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Quick answer
- Breed pigs with carrots, potatoes or beetroot.
- Put a
Saddle on one and steer it with a 
Carrot on a stick. - They drop 1 to 3 raw porkchops.
Pigs are easy to farm and a cooked porkchop is as filling as a steak.
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Breeding
Hold a Carrot, potato or beetroot and pigs follow you. Feed two to breed them. Piglets grow up in 20 minutes, or faster if you feed them.
Riding a pig
- Use a saddle on the pig.
- Craft a carrot on a stick from a fishing rod and a carrot.
- Hold it while riding to steer. Use it to give the pig a short speed boost.
Food
1 to 3porkchops per pig
8hunger points from a Cooked porkchop
Cooked porkchop
Lightning
A pig struck by lightning turns into a zombified piglin. A lightning rod near your pig farm can cause this, so keep them apart.
VariantsPigs also come in temperate, warm and cold versions, depending on the biome.
Cheat sheet
- Carrots, potatoes or beetroot
- Saddle plus carrot on a stick to ride
- 1 to 3 porkchops
- Lightning makes a zombified piglin
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