In Minecraft, players can use Gold Ingots to trade with Piglins for a wide range of useful items. Piglins are inhabitants of the Nether, a hellish otherworldly realm that's the only source of some of Minecraft's rarest items and materials. They aren't usually open to trade, but there are ways for players to convince them to trade gold for rare items, such as Enchanted Books and armor pieces.
To reach the Nether, you have to construct a Nether Portal using Obsidian blocks and light it with Flint and Steel. Some of the best seeds in Minecraft have incomplete portals that require fewer resources to complete. Piglins will often spawn in the Nether Wastes and Crimson Forest biomes, both of which are extremely commonplace. However, they are also hostile mobs and will attack you unless you're wearing at least one piece of Gold Armor.
How To Trade With Piglins In Minecraft
If you have at least one piece of Gold Armor (Golden Helmet, Golden Chestplate, Gold Leggings, or Gold Boots) equipped, Piglins will turn neutral, and you can approach them safely. To trade with a Piglin, you can either toss a Gold Ingot at their feet or right-click (left trigger on controllers) them while holding a Gold Ingot.
Be aware of your surroundings. Gold Armor also offers minimal protection, and the Nether can be much more dangerous than the Overworld due to the presence of lava and tough, hostile mobs.
If done correctly, the Piglin will ponder your offering momentarily before dropping a random item from a list of possible Piglin trades. Drop rates vary, so some of the best trades won't appear often. However, most items Piglins will trade are worth at least one Gold Ingot.
Gold has some uses in Minecraft, such as crafting Powered Rails, Netherite Ingots and Golden Apples. However, it isn't particularly rare and is actually weaker than Iron when used to craft tools or armor, so feel free to smelt it into Ingots and spend them on Piglin trades.
If you lack Gold, you can always build one of Minecraft's mob farms. A Piglin Mob Farm is actually great if it is the slightly sinister way to obtain Gold quickly.
All Piglin Trades In Minecraft 1.20
According to the Minecraft Wiki, Piglins will trade the following items:
|
Item |
Drop Rate |
|---|---|
|
Enchanted Book with Soul Speed Enchantment (random level) |
1.09% |
|
Iron Boots with Soul Speed Enchantment (random level) |
1.74% |
|
Splash Potion of Fire Resistance |
1.74% |
|
Potion of Fire Resistance |
1.74% |
|
Water Bottle |
2.18% |
|
10-36 Iron Nuggets |
2.18% |
|
2-4 Ender Pearls |
2.18% |
|
3-9 String |
4.36% |
|
5-12 Nether Quartz |
4.36% |
|
Obsidian Block |
8.71% |
|
8.71% |
|
|
Fire Charge |
8.71% |
|
2-4 Leather |
8.71% |
|
2-8 Soul Sand |
8.71% |
|
2-8 Nether Bricks |
8.71% |
|
6-12 Arrows (Spectral Arrows in Java Edition) |
8.71% |
|
8-16 Gravel |
8.71% |
|
8-16 Blackstone |
8.71% |
Unfortunately, there's no way to determine which items a Piglin will trade, so you will need many Gold Ingots to get everything you need reliably.
Many Piglin trades in Minecraft, such as Fire Resistance Potions and Soul Speed-enchanted boots, benefit Nether exploration. Ender Pearls are also essential for traveling to the End dimension and completing Minecraft, and trading with Piglins is one of the easiest ways to get Ender Pearls. On the other hand, certain materials, such as Gravel, have virtually no practical value and can be discarded, saving some inventory space by throwing it into the nearest lava pit!
Players looking to get the most out of Piglin trades in Minecraft should check out the video from Eyecraftmc below, which details how to make a massive automated Piglin farm:
It's worth noting that almost every item in Minecraft has its uses. As it turns out, Gold Ingots are best used for trading with the inhabitants of a strange, impossibly hostile dimension for various useful items and materials.
Source: Minecraft Wiki, Youtube/Eyecraftmc
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Minecraft
- Franchise:
- Minecraft
- Platform(s):
- Android, iOS, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS
- Released:
- 2011-11-18
- Developer(s):
- Mojang
- Publisher(s):
- Mojang, Xbox Game Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Genre(s):
- Sandbox, Adventure, Open-World
- Multiplayer:
- Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
- Rating:
- 7+
- Platforms:
- Xbox One
- Publishers:
- Mojang Studios
- Release Date :
- October 7, 2019
