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For other uses, see Pig (disambiguation).

Pig

• Temperate
• Temperate (Saddled)
• Piglet
• Cold
• Cold (Saddled)
• Cold (Piglet)
• Warm
• Warm (Saddled)
• Warm (Piglet)

Health

10

Classification

Animal

Behavior

Passive

Spawn

Grass with at least two block space above in most Overworld biomes.

Usable items

• Saddle
• Carrot on a Stick
• Carrot
• Potato
• Beetroot
• Lead

Details

Size

Adult:Height: 0.9 BlocksWidth: 0.9 Blocks

Piglet:Height: 0.45 BlocksWidth: 0.45 Blocks

A pig is a passive mob found commonly in most grass biomes, though they also can also spawn in the Taiga biomes, the Badlands, Savanna, and Jungle biomes with seperate variants. Pigs are a source of porkchops and can be equipped with a saddle to be driven.

Contents

• 1 Spawning
• 2 Drops
• 3 Behavior
  • 3.1 Riding
• 4 Riding
  • 4.1 Breeding
• 5 Variants
• 6 Sounds
• 7 Data values
  • 7.1 ID
  • 7.2 Entity data
• 8 Achievements
• 9 Advancements
• 10 History
• 11 Issues
• 12 Trivia
• 13 Gallery
  • 13.1 Artwork
  • 13.2 Cosmetics
  • 13.3 In other media
  • 13.4 Textures
• 14 References

Spawning[]

In 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, and meadows. Individual pigs rarely may spawn on grass after the world generation. In Bedrock Edition, pigs spawn in groups of 1 to 3 above grass blocks at a light level of 7 or more in any grassy Overworld biome except in snowy plains, meadows and wooded badlands plateaus. Individuals regularly spawn on grass after the world generation.

Pigs spawn in animal pens, stables and in butcher house backyards in villages. 95% of pigs spawn as adults and 5% of pigs spawn as piglets. Pigs cannot spawn naturally with a saddle.

Drops[]

An adult pig drops upon death:

• From 1 to 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.
• A saddle if saddled.
• 1–3 experience orbs if killed by a player or tamed wolf.
• 1–7 orbs upon breeding.

Killing a piglet yields no items nor experience.

Behavior[]

Pigs roam the Overworld avoiding hazards and harmful falls. A pig flees for a short time 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.

Riding[]

Main article: Riding

Riding[]

It is possible to ride an adult 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. Piglets cannot be saddled nor ridden.

Pig cannot float on water when being controlled. 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. If the pig and rider fall, then fall damage doesn't cause any knockback or slower movement speed.

A player can travel through a space 1 block high by riding a pig.

Breeding[]

Main article: Breeding

Pigs follow players within six blocks using carrots, potatoes, beetroots or carrots on a stick. Pigs can be bred using carrots, potatoes or beetroots. After breeding, the parents have a cooldown of 5 minutes before they can breed again. Piglets mature in 20 minutes and stay near their parents. Feeding them reduces the remaining time to maturity by 10%. Baby pigs whose parents are mixed (temperate and cold, temperate and warm, warm and cold) variants will have their variant randomly picked from one of their parents, and will not be decided by which biome they reside in.

Variants[]

In Java Edition (as of snapshot 25w02a), pigs can spawn in 3 different variants (breeds):

• Temperate pigs, which were the only variant existing before 25w02a.
• Cold pigs, which spawn in Old Growth Pine Taigas, Old Growth Spruce Taigas, Taigas, Snowy Taigas, Windswept Hills, Windswept Gravelly Hills, and Windswept Forests.
• Warm pigs, which spawn in Savannas, Savanna Plateaus, Windswept Savannas, Jungles, Sparse Jungles, Bamboo Jungles, Eroded Badlands, Wooded Badlands, and Badlands.

Sounds[]

Java Edition: Pigs use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuationdistance
	Pig oinks	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	entity.pig.ambient	subtitles.entity.pig.ambient	1.0	0.8-1.2(Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Pig dies	Friendly Creatures	When a pig dies	entity.pig.death	subtitles.entity.pig.death	1.0	0.8-1.2(Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Pig hurts	Friendly Creatures	When a pig is damaged	entity.pig.hurt	subtitles.entity.pig.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2(Baby: 1.3-1.7)	16
	Saddle equips	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a pig	entity.pig.saddle	subtitles.entity.pig.saddle	0.5	1.0	16
	Footsteps	Friendly Creatures	While a pig is walking	entity.pig.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	Randomly	mob.pig.say	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a pig dies	mob.pig.death	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a pig is converted to a zombified piglin by being struck by lightning[sound 1]‌[upcoming: BE 1.20.30]	mob.pig.death	2.0	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures	When a pig is damaged	mob.pig.say	1.0	0.8-1.2 (Baby: 1.3-1.7)
	Friendly Creatures	When a saddle is equipped to a pig	mob.horse.leather	0.5	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	When a pig is boosted using a carrot on a stick	mob.pig.boost	1.0	1.0
	Friendly Creatures	While a pig is walking	mob.pig.step	0.2	1.0

1. ↑ MCPE-169557

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Pig	pig	entity.minecraft.pig

Bedrock Edition:

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.

Java Edition:

Main article: Entity format

• 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.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

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
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Monster Hunter	Kill one of these 70 mobs near a sculk catalyst: Axolotl Bee Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Cat Cave Spider Chicken Chicken Jockey Cod Cow Creeper Donkey Dolphin Drowned Elder Guardian Enderman Endermite Evoker Fox Frog Ghast Goat Glow Squid Guardian Happy Ghast Hoglin Horse Husk Llama Magma Cube Mooshroom Ocelot Panda Parrot Phantom Pig Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Polar Bear Pufferfish Rabbit Ravager Salmon Sheep Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Skeleton Horse Skeleton Horseman Slime Sniffer Stray Spider Spider Jockey Squid Strider Trader Llama Tropical Fish Turtle Vex Vindicator Warden Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Wolf Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_mob_near_sculk_catalyst
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Husbandry	Breed a pair of any of these 25 mobs: Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Trader Llama Turtle Wolf Nautilus ‌[upcoming: of Mayhem] A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement, as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/breed_an_animal
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed a pair of each of these 26 mobs: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Camel Cat Chicken Cow Donkey Fox Frog Goat Hoglin Horse Llama Mooshroom Mule Ocelot Panda Pig Rabbit Sheep Sniffer Strider Turtle Wolf Nautilus ‌[upcoming: of Mayhem] A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/bred_all_animals

History[]

Java Edition Classic
August 20, 2009					Showed failed pig model. Notch commented, "it looks creepier when animated ... haha, I'll keep it for a creepy creature. =D".
August 22, 2009					Pigs teased on The Word of Notch.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Added pigs, the oldest existing passive mob in the game.
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					Saddles have been added along with the ability to ride pigs.
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			Pigs' snouts now protrude from their faces.[2][3][4]
					The texture of saddled pigs has been changed.
					A new AI system has been added for passive mobs; they 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			Added piglets. They may be ridden like adult pigs with a saddle.
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			The textures of pigs and piglets have been changed.
					The texture of saddled pigs has been changed.
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.
1.20(Experimental)		1.19.4-pre1			Pigs now spawn in cherry groves.[5]
1.21.5		25w05a			Added warm and cold variants.
					The pre-existing variant before this update is now temperate
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0					Added pigs and piglets.
					Pigs currently cannot spawn naturally, unless the player hacks or edits the inventory.
v0.2.1					Adult pigs now spawn naturally.
v0.6.0					Piglets now spawn naturally.
v0.8.0		build 1			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			Added pig riding, and a new "Boost" Interact button.
					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			The textures of pigs and piglets have been changed.
					The texture of saddled pigs has been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Pigs now spawn in village butcher houses, pens and stables.
1.18.30		beta 1.18.20.27			Pigs no longer spawn in snowy taigas.
		Release			Reverted the pig spawning change made in beta 1.18.20.27.
1.21.60		beta 1.21.60.25			Added warm and cold variants under "Drop 1 2025" Experimental Toggle
					The pre-existing variant before this update is now temperate
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added pigs.
TU5					Pigs' snouts now protrude from their faces.
					Pigs run away when attacked.
TU7					Added piglets.
					Pigs can now be bred using wheat.
TU14		1.04			Pigs now drop 1-3 porkchops instead of 0-2.
					Added carrot on a stick to direct saddled pigs.
					Pigs now drop saddles when killed (if equipped with one).
					Piglets can now be spawned by using // on an adult form of that mob using a spawn egg.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Baby pig growth can now be accelerated using carrots.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added pigs.

• The original pig model before it was made into a creeper.
• The old "cross-eyed" pig texture.
• The first image of pigs with 3D snouts.
• First image of player-controlled pigs released by Nathan Adams.

Issues[]

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

Trivia[]

• A pig appears as a DLC costume for the Mii Brawler in the crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
• The 2017 game Fire Pro Wrestling World contains the Minecraft pig texture in its files. However, the texture is not used in-game.
• In the 1.19 promotional artwork there is a pig with a crown. This is a tribute to a deceased Minecraft Youtuber, Technoblade.
  • Similarly, there's a pig wearing a crown in a brief scene in A Minecraft Movie, which Steve calls it "a legend".

Gallery[]

• A dying pig.
• A piglet compared to an adult pig. Despite the piglet's body size they have the same head size as an adult pig.
• A saddled piglet next to its parent. Saddled piglets are available only via commands.
• Another saddled piglet.
• A player riding pig while the pig is riding a minecart.
• Pigs following the player.
• An upside-down pig, revealing its feet and nipples.
• A pig facing the player.
• A ravine filled with three pigs in it.
• First image of pig riding in Bedrock Edition.
• Second image of pig riding in Bedrock Edition.
• Third image of pig riding in Bedrock Edition.
• A pig watching Zuri falling.
• The cold pig variant from 25w02a
• The warm pig variant from 25w02a

Artwork[]

• Artwork of a pig alongside Steve and a sheep.
• Steve and Alex with a pig.
• 
• 
• 
• Saddled pig artwork.
• 
• A pig in promotional artwork for the Village & Pillage Update.
• A pig in promotional artwork for the first Caves & Cliffs update.
• A pig in official artwork for The Wild Update.
• A pig in official artwork for the Education Edition.
• Official artwork of Alex, Steve, and Noor riding pigs.

Cosmetics[]

• A pig as it appears in the City texture pack.
• A pig as it appears in the Greek Mythology texture pack.
• The Skeleton Pig, featured in the Halloween Edition mash-up pack and Minecraft Mini-Series.
• A pig as it appears in the Plastic texture pack.
• Party Pig, a skin featured in the 1st Birthday Skin Pack.
• Pig Ears, created by Oreville Studios for the Angry Birds DLC.
• Pig Face by ASCENT
• Pig Head, another Angry Birds collaboration.
• Pig Snout, a third Angry Birds collaboration.
• Pig Whisperer, a skin dressed as a pig featured in the Builders and Biomes skin pack.
• Alternate design for the Pig Whisperer.
• Technoblade's early design

In other media[]

• Reuben, a pig featured in Minecraft Story Mode.
• A pig figure at Telltale Games.
• Mottled Pig, a unique variation featured in Minecraft Earth.
• A Piggy Bank, a pig variant featured in Minecraft Dungeons.
• The pig Mii Brawler costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
• Pig sock puppets from the defunct Mojang website Pig Tales.
• Sunny riding a pig in an advertisement.
• Ditto.
• The pig as seen in the Mobestiary.
• Pig micromob from Lego Minecraft.
• LEGO Minecraft pig minifigure (old version).
• LEGO Minecraft pig minifigure (new version).
• LEGO Minecraft piglet minifigure (old version).
• LEGO Minecraft piglet minifigure (new version).
• LEGO Minecraft Pig House set.
• LEGO Minecraft pig BigFig with baby zombie.
• Official T-shirt artwork "Pig Riding" featuring Steve and a pig. Made by JINX.
• Pig plush made by JINX.
• Baby pig plush made by JINX.
• An officially licensed pig wheelchair cover.

Textures[]

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• 
• Programmer Art texture.

References[]

1. ↑ "MUOAHAHA! Pigs that get hit by lightning turn into zombie pigmen ;D" – @notch (Markus Persson) on X, April 11, 2011
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/109628703788646400
3. ↑ Notch's post on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/k2gkw/ok/
4. ↑ The post that inspired Notch: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/k2bo5/pigs_need_snouts/
5. ↑ MC-260059

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