| “ | A piglin is a neutral mob found in the Nether. They become hostile unless the player is equipped with at least one piece of golden armor. Players can use gold ingots to barter with their various items. | „ |
| ~ An in-universe wiki page about Piglins. |
| “ | A piglin brute is a hostile and stronger variant of piglins that appears in all types of bastion remnants. They always attack the player. They do not retreat and they cannot be distracted by gold. | „ |
| ~ An in-universe wiki page about Piglin Brutes. |
Piglins are supporting characters in Season 3 and minor characters in Season 4 of the AvM Shorts.
They are mutated pig-like mobs originating from the video game Minecraft, inhabiting the Nether dimension and being known for their lust for gold. They have variants like the hostile Piglin Brutes and undead Zombified Piglins. Hoglins are a quadruped subspecies of Piglins, and are used as mounts for them.
An army of Zombified Piglins and Zoglins reside in the Nether Fortress and, despite their typically neutral behaviour, attack anything on sight. Beside the Fortress is a Bastion Remnant, which houses Piglin Brutes who formerly served King Orange. While most Piglins are villainous, they are still capable of heroism, as seen with the Piglin Tribe.
Overview[]
Piglins are naturally spawn in the Nether and will attack anyone who are not possessing any golden material, including wearing a golden armor. They use golden swords as weapons and ride hoglins. Once seeing a gold-equipped stranger, they greet them friendly and they can be collaborated in a combat or trade. So far, the series portray the piglins under a group called Piglin Tribe, who initially acted hostile towards the stick figures but later ended up becoming their ally against King Orange.
The opposing variants of piglins are called zombified piglins, who are the more zombie-like versions of the original piglins. The zombified piglins are in a war with the piglins, attacking any piglin once they see. Similarly with them, they also use golden swords as weapons and ride zoglins, the zombified variants of hoglins.
Another variants of piglins are piglin brutes, who are the stronger versions of the original variants. Unlike piglins, the brutes will attack any stranger they see, even if they also have lust for gold. In the series, they reside in the bastion remnants and are portrayed as the King Orange's minions.
Biography[]
Season 1[]
While not making appearance as Piglins, Zombie Pigmen (now-known as Zombified Piglins) appear in the episodes "The Nether" and "Cave Spider Roller Coaster", serving as common enemies to the stick figures in the Nether.
Season 3[]
"The Piglin War"[]
As Blue prepares meal in Alan's PC, he realizes being out of nether warts, and builds a portal to go to Nether and obtain some warts. Going through to portal, he finds himself in a crimson forest, searching for a nether wart. Meantime, a baby piglin notices Blue and offers him help to find warts, introducing him to his tribe. For not wearing any golden armor, the tribe immediately acts hostile towards Blue and attacks him, which only ended when the baby piglin gives him a golden helmet and the tribe greets him friendly. As they wander around the Nether as a tribe, Blue accidentally drops his helmet off a bridge, which immediately aggressed the piglins once more. While escaping from the tribe, Blue encounters an army of zombified piglins and zoglins, finding himself in a war. Blue starts to attack zombified piglins, killing them while simply dodging the tribe. A zoglin kicks Blue off the bridge, causing him to fall on a strider. Blue discovers that his helmet is also fell on another strider. As he finds out that they are attracted by the warped fungus, he controls a herd of striders to land on Nether again. As he sees that the zombified piglins are about to seize the tribe, Blue helps them by making them ride the striders and cross the bridge on lava. As zombified piglins try to track them by swimming on lava, one of them attempts to pull the baby piglin from his leg, which makes Blue sacrifice himself by jumping on the zombified piglin and save the baby. Although Blue drops his helmet during the process, the tribe does not act hostile and saves him, being grateful for his efforts.
Meantime, worried with his long-time absence, the other stick figures go to the Nether alongside their pigs. As they wander through Nether biomes, they see an enderman, a ghast and a magma cube respectively until they encounter the tribe. While skeptical as usual at first, the piglin chief later recognizes them as they show a picture of Blue, questioning about his whereabouts. They eventually find Blue's last location with the help of pig, but can not see him as the Witch, shifting herself as a döppelganger of Orange, tricks Blue to come with her and get nether warts shortly before the stick figures arrive there.
"Parkour"[]
During the parkour competition arranged by Purple, a piglin brute is first seen celebrating Red's record and giving him a golden statue. The same situation is also happened for the other stick figures, as they later realize that the stick figures are stuck in an infinite parkour loop while the piglin brutes try to prevent him to get out. It is later seen that Purple, going to the nether while taking the pig with him, kneels down before another stick figure wearing a crown, whose aim to obtain the Minecraft Game Icon.
Meantime, still trying to escape the parkour through the beacon, Green manages to get over the piglin brutes and escape the parkour, realizing that they are in a huge nether bastion with piglin brutes. The brutes reluctantly reveal to King Orange that Green has escaped his loop. King Orange erases the AI of said piglin brute, reducing it to a lifeless husk, before ordering all the brutes and Purple to catch Green. While Green is caught again, the other stick figures manage to escape from the piglin brute army, with Red and Orange entering through a portal while Green and Blue entering through another one.
"Titan Ravager"[]
Piglin brutes are seen again while the stick figures escape from the Nether through the portals.
"The Ultimate Weapon"[]
Piglin brutes appear while helping their king and fighting the stick figures. Three of the brutes are killed by the King as he merges the MGI to its staff and creates a powerful explosion. Also the baby piglin, riding a hoglin, helps Red catching Purple.
"Monster School"[]
One of the students of Herobrine appearing in the Monster School is called Zombieswine, who is originally a zombified piglin. During the team race, he is assigned to the Green Team with Witton, Maggie, and Multus.
"The King"[]
Piglin brutes are shown as how the king make them bow, which thanks to the golden ingots. Throughout the episode, the Piglin Tribe serve as the ally of the Stick Gang, being killed by King Orange's void but got revived shortly after. Zombified piglins are also shown getting revived during the process near the Nether fortress, while the brutes are being revived in bastion.
Season 4[]
Several zombified piglins make appearance in "Lucky Block Staff" as the minions of the Orb, attempting to kill the stick figures. Other zombified piglins appear in the crowd while watching the performance in "Note Block Concert".
Actual Shorts[]
in "Red's Speedrun", Red barters with piglins to obtain ender pearls, allowing him to quickly travel to the stronghold.
Membership[]
- Piglins - Pig-like creatures who wield golden swords and crossbow and are greedy for golds. Can be befriended by trading with golds and using golden tools.
- Piglin Tribe - The friendly tribe, helping the stick figures defeat King Orange.
- Zombified Piglins - The zombified variants of piglins and fierce enemies to them. They are formerly known as Zombie Pigmen until the Nether Update of the game.
- Zombieswine - One of the students of Herobrine.
- Piglin Brutes - The stronger version of original piglins who wield golden axes and reside in bastion remnants. Unlike piglins, they are not greedy for gold and hostile regardless.
- Hoglins - Large and brute hog-like creatures serving as the mounts for piglins.
- Zoglins - The zombified variants of the hoglins, serving as the mounts for zombified piglins.
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