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For non-zombified variant, see Piglin, [[:passive Overworld pig mob|passive Overworld pig mob]], Pig, and [[:hostile pig-like Nether mob|hostile pig-like Nether mob]].

Zombie pigmen or zombified piglins[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0] are undead neutral mobs that mainly inhabit the Nether. They are fireproof and immune to lava and fire damage like all Nether mobs‌[JE only][until BE 1.16.0] except the piglin and the hoglin

Spawning

Zombie pigmen can spawn in the Nether, from nether portals, or from pigs struck by lightning. They have a 5% chance of spawning as a baby zombie pigmen.

A baby zombie pigman has a 5% chance of spawning as a chicken jockey.‌[JE only]

All zombie pigmen spawn with a golden sword, which has a small chance of being enchanted in Normal or Hard modes: from 0 to 25%. This chance varies depending on the regional difficulty as the sword's enchantment is from 5 to 23 levels.

On Halloween (October 31), zombie pigmen have a 22.5% chance of spawning with a pumpkin or a 2.5% chance of spawning with a jack o'lantern equipped as headgear.‌[JE only]

Nether

Zombie pigmen spawn in groups of 4 in the Nether at light level 11 or lower.[1] They can spawn only in Nether wastes and crimson forest biomes.‌[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0] They spawn more commonly in Nether wastes than in crimson forests.

Zombified piglins may spawn riding a strider in lava oceans. ‌[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0]

Nether portals

When a nether portal block in the Overworld receives a block tick, there is a rare chance (12000 (0.05%) on Easy, 22000 (0.1%) on Normal, and 32000 (0.15%) on Hard) for it to spawn a zombie pigman.

In Java Edition, they appear inside one of the portal blocks on the bottom. In Bedrock Edition, they spawn one block to the east or south of the portal (depending on which direction the portal is facing) and neither slabs nor lighting prevents this.

If a zombie pigman spawned in this way does not leave the portal it spawns on, there is a possibility of teleporting to the Nether.

Pigs

A zombie pigman spawns when lightning strikes within 4 blocks of a pig. If the player is riding the pig when lightning hits it, a zombie pigman appears on top of the player.

Even if the pig is a baby, the zombie pigman still spawns as an adult.‌[JE only][until JE 1.16]

Piglins

A piglin that enters the Overworld transforms into a zombified piglin after 15 seconds. It also has a 5% chance of becoming a chicken jockey.‌[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0] in Bedrock Edition, they also transform in the end.

Variants

Baby zombie pigmen and chicken jockeys

In Java Edition, there is a 5% chance for zombie pigmen to spawn as babies, and baby zombie pigmen have a 5% chance to spawn as a chicken jockey. Baby piglins can also turn into them while in the Overworld. A jockey moves at the baby zombie pigman speed instead of the chicken's speed.

Drops

When killed, zombie pigmen drop:

  • 0–1 rotten flesh. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-4 with Looting III.
  • 0–1 gold nuggets. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-4 with Looting III.
  • 2.5% chance to drop a gold ingot if killed by a player or tamed wolf. The chance is increased by 1% per level of Looting, for a maximum of 5.5% with Looting III.
  • 8.5% chance to drop their golden sword if killed by a player or tamed wolf. The chance is increased by 1% per level of Looting, for a maximum of 11.5% with Looting III.
  • All items zombie pigmen have picked up after spawning are dropped upon death.
  • 5 and an additional 1–3 per naturally-spawned equipment. (12 if baby) if killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Deaths of hostile zombie pigmen always register as kills by the player they are targeting, regardless of whether that player ever touched that pigman.[2][JE only]

The golden swords that are dropped have 0 to 32 durability.

Pumpkins and jack o'lanterns

If a zombie pigman wearing a pumpkin or jack o'lantern is killed using a tool enchanted with Looting, there is a chance equivalent to the level of Looting used to drop the pumpkin or jack o'lantern, up to a maximum of a 3% chance at Looting III.

Behavior

If a Zombie pigmen done attacking mobs, they will attack you too, even a Zombie pigmen done attacking hostile mobs.

Zombie pigmen move slowly. They are immune to both fire and lava damage[until BE 1.16.0]. When provoked, their speed increases to the player's walking speed, or faster for babies.

Like zombies and husks, zombie pigmen bang on wooden doors and on Hard difficulty, they may break them.[3] Zombie pigmen do not attack villagers.

In Normal and Hard, up to 55% of zombie pigmen can pick up items, including weapons they feel are better than their golden sword, which they drop with the same chance as if killed with Looting I (9.5%).

Zombie pigmen try to destroy any turtle eggs they see within 23 blocks away, not counting the block they are standing in.

Being undead mobs, they are damaged by the status effect Instant Health and healed by the status effect Instant Damage. They are unaffected by the status effects Regeneration and Poison. They are ignored by the wither and affected by Smite.

They are not immune to fire and lava, even though they do not catch fire under sunlight.‌[BE only][upcoming: BE 1.16.0][verify]

Hostility

Zombie pigmen are not initially hostile, but all zombie pigmen within a 67×21×67 to 111×21×111 area centered on the attacked zombie pigman become aggressive and converge on the player (all of the players if the player is in multiplayer mode) if any individual is attacked, unless the zombie pigman attacked is killed in one hit.‌[JE only] In addition, some zombie pigmen have the ability to spawn reinforcements when attacked (similar to zombies and which can rarely include actual zombies). This applies to any hit registered as coming from the player or other mobs, including deflected ghast fireballs, from sweep attacks, snowballs/eggs, or a skeleton arrow. This does not include fireworks shot from crossbows, or dispenser-shot arrows.

Zombie pigmen remain hostile from 20 seconds to 27 minutes[4] (limited by the Anger NBT tag type). Approaching within 35 blocks of an already hostile zombie pigman causes it to sound an alarm call, angering other zombie pigmen in a 40-block radius. The forgiveness timer does not advance for zombie pigmen in unloaded chunks. Therefore, if the player enters a Nether portal and returns, any provoked zombie pigmen in the area remain aggressive unless another player was nearby to keep the chunks loaded. Dying does not cause zombie pigmen to become neutral toward the player. They pursue a player even if they have the Invisibility effect.

Neutral zombie pigmen do not prevent a player from sleeping.‌[JE only]

If a mob attacks a zombie pigman, they all become aggressive toward that mob, and when the mob is killed they remain aggressive for several seconds and attack any nearby player without provocation.‌[JE only]

Sounds

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Zombie pigman grunts??entity.zombie_pigman.ambientsubtitles.entity.zombie_pigman.ambient??16
Zombie pigman angers??entity.zombie_pigman.angrysubtitles.entity.zombie_pigman.angry??16
Zombie pigman dies??entity.zombie_pigman.deathsubtitles.entity.zombie_pigman.death??16
Zombie pigman hurts??entity.zombie_pigman.hurtsubtitles.entity.zombie_pigman.hurt??16

Data values

See also: Chunk format

Zombified piglins have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob.

  • Entity data
    • Additional fields for mobs that can become angry
    • Tags common to all entities
    • Tags common to all mobs
    • Tags common to all zombies

Advancements

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawAdventure
Adventure, exploration and combat Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity.adventure/root
Advancement-plain-rawMonster Hunter
Kill any hostile monster AdventureKill one of these 34 mobs: Only the riders of the chicken jockeys and skeleton horsemen are counted in this advancement. Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.adventure/kill_a_mob
Advancement-fancy-rawMonsters Hunted
Kill one of every hostile monster Monster HunterKill each of these 34 mobs: Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement. Only the riders of the chicken jockeys and skeleton horsemen are counted in this advancement.adventure/kill_all_mobs

Video

History

alpha
v1.2.0October 25, 2010Notch tweets that he is working on a second mob for the Nether, stating that they are less dangerous than ghasts and are "kind of pointless."
previewFile:Zombie Pigman Revision 1.png Zombie pigmen have been presented as unarmed neutral creatures in a preview before the Halloween Update.
releaseFile:Zombie Pigman Revision 2.png Added zombie pigmen.
The green liquid in the zombie pigman skin was originally blood red,[5] but this was changed because Notch considered it too gory, stating that "it's more fun to be scary without blood."[6]
Zombie pigmen remain hostile for eternity if the player hits one.
The drops of zombie pigmen are 0–2 cooked porkchops.
Zombie pigmen are referred to as a "Pig Zombie" in the language file.
beta
1.5Pigs struck by lightning in the Overworld now change into zombie pigmen.[7]
1.8Pre-releaseZombie pigmen no longer drop cooked porkchops and now drop rotten flesh instead.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 PrereleaseZombie pigmen now drop gold nuggets, in addition to rotten flesh.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2Zombie pigmen now have 2 armor points, like zombies. The armor points prevent 8% of damage taken.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5Zombie pigmen, along with other undead mobs, can now be damaged by splash potions of healing, and can be healed by splash potions of harming.
A sword enchanted with Smite now does extra damage to zombie pigmen.
1.2.112w06aZombie pigmen now have a rare chance of dropping gold ingots, golden helmets, or their own golden swords, which may be enchanted. The sword is enchanted with the equivalent of roughly a level 5 enchantment.
?Zombie pigmen are now referred to as their real name, "Zombie Pigman," in the language file, rather than "Pig Zombie".
1.3.112w22aZombie pigmen can now spawn in the Overworld from Nether portals.
1.4.212w32aZombie pigmen can now rarely carry enchanted swords and wear any type of armor.
The sword that a zombie pigmen is carrying now increases the damage it can deal.
Zombie pigmen now sometimes pick up dropped items.
12w34bZombie pigmen now try to get back into the Nether portal they came from when in the Overworld.
12w36aThe zombie and zombie pigman models and textures now have an additional 32 pixels of empty space below the texture.
?File:Zombie Pigman with Carved Pumpkin Revision 1.png On Halloween, zombie pigmen now have a chance of spawning with a pumpkin or jack o'lantern on its head.
1.6.2releaseBaby zombie pigmen now spawn naturally.
? They may not spawn armored anymore.
1.7.213w36aWhen struck by lightning, zombie pigmen now spawn with golden swords.
1.7.413w49aAdded chicken jockeys. Since zombie pigmen share some of the zombie .class files, there are also now zombie pigman jockeys - a rare version of the baby zombie pigman.
?File:Baby Zombie Pigman Revision 2.png Baby zombie pigmen with the "Villager" tag now have skulls. Prior to this update, they looked like this: Baby pigman no skull.
1.814w03aThe only way to obtain gold nuggets and gold ingots from zombie pigmen, is now for the player to kill them, whether it's through combat, potions, or player-activated mechanisms such as manually lit TNT.
If killed without player intervention, zombie pigmen now drop only rotten flesh, rendering fully-automatic gold farms impossible.
14w04aThe above change has been partially reverted; zombie pigmen now drop gold nuggets no matter how they are killed.
14w06aZombie pigmen now use the new mob AI, allowing them to navigate obstacles.
An aggravated zombie pigman now become passive after 20 to 39.95 seconds, although they continue to attack until the player gets outside their aggressive distance.
14w07aBaby zombie pigmen are now always hostile to players who have ever attacked them.
14w11aZombie pigmen now run away from creepers that are about to explode.
14w30aFile:Zombie Pigman Revision 3.png File:Baby Zombie Pigman Revision 3.png The weapon holding position of zombie pigmen has been changed.
pre1Baby zombie pigmen, like adults, now become passive after 20 to 39.95 seconds.
1.8.1pre1Zombie pigmen no longer run away from creepers that are about to explode.
1.915w34aZombie pigmen now have an attack animation without weapons.
1.1116w32aThe entity ID has been changed changed from PigZombie to zombie_pigman.
The zombie pigmen's in-game name is now "Zombie Pigman" instead of "Zombie" in their name tag when they have CustomNameVisible enabled.
1.1217w06aNon-hostile zombie pigmen no longer prevent a player from sleeping in a bed.
1.1318w07aZombie pigmen now seek out turtle eggs and intentionally trample them.
18w19aZombie pigmen now sink in water.
Zombie pigmen no longer drown in water.
1.1418w43aZombie Pigman Baby Zombie Pigman The textures of zombie pigmen and baby zombie pigmen have been changed.
Upcoming Java Edition
September 28, 2019At MINECON Live 2019, it was announced that zombie pigmen are to be renamed to zombified piglins, as their unzombified counterpart, piglins, were announced as a new mob to be added in the Nether Update.
February 9, 2020Zombified Piglin preview A new design for zombie pigmen is revealed.
1.1620w07aUnused Zombified Piglin Texture An unused zombie_piglin.png texture file has been added to the client.jar.
Added piglins, which can be converted into zombie pigmen in the Overworld.
20w09a"Zombie Pigman" has been renamed to "Zombified Piglin".
Zombified Piglin JE1 File:Baby Zombified Piglin JE1.png The textures and models of zombified piglins and baby zombified piglins have been changed. Currently, however, the texture of their skirts is not displayed correctly.
The ID of zombified piglins has been changed from zombie_pigman to zombified_piglin.
The texture of zombified piglins has been renamed from zombie_piglin.png to zombified_piglin.png.
20w13aZombified Piglin JE2 Baby Zombified Piglin JE2 The textures of zombified piglins have been changed.
20w14aZombified Piglin JE3 Baby Zombified Piglin JE3 The textures and models of zombified piglins and baby zombified piglins have been changed. The overlay textures on their skirts now displayed correctly. Also baby zombified piglins are no longer armed. The texture size has been changed from 128x64 to 64x64, and the layout of the parts of the ears has been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.5.0File:Zombie pigman Faceless.png Added zombie pigmen.
Zombie pigmen spawn only in nether reactors.
Zombie pigmen are hostile to all players, but have a shorter sight range.
Zombie pigmen are missing their head layer.
Zombie pigmen's drops are different than in Java: 0-1 feathers and/or a gold ingot.
0.7.2Added new sounds for the zombie pigmen.
0.8.1Zombie pigmen no longer take damage when they are burning in the daylight.
0.9.0?Zombie pigmen can now be spawned using a spawn egg.
0.9.2Zombie pigmen now rarely drop carrots and potatoes.
Zombie pigmen now have an attacking animation.
0.9.4Zombie pigmen now have 2 (🛡) armor points, which reduces 8% of damage.
0.11.0build 1Zombie pigmen can now spawn with three at once instead of one in nether reactors.
File:Zombie Pigman Revision 2.png Zombie pigmen now have a head layer.
Zombie pigmen now have their arms out like regular zombies.
Zombie pigmen no longer burn in sunlight.
Zombie pigmen now drop rotten flesh, which was previously a feather and rarely a gold ingot, instead of a carrot or potato.
build 2File:Baby Zombie Pigman Revision 2.png Zombie pigmen can now spawn as babies.
0.12.1build 1Zombie pigmen now spawn in the Nether.
They no longer drop carrots and potatoes.
Zombie pigmen now use the new mob AI.
Zombie pigmen are now neutral.
Zombie pigmen can now wear armor.
Pigs struck by lightning now turn into zombie pigmen.
Zombie pigmen can now drop gold nuggets.
Zombie pigmen can now spawn from Nether portals in the Overworld.
build 11Zombie pigmen now have a chance of spawning with enchanted swords.
?Zombie pigman have a chance to spawn armored.
build 12Zombie pigmen now attack iron golems.
0.14.0build 1Baby zombie pigmen now have 15% chance of becoming a jockey when angered.
Adult zombie pigmen can now be ridden by baby zombie variants.
0.15.0build 1Zombie pigmen now have a faster speed when angered.
0.16.0?Baby zombie pigmen no longer can mount mobs.
Pocket Edition
?Zombie pigmen no longer have a chance of spawning armored.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.1.0The entity ID has been changed from pig_zombie to zombie_pigman.
Bedrock Edition
?Adult zombie pigmen are no longer rideable by their baby variants.
1.5.0beta 1.5.0.0Zombie pigmen now sink underwater.
Zombie pigmen no longer drown in water.
beta 1.5.0.4Zombie pigmen now seek out turtle eggs and intentionally trample them.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3File:Zombie Pigman BE.png File:Baby Zombie Pigman BE.png The textures of zombie pigmen and baby zombie pigmen have been changed.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.9Adult zombie pigmen can now be ridden again by baby zombie variants.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51Added piglins, which can be converted into zombie pigmen in the Overworld or the End.
Zombified Piglin BE Baby Zombified Piglin BE The textures and models of zombie pigman have been changed.
"Zombie Pigman" has been renamed to "Zombified Piglin".
Zombified piglins now sometimes pick up dropped items.
Zombified piglins now burn in sunlight again.[8]
Zombified piglins now take damage from lava and fire.
beta 1.16.0.57 Zombified Piglins once again no longer burn on sunlight.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.1File:Zombie Pigman Revision 2.png Added zombie pigmen.
TU12Zombie pigmen now have a rare chance of dropping gold ingots, golden helmets, or their own golden swords, which can be enchanted with a random level 5 enchantment.
TU14 1.04 Zombie pigmen can now spawn in the Overworld from Nether portals.
TU19CU7 1.12 File:Baby Zombie Pigman Revision 1 LCE.png Added baby zombie pigmen.
Zombie pigmen can now wear armor or weapons.
TU31CU19 1.22 Patch 3Zombie pigmen now become neutral again toward the player in 20 to 39.95 seconds after provocation, although they continue to attack until the player gets outside their aggressive distance.
1.90 Zombie Pigman File:Baby Zombie Pigman LCE.png The textures of zombie pigmen and baby zombie pigmen have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0File:Zombie Pigman Revision 2.png File:Baby Zombie Pigman Revision 2.png Added zombie pigmen and baby zombie pigmen.

Issues

Issues relating to "Zombified Piglin" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • The pre-Texture Update zombie pigman skin file has "THX XAPHOBIA" written on the unused section as a credit by Notch to the skin's original creator, XaPhobia.
  • The zombie pigman is the only mob to have a "baby" variant that's texture is significantly different than its adult counterpart, with baby zombie pigmen missing the outer layer of their head and showing their skull. It instead appears inside of its head, which is a bug.[9]
    • This is actually the same case with baby zombies and their variants, which is visible only via Texture Packs.
  • The zombie pigman's angry sound is played twice the speed of the original sound file in the game.‌[Java Edition only]

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