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Piglin Head

Piglin Head

A piglin head is the head of a piglin in the form of a block. It can only be obtained by killing a piglin using a charged creeper's explosion.

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Contents (29)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Mob loot
  4. Usage
  5. Decoration
  6. Wearing
  7. Dispensers
  8. Crafting ingredient
  9. Enchantments
  10. Note blocks
  11. Piston interactivity
  12. Sounds
  13. Generic
  14. Unique
  15. Data values
  16. ID
  17. Block states
  18. Block data
  19. Achievements
  20. History
  21. Announcement
  22. Java Edition
  23. Bedrock Edition
  24. Data history
  25. Issues
  26. Gallery
  27. Renders
  28. In other media
  29. References
Piglin Head
Piglin Head.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Piglin Head'
Invicon Piglin Head.png: Inventory sprite for Piglin Head in Minecraft as shown in-game with description:
Rarity tier
  Uncommon
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Any tool
Blast resistance 1
Hardness 1
Luminous No
Transparent Yes
Waterloggable JE: No
BE: Yes
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 0 NONE
Note block instrument Piglin snort

A piglin head is the head of a piglin in the form of a block. It can only be obtained by killing a piglin using a charged creeper's explosion.

Obtaining

Breaking

No tool can accelerate the breaking process of piglin head.[1]

Block Piglin Head
Hardness 1
Breaking time (secs)
Default 1.5 (JE)
1.5 (BE)
Efficiency
00
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined

Piglin head drops itself upon destroyed. When destroyed by an explosion, the piglin head always drops as an item.

Mob loot

Piglin heads are always dropped by a piglin if it dies from a charged creeper's explosion. In Bedrock Edition, if multiple mobs are killed by the same charged creeper, all of them drop their heads; however, in Java Edition, only one mob selected at random drops its head.[2]

Java Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Piglin[A]1100.00%1.001100.00%1.001100.00%1.001100.00%1.00
MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Piglin[A]111111111111
MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Piglin[A]11 (100.00%)1 (100.00%)1 (100.00%)1 (100.00%)
Average1 (1.00)1 (1.00)1 (1.00)1 (1.00)
Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Piglin[A]1.001.001.001.00
  1. ↑ Only when killed by a charged creeper.

Bedrock Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Piglin[A]1100.00%1.001100.00%1.001100.00%1.001100.00%1.00
MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Piglin[A]111111111111
MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Piglin[A]11 (100.00%)1 (100.00%)1 (100.00%)1 (100.00%)
Average1 (1.00)1 (1.00)1 (1.00)1 (1.00)
Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Piglin[A]1.001.001.001.00
  1. ↑ Only when killed by a charged creeper.

Usage

Decoration

Piglin heads can be oriented in 16 different directions on top of a block and 4 directions on the sides of blocks, similar to signs. They can be placed on top of, or beside each other by shift clicking.

When placed and powered by redstone, the piglin head flaps its ears (2 times per second for the right ear and 2.5 times per second for the left ear). The same animation occurs when worn by a (horizontally) moving player, zombie, skeleton, or armor stand (note: the animation does not play if the NoGravity tag is set to 1)

Wearing

See also:  § Renders

The player can wear piglin heads, similarly to pumpkins or helmets. This overlays the second layer of the player's skin.

Disguise

Wearing a piglin head reduces the detection range for piglins and piglin brutes to 50% of the normal range. This is similar to (and stacks with) the reductions in detection range from sneaking and from the Invisibility status effect.

Locator bar

Like all other mob heads, a piglin head can be worn by a player to hide their location, as it will prevent other players from finding them using the locator bar.

Dispensers

A dispenser can equip a piglin head on a player, mob, or armor stand with an empty helmet slot, within the block the dispenser is facing.

Crafting ingredient

Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Piglin Head +
Gunpowder +
Any Dye
Invicon Gunpowder.png: Inventory sprite for Gunpowder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gunpowder with description: GunpowderInvicon Piglin Head.png: Inventory sprite for Piglin Head in Minecraft as shown in-game with description:Invicon White Dye.png: Inventory sprite for White Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Dye with description: White DyeInvicon Light Gray Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Gray Dye with description: Light Gray DyeInvicon Gray Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Gray Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gray Dye with description: Gray DyeInvicon Black Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Black Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Dye with description: Black DyeInvicon Brown Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Dye with description: Brown DyeInvicon Red Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Red Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Dye with description: Red DyeInvicon Orange Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Orange Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Orange Dye with description: Orange DyeInvicon Yellow Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Yellow Dye with description: Yellow DyeInvicon Lime Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Lime Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lime Dye with description: Lime DyeInvicon Green Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Green Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Green Dye with description: Green DyeInvicon Cyan Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cyan Dye with description: Cyan DyeInvicon Light Blue Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Blue Dye with description: Light Blue DyeInvicon Blue Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Dye with description: Blue DyeInvicon Purple Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Purple Dye with description: Purple DyeInvicon Magenta Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Magenta Dye with description: Magenta DyeInvicon Pink Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Pink Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pink Dye with description: Pink Dye
Invicon White Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for White Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Firework Star with description: Firework Star WhiteInvicon Light Gray Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Gray Firework Star with description: Firework Star Light GrayInvicon Gray Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Gray Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gray Firework Star with description: Firework Star GrayInvicon Black Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Black Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Firework Star with description: Firework Star BlackInvicon Brown Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Firework Star with description: Firework Star BrownInvicon Red Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Red Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Firework Star with description: Firework Star RedInvicon Orange Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Orange Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Orange Firework Star with description: Firework Star OrangeInvicon Yellow Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Yellow Firework Star with description: Firework Star YellowInvicon Lime Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Lime Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lime Firework Star with description: Firework Star LimeInvicon Green Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Green Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Green Firework Star with description: Firework Star GreenInvicon Cyan Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cyan Firework Star with description: Firework Star CyanInvicon Light Blue Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Blue Firework Star with description: Firework Star Light BlueInvicon Blue Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Firework Star with description: Firework Star BlueInvicon Purple Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Purple Firework Star with description: Firework Star PurpleInvicon Magenta Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Magenta Firework Star with description: Firework Star MagentaInvicon Pink Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Pink Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pink Firework Star with description: Firework Star Pink
 Forms Creeper shape

Enchantments

Piglin heads can receive the following enchantments, but only through an anvil.

Name Max level Method
Curse of Binding I Anvil
Curse of Vanishing I Anvil

Note blocks

Placing a piglin head above a note block causes the note block to play the piglin's ambient sound when activated.

The block below the note block does not affect the mob sound it creates.

Piston interactivity

Piglin heads are destroyed when pushed by a piston and cannot be pulled by a sticky piston.

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Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Unique

Java Edition

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Piglin snortsJukebox/Note BlocksWhen a piglin head is played using a note blockblock.note_block.imitate.piglinsubtitles.entity.piglin.ambient​1.981.016
​Gear equipsPlayersWhen a piglin head is equippeditem.armor.equip_genericsubtitles.item.armor.equip​1.01.016

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?Jukebox/Note BlocksWhen a piglin head is played using a note block[sound 1]note.piglin​ ??0.84 [sound 2]
​ ?PlayersWhen a piglin head is equippedarmor.equip_generic​ ?1.01.0
  1. ↑ MCPE-164710
  2. ↑ Actually equal to , which is about 0.8409

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormItem tags Translation key
BlockSprite piglin-head.png: Sprite image for piglin-head in Minecraft Piglin Headpiglin_headBlock & Itemskulls block.minecraft.piglin_head
BlockSprite piglin-wall-head.png: Sprite image for piglin-wall-head in Minecraft Piglin Wall Headpiglin_wall_headBlock— block.minecraft.piglin_wall_head
NameIdentifier
BlockSprite piglin-head.png: Sprite image for piglin-head in Minecraft Block entityskull

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite piglin-head.png: Sprite image for piglin-head in Minecraft Piglin Headpiglin_headskull / 6-970Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] item.skull.piglin.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.
NameSavegame ID
BlockSprite piglin-head.png: Sprite image for piglin-head in Minecraft Block entitySkull

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:
Floor

Name Default value Allowed values Description
poweredfalse trueThe block receives a redstone signal.
falseThe block receives no redstone signal.
rotation0 0The block is facing south.
1The block is facing south-southwest.
2The block is facing southwest.
3The block is facing west-southwest.
4The block is facing west.
5The block is facing west-northwest.
6The block is facing northwest.
7The block is facing north-northwest.
8The block is facing north.
9The block is facing north-northeast.
10The block is facing northeast.
11The block is facing east-northeast.
12The block is facing east.
13The block is facing east-southeast.
14The block is facing southeast.
15The block is facing south-southeast.

Wall

Name Default value Allowed values Description
poweredfalse trueThe block receives a redstone signal.
falseThe block receives no redstone signal.
facingnortheast
north
south
west		The direction the head is facing.
Opposite from the direction a player is facing when placing it.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
facing_direction0x1
0x2
0x4		0 11On the floor (rotation is stored in the tile entity)
22On a wall, facing north
33On a wall, facing south
44On a wall, facing east
55On a wall, facing west
00Same as 5, but unobtainable without commands or editing.

Block data

A piglin head has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

See also: Block entity format
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Block entity data
    • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
    • [String] custom_name: Optional. The custom name of the head or skull. Represents the minecraft:custom_name component.
    • [String] note_block_sound: Optional. If this block is a player head, this is the sound event produced by the note block that this head is placed on. Does nothing if present on any other head or skull type. Represents the minecraft:note_block_sound component.
    • [String][NBT Compound / JSON Object] profile: Optional. The textures and/or player profile used to render a player head. If specified as a string, it corresponds to [String] name and is always saved as a [NBT Compound / JSON Object] compound. If omitted, a the wide Steve skin is used. Does nothing if present on any other head or skull type. Represents the minecraft:profile component.
      • A player profile and/or textures object see Template:Nbt inherit/profile/template

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.
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Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
CamouflageKill a mob while wearing the same type of mob head.—30Bronze

History

There is an associated page listing all historical changes related to the appearance and/or sounds associated with this block in further detail than below; see /Asset history.

Announcement

November 14, 2022 Piglin heads are announced to be added in Java Edition 1.20 and Bedrock Edition 1.20.0 on the Minecraft website.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19.3
Experiment
Update 1.20		22w46a Added piglin heads behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20		23w03a Piglin heads can now be placed on top of note blocks without sneaking.
23w05a Piglin heads can now be swapped with other pieces of headgear in the head inventory slot by using them.[3]
1.2023w12a Piglin heads are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental datapack.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.19.60
Experiment
Next Major Update		Preview 1.19.60.20 Added piglin heads behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
Preview 1.19.60.25 Piglin heads can now be placed on top of note blocks without sneaking.
1.20.0Preview 1.20.0.21 Piglin heads are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.21.30Preview 1.21.30.21 The rarity of piglin heads has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon" to match Java Edition.

Data history

Bedrock Edition
1.21.40Preview 1.21.40.20 The separate and direct item forms of the skull block ID have been merged and its data values have been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

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

Renders

  • Alex wearing a piglin head
    Alex wearing a piglin head
  • Ari wearing a piglin head
    Ari wearing a piglin head
  • Efe wearing a piglin head
    Efe wearing a piglin head
  • Kai wearing a piglin head
    Kai wearing a piglin head
  • Makena wearing a piglin head
    Makena wearing a piglin head
  • Noor wearing a piglin head
    Noor wearing a piglin head
  • Steve wearing a piglin head
    Steve wearing a piglin head
  • Sunny wearing a piglin head
    Sunny wearing a piglin head
  • Zuri wearing a piglin head
    Zuri wearing a piglin head

In other media

References

  1. ↑ MC-192905 – Heads & Skulls have no assigned tool
  2. ↑ MC-63534 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  3. ↑ MC-216270 – resolved as "Fixed".
  4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct7CfOBplrG/
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