Bartering

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For the mechanic used with villagers, see Trading.

An adult Piglin "inspecting" a gold ingot.

A baby Piglin "inspecting" a gold ingot.

Bartering is a form of trading with piglins and a gameplay mechanic in Minecraft where a player throws or right-clicks a gold ingot at a piglin and they examine it for either six seconds ^{[Java Edition only]} or eight seconds,^{[Bedrock Edition only]} at which point the piglin will toss any one of the following random items to the player:

Note: The following list is for 1.16.2+.

• Obsidian
• Crying Obsidian
• Soul Sand
• Gravel
• Blackstone
• String
• Fire Charge
• Leather
• Water Bottle
• Nether Bricks
• Iron Nugget 
• Nether Quartz
• Ender Pearls
• Potion of Fire Resistance
• Splash Potion of Fire Resistance
• Enchanted Book with Soul Speed (random level)
• Iron boots with Soul Speed (random level) on them
• Spectral Arrow
• Netherite Hoe ^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Trivia

• If the gamerule mobGriefing is set to false, piglins will not attempt to barter.
• Neither piglin brutes nor baby piglins can be bartered with.
• The items given to players can help in surviving/living in the Nether or escaping the Nether.
• If you give a baby piglin a gold ingot they will not give anything back.
• Any Gold items (such as Gold Ore, Clock, Gold Armor...) except Gold Ingot given to a Piglin will be examined but will not give anything back.