/286315/4 "2026-07-23T13:37:17Z")

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This bug has existed since around launch. Maybe one way of fixing it may be to spawn all the trees immediately, pushing units out of the way if they are within the collision regions of the trees, but then have the “grow speed” of each tree different in such a way that the entire forest still takes just as long to complete as it does now.

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**Author:** ![AquilesHeroe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/aquilesheroe/32/207643_2.png) [@AquilesHeroe](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AquilesHeroe)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/villagers-stuck-in-gaia-trees/286315/5 "2026-07-24T08:10:41Z")

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villager gathering wood from the gaia tree is interrupted by the new gaia tree for some reason, maybe it collision the villager and stop him and becomes idle