So I was walking around in the Nether doing whatever, and on my way back I saw this.
A baby zombie pigman, complete with high-pitched versions of the normal pigmen sounds, like with every baby mob.
Now I had never seen something like that, and beside baby zombie villagers I didn't know of any hostile baby mobs.
Trying to find info about these guys on the internet, I couldn't find much. Only how they spawn with either the skull of the flesh texture of the pigman, and that they can only be spawned with 3rd party software, and thus not naturally.
That's what bothered me. This guy appeared out of nowhere, and I have no mods installed, neither did I spawn them with some software (surely I'd remember that).
So yea, there's the thing. I haven't seen one of these before, and just updated to 1.6.2 today.
So, do you guys think that these now spawn normally and rarely with the new update (not that I could find anything on it)? Is it a bug or glitch that this guy suddenly spawned? Am I deceiving you and trying to spread rumors? (no I'm not)
Anyway, that's what I wanted to share with you guys. Thoughts?
Update: I killed it, and it dropped nothing, not even experience, much like babies of other types.
By the way, his sword was enchanted (you can see a very faint glow on the sword in the picture), so that means they can spawn with enchantments much like other Pigmen, skeletons and zombies.
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Update 2: I found 2 others among a large group of pigmen. Apparantly they are not so rare. These guys didn't have enchantments on their swords. Also, these babies seem to run slightly faster than the zombie pigmen, but I'm not sure.
Pics:
You can see one here near the quartz ores, next to one of the normal pigmen.
Here's one next to the red mushrooms.
It seems these guys aren't as rare as I first thought, about as rare as zombie villagers spawning naturally (1 in 20), or even more common).
Regular zombies have a chance to spawn as baby's too.
It's new in 1.6.2, and i like it
Really? I have seen a picture of a baby zombie on the wiki (a non-villager one), but have yet to find one in-game. I suppose they are more rare than baby pigmen. Futhermore, I find it strange that this wasn't noted in the changelog (at least, I didn't see anything about it). Sure, the mobs were already added in the game's data, but could not be found yet.
Oh, and I found 2 more baby zombie pigmen. If you play on hard difficulty, pigmen swarm the nether, so if you want to find a baby, do that. Shouldn't be hard to find the babies (and the pigmen are no threat if you dont hit them).
Really? I have seen a picture of a baby zombie on the wiki (a non-villager one), but have yet to find one in-game. I suppose they are more rare than baby pigmen. Futhermore, I find it strange that this wasn't noted in the changelog (at least, I didn't see anything about it). Sure, the mobs were already added in the game's data, but could not be found yet.
Oh, and I found 2 more baby zombie pigmen. If you play on hard difficulty, pigmen swarm the nether, so if you want to find a baby, do that. Shouldn't be hard to find the babies (and the pigmen are no threat if you dont hit them).
It wasn't in the changelog here in the forums but it was noted in the wiki pre-release as a new feature.
One showed up today in my under-construction blaze trap. Caught me off guard because unlike his big brother next to him, he could SEE me under the block.
A baby zombie pigman, complete with high-pitched versions of the normal pigmen sounds, like with every baby mob.
Now I had never seen something like that, and beside baby zombie villagers I didn't know of any hostile baby mobs.
Trying to find info about these guys on the internet, I couldn't find much. Only how they spawn with either the skull of the flesh texture of the pigman, and that they can only be spawned with 3rd party software, and thus not naturally.
That's what bothered me. This guy appeared out of nowhere, and I have no mods installed, neither did I spawn them with some software (surely I'd remember that).
So yea, there's the thing. I haven't seen one of these before, and just updated to 1.6.2 today.
So, do you guys think that these now spawn normally and rarely with the new update (not that I could find anything on it)? Is it a bug or glitch that this guy suddenly spawned? Am I deceiving you and trying to spread rumors? (no I'm not)
Anyway, that's what I wanted to share with you guys. Thoughts?
By the way, his sword was enchanted (you can see a very faint glow on the sword in the picture), so that means they can spawn with enchantments much like other Pigmen, skeletons and zombies.
Edit--------
Update 2: I found 2 others among a large group of pigmen. Apparantly they are not so rare. These guys didn't have enchantments on their swords. Also, these babies seem to run slightly faster than the zombie pigmen, but I'm not sure.
Pics:
You can see one here near the quartz ores, next to one of the normal pigmen.
Here's one next to the red mushrooms.
It seems these guys aren't as rare as I first thought, about as rare as zombie villagers spawning naturally (1 in 20), or even more common).
Really? I have seen a picture of a baby zombie on the wiki (a non-villager one), but have yet to find one in-game. I suppose they are more rare than baby pigmen. Futhermore, I find it strange that this wasn't noted in the changelog (at least, I didn't see anything about it). Sure, the mobs were already added in the game's data, but could not be found yet.
Oh, and I found 2 more baby zombie pigmen. If you play on hard difficulty, pigmen swarm the nether, so if you want to find a baby, do that. Shouldn't be hard to find the babies (and the pigmen are no threat if you dont hit them).
It wasn't in the changelog here in the forums but it was noted in the wiki pre-release as a new feature.
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Version_history/Development_versions
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Ah, thanks. I couldn't find anything at the normal version history page on the wiki. Well, I think this closes the case then. Thanks.
Now to hope they'll fix the baby heads
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