Piglin Brute in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains all about piglin brutes with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let's learn about piglin brutes in Minecraft.

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Supported Platforms

Piglin brutes are available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.16.2)
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (1.16.20)
Xbox 360	No
Xbox One	Yes (1.16.20)
PS3	No
PS4	Yes (1.16.20)
Wii U	No
Nintendo Switch	Yes (1.16.20)
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (1.16.20)
Education Edition	Yes (1.17.30)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

Piglin brutes are stronger versions of piglins that live in Bastion Remnants and protect the treasure that is found there. The following is a picture of what a piglin brute looks like in Minecraft:

Hostility Level (Hostile)

A piglin brute is a hostile mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and piglin brutes. Because a piglin brute is a hostile mob, it will attack you in Survival mode but not Creative mode.

Health Points

In Minecraft, a piglin brute has 25 hearts for health. This gives a piglin brute 50 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a piglin brute, you need to inflict 50 points of damage to the piglin brute.

Where to Find Piglin Brutes

In Minecraft, you can find piglin brutes guarding treasure in the Bastion Remnant in the Nether.

If you haven't been to the Nether, you need to build a nether portal to take you to the Nether. When you walk through a nether portal, it will transport you between the Overworld and the Nether. This is what a nether portal looks like:

If you are having trouble finding a piglin brute, you can summon a piglin brute using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.

Weapon

A piglin brute is armed is a golden axe.

Attack Method

In Minecraft, a piglin brute will move towards you and strike you with its golden axe.

Behavior

1. Piglin brutes are not afraid of anything.
2. They are not distracted by gold and can not be bartered with.
3. The only item that a piglin brute will pick up off the ground is a golden axe (or enchanted one).
4. They will attack players (even if the player is wearing a piece of golden armor).
5. Because piglin brutes are so tough, they do not wear armor (or need to pick up and equip armor items).
6. They can open wooden doors.
7. They do not attack hoglins.

Drops

When you kill a piglin brute in Minecraft, there is a small chance that the piglin brute may drop its golden axe.

Make sure you pick up any dropped items before they disappear. They are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

Experience Points

As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.

These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a piglin brute, you will gain experience points but the amount of experience you gain depends on which Minecraft platform you are playing on. In Java Edition, a piglin brute will give you 20-23 experience points, but only 10 experience points in Bedrock Edition.

Spawn Egg for Piglin Brute

You can spawn a piglin brute using the following spawn egg:

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a piglin brute in Minecraft:

Spawn Events for Piglin Brute (Bedrock/Education)

Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for a piglin brute in Bedrock Edition and Education Edition: