Piglin Brute

This article is about the hostile mob. For the piglin unit in Minecraft Legends, see MCL:Brute. For other uses, see Piglin (disambiguation).

Piglin Brute

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Health points	50HP × 25
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Monster
Attack strength	Armed: Golden Axe: In Java Edition: Easy: 7.5HP × 3.75 Normal: 13HP × 6.5 Hard: 19.5HP × 9.75 In Bedrock Edition: Easy: 6HP Normal: 10HP Hard: 15HP × 7.5 Unarmed: Easy: 4.5HP × 2.25 Normal: 7HP Hard: 10.5HP × 5.25
Hitbox size	In Java Edition: Height: 1.95 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks In Bedrock Edition: Height: 1.9 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks
Spawn	Bastion Remnant

A piglin brute is a hostile and stronger variant of the piglin. It wields a golden axe and appears in all types of bastion remnants. Unlike piglins, piglin brutes do not barter, retreat, or get distracted by gold.

Spawning

Piglin brutes spawn in some rooms of bastion remnants only upon generation, so they are not renewable. They do not have a baby variant.

Piglin brutes spawn with a golden axe, occasionally with enchantments.‌^{[Java Edition only]} They never spawn with armor and do not equip armor from the ground, although they can still be equipped with armor via dispensers or commands.

Drops

A piglin brute has 8.5%‌^{[JE only]}/25%‌^{[BE only]} chance of dropping a golden axe with a random durability if killed by a player or a tamed wolf, increased by 1% with each level of Looting, with a total 11.5%‌^{[JE only]}/28%‌^{[BE only]} chance with Looting III.

A piglin brute drops 20XP experience points when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.

Behavior

Piglin brutes attack players, wither skeletons, and withers within 16 blocks and are not distracted by golden items or blocks. However, they prefer to attack players over wither skeletons and withers. They also attack any mob, including goats,^[1] that attacks any piglin or piglin brute, either by accident or purposefully. Examples include retaliation for attacks by snow golems and iron golems.

Piglin brutes, much like vindicators, deal a high amount of raw melee damage, inflicting 13HP × 6.5 points of damage on Normal difficulty.‌^{[JE only][note 1]} The only stronger mobs are the wither, which deals up to 22.5HP × 11.25 melee damage ‌^{[BE only]}, the iron golem, which deals up to 32.25HP × 16.125 melee damage, the warden, which deals up to 45HP × 22.5 melee damage and the unused giant, which deals up to 75HP × 37.5 melee damage.

Piglin brutes spawn in all difficulty settings. In Peaceful difficulty, piglin brutes despawn‌^{[Java Edition only]} or remain passive‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}.

In Java Edition, the detection range of piglin brutes is reduced to half of their normal range (8 blocks) when the player is wearing a piglin head.

Behaviors shared by both piglins and piglin brutes:

• Can open wooden and copper doors.
• Call nearby piglins and other piglin brutes once attacked by a mob or a player, no matter whether the player wears golden armor or not.
• Are not naturally immune to fire or lava.
• Join in hunts.‌^{[BE only]}
• Turns into a zombified piglin when in the Overworld or the End for more than 15 seconds.
• Attack nearby withers and wither skeletons.
• They cannot swim, sink in water and eventually drown.^[2]

Behaviors specific to piglin brutes:

• Piglin brutes attack players on sight, no matter whether the player wears golden armor or not.
• Piglin brutes do not retreat from soul fire items, zoglins, or zombified piglins.
• Piglin brutes do not perform a "victory dance".
• Piglin brutes do not barter, as the player cannot use a gold ingot on them.
• Piglin brutes pick up regular or enchanted golden axes only if walking over them. Unlike piglins, piglin brutes ignore all other golden items or gold ingots, meaning they cannot equip armor. However, they can still be equipped via dispensers or commands.
• They do not have a baby variant.
• They cannot use crossbows.
• They attempt to return to their spawn point (regardless of how they were spawned) when not engaged in combat.
• They do not join hunts and do not attack hoglins.‌^{[JE only][3]}
• They do not drop piglin heads when killed by a charged creeper's explosion.^[4]

Zombification

When in the Overworld or the End, piglin brutes transform into zombified piglins after 15 seconds. Upon transformation, the spawned zombified piglin has the Nausea effect for 10 seconds.‌^{[JE only][5]} This Nausea effect is purely cosmetic. When turned into a zombified piglin, a piglin brute keeps its axe.

Piglin brutes summoned in the Overworld with no AI do not zombify and do not pick up items.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Piglin Brute	piglin_brute	entity.minecraft.piglin_brute

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Piglin Brute	piglin_brute	127	adult_piglin monster piglin piglin_brute	entity.piglin_brute.name

Entity data

Piglin brutes have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill one of these 41 monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this achievement.	15	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this achievement.	10	Bronze

Achievements that apply to all mobs:

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 41​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/42​[upcoming] monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Frostbite​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Kill each of these 41​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]/42​[upcoming] monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Frostbite​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
	Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

History

Mention

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.16.2			20w27a				Added piglin brutes.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w46a				Piglin brute's detection range is now reduced when the player wears a piglin head.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.20			beta 1.16.20.50				Added piglin brutes.
			beta 1.16.20.53				The axe that is wielded by piglin brutes may be enchanted now.
			beta 1.16.20.54				The attack animation of unarmed piglin brutes has been changed.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				Piglin brutes no longer spawn with enchanted axes.
							Piglin brutes now drop 20 experience points, instead of 10.
			beta 1.16.100.55				Zombified piglins that are converted from piglin brutes now keep their golden axes.
1.21.90			Preview 1.21.90.20				Piglin brutes no longer spawn naturally in Peaceful difficulty, but can still be spawned with spawn eggs or the /summon command.
1.21.100			Preview 1.21.100.20				Piglin brutes now properly despawn in Peaceful difficulty.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Piglin brutes were hinted to not have good eyesight.^[6]
• Piglin brutes were created late in 1.16's development, so they were pushed to a minor release as the developers did not want to add a new feature so close to release.^[7]
• The golden arm guard is meant to work as a "protection" and is the reason behind their high health.^[8]
• Sounds that are used by the piglins are lower-pitched when used by the piglin brute (like the converted_to_zombified sound).
• In Bedrock Edition, in the piglin_brute.json, file, there is a minecraft:despawn component, which follows the same despawning rules as zoglins. However, since piglin brutes are spawned by world generation, this component never functions, and therefore, unused. If behavior packs were made to make piglin brutes spawn naturally without travelling to bastions, the component would function properly.
• Piglin brutes were made to trigger normal piglins when attacked, as to encourage players to avoid or be careful around them.^[9]
• In Bedrock Edition, Piglin Brutes attacks players who aggravate nearby Piglins in any way, not just by attacking them.

Gallery

Renders

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  A piglin brute without its layer (this state cannot be seen in vanilla gameplay)

Screenshots

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  All of the pig-like mobs in the Nether Update
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  A piglin brute with armor through commands
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  Piglin brute in its natural habitat, a bastion remnant
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  A group of piglin brutes in the treasure room of a bastion remnant
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  Noor attempting to barter with a piglin before a piglin brute
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  Noor fighting a piglin brute with a mace

Textures

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  Piglin brute texture file

In other media

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  A preview of the piglin brute^[10]
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  A brute in artwork for A Minecraft Movie: Add-on
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  A piglin brute in Minecraft Dungeons
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  A piglin brute in Minecraft Legends
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  Lego Minecraft piglin brute
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  A piglin brute in the Plastic Texture Pack

See also

• Piglin
• Zombified Piglin
• Bastion Remnant

Notes

References