Spawn Events for Zombified Piglin in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the spawn events that you can use for a zombified piglin (formerly called zombie pigman) in Minecraft Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Education Edition.

Background

In the latest version of Minecraft Bedrock Edition and Education Edition, the entity value for a zombified piglin is zombie_pigman. The zombie_pigman entity has a unique set of spawn events that can be used in Minecraft commands such as: /summon and /event. (The spawn event parameter is called spawnEvent in the Minecraft help for the /summon command and eventName in the Minecraft help for the /event command.)

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What is a Spawn Event?

Spawn events allow you to trigger certain in-game events for an entity in Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Education Edition. Currently, you can only trigger one spawn event at a time when you use the /summon or /event commands.

List of Spawn Events

Here is a list of the spawn events that you can use for a zombified piglin in Minecraft Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Minecraft Education Edition:

Minecraft ID Description Bedrock Edition
(Added in)
minecraft:spawn_as_strider_jockey Zombified Piglin is spawned as a strider jockey 1.17.0
minecraft:become_angry Zombified Piglin has become angry 1.16.0
minecraft:on_calm Zombified Piglin is calm 1.16.0
minecraft:entity_transformed Zombified Piglin has transformed 1.16.0
minecraft:entity_spawned Zombified Piglin has spawned 1.16.0

Spawn Event Example

To summon a zombified piglin that has become a Cleric in Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) or Education Edition:

/summon zombie_pigman ~ ~ ~ minecraft:become_cleric

Next, learn how to use the game commands in Minecraft.

Command Examples

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

Command Generators

If you need help, you can use these tools to automatically generate commands for you: