Pig

Stats

250

Effects

+25/min (when allied)

Combat
Damage	Attack Period	Attack Range
33 (24.75 )	3	3

Movement
Walking Speed	Running Speed
3	5

Traits

Special Ability

Can be befriended with Meat.

Loot

(75%)

(25%)

: (1%)

Spawns from

Code
`"pigman"`

“It's a semi-intelligent bipedal pig.”

–Wickerbottom

Pigs are neutral mobs that live in Pig Houses. Pigs are humanoid creatures with a hunched posture, and they wear grass skirts as their default clothing. Attacking a Pig will aggravate it and all nearby Pigs. Pigs drop 1 Meat or 1 Pig Skin upon death. They respawn from their houses 4 days after they have been killed.

If a Pig eats 4 pieces of meat-based Monster Foods ( ), or is outdoors during a full moon, it will turn into a Werepig.

They are considered innocent creatures and killing one adds 3 points to the Player's naughtiness level, which can cause Krampus to appear. Pigs will eat any Food item lying on the ground. If a Pig eats a Vegetable, Fruit, or Petals, either off the ground or received from the Player, it will produce a pile of Manure, which it can do every 15 seconds. This makes them one of the main sources of Manure in the game. Pigs will also see Lureplant's meat lures as food, and will pick and eat the lure if they get close enough to the plant.

Pigs may be healed with any healing items. They are afraid of the dark and can get hungry, but they will not die by either, nor will they be damaged by toxic food.

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

Number of Hits
Pig
1	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
2 - 2	0 - 0	0 - 0
2	0	0
≥2	≥0	≥0
2 as	0 as	0 as
3	0	0
3 - 5	0 - 0	0 - 0
3	0	0
3 (2 )	0 (0 )	0 (0 )
4	0	0
4	0	0
5	0	0
8, 6 or 5	0, 0 or 0	0, 0 or 0
5	0	0
5 - 9	0 - 0	0 - 0
5 - 10 -	0 - 0 -	0 - 0 -
5	0	0
5	0	0
6	0	0
6 (4 )	0 (0 )	0 (0 )
6	0	0
7	0	0
8	0	0
8 (3 )	0 (0 )	0 (0 )
9	0	0
9	0	0
10	0	0
13	0	0
13	0	0
15	0	0
19	0	0
59	0	0

It takes 2 blasts to freeze a Pig with an Ice Staff. It takes 2 Sleep Darts to put Pig to sleep.

Behavior

Feeding a Pig Meats or Eggs will cause it to follow the Player as an ally for up to 2.5 game days . The length of time that a Pig will remain loyal is based on the given point value of the "meat" that was used. For example, feeding a Morsel to a Pig will cause the Pig to follow the Player for half a game day (meat food hunger points × 19.2 seconds). If the Pig is aggressive towards the Player, this will cause it to stop attacking. It is possible to attack following Pigs by Ctrl-clicking on them. Attacking the Pig will cause it to become aggressive and stop following the Player. Feeding the Pig meat will stop it from attacking, and then feeding it another will cause it to follow again. Note that it is possible to feed a Pig Slurper Pelts and Pig Skins.

Friendly Pigs will increase the Player's Sanity when in range; however, they naturally tend to keep their distance from others unless they are chopping down trees, sleeping, or cornered against a wall. When a Pig's loyalty time is about to expire, they will display a "hunger" animation, in which they pout and rub their bellies. Feeding the Pig will reset its loyalty time. If loyalty time runs out or the Player happens to die, they will return to their respective homes (or wander around if they're homeless).

Befriended Pigs can't be issued commands in battle. They will kite enemies, which is useful when picking off individuals, but may not be effective when fighting a large group of enemies. This can be used to hunt neutral animals or kill hostile Mobs without endangering the Player. Pigs will attack all monsters on sight, including Spiders, Tentacles, and Treeguards. Unfortunately, while fighting Spiders, Pigs can quickly become overwhelmed as all Spiders in the area are summoned to the fight. Both parties will continue to fight until one or the other is wiped out. Any dropped meat or skin will be eaten by the remaining party. Since he is considered a monster, Pigs will also attack Webber, a player character from the Reign of Giants DLC.

Pigs can be used to chop down Trees. To do this, the Player must hit any tree with an axe once. Pigs will keep chopping trees unless the Player runs a short distance away. If they cause a Treeguard to spawn, the Treeguard will attack them.

Befriended Pigs fear the dark and become anxious, frantically running around in search of light. Providing a light source, such as a Torch or a Campfire, will calm the Pig and it will sleep beside the light source throughout the night. In Winter, Pigs do not sleep, but will instead stay awake around the fire with normal dusk dialogue, while displaying a scared animation.

Regardless of light level, Pigs will chase and attack nearby enemies (provided they haven't already fallen asleep). After killing a target, the Pig will retreat back to the light source. Pigs can be damaged by tooth traps set by the Player, but this does not cause them to become hostile. It is therefore possible to befriend Pigs with the intent to lure them into tooth traps in order to collect their loot without increasing the Player's naughtiness.

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.

Pig Names

Random names are given to Pigs. They can be viewed by mousing over the Pig (and holding the examination key if it isn't friendly).

Possible Pig names: