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Pink wanders" ' are angered easily mobs that are the source of porkchops, and are a renewable source of food. They are 0.875 blocks tall, 0.650 blocks wide and 1.3 blocks long.

Appearance

A pig has pink skin, ears, and a nose. Their eyes are one black and one white pixel which creates a wall-eyed effect. They have a short, stubbed tail and their snouts protrude from their face.

Usage

Each pig will drop 1 - 3 raw porkchops upon death. Pigs that die while on fire will drop 1 - 3 cooked porkchops instead. Pigs can also be used as a method of controlled transportation as of 12w36a with a Carrot on a Stick.

Behavior

Pigs typically roam the Overworld in groups of 3 - 4, but much larger groups can sometimes be found if multiple groups come together. When they encounter obstacles, pigs will often try to surmount them by hopping up and down. They make no attempt to stay out of water, bobbing up and down to stay afloat. Pigs' pathfinding is similar to other passive mobs; they avoid harmful falls and attempt to go around obstructions. When led with wheat, pigs seem to "forget" their pathfinding skills: they will often become stuck on the opposite side of a block rather than walking around it, and will blindly walk off of ledges or into fire.

By right-clicking on a pig while holding a saddle, a player can ride it. However, the movement of the pig cannot be controlled by the player. Riding a pig off a cliff is one of the more unusual and challenging achievements. It would be easy to do this by going onto multiplayer and spawning a pig on a floating block, putting a saddle on it, hopping in and then getting another player to destroy the block you're on. (Make sure the block is a few blocks high so the pig takes fall damage thus getting the achievement)

Pigs tend to move more often, but in smaller strides, towards the North-East, without any other variables coming into play. Pigs can be pushed into minecarts to be transported across long distances. Pigs cannot be placed/pushed into boats.

When struck by lightning, pigs turn into zombie pigmen. This is a very rare event as there are not many thunderstorms and pigs are a small target for lightning to strike. Baby pigs that get hit by lightning also turn into zombie pigmen. Ridden pigs also turn into zombie pigmen upon being struck by lightning. The player will receive 2 and a half hearts damage and be knocked off the mob.

Breeding

Main article: Breeding

Pigs can be bred using crusty seasoned curlys.. It takes about 5 minutes before the parents can be bred once more, which applies to all farm animals. It takes one full Minecraft 'day' (20 minutes) for baby piglets to become adults pigs. The appearance of a piglet is roughly similar to an adult pig, having the same sized heads but noticeably smaller bodies. Piglets mostly stay around their parents until they mature, although the parents cannot protect the piglet(s) from harm.

Riding pigs

See also: Saddle

Saddled pigs are controllable with a carrot on a stick (starting from 12w36a).[1] They start slow but end up going up to 5 blocks per second (5m/sec).[2] Pigs jump when moving, and can climb stairs, slabs, and ladders if moving into/onto them. Pigs also do not respond to carrots after entering a body of water. Pigs "eat" the carrot in a span of time which is shown by a durability bar on the carrot on a stick. Right clicking the carrot on a stick will cause them to have a burst of speed but take the durability off it by about a third of the health. It is not necessary to hold the carrot on a stick while the pig is having the burst of speed.

Achievements

Main article: Achievements
Icon Achievement In-game description Prerequisites Actual requirements (if different) Version restriction Xbox points earned
Advancement-fancy-raw When Pigs Fly Fly a pig off a cliff Cow Tipper Use a saddle to ride a pig, then have the pig get hurt from fall damage while riding it. None 40G

History

Creepers were originally a failed attempt to make a quadrupedal model for pigs, which Notch found amusing enough to make into a unique mob.

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0.24 (August 22, 2009)Added pigs. Pigs looked "cross-eyed/derpy" and both eyes were closer to each other.
0.25Pigs now dropped 0 - 2 brown mushrooms and awarded a player 10 points each when killed.
Updated pig skin.
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February 19, 2010Pigs now dropped 0 - 2 raw porkchops upon death.
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Seecret Friday 2Saddles were added along with the ability to ride pigs.
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1.0.4Added sitting animation for riding pigs.
1.017Added pigs in multiplayer.
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1.5Added achievement for riding a pig off a cliff.
Pigs struck by lightning now turn into zombie pigmen.[3]
Pigs that die from being set on fire now drop ready-cooked porkchops.
1.8Pigs' snouts now protrude from their faces.[4]
New AI system for passive mobs; pigs will run away when attacked.
1.9pre3Added baby pigs. They may be ridden like adult pigs with a saddle.
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12w06aBefore this update, all mob spawners found in SMP had the pig model inside them instead of whatever creature they actually spawn, with the singular exception of the Cave Spider. This bug was fixed in this update.
12w07bPigs now have new AI.
1.2.4No longer possible to ride baby pigs with saddles. Right clicking with a saddle does nothing.
12w25aPigs now drop 1-3 Porkchops instead of 0-2.
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12w36aPigs will now drop saddles upon death, only if saddled.
Added Carrot on a Stick to direct saddled pigs.
Pigs can now only be bred with carrots, not wheat, and only follow the player if they are holding a carrot on a stick.
12w37aPigs are now able to jump when ridden.
Pigs now "eat" the carrot in a span of time which is shown by a durability bar on the carrot on a stick.
It is no longer necessary to hold the carrot on a stick in your hand while the pig is having the burst of speed.
12w38aPigs have a new step sound.

Video

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Bugs

  • While riding a pig, the characters' legs come out of his armor in the inventory view.
  • If a pig is in a minecart and gets stuck in a block, it will slowly take damage and die. And sometimes with a pig in minecart, it will randomly take damage and die at certain points for no reason (if the pig has a saddle and a player is riding it, it will not take damage. This was noticed on a superflat creative world in 1.3.2)
  • If you ride a pig in a minecart, the cart will act like a car as if inverted mousing is on. Notch soon noticed this and decided to let this stay for a while.
  • On the newest version, pigs may glitch through a pen, turning black, until you approach them.
  • Saddled pigs being controlled by carrots may glitch into the ground or other blocks (turning/flashing black) as they move.
  • When riding a pig in first person and pressing shift you will not sneak, however in third person you will be able to press shift and sneak.

Trivia

Player on saddled pig in a minecart

If a player rides a saddled pig in a minecart, the minecart will receive a speed boost.

  • By default, any spawner placed by the player will be a pig spawner.
  • Pigs have a separate "armor" file (for use with the saddle).
  • Saddled pigs in minecarts behave strangely:
    • If the player rides the pig, the speed of the minecart will be boosted.
    • The minecart, ridden or not, will not come to a stop unless it hits a block. Other entities and unpowered gold rails will only slow it to a minimum speed.
  • Although the player's eye level is not changed, the player can still sneak while riding a pig.
  • One of the splashes which shows up on the title screen reads "Ride the pig!".
  • It is possible to control a saddled pig by throwing snowballs or eggs at them, they will run the opposite direction the snowball/egg hit them. However, this method is very hard because the pig is likely to run around in circles.
  • If a saddled pig with a player on it goes through a 1x1x1 hole, the player will start suffocating.

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References

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