Bartering

For the mechanic used with villagers, see Trading.

"Barter" redirects here. For the enchantment in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Death Barter.

Bartering is a gameplay mechanic that allows players to exchange gold ingots for various items with piglins.

Mechanics

Adult piglins can trade gold ingots for certain items when they pick up nearby gold ingot items or when the player uses gold ingots while looking at them. After the piglin takes the gold ingot and examines it for 6 seconds (120 gameticks) in Java Edition it tosses a random item to the player, or upward if no player is in sight. The full cycle time, from when a piglin accepts an ingot until it accepts the next ingot, is 6.05 seconds (121 gameticks) in Java Edition and 8 seconds (160 gameticks) in Bedrock Edition.^[1] Baby piglins take the ingot, but do not barter; they instead store the ingot in their inventory. Piglin brutes ignore gold ingots and do not barter.

Piglins can pick up other items that are in the piglin_food or piglin_loved tags; however, gold ingots are the only items that piglins accept for bartering.

Hitting a piglin causes it to "confiscate" the ingot; the piglin does not complete the barter. It cannot be bartered with again unless it puts another item in its inventory. Piglins who are killed in one hit before they finish examining always drop the ingot.

When a piglin is examining a gold ingot, it can still be angered when the player breaks a container or a gold-related block nearby, although its behavior differs depending on the game edition. In Java Edition, the piglin finishes the barter on the original schedule and starts attacking the player only after the barter finishes. In Bedrock Edition, the piglin immediately finishes the barter and starts attacking the player,^[2] leading to a bartering transaction much shorter than the default 8 seconds.^[3] This allows piglins in Bedrock Edition to barter rapidly when gold-related blocks are repeatedly broken nearby or repeatedly pushed and pulled by pistons.

Bartering is controlled by the loot table minecraft:gameplay/piglin_bartering. If the game rule mob_griefing‌^{[JE only]} or mobgriefing‌^{[BE only]} is false, piglins barter only when the player uses a gold ingot on them.

In Java Edition, if a piglin is zombified into a zombified piglin before the bartering is complete, the newly zombified piglin drops the gold ingot immediately. In Bedrock Edition, the zombified piglin continues to hold the gold ingot after zombification and drops it upon death.

When a piglin is admiring a gold ingot while bartering, it does not run away from nearby zoglins or zombified piglins.

Piglins sometimes pick up and equip the iron boots enchanted with Soul Speed at a random level that they have just offered while bartering. A player wanting to obtain the iron boots without killing the piglin can induce the piglin to discard the iron boots by offering a pair of golden boots.^[4]

Items bartered

The item the piglin throws may be one of the following:

Bartering items

Item given	Chance	Quantity	Ingots needed per item (average)
Enchanted Book with Soul Speed (random level)	5⁄469 (~1.07%)	1	93.8
Iron Boots with Soul Speed (random level)	8⁄469 (~1.71%)	1	58.625
Splash Potion of Fire Resistance
Potion of Fire Resistance
Water Bottle	10⁄469 (~2.13%)	1	46.9
Dried Ghast
Iron Nugget		10–36	2.039
Ender Pearl		2–4	15.63
String	20⁄469 (~4.26%)	3–9	3.908
Nether Quartz		5–12	2.759
Obsidian	40⁄469 (~8.53%)	1	11.725
Fire Charge
Crying Obsidian		1–3	5.867
Leather		2–4	3.908
Soul Sand		2–8	2.345
Nether Brick
Spectral Arrow‌[JE only] Arrow‌[BE only]		6–12	1.303
Gravel		8–16	0.977
Blackstone

Bartering is the only renewable source of nether quartz, crying obsidian, soul sand, dried ghasts (both directly as a barterable item and indirectly as a product of soul sand), Nether brick,‌^{[Java Edition only]} gravel, blackstone, and the Soul Speed enchantment.

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Issues relating to "Bartering" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

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  A piglin bartering in a warped forest.

References