How a Piglin changes its Weapon in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how a piglin changes its weapon with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, a piglin naturally holds its weapon in its right hand and can choose a different weapon at any time. Let's explore how a piglin changes its weapon.

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Steps for a Piglin to Change its Weapon

1. Piglins love anything Gold

Piglins like anything made of gold and can pick up any gold items that they find on the ground. Here are some of the gold items that piglins will pick up:

golden apple enchanted golden apple golden carrot golden horse armor golden shovel golden pickaxe golden axe golden hoe gold ore block of gold gold ingot gold nugget golden sword golden helmet golden chestplate golden leggings golden boots

In this example, we've placed golden horse armor on the ground next to the piglin. Let's see what the piglin does.

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2. Piglin will Pick up and Examine the Gold item

When a piglin sees a gold item on the ground, it will pick it up in its left hand and examine the gold item for a few seconds.

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Here is the piglin picking up golden horse armor off the ground and holding in its left hand.

3. Piglin chooses Gold Item as Weapon

If the piglin switches the gold item to its right hand, that item becomes its new weapon.

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Since the piglin prefers gold, it chooses the golden horse armor as its new weapon (replacing its crossbow) and switches the golden horse armor to its right hand.

If the piglin doesn't choose the gold item as its weapon, it will store the gold item in its inventory.

TIP: Throwing down a gold item near a piglin is a great way to get the piglin to exchange its crossbow for a gold item that does less damage.

Congratulations, you just learned how a piglin changes its weapon in Minecraft!

Things to Do with Piglins

Here are some activities that you can do with piglins in Minecraft: