Tutorial:Zombified Piglin farming

Zombified piglin farming is a method of obtaining gold nuggets and rotten flesh renewably by using spawn platforms or Nether portals to spawn zombified piglins and moving them to a killing zone.

Zombified piglins primarily spawn in two ways, from natural spawning in the Nether, and from Nether portal blocks being random ticked. Natural spawning farms are generally better on Java Edition, but they are more complex because they rely on natural spawning. Portal-based farms are simpler to build and can be used in the Overworld, but are usually slower than natural spawning farms. However, on Bedrock Edition, if a portal turns on and off rapidly, then zombified piglins will spawn much faster. If this mechanic is used, then portal-based farms become better than natural spawning farms on Bedrock Edition.

Zombified piglins naturally spawn in the Nether in nether wastes and crimson forest biomes, with a higher spawn weight in nether wastes. They also spawn in nether fortresses in any biome. They follow basic monster spawning rules, and are counted towards the hostile mob cap. Like many other Nether monsters, zombified piglins are immune to fire, meaning they can spawn on magma blocks. Also like other Nether monsters, they spawn at a higher light level than Overworld monsters, spawning at light level 11 and lower. Nether portals create a light level of 11, meaning that zombified piglins can spawn directly inside them.