pathfind

To find the best route between two points.

Verb

  1. To find the best route between two points.
    • If the warden has a targetable entity, is not investigating any disturbances, and is otherwise idle, it pathfinds toward the closest entity, prioritizing players over mobs. - 2023 October 20 (last accessed), “Warden”,...
    • Has a sense of smell. It can detect and pathfind toward the general location of a player or mob through a "smelling" action. - 2024 December 11 (last accessed), “Java Edition Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1”, in...
    • If a villager cannot pathfind to its claimed site, both the site block and villager emit anger particles. - 2024 December 11 (last accessed), “Villager”, in Minecraft Wiki:

Origin

Back-formation from pathfinding, equivalent to path + find.

Forms

pathfinds pathfinding pathfound