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For the neutral guard in Hamlet, see Royal Guard.
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Guardian Pigs are aggressive Pigs that spawn from Pig Torches. They have higher Health than regular Pigs but drop the same resources. They cannot be bribed with Meat or attracted by a One-man Band, making them appear to be very loyal to their Pig King.

If a Guardian Pig is dead, it will respawn at its Pig Torch after 4 days. In Sandbox Mode, they may be located seemingly in the middle of nowhere, usually guarding small patches of Grass and Berry Bushes. While in Adventure Mode, they stay in the Pig Fortress, which is surrounded by Wood Walls. In world 4 of Adventure Mode, you can find 4 Pig Torches surrounding the Pig King instead of Obelisks. Sometimes, the Guardian pigs will be protecting a Maxwell Statue instead.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill Guardian Pigs when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Weapon Fishing RodBug Net Lucy the Axe Shovel Pitchfork

Hammer Torch Umbrella

Walking Cane Willow's Lighter

Axe Pickaxe

Luxury Axe Opulent Pickaxe

Boomerang

PickSlashAxe Spear Bat Bat Ham Bat Morning Star Slurtle Slime Tentacle Spike

Battle Spear Fire Dart

Fire Staff

Thulecite Club Tooth Trap Dark Sword Blow Dart Gunpowder Old Bell
No. of hits for
Guardian Pig
71 23 18 12 10 9 8 6-11 5 or 7 6 6 5 5 3 2 1

Guardian Pigs take 2 blasts from the Ice Staff to be frozen and 3 Sleep Darts to be put to sleep.


Brain Behavior[]

Guardian Pigs seem to have a certain degree of discipline, as they do not eat any food on the ground and stay near the Pig Torch to keep it lit. They will chase away normal Pigs if they stray too close to them, as well as kill them if the pig is cornered or unable to get away before the Guardian Pig first attacks.

Guardian Pigs' behavior changes according to the location of their Pig Torch. If the torch is beside a Pig King, the guardians will reluctantly allow the player to stay and trade with their king. However, if the torch guards a fortress or is far from the king, the Guardian Pigs will pursue the player until they've run a certain distance from their torch.

Top Hat Apparel[]

Pigs can wear headgear items. Clicking on a Pig with a headgear item selected will equip it on the Pig.

If a Pig receives a head armor item, it will be able to receive its damage reduction effects. The durability will still be drained if the Pig gets damaged. Usually, the only way to get hats back from Pigs without killing them is to replace it with another hat, as fighting the Pig will break it before the Pig dies. Frogs can also make them drop a given hat, too. The Pigs can also wear the Miner Hat; while wearing it, they will provide light and not panic during dusk or in a Cave, while also preventing nearby Pigs from panicking.

Gramophone Quotes[]

Defending Torch

  • FOR GREAT JUSTICE!
  • FOR HIS PLUMPNESS!
  • FOR THE KING!
  • FOR KING!
  • KING! KING!
  • SAVE KING!
  • DEFEND!
  • I PROTECT!
  • MUST DEFEND!

Warnings

  • YOU NO STAY!
  • YOU GO AWAY!
  • YOU LEAVE NOW!

Low Torch Fuel

  • MAKE TORCH BRIGHT!
  • TORCH GET LOW!
  • MORE BURNING!
  • MORE FUEL

Placeholder Trivia[]

  • Guardian Pigs were added in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
  • Guardian Pigs attack phrase "For great justice!" is a reference to the All your base Internet meme.
  • Though they cannot be bribed, the player can still feed meat items to Guardian Pigs.
  • If the player is killed by a Guardian Pig, their cause of death in the Morgue will be listed as "Guard Pig".

Blueprint Gallery[]


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