A pig is a common passive mob found in most grass biomes. Pigs are a source of porkchops and can be equipped with a saddle to be driven.
Spawning
Most pigs are adults but 5% of pigs spawn as baby pigs.
Villages
In villages, pigs spawn in animal pens, stables and in butcher house backyards.
Natural generation
Java Edition
Pigs spawn in groups of 4 above grass blocks at a light level of 9 or more in any grassy Overworld biome except in snowy plains, meadows and wooded badlands. Individuals rarely may spawn on grass after the world generation.
Bedrock Edition
Pigs spawn in groups of 1-3 above grass blocks at a light level of 7 or more in any grassy Overworld biome except in snowy tundras and wooded badlands plateaus. Individuals regularly spawn on grass after the world generation.
Drops
An adult pig drops:
- 1–3 raw porkchop or cooked porkchop if killed while on fire. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 1-6 with Looting III.
- 1 saddle if saddled
- 1–3 if killed by a player or tamed wolf
- 1–7 upon breeding
Killing a baby pig yields no items nor experience.
Behavior
Pigs oink and typically roam the Overworld in small groups avoiding hazards and cliffs high enough to cause falls. A pig flees for some seconds when harmed.
When a pig or piglet is struck by lightning, it transforms into a zombified piglin or baby zombified piglin, respectively. If the pig was equipped with a saddle, the saddle is lost and the player dismounts. If lightning strikes a pig in peaceful difficulty, the pig does not transform but takes normal damage from the strike.
Breeding
Pigs follow players within six blocks and breed using carrots, potatoes and beetroots.
It takes 5 minutes before the parents can breed again. The piglets mature in 20 minutes and stay near their parents; feeding them reduces the remaining time to maturity by 10%.
Riding
A player riding a pig with the carrot on a stick and the saddle.
It is possible to ride a pig by using a saddle on it. When a saddle is used on a pig, the pig might stare at the player for a few seconds. Saddled pigs are controllable with a carrot on a stick. They start slow but accelerate to 5.20 blocks/s. Pigs can be controlled through 1-block-high bodies of water with a carrot and stick, but deeper water causes the player to dismount. Using the carrot on a stick while riding a pig makes it run faster at the cost of 7 durability. Fall damage is taken by the pig, without causing any knockback or slower movement speed. Baby pigs cannot be saddled and ridden.
Sounds
The specific instructions are: The correct boost sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pig oinks | Friendly Creatures | Plays while the pig is idling. | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Pig dies | Friendly Creatures | Plays when the pig dies. | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Pig hurts | Friendly Creatures | Plays when the pig is damaged. | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Saddle equips | Friendly Creatures | Plays when the pig is equipped with a saddle. | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Friendly Creatures | Plays while the pig is walking. | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Pig | pig | entity.minecraft.pig |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pig | pig | 12 | entity.pig.name |
Entity data
Pigs have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.
- Entity data
- Additional fields for mobs that can breed
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- Saddle: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if there is a saddle on the pig.
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| When Pigs Fly | Use a saddle to ride a pig, and then have the pig get hurt from fall damage while riding it. | Be riding a pig (e.g. using a saddle) when it hits the ground with a fall distance greater than 5. | 40G | Silver | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 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
| Java Edition Classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2009 | |||||
| August 22, 2009 | |||||
| 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST | |||||
| 0.25 SURVIVAL TEST | Pigs now drop 0–2 brown mushrooms and award the player 10 points each when killed. | ||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
| 0.31 | 20091223-1 | Pigs and other mobs no longer spawn naturally. | |||
| 20100202 | Pigs and other mobs now spawn naturally again. | ||||
| 20100211 | Pigs now have unique idle and hurt sounds. Previously, they have no idle sounds, and use the player's hurt sound. | ||||
| 20100219 | Pigs now drop 0–2 raw porkchops instead of mushrooms upon death. | ||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||
| 20100625-2 | |||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.0.4 | A sitting animation for riding pigs has been added. | ||||
| v1.0.17 | Pigs have been added to multiplayer. | ||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.5 | An achievement for riding a pig off a cliff has been added. | ||||
| Pigs struck by lightning now turn into zombie pigmen.[1] | |||||
| Pigs that die from being set on fire now drop cooked porkchops. | |||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | ||||
| A new AI system has been added for passive mobs; pigs now run away when attacked. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | Pigs can be now be bred using wheat. | |||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w06a | Before this update, all monster spawners found in multiplayer had the pig model inside them instead of whatever mob they actually spawn, with the singular exception of the cave spider. | |||
| 12w07a | Pigs now have a new AI. | ||||
| 1.2.4 | It is no longer possible to ride piglets with saddles. Right clicking with a saddle does nothing. | ||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w25a | Pigs now drop 1-3 porkchops instead of 0-2. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w36a | Pigs now drop saddles upon death, only if saddled. | |||
| Added carrot on a stick to direct saddled pigs. | |||||
| Pigs can now be bred only using carrots, not wheat, and follow players who hold a carrot or a carrot on a stick. | |||||
| 12w37a | Pigs are now able to jump when ridden. | ||||
| Pigs now "eat" the carrot in a span of time shown by a durability bar of the carrot on a stick. | |||||
| It is no longer necessary to hold the carrot on a stick in the player's hand while the pig is having the burst of speed. | |||||
| 12w38a | Pigs now have a new step sound. | ||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | Pigs now display the mob health bar when riding. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Piglets' growth can now be accelerated using carrots. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Pigs can now also be led and bred using potatoes and beetroots, in addition to carrots. | |||
| 16w05b | The durability of a carrot on a stick is no longer reduced merely by riding a pig, only by using the speed boost. | ||||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Pigs no longer spawn in ice plains. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||
| 1.15 | 19w37a | 5% of pigs now spawn as piglets. | |||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | A piglet now becomes a baby zombified piglin after being hit by lightning. | |||
| 20w15a | Pigs can now be saddled by dispensers. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.2.0 | |||||
| Pigs currently cannot spawn naturally, unless the player hacks or edits the inventory. | |||||
| v0.2.1 | Pigs now spawn naturally. | ||||
| v0.6.0 | |||||
| v0.8.0 | ? | Pigs can now be bred using carrots, potatoes, or beetroots. | |||
| Pigs now have a new AI, so they avoid hazards. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | ? | Pigs now turn into zombie pigmen when struck by lightning. | |||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Baby zombie jockeys now check for nearby pigs to mount prior to attacking the player | |||
| Pigs no longer spawn in snowy tundra biome and variants. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | ||||
| Baby husks can now ride pigs. | |||||
| v0.16.2 | Pigs now drop 1-3 porkchops instead of 0-2. | ||||
| ? | The chance of piglets spawning naturally or from a spawn egg has been reduced from 25% to 5%. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| ? | Pigs no longer have a 5% chance to spawn already in breeding mode. | ||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Pigs now spawn in village butcher houses, pens and stables. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU5 | |||||
| Pigs run away when attacked. | |||||
| TU7 | |||||
| Pigs can now be bred using wheat. | |||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | Pigs now drop 1-3 porkchops instead of 0-2. | |||
| Pigs now drop saddles when killed (if equipped with one). | |||||
| Piglets can now be spawned by using | |||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Baby pig growth can now be accelerated using carrots. | |
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
The original pig model before it was made into a creeper.
- Notch Pig Snouts.png
The first image of pigs with 3D snouts.
Issues
Issues relating to "Pig" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
If a player rides a saddled pig in a minecart, the minecart receives a speed boost.
- The pig is the oldest existing passive mob in the game.
- The player can travel through a space with a 1 block height by riding a pig.
- When Notch was designing the pig, he accidentally mixed up some dimensions; this created what is now known as the creeper.[4]
- The Pig appears as a DLC costume for the Mii Brawler in the crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- Regular Minecraft pigs somewhat resemble the Yorkshire, which is a common, pink breed of pigs.
Gallery
A dying pig mob.
First image of player-controlled pigs released by Dinnerbone.
- PigNose.png
In other media
The Pig Mii Brawler costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
A Pig in promotional artwork for the Village & Pillage Update.
A Pig in promotional artwork for the first Caves & Cliffs update.
Pig micromob (left) from Lego Minecraft.
Pig sock puppets from the defunct Mojang website Pig Tales.
References
- ↑ "MUOAHAHA! Pigs that get hit by lightning turn into zombie pigmen ;D" – @notch (Markus Persson) on X, April 11, 2011
- ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/109628703788646400
- ↑ Notch's post on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/k2gkw/ok/
- ↑ https://archive.org/download/Minecraft_IRC_Logs_2009/DBN-IRC-Logs/%23minecraft.20090820.log


























