Piglins are neutral mobs found in the Nether. Unless wearing a piece of golden armor, they attack the player on sight. Players can barter using gold ingots to receive various items.
Spawning
Piglins spawn in groups of 4 in nether wastes and crimson forest biomes, and within bastion remnants, at a light level of 11 or less in Java Edition, or 7 or less in Bedrock Edition, even in Peaceful mode. 5% of piglins spawned are babies.
Drops
Adults have an 8.5% chance of dropping the held item (a golden sword or crossbow with random durability). Each Looting level increases this chance by 1%.
Babies spawn without equipment.
A picked up item always drops without changing the durability.
Armor
Adults sometimes spawn with 1-4 pieces, which are normal or enchanted and may be:
These are dropped with an 8.5% chance and random durability.
Experience
Adults drop five points and more 1–3 per armor piece if killed by a player or tamed wolf. Baby piglins drop 1.
Behavior
Piglins snort enviously while watching players holding a gold related item.
Piglins can open and close wooden doors.
Piglins cannot swim, and drown if submerged, despite being living mobs; this is intentional behavior.[1] They are not naturally immune to fire or lava.
Piglins will pick up raw porkchops and cooked porkchops that are within 1 block from them, unless they've done so within the last 10 seconds.
Idle piglins retreat from zombified piglins, zoglins, soul fire, soul torches, soul lanterns, and lit soul campfires. Baby piglins additionally retreat from wither skeletons and withers.
Baby piglins are passive and play with baby hoglins, running around and playing with them. Up to 3 baby piglins may stack on top of each other while riding a baby hoglin.
Baby piglins can be given gold, but they cannot barter anything.
Baby piglins never grow up; this is intentional behavior.[2]
Hostility
Aggravation
Adult piglins are hostile, but if the player is wearing at least one piece of golden armor, they become neutral. Piglins are provoked when players (with or without gold armor) attack them (including piglin brutes) or when a nearby chest, trapped chest, ender chest, minecart with chest, minecart with hopper, barrel, or shulker box is opened or broken.[3] Breaking gold blocks, gold ore, gilded blackstone, and nether gold ore also provokes them. If a nearby piglin brute targets a player, then any nearby piglins will turn hostile, even if the player is wearing golden armor and has not provoked the piglins. Piglins remain hostile for 30 seconds if the player provokes a piglin in these ways.
Piglins can detect the breaking and opening of blocks within a range of 16 blocks in a straight line from the player (this can be altered with the Invisibility effect). The block interacted with does not require a line of sight to anger the piglin.
Breaking a bell does not provoke the piglins, despite piglins admiring them as gold.[4]
Attacking
When a piglin is attacking, it holds its dominant arm and sword in front of it, similar to a vindicator.
Adults attack wither skeletons, withers, and adult hoglins. If outnumbered by hoglins, they flee. After defeating a hoglin, piglins have a 10% chance to do a "victory dance" by bobbing their heads and sticking out their arms like a "T-pose."
Adult piglins group together within 16 blocks and attack in hordes.
When attacking with a crossbow, piglins shoot arrows every two seconds. In Java Edition, they walk backward (stopping if at the edge of a drop) as soon as the target is close. Their crossbow can break if it runs out of durability, making the piglins use their fists. Unlike mobs armed with bows, they do not strafe from left to right while shooting. Piglins with swords and other items rush at the player.
Iron golems attack both adult and baby piglins; however, piglins do not attack an iron golem without provocation.
Being distracted
Piglins briefly stop attacking when given gold items. If the player offers a gold ingot, bartering then takes place as it normally would if given a gold ingot. They resume attacking once the barter is complete. If the player distracts them with a gold item and equips a piece of gold armor while the piglin is examining the item, then the piglin ceases hostility. They may also cease hostility if distracted enough times. If the player breaks any gold related block and then distracts the piglin up to 5 times, so long as they continue to have a piece of gold armor equipped, the piglin will cease hostility entirely.
Bartering
Piglins trade gold ingots for certain items, when a gold ingot is dropped or the player uses it while looking at them. The piglin "examines" the ingot for six[JE only] or eight[BE only] seconds, then drop a random item from the chart. However, baby piglins examine the ingot and then run away without dropping an item.
Picking up items
Piglins can pick up and equip any items on their way, and prefers gold-related items by actively seeking them out. A piglin inspects any gold-related item before equipping, holding or putting that item in its inventory for six seconds after picking it up. However, items not related to gold are held or equipped (if the piglin does not have any gold equipments) instantly. Piglins do not pick up any items if the MobGriefing gamerule is set to false.
Piglins have eight hidden inventory slots in which they can stack items. Piglins with full inventories do not attempt to pick up gold related items, except gold ingots. Baby piglins attempt to pick up any item and can steal from players. Adult piglins can pick up gold nuggets (which do not help to obtain better items from bartering) and porkchops (they do not actively seek out and contemplate porkchops) and if either of those items is nearby, they instantly place it in their inventory. Piglins drop any of these items upon death aside from gold ingots, raw porkchops, and cooked porkchops.
If a piglin is killed in one hit while admiring a gold ingot, the ingot does get dropped upon the piglin’s death.
Like other mobs capable of picking up items, piglins pick up armor and weapons. However, unlike other mobs, they prefer items in the gold tier or armor material, and throw away stronger items to equip these.
- Items piglins want: (These items are listed in the
name:data/minecraft/tags/items/piglin_loved.json.)- Bell
- Block of Gold
- Clock
- Enchanted Golden Apple
- Gilded Blackstone
- Glistering Melon Slice
- Gold Ingot (piglins barter something else in return, see Bartering)
- Gold Nugget [5]
- Gold Ore
- Golden Apple
- Golden Axe
- Golden Boots (worn after being examined)
- Golden Carrot
- Golden Chestplate (worn after being examined)
- Golden Helmet (worn after being examined)
- Golden Hoe
- Golden Horse Armor
- Golden Leggings (worn after being examined)
- Golden Pickaxe
- Golden Shovel
- Golden Sword (equipped if piglin is using a non-gold weapon or crossbow, or does not already have one)
- Light Weighted Pressure Plate
- Nether Gold Ore
- Powered Rail[BE only]
- Other items related to gold that piglins are not interested in:
Zombification
A piglin turning into a zombified piglin.
When in the Overworld or the End, piglins transform into zombified piglins after 15 seconds, retaining their armor and held items. However, they cannot shoot a crossbow and only melee-fight the player with it. Upon transformation, the spawned zombified piglin has the Nausea effect for 10 seconds; this is just a cosmetic effect. When piglins transform into zombified piglins, they drop anything except equipped arms and armor in their inventories and their inventories disappear.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piglin snorts | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.7 | ? | ? | |
| Piglin snorts angrily | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.7 | ? | ? | |
| Piglin celebrates | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.8 | ? | ? | |
| Piglin converts to Zombified Piglin | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | ? | ? | |
| Piglin hurts | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.7 | ? | ? | |
| Piglin dies | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.7-0.8 | ? | ? | |
| Piglin retreats | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.7 | ? | ? | |
| Piglin steps | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.75 | ? | ? | |
| Piglin snorts enviously | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.8 | ? | ? | |
| Piglin admires item | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 0.8-0.85 | ? | ? |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Piglin | piglin | entity.minecraft.piglin |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piglin | piglin | 123 | entity.piglin.name |
Entity data
Piglins have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.
- Entity data
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- CannotHunt: 1 or 0 (true/false) – if true, the piglin does not attack hoglins. Set to true for piglins spawned as a part of bastion remnants.
- Inventory: Each compound tag in this list is an item in the piglin's inventory. It can hold a maximum of 8 items.
- An item in the inventory, excluding the Slot tag.
- Tags common to all items
- An item in the inventory, excluding the Slot tag.
- IsBaby: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the piglin is a baby. May not exist.
- IsImmuneToZombification: 1 or 0 (true/false) – if true, the piglin does not transform to a zombified piglin when in the Overworld.
- TimeInOverworld: The number of ticks that the piglin has existed in the Overworld; the piglin converts to a zombified piglin when this is greater than 300.
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Oooh, shiny! | Distract a Piglin using gold | Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player. | 30G | Silver | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Stone Age | Mine Stone with your new Pickaxe | Minecraft | Have one of these 3 stones in the #stone_tool_materials item tag:
in your inventory. | story/mine_stone
|
![]() | Suit Up | Protect yourself with a piece of iron armor | Acquire Hardware | Have any type of iron armor in your inventory. | story/obtain_armor
|
![]() | Not Today, Thank You | Deflect a projectile with a Shield | Suit Up | Block any projectile with a shield. | story/deflect_arrow
|
![]() | Ice Bucket Challenge | Obtain a block of Obsidian | Hot Stuff | Have a block of obsidian in your inventory. | story/form_obsidian
|
![]() | Who is Cutting Onions? | Obtain Crying Obsidian | Nether | Have a block of crying obsidian in your inventory. | nether/obtain_crying_obsidian
|
![]() | Oh Shiny | Distract Piglins with gold | Nether | While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag:
| nether/distract_piglin
|
![]() | Adventure | Adventure, exploration and combat | — | Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity. | adventure/root
|
![]() | 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
|
History
The specific instructions are:
- Bedrock 1.16.0.63 - "Gold ingots now render properly in piglin's hands at all times." (Before and After)
- Java Pre-release 3 - The helmet model now uses the player helmet model on the piglins instead of a unique one for them. (Before and After)
| October 26, 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alpha | |||||
| v1.2.0 | preview | File:Pigman Texture.png The texture of pigmen has been added to mobs/pigman.png.[6] | |||
| beta | |||||
| April 25, 2011 | It is suggested that pigmen may be the inhabitants of the then-to-be-implemented villages. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.6.2 | Pigman's texture file has been removed. | ||||
| September 28, 2019 | Piglins are announced at MINECON Live 2019. | ||||
| December 5, 2019 | A video shows a piglin with a baby hoglin. | ||||
| December 14, 2019 | An image of a hoglin and piglins is released. | ||||
| January 14, 2020 | A video shows piglins picking up gold thrown by the player and throwing back a placeholder diamond. | ||||
| March 4, 2020 | An official post on Crowdin[7] explains that the piglin was named such because it is a gender-neutral form of the word pigman. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w07a | ||||
| Piglins can be converted into zombie pigmen in the Overworld. | |||||
| The player can barter with Piglins. | |||||
| 20w09a | Piglins now have an IsImmuneToZombification data value that, when set, prevents them from zombifying in the Overworld.
| ||||
| The loot table of items that can be bartered from piglins has been modified. | |||||
| 20w10a | The loot table of items that can be bartered from piglins has been modified again. | ||||
| 20w11a | Enchanted books and iron boots with Soul Speed have been added to the items that can be bartered from piglins. | ||||
| 20w12a | |||||
| 20w14a | Piglins now avoid zoglins, the same way they avoid zombified piglins. | ||||
| Baby piglins no longer have a weapon when they turn into a zombie. | |||||
| The texture size has changed from 128x64 to 64x64, and the layout of the parts of the ears of piglins has been changed. | |||||
| 20w16a | Piglins now spawn in bastion remnants. | ||||
| 20w19a | Piglins now become zombified piglins when in the End. | ||||
| 20w21a | Piglins no longer walk around when admiring gold. | ||||
| If a piglin is hurt while admiring an gold ingot, the ingot now disappears. | |||||
| 20w22a | |||||
| pre3 | The position of the head of piglins when they are dancing has been changed from | ||||
| pre6 | Adult piglins now may spawn with enchanted gears. | ||||
| 1.16.2 | Pre-release 1 | Piglins now become angry with players who open or destroy a minecart with chest or a minecart with hopper. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ||||
| Currently, piglins can drop only flint and steel and obsidian while bartering as a placeholder. | |||||
| Piglins currently drop 0-2 arrows, even if the piglin is not armed with a crossbow. | |||||
| Piglins currently use the player's hurt sound. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | Piglins now have their own sounds. | ||||
| Piglin bartering has been properly added. | |||||
| Piglins can no longer drop arrows when killed. | |||||
| The health of piglins has been reduced from 24 to 16. | |||||
| Piglins now spawn in bastion remnants. | |||||
| Baby piglins can now ride on top of each other on a baby hoglin, up to three baby piglins can climb on at once. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.59 | Piglins now avoid zoglins, the same way they avoid zombified piglins. | ||||
| Piglins now spawn in the nether wastes. | |||||
| Piglins now properly sit in boats and minecarts. | |||||
| Piglins no longer despawn in Peaceful mode. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.63 | Piglins now avoid soul campfires. | ||||
| Gold ingots now render properly in the hands of piglins at all times. | |||||
| 1.16.20 | beta 1.16.20.50 | Adult piglins drop gold ingots if killed with one hit while contemplating them and no longer spawn with enchanted weapons or armor. | |||
| The texture size has changed from 128x128 to 64x64, and the layout of the parts of the ears of piglins has been changed to match Java Edition 20w14a's. | |||||
| Piglins now have the vindicator attacking animation when melee attacking, similar to Java Edition's from | |||||
| beta 1.16.20.53 | Piglins can now spawn with enchanted weapons again. | ||||
| beta 1.16.20.54 | The attack animation of unarmed piglins has been changed. | ||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Piglin" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Piglins can put on any type of head or skull from the ground, including carved pumpkins.
- In the banner pattern "snout", there is a piglin snout. This is the same in the chiseled blackstone.
- If a piglin drops a charged crossbow, the dropped crossbow includes the loaded arrow.
- Similarly to how elder guardians and guardians are found in ocean monuments, piglin brutes and regular piglins are found in bastion remnants.
- Although the Piglins have mined all the netherite in its pure form, they are not seen using the netherite, except for netherite hoes. [Bedrock Edition only]
- In Bedrock Edition, baby piglins will make angry noises when any piglin get angry
Gallery
Renders
Other
Piglins attacking wither skeletons.
A preview showing two piglins fighting a hoglin in a crimson forest.
A render error causing the enchantment glint to cover the snout, fixed in 20w18a.
A piglin chasing a hoglin.
An example of a baby piglin holding a lava bucket.
An example of a baby piglin riding a baby hoglin.
A preview of a piglin next to a hoglin in the crimson forest.
All of the pig-like mobs in the 1.16 Nether Update.
Artwork
References
- ↑ MC-172102
- ↑ MC-172618
- ↑ MC-178973
- ↑ MC-179104
- ↑ This item is not listed in the
piglin_loveditem tag. Piglins pick this item up instantly. - ↑ The texture was added in the preview, as the texture dates from October 27, 2010 and the preview released at October 29, 2010.
- ↑ for users without accounts: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/449243256849563648/690754756938825748/image0.png























