Hoglins are breedable hostile mobs and the main source of food in the Nether.
Spawning
Hoglins spawn in groups of 3 to 4 in crimson forests and they may respawn over time. 5% of hoglins spawn as babies. Some hoglins may also spawn in bastion remnants upon generation, but only if the structure is hoglin_stable.
Drops
When killed, adult hoglins drop:
- 2–4 raw porkchop (cooked porkchop if they die burning). The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 7 with Looting III.
- 0–2 leather. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 5 with Looting III.
- 5 if killed by a player or tamed wolf.
Baby hoglins only drop experience.
Behavior
Hoglins avoid warped fungus (including in a flower pot), nether portals and respawn anchors. They naturally sink in water and eventually drown. Also, they aren't immune to fire. Hoglins can be leashed despite the fact they are hostile.
Attacking
Hoglins attack the player on sight. When an adult hoglin attacks, it flings the player into the air. The player will still be flung even if they block the attack with a shield. Baby hoglins also attack, dealing less damage and not flinging. If the player attacks back the babies, they flee for a short time, after a short time. Hoglins also do not attack a player standing near a block that repels them, instead prioritizing running away from the block. This is unless they have already chosen to press the attack. They may do this in groups, once attacked. Hoglins are 50% resistant to knockback.
Hoglins are hostile to piglins if they attack first. However, they avoid piglins if outnumbered by them, within 32 blocks. They do not attack other mobs.
Baby hoglins
Baby piglins run around with baby hoglins, riding them. If there are more baby piglins than baby hoglins, the baby piglins occasionally jump on other baby piglins already riding a baby hoglin, with a maximum of 3 stacked on a single baby hoglin. Baby hoglin runs away when a player strikes.
Zoglins
A hoglin turning into a zoglin.
If a hoglin is spawned in or moved to the Overworld or the End, it will start shivering and then turn into a zoglin after 1. If a lead is attached to the hoglin, it will break when the hoglin converts.
Breeding
Hoglins can be bred with crimson fungi. It takes 5 minutes before the parents can be bred again and takes 20 minutes for baby hoglins to mature. They stay near their parents unless they see a player or get attacked, in which case they run away. Feeding a baby hoglin reduces the remaining time for it to mature by 10%.
Hoglins cannot be bred when they are running away from warped fungi, respawn anchors or Nether portals.
Farming
As hoglins are hostile towards the player, it is recommended that the player corral hoglins they want to breed, but they can attack over fences and walls so precaution is needed. It is important to note that hoglins despawn unless they have been fed or bred using crimson fungi.
A good tip for harvesting meat from hoglins is that they become passive while near warped fungi, nether portals, and respawn anchors. If there are too many in an area, they may still become hostile for a while if attacked. And if one is set upon attacking, sometimes others will become such, too. They become passive again if they lose line of sight from the player.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoglin growls | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.9 | 1 | 16 | |
| Hoglin hurts | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.9 | 1 | 16 | |
| Hoglin dies | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.9 | 1 | 16 | |
| Hoglin retreats | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.9 | 1 | 16 | |
| Hoglin growls angrily | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.9 | 1 | 16 | |
| Hoglin attacks | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.9 | 1 | 16 | |
| Hoglin steps | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.9 | 1 | 16 | |
| Hoglin converts to Zoglin | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.9 | 1 | 16 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Hoglin | hoglin | entity.minecraft.hoglin |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoglin | hoglin | ? | entity.hoglin.name |
Entity data
- Entity data
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- CannotBeHunted: 1 or 0 (true/false) - if true, piglins do not attack the hoglin. Set to true for hoglins spawned as a part of bastion remnants.
- IsImmuneToZombification: 1 or 0 (true/false) – if true, the hoglin does not transform to a zoglin when in the Overworld and
TimeInOverworlddoes not increment. - TimeInOverworld: The number of ticks that the hoglin has existed in the Overworld; the hoglin converts to a zoglin when this is greater than 300.
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Monster Hunter | Kill any hostile monster | Adventure | Kill one of these 34 mobs:
| adventure/kill_a_mob
|
![]() | Monsters Hunted | Kill one of every hostile monster | Monster Hunter | Kill each of these 34 mobs:
| adventure/kill_all_mobs
|
![]() | The Parrots and the Bats | Breed two animals together | Husbandry | Breed a pair of any of these 25 mobs:
| husbandry/breed_an_animal
|
![]() | Two by Two | Breed all the animals! | The Parrots and the Bats | Breed a pair of each of these 24 mobs:
| husbandry/bred_all_animals
|
History
| September 28, 2019 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 19, 2019 | |||||
| December 5, 2019 | |||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | ||||
| Hoglins currently have no function of attacking the player when provoked or breeding them. | |||||
| Hoglins drop rotten flesh. | |||||
| The hitbox size of hoglins is currently the same as an adult pig's hitbox. | |||||
| 20w07a | |||||
| Hoglins now drop raw porkchops and leather. | |||||
| Hoglins can now be bred with crimson fungi. | |||||
| Hoglins are now hostile toward the player. | |||||
| Hoglins now have their own sounds and subtitles. | |||||
| Hoglins now run away from warped fungi. | |||||
| 20w09a | |||||
The texture of the mane of hoglins has been fixed, which has changed the textures from | |||||
| 20w11a | Baby hoglins now drop experience. | ||||
| 20w14a | |||||
| Hoglins now avoid nether portals and respawn anchors. | |||||
Their texture file has been downscaled and their parts rearranged, meaning the file now looks like this . | |||||
| 20w15a | Baby hoglins no longer drop loot. | ||||
| 20w16a | Hoglins now spawn in Bastion Remnants. | ||||
| 20w17a | One of the new converts to zoglin sound has been added. | ||||
| 20w19a | Hoglins now become zoglins when in the End. | ||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ||||
| The hitbox size of hoglins is currently the same as an adult pig's hitbox. | |||||
| Hoglins take damage from fire and lava. | |||||
| Hoglins currently use the player's hurt sound. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | |||||
| Hoglins now have sounds. | |||||
| Hoglins now spawn in Bastion Remnants. | |||||
| Hoglins can now drop leather when killed. | |||||
| Adult hoglin attack damage is now in a random scale. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.59 | |||||
| Added sounds for Hoglins converting to zoglins. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Hoglin" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
During Development
These images were showcased at Minecon Live 2019 or afterwards, but before Hoglins were added in 20w06a.
Hoglins, showing a crooked model.
An early model of the hoglin attacked by piglins.
An early model of the hoglin attacking the player.
Trivia
- Similarly to the ravager originally being called "Illager Beast" before its official name was chosen by the community, the Hoglin's name was also chosen by the community. Its initial placeholder name was "Piglin Beast".
- Hoglins are the only hostile mobs, other than the unused killer bunny, that can be bred.
- Baby hoglins are the only baby mobs that grow up that drop experience, when killed.
- In Bedrock Edition, there are unused texture files named
hoglin_meat_rawandhoglin_meat_cookedthat are textured identically to raw beef and cooked beef, respectively. - Hoglins are the only general nether mob that does not spawn in the nether wastes biome.
- Hoglins are boar-like hostile mobs that use their tusks to stab and attack their enemies.
References
- ↑ MC-170915
- ↑ MC-170818 [Invalid]: "We're closing Hoglin related bugs as the feature implemented right now is basically a placeholder."
- ↑ https://twitter.com/henrikkniberg/status/1202598609407135745
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_Ulraf_/status/1217751534387257344




![The hoglin's glitched hurt animation during 20w06a.[2]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/a/aa/Hoglin_damaged.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20220528143634)






![A baby hoglin shown on Twitter.[3]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/0/0f/BabyHoglin.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20191231180813)
![A glitched hoglin during development, which was shown on Twitter.[4]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/4/4a/Hoglin_with_enderman_eyes.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20230925131533)