Minecraft:Helmet

A helmet (the leather variety being known as a cap and the type crafted from Minecraft:turtle scutes being known as a turtle shell) is a piece of Minecraft:armor worn on the head of the player. There are seven primary tiers of helmet: leather, golden, copper, iron, chainmail, diamond, and netherite. A Minecraft:turtle shell is another kind of helmet that gives the Minecraft:Water Breathing effect, and can be used to brew Minecraft:potions of the Turtle Master.

Variants

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Obtaining

Mob loot

Minecraft:Zombies, Minecraft:husks, Minecraft:skeletons, Minecraft:strays, Minecraft:bogged, and Minecraft:piglins have a small chance to spawn wearing armor. There is a 8.5% chance (9.5% with Minecraft:Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) for the mob to drop the helmet they're wearing upon death, unless they are spawned from an Minecraft:ominous trial spawner. The dropped helmet is usually badly damaged, and may be Minecraft:enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.

Template:IN, Minecraft:vindicators and Minecraft:pillagers spawned in Minecraft:raids have a 4.16% chance (5.128% on hard difficulty) to drop an Minecraft:iron helmet. The dropped helmet is usually badly damaged, and has a 50% chance of being Minecraft:enchanted with a random Minecraft:enchantment.

Trading

Leather Template:Trade sources

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Iron Template:Trade sources

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Usage

Helmets can be placed in the top armor slot of a player's Minecraft:inventory for activation.

Statistics

Each armor point reduces damage by 4% (increasing additively). Armor points are signified by half a shirt on the armor bar above the health bar. The effectiveness of armor points is decreased as the strength of incoming attacks increase, an effect lessened by armor toughness. Armor toughness does not have a visual indicator bar. Helmet durability is decreased by 1 for every Template:Hp of incoming damage (rounded down, but never below 1). Different helmet types have different enchantability from one another, a value that affects the strength of enchantments received directly though Minecraft:enchanting tables. Netherite helmets provide a knockback resistance of 1 (10%).

Helmet statistics

Type	Armor	Armor toughness	Durability	Enchantability	Knockback resistance
Template:ItemLink	Template:Armor	Template:Armor	55	15	0
Template:ItemLink	Template:Armor	Template:Armor	77	25	0
Template:ItemLink	Template:Armor	Template:Armor	121	8	0
Template:ItemLink	Template:Armor	Template:Armor	165	9	0
Template:ItemLink	Template:Armor	Template:Armor	165	12	0
Template:ItemLink	Template:Armor	Template:Armor	275	9	0
Template:ItemLink	Template:Armor	Template:Armor	363	10	0
Template:ItemLink	Template:Armor	Template:Armor	407	15	1 (10%)

Repairing

Anvil repair

Template:Repairing Template:Repairing Template:Repairing Template:Repairing Template:Repairing Template:Repairing Template:Repairing Template:Repairing A helmet can be repaired in an Minecraft:anvil by adding units of the Minecraft:tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% the helmet's maximum durability, rounded down. Two helmets of the same tier can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the helmet's Minecraft:enchantments.

Enchantments

A helmet can receive the following Minecraft:enchantments. Note that while iron and chainmail have the same durability, chainmail has a higher Minecraft:enchantability than iron or diamond.

Possible helmet enchantments

Name	Description	Max level	Method	Weight
Minecraft:Protection<ref group="note" name="exc">Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, and Fire Protection are mutually exclusive.</ref>	Increases overall damage reduction.	IV	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	10
Minecraft:Projectile Protection<ref group="note" name="exc" />	Increases damage reduction against projectiles.	IV	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	5
Minecraft:Blast Protection<ref group="note" name="exc" />	Increases damage reduction against explosions.	IV	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Fire Protection<ref group="note" name="exc" />	Increases damage reduction against fire.	IV	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	5
Minecraft:Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Template:BlockLinkTemplate:Only Template:BlockLink	1
Minecraft:Respiration	Extends breathing time underwater.	III	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Aqua Affinity	Increases underwater mining speed.	I	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	5
Minecraft:Mending	Repairs the helmet when obtaining Minecraft:experience.	I	Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing	The helmet vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Template:BlockLink	1
Minecraft:Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the helmet.	I	Template:BlockLink	1

Armor trimming

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a Minecraft:smithing template, a helmet, and an ingot or crystal (Minecraft:iron ingot, Minecraft:copper ingot, Minecraft:gold ingot, Minecraft:netherite ingot, Minecraft:emerald, Minecraft:redstone dust, Minecraft:lapis lazuli, Minecraft:amethyst shard, Minecraft:nether quartz, Minecraft:diamond, or Minecraft:resin brick).

These trims have no effect on the gameplay or strength of the armor.

History

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

• First image of armor.
  First image of armor.
• Minecraft:Dinnerbone's first screenshot of dyed armor.
  Minecraft:Dinnerbone's first screenshot of dyed armor.
• File:ArmorPE.png

Armor durability from Indev until late Beta

Leather	Golden	Chainmail	Iron	Diamond
33	66	66	132	264

Trivia

• Unlike other helmets, the Minecraft:netherite helmet covers most of the player's face, due to a nose guard and cheek plates.

Gallery

Renders

Worn

• Enchanted leather helmet
  Enchanted leather helmet
• Enchanted copper helmet
  Enchanted copper helmet
• Enchanted chainmail helmet
  Enchanted chainmail helmet
• Enchanted iron helmet
  Enchanted iron helmet
• Enchanted gold helmet
  Enchanted gold helmet
• Enchanted diamond helmet
  Enchanted diamond helmet
• Enchanted netherite helmet
  Enchanted netherite helmet

Item

• File:Enchanted Leather Cap (item).gif
• File:Enchanted Copper Helmet (item).webp
• File:Enchanted Chainmail Helmet (item).gif
• File:Enchanted Iron Helmet (item).gif
• File:Enchanted Golden Helmet (item).gif
• File:Enchanted Diamond Helmet (item).gif
• File:Enchanted Netherite Helmet (item).gif

Mobs

• A Minecraft:zombie wearing a helmet in Minecraft:Survival Test.
  A Minecraft:zombie wearing a helmet in Minecraft:Survival Test.
• A Minecraft:skeleton wearing a helmet in Minecraft:Survival Test.
  A Minecraft:skeleton wearing a helmet in Minecraft:Survival Test.

External links

• Taking Inventory: Helmet – Minecraft.net on February 20, 2020