Minecraft – Why are zombie pigmen attacking for no reason

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It's a well known fact, that zombie pigmen are passive mobs. I was always relying on that, and recently one of them attacked me for no reason. As soon as I showed up in his line of sight, he started running towards me and hitting with his sword. I was deeply shocked. What changed? What could possibly happen?

Background info:

List of significant mods:

  • IndustrialCraft2 1.43
  • BuildCraft 2.2.9
  • RedPower 2.0pre4
  • Forestry 1.2.4.4
  • Minefactory Reloaded 1.4
  • Nether Ores 1.1.0
  • Wireless Redstone 1.5
  • Railcraft 2.1.1

Now some of them instantly attack me, some prefer not to. Is this part of one of the mods? Or I've missed something in the 1.0.0 change-log?

Best Answer

If you dig up ores in the line of range they will attack you. This behavior is added by the Nether Ores mod.