[MC-179949] You cannot edit the inventories of piglins by using '/item replace'

It is not possible to edit piglin inventories with /item replace (just the hand and armour slots). This is inconsistent, as you CAN edit the inventories of villagers (villagers have villager.x slots counted from 0 to 7.), donkeys, llamas and even wandering traders and pillagers! Piglins' are not accessible in the same manner however.

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MC-237917 Unable to use /item to clear piglin inventory to clear it. Resolved

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anthony cicinelli 2020-09-10T22:35:42Z

I can confirm for 1.16.3

CivetKitty 2021-09-30T00:27:27Z

This issue is specially critical as removing items from the inventory using /data remove, merge, or modify doesn't seam to work.

[Mod] Jingy 2024-04-10T01:04:30Z

Can confirm in the latest pre-release for 1.20.5.

etanaratsastaja 2025-12-08T05:32:58Z

In the latest snapshot, the repro case seems to work without an issue if you use `armor.chest` instead, this also works with other slots like `armor.legs` etc.

Is there something I'm missing here?

j_p_smith 2025-12-08T06:33:44Z

I've restored the description present at the time of triage, as I think the newer description was based on a misunderstanding of the original issue.

j_p_smith 2025-12-08T06:39:57Z

This issue is about the piglin's Inventory tag, rather than equipment. More details can be found in the duplicate report.