Piglin Head
Rare trophy from a piglin slain by a charged creeper.
Description
Worn as a helmet, the head provides no armor value and serves a purely cosmetic role, letting players disguise themselves visually. When powered by a redstone signal, the Piglin Head animates by wiggling its ears roughly twice per second, echoing the behavior shared by other mob heads and adding a playful detail to redstone contraptions and display rooms.
Block properties
| Item ID |
minecraft:piglin_head
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p minecraft:piglin_head
|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Hardness | 1 |
| Blast resistance | 1 |
| Java Edition | 1.20 |
| Bedrock Edition | 1.20.0 |
Java & Bedrock Guide
How to get and use a Piglin Head in Minecraft
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1
Find a piglin
Travel to the Nether wastes or a crimson forest, where piglins spawn naturally, and lead one to an open area.
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2
Make a charged creeper
Let lightning strike a creeper during a thunderstorm, or use a channeling trident to summon lightning onto it, to create a charged creeper.
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3
Trigger the explosion near the piglin
Let the charged creeper detonate within blast range of the piglin; the explosion drops one Piglin Head.
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4
Place or wear the head
Set the head on a floor with one of sixteen rotations or mount it on a wall, or equip it in the helmet slot as a cosmetic disguise.
Only piglins drop the head — piglin brutes and zombified piglins do not. In Bedrock Edition one charged creeper blast can drop several different mob heads at once; in Java Edition only one randomly selected mob drops its head per explosion.
Frequently asked questions
Can you craft a Piglin Head?
No. The Piglin Head has no crafting recipe; it drops only when a piglin is killed by a charged creeper explosion.
What version added the Piglin Head?
The Piglin Head first appeared in Java 1.19.3 behind an experimental datapack and is fully available without experiments since Java 1.20 and Bedrock 1.20.0.
How do you make the ears move?
Send a redstone signal into the placed Piglin Head; the ears then flap roughly twice per second. The ears also flap while the head is worn by a moving entity.
Can a Piglin Head play a sound?
Yes. Place the head on top of a note block and the note block emits the piglin's ambient grunt when triggered.
Is the Piglin Head renewable?
Yes. Piglins respawn in the Nether and charged creepers can be created repeatedly, so the head is renewable.
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