Talk:Pig/Archive 1

Eating mushrooms?
Is it true that pigs eat mushrooms? If so, the info in mushrooms should be updated. Do they eat both brown and red spotted mushrooms? --DrPhil 20:26, 5 November 2010 (CDT)
 * No, they dont eat mushrooms! They used to give mushrooms when killed, and, what do you think of the new pig image? MoonBeans 22:38, 27 November 2010 (CST)

I am 100% sure they ate mushrooms in Survival Test. I do not want to re-add this, however, until it has been further discussed. IKaleb 02:08, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Spawn Preventing
Is there a way to prevent friendly spawn while still preventing aggressive spawns? I'm trying to farm and every time I come back the ground is trampled and I have a pig or some chickens running around. --Zenubis 20:48, 22 January 2011
 * Fence off the area and replace all grass with something else. – ultradude25  ( T at 04:25, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Unkillable pig O.O
I turn a zombie spawner into a pig spawner... but does someone know why I can't kill them? Aren't they suppose to be like normal pigs?
 * On SMP pigs from pig spawner cannot be killed as they are client side. – minepro97  ( T at 04:25, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Always drop 2 chops when killed by fire?
When i set pigs on fire with a fire-starter it dropped 2 pork chops each time for all 8 pigs i tried. Can someone confirm that this is always true.

No, you just got extremely lucky on your spawning. It is likely that it will drop 2 pork, but not always. Bubblebust 16:46, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Invincible Pigs on MP
all pigs on Multiplayer are invincible. there is 1 exception, Craftbukkit servers. on a craftukkit server you can kill pigs.


 * Only PIG SPAWNER pigs are invincible in SMP all other oigs should be killable unless there is lots of lag in which you can try and hit where you think they are going to be.... – minepro97  ( T at 00:42, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Cooked Porkchop
Ben trying to get the When pigs fly achievement, but that always puts me right next to my netherack, so they keep dying by fire. but when they do die, they drop a cooked porkchop? That would make it seem far more efficient to burn them to death rather than hit them.

triangle1: what are you trying to say? to me it seems your making a statement, but there is a question mark wich implies you'r asking a question, and you finnish by sounding like your making a suggestion. please explain.

Also i don't even understand the main idea behind your writing, you start off by saying you are doing the flying pig achievment but then STATE pigs DO drop a cooked porkchop on death by fire, SUGGEST if so it WOULD be more efficient.

this text seems very conveluted and confusing, please clarrify


 * Yes they do drop a cooked porkchop when killed by fire or while on fire. Yes this is much more efficiant and you never have to cook a porchop again (give raw pork to your wolves and kill pigs by flint & steel to get cooked pork). – minepro97  ( T at 00:42, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

3 drops?
I never got 3 drops from Pigs, Cows and Chickens... Why? Both Singleplayer and Multiplayer, Playing on Peaceful and Easy. C ali nou - talk × contribs » 13:26, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Lit Inventory Bar
I was on a minecraft server (PCG server) and I went to the nether.There was a pig spawner there with grass around(spawned in),and there was enough light,so a couple of pigs spawned.When I looked at a pig,my invertory bar(the one at the bottom of the screen) lit up,as if I had been looking at a zombie pigman.There were no zombie pigmen around.I tried a few times and the results were the same. It seems to occur on singleplayer as well.When I spawned some pigs in the nether and faced them,my invertory bar lit up again. When I spawned a zombie pigman in the overworld and faced them,my inventory bar did NOT light up. I know pigs turn into zomebie pigmen when struck by lightning,but are they the same?Does pig = zombie pigman? Can anyone comfirm/explain this?Thanks.I know its not a bug,(pigs don't ordinarily spawn in the nether) but I'm just curious. Wilsonang123 09:03, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Dimensions (mainly Height) of the mob
Pig = 1.875 blocks tall, 0.625 blocks wide and 1.25 blocks long.

Sheep = 1.25 blocks tall, 0.625 blocks wide and 1.4375 blocks long.

Where does this info come from? For me it seems to be quite the other way around. Pigs are noticeably shorter than sheep. Proof: http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s179/DeLiQuEnT013/Minecraft/01.png

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s179/DeLiQuEnT013/Minecraft/02.png

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s179/DeLiQuEnT013/Minecraft/03.png

I noticed this when pigs kept going through 1 block high holes all the time, but sheep weren't. Also I consider this somewhat important information for trap-planning. Can someone look into this and confirm the heights (all the dimensions) or correct it?

(Posted it on the Talk:Sheep page too. Sorry if I shouldn't have.) Blaz 07:36, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Pigs in Minecraft 0.24 - Add to history?
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/168543844/pigs Should we include image of these pigs and addionally include the first appearance? Tom.K 20:28, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Pigs will be properly modelled in 1.8
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Needsm ore snout
Need image of the new snouted pig in the infobox. --Ecksearoh 14:48, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Pigs v. Cows
What advantage do pigs have over cows? Before, pigs were the only source of meat; now, cows drop more meat of equal effectiveness, in addition to the leather and milk they had before. Is there any use for pigs anymore? Father Toast  00:23, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Pigs are (by my observations at least) far more common than cows, so they're an easy source of meat early-game. In terms of handling they're smaller, a bit more energetic, and much more quiet than cows.  Lastly as we all know, if you have a saddle you can ride them (which is just for your amusement).  I think all these factors balance out the pig, even though many breeders don't find them useful.  If Mojang wants to improve pigs for breeding animals, my recommendation would be 1.) make pigs mature faster, and 2.) create a way to guide pigs while riding (apple on a fishing pole or whatnot). Pareidolon 04:48, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

New Image of pig model
Someone should change the image of the pig to the new model that reflect the changes made in Beta 1.8 (i.e. the nose). Same also applies to the cooked porkchop image.

Thanks

Possible Dimensions Bug
I found this bug when I was trying to maximize the output of my pig cooker in SMP. So, the hole that the items drop down in is 1x1 (one block wide, one block long). With a ladder, the pigs do not fall down the hole, however, without it, the pigs fall down the hole and defeat the purpose of it. Pigs are 1.25 blocks wide according to the article, and they are obviously more than one block long just by looking at them. Is this a bug or not? Inquisitribble 20:44, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Babies are forever alone
I just saw this happen a few minutes ago, but I had six pigs in a dirt pen. I came in carrying 15 wheat and I dropped in the top. I started pairing up the pigs to breed, and by the time I was done, for one reason or another, all of the adult pigs were following the first baby I spawned - and only that baby! The other two were ever so adorably alone, but I'm worried. IS this a worrysome glitch? Shalberus 00:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)