How to Breeding pigs

The list of animals in Minecraft keeps on adding new updates. Moreover, the inclusion of new animal mods makes the game interesting for the players. From sniffers to pigs, the Minecraft world provides a massive opportunity for players to enjoy the gaming journey. 

Interestingly, the introduction of Pigs has made the game richer and more enjoyable to progress ahead with. So, this article will mention all the essential details on the Minecraft Pigs, including their habitats, but will focus on how they breed. 

How to Breed Minecraft Pigs? 

Breeding Pigs in Minecraft is not a tough task, requiring you to arrange some materials to start mating. Moreover, pigs don’t require high maintenance, but you can provide them with a few options to get into the love mode. 

Pigs Mating Requirements 

Before you dream of breeding pigs in Minecraft, you must have any of the three items. 

• Potatoes
• Carrots
• Beetroots

Once you have any of these items in your Inventory, you must arrange some fences. The fences will keep your pigs in a contained area to increase the chances of breeding. 

Finally, if you have the fences already, you must feed the Pigs with any of the three items. As soon as the two adult pings consume the foods, they enter love mode and exchange red hearts. The hearts indicate that the pigs are ready to mate and will follow you.

You must enter the fence and keep the pigs inside, preventing them from escaping. If you have two pigs inside the fence, they will walk towards each other. Therefore, the process will spawn a baby pig, which will soon grow into an adult.

There is no extended timing limit that you need to wait for breeding. Additionally, you must wait for 5 minutes to make the pigs ready for breeding again. 

Why is Breeding Pigs Useful in Minecraft? 

In Minecraft, breeding pigs is extremely beneficial for your game. One of the easiest food sources to get in Minecraft is the Pigs, so having a pig farm can help you greatly. 

If you breed pigs, you can start a pig farm and obtain XP points. The points will not be enough, but still, they will help you a bit. Additionally, if you see farms with fully bred pigs, you can kill or blow them, allowing you to get abundant meat in one place.

A Summary of Minecraft Pigs

• Classification Type: Animal
• Behavior: Passive
• Health: 10

Pigs are a passive mob and a wonderful addition to the game. Interestingly, the pigs are considered a food source and can be used for transportation. Pig roams around the world and avoids hurdles, including dangerous falls. Unfortunately, if piglets or pigs are struck by lightning, it will turn them into zombies. The equipped saddle will be lost in such cases, making the players unable to use them for transportation. 

• Note: The pig will get only normal damage from the lightning while in the Peaceful difficulty.

Where to Find Pigs in Minecraft? 

Pigs have different spawning locations in different versions of Minecraft. 

• In Bedrock Edition: 

You will find them in groups of 1 to 3 pigs above the grass blocks of Level 7 or more in the Overworld Biome. Importantly, the chances of getting pigs are relatively fewer in the meadows, snowy plains, and wooded badlands plateaus regions. Pigs in single spawns on the grass, and you can find them according to convenience and needs. 

• In Java Edition: 

Much identical to the Bedrock edition, you can discover pigs spawning in the bunch of 4 above the grass blocks of Level 9 or more in the Overworld Biome.

Some regions that you can avoid exploring are the snowy plains, wooded badlands, and meadows areas. Additionally, individual pigs may appear on the grass after the world generation. 

In Minecraft, pigs can be found in the stables, animal pens, and butcher house backyards. Interestingly, about 95% of adult pigs and 5% of baby pigs, i.e., piglets, spawn. 

• Note: You will not find any Pig spawning with a saddle in Minecraft.

What Minecraft Pigs Drops? 

When a pig is taken down by players on fire, they will drop the food item called the pork chop. You can consume the pork chop when the health bar decreases. 

You will get the pork chop in raw form upon killing the pig, but you can cook it according to your choice inside the furnace. However, killing the piglet will not provide you with any item. 

Additionally, 1 to 3 experience orbs will be rewarded if the pig is killed by a tamed wolf or a player. A successful breeding of pigs will give you 1 to 7 orbs. 

How to Ride a Pig in Minecraft?

If you want to ride pigs, you only need a saddle. When you use a saddle on an adult pig, it will stare at you for some time and then start the ride. You can increase the speed by putting a carrot ahead of the pig using a stick. Initially, it may run slowly but gradually accelerate the speed. 

Additionally, you can control pigs on 1 block of water using a carrot on a stick. However, they can’t float on deeper water bodies, causing you to dismount eventually. 

How to Tame Minecraft Pigs? 

You can tame pigs after you find one in the Minecraft world. Once found, you must attract them using any of their favorite foods, such as carrots or potatoes. 

These two items can be discovered in the village and will help them for breeding. You can bring pigs within your space using carrots or potatoes and farm them for benefit.