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.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Piglin Head
Hardness	1
Breaking time (secs)
Default	1.5
Options
Haste	001 1JEBE

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:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Piglin^[A]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Piglin^[A]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Piglin^[A]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
	Piglin^[A]	Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Piglin^[A]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

↑ Only when killed by a charged creeper.

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Piglin^[A]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Piglin^[A]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Piglin^[A]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
	Piglin^[A]	Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Piglin^[A]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

↑ 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

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.

In Bedrock Edition, wearing a piglin head makes the player invisible to other players on a locator map.

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	Description
Piglin Head + Gunpowder + Any Dye		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

A piglin head is destroyed if a piston tries to push it. It cannot be pulled by a sticky piston.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

`stone` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

`stone` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8–1.0
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8–1.0
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.37	0.5
	Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0
	Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.3	1.0
	Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.12	1.0
	Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Piglin snorts	Jukebox/Note Blocks	When a piglin head is played using a note block	`block.note_block.imitate.piglin`	`subtitles.entity.piglin.ambient`	1.98	1.0	16
	Gear equips	Players	When a piglin head is equipped	`item.armor.equip_generic`	`subtitles.item.armor.equip`	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	?	Jukebox/Note Blocks	When a piglin head is played using a note block^{[sound 1]}	`note.piglin`	?	?	0.84 ^{[sound 2]}
	?	Players	When a piglin head is equipped	`armor.equip_generic`	?	1.0	1.0

↑ MCPE-164710
↑ Actually equal to $\frac{1}{\sqrt[4]{2}}$ , which is about 0.8409

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Piglin Head	`piglin_head`	Block & Item	`skulls`	`block.minecraft.piglin_head`
Piglin Wall Head	`piglin_wall_head`	Block	—	`block.minecraft.piglin_wall_head`

Name	Identifier
Block entity	`skull`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Piglin Head	`piglin_head`	`skull / 6`	`-970`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`item.skull.piglin.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	`Skull`

Block states

Java Edition:
Floor

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

Wall

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
powered	`false`	`true`	The block receives a redstone signal.
powered	`false`	`false`	The block receives no redstone signal.
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The direction the head is facing. Opposite from the direction a player is facing when placing it.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
facing_direction	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`0`	`1`	`1`	On the floor (rotation is stored in the tile entity)
			`2`	`2`	On a wall, facing north
			`3`	`3`	On a wall, facing south
			`4`	`4`	On a wall, facing east
			`5`	`5`	On a wall, facing west
			`0`	`0`	Same 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:

[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.

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Camouflage	Kill a mob while wearing the same type of mob head.	—	30	Bronze

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.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w05a	Piglin heads can now be swapped with other pieces of headgear in the head inventory slot by using them.^[3]
1.20	23w12a	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.
1.19.60 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.60.25	Piglin heads can now be placed on top of note blocks without sneaking.
1.20.0	Preview 1.20.0.21	Piglin heads are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.21.30	Preview 1.21.30.21	The rarity of piglin heads has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon" to match Java Edition.

Data history

Bedrock Edition
1.21.40			Preview 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.

Gallery

Renders

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

In other media

Sunny using a piglin head to make noise in a crimson forest.^[4]

References

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

[charged_creeper-3] Only when killed by a charged creeper.

[charged_creeper-4] Only when killed by a charged creeper.

[5] MCPE-164710

[pitch-6] Actually equal to $\frac{1}{\sqrt[4]{2}}$ , which is about 0.8409

[bedrock-item-id-7] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[bedrock-give-available-8] Available with /give command.

[bedrock-item-form-9] The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

[1] MC-192905 – Heads & Skulls have no assigned tool

[2] MC-63534 – resolved as "Works As Intended".

[10] MC-216270 – resolved as "Fixed".

[11] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/Ct7CfOBplrG/

Piglin Head

Obtaining

Breaking

Mob loot

Usage

Decoration

Wearing

Disguise

Dispensers

Crafting ingredient

Enchantments

Note blocks

Piston interactivity

Sounds

Generic

Unique

Data values

ID

Block states

Block data

Achievements

History

Announcement

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Data history

Issues

Gallery

Renders

In other media

References

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