Minecraft guide: How to tame/breed hoglins in the Nether Update
Make the hoglins your friends.
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Hoglins are one of the new mobs being added toMinecraftin the upcomingNether Update. They’re the only real source of food in the Nether, making them a valuable commodity for players to keep around. They’re also hostile mobs, however, so they will attack you on sight if you’re not careful. It is possible to placate them, in a way, as well as breed them to create more hoglins. After a while, you could have a veritable farm of hoglin livestock inthe Nether. Here’s how to do it.
How to tame and breed hoglins in the Nether Update
The first step to being able to tame and breed hoglins is of course, finding them. Fortunately, we have aguide that does just that. Once you’ve found your hoglin pals in a crimson forest, you’ll probably want an abundance of two different kinds of fungi that are also being added in the Nether Update.
Once you have your items and you’ve found at least on pack of hoglins, you’re ready to tame them and breed them if you want. This is useful if you want to make sure you always have a supply of food in the Nether, since longterm adventures can dry up food stores rather quickly. It’s good that Mojang made handling hoglins surprisingly easy, despite their aggressive nature. That’s because both of the fungus types have very different effects on the hoglin. Here’s what you need to do:
A farmer in Hell
That basically covers it. Hoglins aren’t the most complicated of creatures, with fairly predictable behavior and ways of controlling them. Things can get a little more hectic ifpiglinsare around, but as long as you’ve set aside an area for your hoglins, you should always have a supply of delicious porkchops if you need it. You should still watch out for the lava, though.
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