Villagers free roam while "Guarding"?

[mrgamersquadz]

I created a second small "outpost" near Padstow but the issue i am having is the villagers on "Guard" patrol the entire center of the map. They walk to and from the first village we spawn into, all the way to Padstow multiple times throughout game play. They are assigned to my first village, but wont stay put and guard that area only....trying to figure out how to keep them in that village only.

They like to wander around and then get killed by bandits that are also wandering around.

[macbraveheart68]

the guards patrol your entire town. if you have distant buildings they will walk to them. I had a chest next to travel posts and had the same problem so I just made them new settlements
your guards should only patrol the village they are assigned to then.
villagers will also wander over when you are building to help with the building process so make a new settlement with any distant buildings