
Piglin brutes summoned in the Overworld with no AI do not zombify and do not pick up items. When turned into a zombified piglin, a piglin brute keeps its axe. Upon transformation, the spawned zombified piglin has the Nausea effect for 10 seconds. When in the Overworld or the End, piglin brutes transform into zombified piglins after 15 seconds. They do not join hunts and do not attack hoglins. Ī piglin brute turning into a zombified piglin.They attempt to return to their spawn point (regardless of how they were spawned) when not engaged in combat.This also means they cannot ride hoglins.

However, they can still be equipped via dispensers or commands. Unlike piglins, piglin brutes ignore all other golden items or gold ingots, meaning they cannot equip armor. Piglin brutes pick up regular or enchanted golden axes only if walking over them.


Examples include retaliation for attacks by snow golems and iron golems. They also attack any mob (except for goats) that attacks any piglin, or piglin brute, either by accident or purposefully. Piglin brutes attack players, wither skeletons, and withers within 16 blocks and are not distracted by golden items or blocks. 20 experience points are dropped upon death if killed by a player or a tamed wolf.A piglin brute has 8.5% 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% chance with Looting III.
