Combat profile
Values below describe the Minecraft 26.3 / NeoForge defaults. Health is the configured adult wave baseline, not a promise of final HP. Per-entity stats, tier, size and wave scaling can change combat values; egg and command spawns are not a reliable test of wave overrides.
Behavior
It retains Pigman Zombie mining, Nexus attacks and lava-swimming support. Its Tier-3 charge goal approaches players when it is not holding a ranged weapon. Unlike the Tier-1 golden-sword fighter or faster Tier-2 Pigman, its Tier-3 movement value is 0.20 and its attack strength is 18. It uses the legacy Pigman Brute skin and head.
As a Tier-3 invader it resists knockback. A sprinting melee hit adds 3 damage and strong knockback, then ends the sprint. It attacks defenders and the Nexus and can mine obstacles. Equipment can change its combat role; weapons, armor and abilities remain configurable.
Spawning and waves
Entity ID: invmod:zombie_pigman_brute. Its dedicated egg is invmod:zombie_pigman_brute_spawn_egg; it creates the Tier-3 variant directly.
/give @s invmod:zombie_pigman_brute_spawn_egg
/summon invmod:zombie_pigman_brute ~ ~ ~It is a wave-pool variant, not a guaranteed natural replacement of its base mob. There is no fixed first-wave unlock: selection depends on the theme, available budget, active mob settings and a valid spawn location. Standard adult pool cost: 7. RANDOM and RANDOMHELL use their own cost rules (5 for these non-boss mobs); baby options and variant rolls can have different purchase costs.
Shipped theme memberships: ARMORED, RANGED, NETHER, MIXED, RANDOM, RANDOMHELL, BRUTES. These list defaults, not a guarantee of appearance. For built-in pool restrictions versus editable custom themes, see mob modes and Custom Themes.
Drops
Delegates to the vanilla Zombified Piglin loot table. Rotten flesh, gold nuggets and conditional gold ingots. Vanilla kill conditions, Looting and server loot changes apply. Tier 3 adds no guaranteed special item; carried equipment drops follow equipment rules.
Related variants
Compare the base mob and the Brute family overview.