Why Piglins Hate Wither Skeletons

This is why piglins hate the wither in Minecraft. Imagine you were one of the piglins. You were originally just an innocent little pig; out on the open field just minding your business, then suddenly these people grab you on a leash and take you through this weird-looking portal.

You enter this strange dimension with lava and netherrack everywhere. It’s also very hot here. You’re taken to this tiny pig pen in a bastion. Eventually, the hellish landscape of the nether and something else turns you, the pig, and your friends into piglins. You are given weapons to fight. But wait, what just happened?

In this video, we will try to use evidence and proof we can find in game to figure out the origin story of the piglin. Let’s come up with a Minecraft theory and solve the age-old Minecraft mystery of why piglins hate the wither.

Bear in mind that parts of this theory will be partly based on RetroGamingNow Piglin theory. We’re also going to try to figure out why piglins are afraid of soul fire and why they hate the wither and wither skeleton. Let’s uncover the secret story of the Minecraft piglin.

As you know, the nether is a hostile place. Just a quick glance of the dimension is already enough proof. Could life develop here by itself? My guess would be probably not. Life could possibly adapt to the Nether’s hot environment, but I don’t think life could’ve started in the nether by itself.

There are ruined portals in both the Nether and Overworld, proving that people from long ago had visited the nether before. If you look at all nether mobs in Minecraft, most look somewhat similar to overworld mobs. For example, the wither skeletons look like skeletons, the magma cubes look like slimes,

And the piglins and hoglins look like different pig variants. This could imply that all nether mobs were once brought over from the overworld. Plants might have been brought over too, but only fungi were able to survive. And due to the extreme conditions, all organisms in the nether evolved into weird mutations to adapt.

Creatures evolve in the real world to adapt to the conditions of a new environment. It’s a more interesting case for the Minecraft pig though, remember when you the pig were brought from the overworld into the nether? Well there are two variants of the pig, the hoglin and the piglin.

Here, evolution can explain why hoglins are much bulkier than pigs. Since the nether is so harsh, only the toughest survive. Survival of the fittest. This means that the bigger, stronger pigs were able to survive and live longer. The stronger hoglins had better odds to pass down their genes.

The pigs had to evolve to be bigger and bulkier. The hoglins settled in the crimson forests where there was more food. It’s a whole different story for the piglin though. I mean look at them, they walk only on two feet, they seem at least a little intelligent, and they wear clothing!

How could these piglins evolve from the pig? I don’t think evolution can explain this one. A thing to note about pigs is that when lightning strikes them, they turn into zombie pigmen. Since the nether is very hot, you might think that this turns pigs into piglins.

But that doesn’t explain why there are both piglins and hoglins. Let’s go back to you, the pig, you ignorantly follow the guard who is holding a carrot. He takes you to this ginormous dark looking structure. You can see where the valuables are stored.

They take you, the pig, into the bastion, and we will find out why soon enough. Anyways, it is here where you’re put into a pen or stable. Pigs were almost certainly brought to the bastion. We know this happened since there are things called “hoglin stables” that can be found in the bastions remnant.

The ancient builders, the people who built the bastion, brang the pigs here for a specific purpose. They saw what happened when a pig was struck by lightning. It turned into a humanoid pig, even though it was a zombie. What if they somehow could mimic lightning in the nether, could they create piglins that

Were not zombified? They would be very useful creatures if so. They would need to channel high-focused energy in the pigs to turn them into piglins that weren’t zombified. This replicates being struck by a lightning bolt. Okay, but if these people intentionally created piglins, why would they summon them?

Here is my theory: Minecraft pigs were brought over into bastions from the overworld. Some pigs escaped and went rogue, they eventually became the hoglins. The pigs in the bastions were turned into piglins and the rest evolved into hoglins. The ancient builders saw what happened when lightning struck a pig, so they channeled

An immense amount of energy at the pigs in the nether. They created piglins to serve as an army to help defeat their biggest enemy. The piglins were created to help defend the Nether Bastion from the evil destructor, the wither. Here is the proof: this whole entire place is called a bastion.

If you don’t know, a bastion is basically another word for a fortification, a fortress. These bastions were probably used for other purposes as well but their primary purpose was to be a fortification. Both the nether bastion and the nether fortress are words that imply that these structures

Were constructed to defend and fight back against something. And that something is the Wither. These ancient builders probably had created these fortifications to defend against the wither. They had accidentally created the wither in their quests for immortality. The wither was destroying and killing everything, destroying the ancient builders’ civilization.

The wither being the enemy here makes sense. The strongest proof of this theory is that piglins will attack the wither and wither skeleton. The piglins were created to fight the wither. This explains why the piglins carry weapons. The ancient builders were barely holding on, the piglins were their last hope.

The fortifications of the bastion kept the wither at bay… until now! Imagine you are the piglin again, after becoming a piglin, you and your friends are given weapons to fight with. The ancient builders were turning all of their pigs into warriors for this final stand against the wither.

Your mission as a piglin is simple: you need to defend the basion from the Wither and the wither skeletons. The general of the piglin army, the piglin brute, strategizes a plan of attack; he leads the charge. The wither spawns four wither skeletons around himself whenever the wither gets to half health.

You, the piglin, and your fellow pigs defend the bastion with your crossbows. You prevent the wither from ramming into the walls. You guys slowly chip away at the Wither’s health. Wither skeletons try to breach in to flank you piglins. Luckily, the piglins with gold swords quickly deal with them.

The general piglin brute organizes a plan. The piglins with swords attack near the frontlines, while you and the other piglins with crossbows stay farther away as archers. The glaring issue though is that the piglin’s health is pathetic compared to the wither and many are slain on the battlefield.

You watch as so many piglins are slaughtered. You and your fellow pigs fought hard but were no match for the wither. The wither eventually broke through and destroyed everything. Breaking down and decaying all of the walls. Many precious things were destroyed.

The bastion was soon abandoned by the ancient builders and the piglins now mindlessly live in the remnants of this once great bastion. Since the ancient builders were defeated in the nether, they decided to leave the nether for good and they deactivated all of the nether portals. They fled from the tyrannical Wither.

The reason it’s called a ruined bastion and not just a bastion is unfortunately because the wither eventually won the battle; the wither broke through the defenses and tore up and destroyed the place. Many piglins survived though, most of them still hang around in the bastion since it’s the only home they know.

Other piglins decided to follow the hoglins to the crimson forests. The next mystery is why piglins are afraid of soul fire. Remember the battle between the ancient builders and piglins versus the wither? The wither was constructed through the use of many souls.

It requires soul sand to make it, meaning that souls power the wither. Souls are believed to be cyan and that explains the soul torch and soul lantern. Further proof is that the nether star dropped by the wither creates the beacon, which is also cyan.

When a piglin feels that souls are around him, it reminds the piglin of the wither. They move away from it since soul things make them feel like the wither is nearby again. It reminds them of the lost battle long ago. The piglins now just wander around the nether aimlessly.

You might be wondering what happened to the wither since that was one of the downfalls of the ancient builder’s civilization. What probably happened was that the Wither was eventually killed by the piglins. It would make sense that the wither would slowly lose its health from the piglins, even

If it took a very long time. The wither would eventually die long after the ancient builders were gone. And what about the nether star? What happened to it? Ironically, what might have happened was that it despawned since the piglins didn’t think it was important.

The piglins didn’t have a use for the nether star. This is why piglins hate the wither in Minecraft. Piglins were pigs brought into the nether and turned into piglins. Their purpose was to defend the bastion. They were given weapons to defend it. It was the players and piglins versus the wither.

They will still attack the wither and wither skeletons if they have the chance too. You might be wondering now: why do they love gold so much? They won’t even attack you when you wear gold armor. And why do they now attack the player if they supposedly fought together side by side?

Those mysteries though will have to be solved in some future video so subscribe if you enjoyed it, like the video, and thanks for watching!