Piglin

Piglin

Health points	16 × 8
Behavior	Hostile (adult) Neutral (adult, if the player wears gold armor) Passive (baby, and adult in Peaceful difficulty)
Attack strength	Ranged 1 to 5 Melee (Java) Easy: 5 Normal: 8 Hard: 12 × 6 Melee (Bedrock) Easy: 5 Normal: 9 Hard: 13 × 6.5
Size	Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks
Spawn	Nether Wastes Crimson Forest Bastion remnant
Natural equipment	Golden Sword Crossbow
Usable items	Gold Ingot

This article is about the neutral mob native to the Nether. For the zombified variant, see Zombified Piglin. For the hostile variant found in bastion remnants, see Piglin Brute. For other pig-like mobs, see Pig (disambiguation).

Piglins are neutral mobs found in the Nether. Initially, they are hostile toward the player, but they become neutral if the player wears at least one piece of gold armor. If the player mines gold or opens a chest or shulker box near them, they will become hostile even with gold armor equipped. They are equipped with crossbows or golden swords. Players can barter using gold ingots to receive various items.

Spawning

Piglins spawn in groups of 4 in crimson forests, bastion remnants and nether wastes at light level of 11 or less, even in Peaceful mode. 5% spawn as 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 anything.

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:

• Golden Helmet
• Golden Chestplate
• Golden Leggings
• Golden Boots

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

Baby piglins are passive and play with baby hoglins, running around and mounting. Up to 3 piglins may stack on top of each other while riding a baby hoglin.

Idle piglins retreat from zombified piglins, zoglins, soul fire, soul torches, soul lanterns, and non-extinguished soul campfires.

Piglins cannot swim and drown if submerged. They are not naturally immune to fire or lava.

Piglins can open wooden doors.

Baby Piglins can be given gold, but they cannot barter anything.

Hostility

The adults are hostile, but if you are wearing at least one piece of gold armor, they become neutral. Piglins are provoked when players attack or when a nearby chest, trapped chest, ender chest, barrel or shulker box is opened or broken. Hence, hoppers can be used to extract items from chests without aggravating. Breaking gold blocks, gold ores, gilded blackstones, and nether gold ores also provoke. Piglins remain hostile for 30 seconds if the player provokes in these ways.

In Java Edition, When a piglin is attacking, it holds its sword in front of it, similar to a vindicator. In Bedrock Edition, a piglin holds its arms in front of it, similar to a zombie.

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.

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.

Adult piglins group together within 16 blocks and attack in hordes.

When attacking with a crossbow, piglins shoot arrows every 2 seconds. In Java Edition, they walk backward (stopping if at the edge of a drop) as soon as the player is close. Unlike bow-armed mobs, they do not strafe from left to right while shooting. Piglins with swords and other equipable items rush at the player.

Iron golems attack both adult and baby piglins; adults do not attack an iron golem until it attacks first.

Piglins briefly stop attacking by giving gold items; bartering then takes place as it normally would if given a gold ingot. They resume attacking once the barter is complete. The only exception is if a piglin is attacking a player because the player isn't wearing any gold armor. If the player distracts them with a gold ingot and equips a piece of gold armor while the piglin is examining the gold ingot, then the piglin will give the player an item in return and then end hostility.

Bartering

Main article: Bartering

Picking up items

Any piglins can pick up and equip any gold-related item, regardless of their ability to pick up other items. A piglin inspects any gold-related item for 6 seconds after picking it up. However, piglins will 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. When a piglin with a full inventory encounters another item, it picks up the item and then throws it on the floor after contemplating it, leading to a cycle of continuously picking up and discarding the item. Baby piglins attempt to pick up any item and can steal from players. Adult piglins can pick up gold nuggets and porkchops (they don't 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.

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 that piglins want: (These items are listed in the 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
  • 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 doesn't already have one)
  • Light Weighted Pressure Plate
  • Nether Gold Ore

• Other items made of gold that piglins are not interested in:
  • Firework Star (Star shape)
  • Netherite Ingot
  • Powered Rail
  • Mojang Banner Pattern (Has enchanted golden apple in crafting recipe)

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 can not shoot a crossbow and will only melee the player with it. Upon transformation, the spawned zombified piglin has the Nausea effect for 10 seconds.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Piglin snorts	?	?	entity.piglin.ambient	subtitles.entity.piglin.ambient	0.7	?	?
	Piglin snorts angrily	?	?	entity.piglin.angry	subtitles.entity.piglin.angry	0.7	?	?
	Piglin celebrates	?	?	entity.piglin.celebrate	subtitles.entity.piglin.celebrate	0.8	?	?
	Piglin converts to Zombified Piglin	?	?	entity.piglin.converted_to_zombified	subtitles.entity.piglin.converted_to_zombified	1.0	?	?
	Piglin hurts	?	?	entity.piglin.hurt	subtitles.entity.piglin.hurt	0.7	?	?
	Piglin dies	?	?	entity.piglin.death	subtitles.entity.piglin.death	0.7-0.8	?	?
	Piglin retreats	?	?	entity.piglin.retreat	subtitles.entity.piglin.retreat	0.7	?	?
	Piglin steps	?	?	entity.piglin.step	subtitles.entity.piglin.step	0.75	?	?
	Piglin snorts enviously	?	?	entity.piglin.jealous	subtitles.entity.piglin.jealous	0.8	?	?
	Piglin admires item	?	?	entity.piglin.admiring_item	subtitles.entity.piglin.admiring_item	0.8-0.85	?	?

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Piglin	piglin	entity.minecraft.piglin

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Piglin	piglin	123	entity.piglin.name

Entity data

See also: Chunk format

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
  •  IsBaby: 1 or 0 (true/false) – True if this piglin is a baby. May be absent.
  •  IsImmuneToZombification: 1 or 0 (true/false) – If set to true, the piglin does not transform to a zombified piglin when in the Overworld.
  •  CannotHunt: 1 or 0 (true/false) – If set to true, the piglin does not attack hoglins.
  •  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.
  •  Inventory: Each compound tag in this list is an item in the piglin's inventory.
    • An item in the inventory, excluding the Slot tag.
      • Tags common to all items see Template:Nbt inherit/itemnoslot/template

Achievements

Main article: Achievement

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold.	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30G	Silver

Advancements

Main article: Advancement

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	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	Deflect 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 crying obsidian in your inventory.	nether/obtain_crying_obsidian
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	Give a piglin one of these 22 gold-related items while it is aggressive toward the player. Other gold-related items, if any, may be used, but are ignored for this advancement and by the piglin.	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 33 mobs. ‌In Java Edition 1.16.2‌[upcoming], piglin brutes can also be killed for this advancement. Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_a_mob
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 33 mobs. ‌In Java Edition 1.16.2‌[upcoming], piglin brutes are also required for this advancement. Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_all_mobs

History

See also: Bartering/Outdated loot tables

October 26, 2010					Miclee suggests the concept of pigmen, the predecessor to piglins, resulting in him receiving the Bacon Cape as a reward.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0		preview			The texture of pigmen has been added to mobs/pigman.png.
Java Edition 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.
					Footage shown at MINECON Live shows that angered piglins raise their arms in a manner similar to zombies, a behavior not reflected in the final version.
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 explains that the piglin was named such because it is a gender-neutral form of the word pigman.
1.16		20w07a			Added piglins and baby piglins.
					Piglins can hold crossbows.
					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.
					Baby piglins can now ride on the back of baby hoglins.
		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			Baby piglins can now ride on top of each other on a baby hoglin, up to three baby piglins can climb on at once.
		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 has 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			Piglins now occasionally dance after defeating a hoglin.
					Piglins now have the vindicator attacking animation when melee attacking.
		pre6			Adults now may spawn with enchanted gears.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added piglins and baby piglins.
					Piglins can hold crossbows.
					Baby piglins can ride on the back of baby hoglins.
					Piglins raise their arms in a manner similar to zombies when attacking enemy.
					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.
					Piglins dance after they finish hoglin hunting.
		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 piglin's hands at all times.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
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.
					Piglins now have the vindicator attacking animation when melee attacking, similar to the Java Edition.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Baby piglins never grow up.
• 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.

Gallery

The differences of piglins targeting with crossbows between Java and Bedrock editions.

Renders

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  A fully armored piglin.

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  A baby piglin riding a baby hoglin.

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  Multiple baby piglins climbing a baby hoglin.

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  Old pigman texture applied to a player model

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  A piglin attacking with sword in Java Edition.

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  A piglin attacking with sword in Bedrock Edition.

Other

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  Piglins attacking wither skeletons.

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  Piglins.

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  A preview showing two piglins fighting a hoglin in a Crimson Forest.

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  A render error causing the enchantment glint to cover the snout, fixed in 20w18a.

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  A piglin chasing a hoglin.

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  An example of a baby piglin holding a lava bucket.

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  An example of a baby piglin riding a baby hoglin.

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  A fully armored piglin examining a clock.

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  A preview of a piglin next to a hoglin in the Crimson Forest.

Artwork

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  Official artwork of the piglin standing next to a fire.

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  Animated artwork GIF of a piglin standing next to a fire.

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  Official artwork of a piglin.

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  Official artwork of two piglins.

See also

• Zombified piglin
• Bartering
• Piglin brute

Entities

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