How To Barter With Piglins In Minecraft

You can barter with piglins in Minecraft by giving them gold ingots, which they trade for a random item after examining it for a few seconds. This is one of the most useful Nether mechanics, since it is the only renewable source of items like ender pearls, soul sand, and the soul speed enchantment. This guide covers exactly how to barter, what you need, and how to build a farm for it.

TL;DR

• Wear at least one piece of gold armor to keep piglins neutral around you.
• Drop or use a gold ingot on an adult piglin to start a barter.
• The piglin examines the ingot for 6 seconds in Java Edition or 8 seconds in Bedrock Edition, then drops a random item.
• Only adult piglins barter. Baby piglins and piglin brutes do not.
• Bartering is the only renewable source of soul speed, crying obsidian, and several other items.

What You Need

• At least one piece of gold armor, boots are the cheapest option
• Gold ingots, ideally a full stack or more for reliable results
• Access to the Nether, where piglins naturally spawn

How To Barter With A Piglin Step By Step

• Equip at least one piece of gold armor before approaching any piglins, or they will attack you on sight.
• Find an adult piglin in the Nether Wastes or Crimson Forest biome, or inside a bastion remnant.
• Either drop a gold ingot near the piglin or hold a gold ingot and use it while looking directly at the piglin.
• Wait while the piglin examines the ingot, 6 seconds in Java Edition or 8 seconds in Bedrock Edition.
• Collect the random item the piglin tosses back to you once it finishes.
• Repeat with more gold ingots, since there is no cooldown between barters.

Why Gold Armor Matters

Piglins are hostile toward players who are not wearing gold armor. A single piece, like gold boots, is enough to make every piglin in the area neutral toward you, letting you barter and move around safely. Avoid removing your gold armor while near piglins, since this can quickly make them hostile again.

What Makes Piglins Stop Bartering

• Hitting a piglin during the examination process causes it to confiscate the ingot without completing the trade.
• Removing all your gold armor near piglins makes them hostile.
• Opening containers or mining gold-related blocks nearby can anger piglins, even mid-barter.
• Baby piglins always keep the gold ingot without giving anything back, so avoid trading with them.
• Piglin brutes never barter at all and remain hostile regardless of gear.

What You Can Get From Bartering

The barter loot table includes a wide mix of common and rare items, including:

• Common blocks like gravel, blackstone, soul sand, and nether quartz
• Survival items like string, leather, and iron nuggets
• Fire resistance potions, useful for safer Nether travel
• Ender pearls, useful for reaching the End once you have blaze powder for eyes of ender
• Crying obsidian, used for respawn anchors
• Soul speed enchanted books or boots, the rarest and most sought-after drop, since bartering is the only renewable source of this enchantment

Drop rates are random and weighted, so rarer items like soul speed appear far less often than common blocks. Expect to spend a good number of ingots before landing the rarer rewards.

How To Build A Simple Bartering Farm

If you plan to barter a lot, an automated setup saves significant time:

• Trap a single adult piglin in a small enclosed space, like a 1×1 pit walled with glass or solid blocks.
• Place a dispenser above the piglin loaded with gold ingots.
• Connect the dispenser to a redstone clock so it automatically drops an ingot at regular intervals.
• Add hoppers below the trade area to collect dropped items into a chest.
• Name tag the piglin so it does not despawn while you are away.

This lets you go AFK while the farm continues bartering and collecting loot automatically.

Tips For Bartering Efficiently

• Bring a large stack of gold ingots if you are after a specific rare drop like soul speed.
• Avoid bartering near lava, since some drops can burn before you collect them.
• Stay away from bastion remnants if you only want to barter, since piglin brutes there are always hostile and do not trade.
• Pair bartering sessions with farming blaze rods, since both are common Nether progression goals you can knock out together.

Frequently Asked Questions