In Minecraft there are many different foods you can use to refill your hunger bar. Meat is especially effective, but farming it over and over can be time-consuming. What if you could build a completely automatic farm that supplies you with huge amounts of pork? One of the best sources is Hoglins, the big wild boars of the Nether. They drop lots of tasty porkchops and also provide plenty of leather for armor or books. A Hoglin farm is therefore a wonderful addition to all the other farms in your world. We’ll look at how to build one and which special mechanics you can use to your advantage.
Hoglins in Minecraft: Traits and spawning in the Crimson Forest
You’ll first encounter Hoglins in the Nether, but only in the Crimson Forest or in some Bastion remnants. They’re among the largest mobs in Minecraft and can be very aggressive if you’re not careful. They look like wild boars, with large tusks and pink skin. They often appear in herds of three to four, and it’s not uncommon to see a baby Hoglin with them.
On all difficulties except Peaceful, Hoglins attack you on sight. They have 20 hearts themselves, twice as much as you do, making them tough to kill—it’s often better to avoid them. Depending on difficulty they deal different damage, from 2.5 hearts on ‘Easy’ up to 6 hearts on ‘Hard’. Even babies can attack, though they deal only minimal damage.
Using Hoglin mechanics: Warped fungus, light levels, Peaceful, and zombification
Hoglins have several unique mechanics. Many of them make a Hoglin farm more effective—perfect for steady pork and leather, whatever your playstyle.
- Unlike many other mobs, they spawn at any light level. It doesn’t need to be dark for them to appear.
- Hoglins are one of the few mobs that also spawn in Peaceful. There, they won’t attack you unless provoked. That means a farm is possible without other hostile mobs.
- One of their most interesting traits is their fear of warped fungus. They avoid the turquoise mushrooms within a seven-block radius. They have the same fear of Nether portals and respawn anchors.
- Like Piglins, Hoglins turn into zombified versions (Zoglins) when they leave the Nether and enter the Overworld. Their texture changes and they only drop rotten flesh, which is usually not very useful.
- You can also breed Hoglins with crimson fungus. Entering love mode prevents those Hoglins from despawning.
Materials for the Minecraft Hoglin farm in the Nether
A Hoglin farm isn’t difficult to build and you can start as soon as you reach the Nether. The location matters, as you need a specific biome and access to the Nether roof. The farm is expandable—we’ll cover that later. Adjust the material amounts as needed.
- Access to the Nether roof: ender pearl, ladders, 10x Obsidian, flint and steel
- several stacks of scaffolding
- 16 hoppers
- 16 signs made from non-flammable wood
- several chests
- lava bucket
- two stacks of glass blocks
- 6 stacks of building blocks of your choice
- several stacks of torches
- 12x dirt and 12x warped fungus
- 10x trapdoors
Build a Minecraft Hoglin farm: Step by step
Step 1: Find a spot in a Crimson Forest and get onto the Nether roof
As with many Nether farms, head onto the roof. You’ll get much higher spawn rates and can build freely without clearing large areas. If you already have a portal to the roof, even better.
Hoglins naturally spawn only in the Crimson Forest, a biome that tints the sky red. Find this biome and then make your way up to the roof from there. Dig upward and locate a bedrock block at Y-level 127. Use ladders to climb up and then aim an ender pearl through the gap. Once you’re on top, build a portal so you can return.
Step 2: Build the item collection basin and lava killer
It’s worth building the farm slightly above the bedrock so you have more room for chests. Start with the 16 hoppers, placing them in a 4x4 grid and connecting them to at least one double chest. Surround the hoppers with a four-block-high wall of glass.
Fill the lowest layer above the hoppers with signs made from non-flammable wood. Above that, let lava flow over the signs from one corner along the glass. This cooks the raw porkchops and kills the Hoglins.
Step 3: Spawn platforms with warped fungus steering
Above the glass collection basin, build seven blocks out in every direction and connect everything into an 18x18 platform. Leave the center open and place 10 trapdoors along the edges so Hoglins walk over them and drop into the trap.
Use their fear of warped fungus to drive them toward the center. Replace the platform’s corners with dirt and plant warped fungus there. Repeat this by adding two more dirt blocks along the edge at even intervals. You should end up placing 12 warped fungi.
Finally, we need to prevent Piglins from spawning. Hoglins spawn at any light level, so you can light up the platform with torches—ideally every third block.
Step 4: AFK spot and boosting your yields
The Hoglin farm is now ready. Hoglins spawn, get herded toward the center by warped fungus, and are then burned. Cooked porkchops and leather land in the hoppers and are collected in the chests.
For higher output, you can stack additional platforms upward. Three to four layers are usually enough. The farm is completely automatic, so you can go AFK. Use scaffolding to build up to around Y=230. Hoglins can still spawn while you remain within 128 blocks of the farm beneath you.
Conclusion: Hoglin farm for pork and leather in the Nether
A Hoglin farm leverages the mob’s special traits to make it as efficient as possible. Their fear of warped fungus is perfect for funneling them to the center. The yield of cooked porkchops and leather is absolutely worth it—so you’ll never go hungry in the Nether again.
On your own Minecraft server from us a Hoglin farm like this is perfect. Rent a server and start building right away. It’s even more fun with friends, and you’ll have more than enough leather and meat to supply everyone.
