Zombified Piglin

Zombie Pigmen are neutral mobs that first appeared in Minecraft alpha. Zombie Pigmen drop cooked porkchops when killed, and therefore are a renewable source of food in the Nether.

Behavior
Zombie Pigmen wander around the Nether aimlessly. If you stand near a Zombie Pigman, it will turn its head towards you for a few seconds, then resume its wandering. Zombie Pigmen spawn in packs of 4-10 and tend to stay together. If one pack come close to another and the player attacks one of them, the "packs" will merge together.

Zombie pigmen will turn hostile only if attacked by the player or any other creature (for example, if hit by a Ghast's bomb). Attacking one Zombie Pigman will cause all Zombie Pigmen within 32 blocks to become hostile, often swarming the player. If the player moves a certain distance from a pack, waits a while or leaves the nether and returns; they will become neutral again. Switching the difficulty to Peaceful will make them disappear and become neutral again.

Zombie Pigmen are immune to lava and fire, though if they are in lava they will die after a short period of time. They do play a burning animation, but are unharmed from it. They can still drown if under water for too long.

Information & History

 * Zombie Pigmen do play a burning animation in sunlight, but are unharmed from it.
 * Despite wielding a golden sword, they deal 2.5 damage instead of the normal 2 damage.
 * Zombie Pigmen, prior to the 10th of November 2010 update, would never forgive the player for attacking them. Now after a certain amount of time has passed since an attack, they will become neutral.
 * A direct hit by a Ghast's fireball will cause a Zombie Pigman to run directly towards the Ghast and attempt to attack it. This behavior has only been observed if the Ghast is touching the ground, usually occuring when the Ghast spawns under a low ceiling. Only the Zombie Pigman hit by the fireball will attack the Ghast - nearby Zombie Pigmen will not change behavior.

Appearance

 * Zombie Pigmen were originally suggested by Miclee, and the original skin was created by X__x, although his gory texture was made less sanguinary by Notch.

Drops

 * 0-2 Cooked Porkchops
 * Rumored to drop feathers