Minecraft wiki entry for Defeating_a_bastion_remnant, associated text: Piglin brutes are very tough mobs that spawn in the bastion remnant. The higher the difficulty, the more damage they deal, up to 19 attack damage in hard difficulty. Their heavy hits also mean that Armor offers much less protection: A full set of unenchanted iron armor only reduces the attack damage by 22%. To make matters worse, due to the fact that piglin brutes use axes instead of swords, they have the ability to disable shields in Java Edition.