Piglin Head

A piglin head is a block modeled after the head of a piglin. It can be obtained when a piglin dies from a charged creeper's explosion.

Piglin Head

Rarity tier	Uncommon
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	1
Hardness	1
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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            "label": "Stackable"
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            "label": "(link to Explosion#Blast resistance article, displayed as Blast resistance)"
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            "label": "(link to Breaking#Blocks by hardness article, displayed as Hardness)"
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            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Flammable article, displayed as Flammable)"
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Obtaining

Breaking

A piglin head can be mined using any item, and drops itself when broken.

Block	Piglin Head
Hardness	1
Breaking time (secs)
Default	1.5
Options
Haste	0 JEBE

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

If a piglin head is pushed by a piston or comes in contact with water or lava, it breaks off as an item.

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 due to 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.

Source	Roll Chance	Quantity (Roll Chance)
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
Piglin	100%	1	1	1	1

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 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	[hide]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.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	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:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	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:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Jukebox/Note Blocks	When a piglin head is played using a note block	note.piglin	?	0.84
	Players	When a piglin head is equipped	armor.equip_generic	1.0	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	[hide]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	[hide]Identifier
Block entity	skull

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Piglin Head	piglin_head	skull / 6	-970	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	item.skull.piglin.name

Name	[hide]Savegame ID
Block entity	Skull

Block states

Java Edition:
Floor

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
powered	false	true	The block receives a redstone signal.
		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	[hide]Description
powered	false	true	The block receives a redstone signal.
		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	[hide]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	Unused

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[show]
  • [String] custom_name: Optional. The custom name of the skull.
  • [String] note_block_sound: Optional. The sound event this skull plays when played with a note block. Is not preserved when removed.
  • [String][NBT Compound / JSON Object] profile: Information about the owner of this player head. If defined as a string, corresponds to [String] name.
    • [String] name: The name of a player profile, i.e. its username. If this is the only tag provided, it resolves into the other ones below. Optional.
    • [Int Array] id: The UUID of the owner. Used to update the other tags when the chunk loads or the holder logs in, in case the owner's name has changed. Optional.
    • [NBT List / JSON Array] properties: A list of properties. Optional.
      • [NBT Compound / JSON Object]: A single property.
        • [String] name: The name of the property. Can be textures.
        • [String] value: The texture data json, encoded in base64.
        • [String] signature: Optional. Mojang's signature of the value, encoded in base64.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Achievements

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

History

There is an associated page listing all historical changes related to the appearance and/or sounds associated with this block in further detail than below; see /Asset history.

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.
[hide]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.
			23w05a				Piglin heads can now be swapped with other pieces of headgear in the head inventory slot by using them.
1.20			23w12a				Piglin heads are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental datapack.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.19.60 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.60.20				Added piglin heads behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
			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.

Data history

[hide]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

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  Alex wearing a piglin head.

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  Ari wearing a piglin head.

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  Efe wearing a piglin head.

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  Kai wearing a piglin head.

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  Makena wearing a piglin head.

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  Noor wearing a piglin head.

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  Steve wearing a piglin head.

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  Sunny wearing a piglin head.

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  Zuri wearing a piglin head.

In other media

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  Sunny using a piglin head to make noise in a Crimson Forest.