Minecraft:Shield

Template:Infobox item A shield is a defensive Minecraft:tool that can be used to block Minecraft:damage from melee attacks, ranged attacks and explosions. Shields are temporarily disabled when hit by an Minecraft:axe or attacked by a Minecraft:warden while blocking, and certain damage sources ignore a shield's protection. Shields can have ornamental Minecraft:banner designs applied to them.

Obtaining

Usage

Defense

Shields are used for Minecraft:blocking incoming attacks. Template:ControlTemplate:Only or Template:ControlTemplate:Only causes a player to slow to a Minecraft:sneaking pace, and after Template:Convert<ref>Template:Bug</ref>, non-piercing attacks coming from in front of the player are blocked, dealing no damage. Shields deal knockback when blocking melee attacksTemplate:Only, unless the entity is immune to knockback. When the shield blocks an attack of Template:Hp or stronger, it takes durability damage equal to the strength of the attack rounded up. When a player enters a boat, their shields exhibit the blocking animation.

Most blocked projectiles that carry status effects (such as Minecraft:shulker bullets, flaming Minecraft:arrows, or tipped arrows Template:Only), do not affect the blocker, while the effects of tipped arrow still applies.Template:Only Minecraft:Channeling tridents still summon lightning upon blocking, but the trident itself does not damage the player.Template:Only Minecraft:Tridents and arrows can be deflected into other targets. Knockback from melee attacks and projectiles is prevented, while knockback from Minecraft:explosions, Minecraft:hoglin, Minecraft:zoglin, and Minecraft:ravager attacks are significantly reduced. Template:Only

The shield directionally blocks all attacks coming from within the horizontal direction the wielder is facing, providing a full semicylinder of coverage to them. Pitch is unaccounted for.

Mobs that deal continuous contact damage such as the Minecraft:slime, Minecraft:magma cube, and Minecraft:blaze rapidly drain the shield's durability for as long as the shielded player remains within the mob's hitbox.<ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Blockable attacks

Attacks that can be blocked include:

• Melee attacks from all sources. When blocking melee attacks from axe-wielding players, axe-wielding mobs, and Minecraft:wardens, only a single attack can be blocked before a shield is disabled for 5 seconds.
  • Status effects do not carry through to the blocker.
• Normal, tipped, and spectral Minecraft:arrows
  • Arrows other than Minecraft:Piercing are deflected and can hit other targets.
  • Status effects do not carry through to the blocker.
• Flaming arrows
  • Burning does not carry through to the blocker.
• Thrown Minecraft:tridents
• Minecraft:Snowballs and Minecraft:eggs
• Spines from Minecraft:pufferfish
• Bullets from Minecraft:shulkers
  • The Levitation effect does not carry through to the blocker.Template:Only
• Spit from Minecraft:llamas
• Minecraft:Fireballs, such as from Minecraft:blazes and Minecraft:fire charges
  • Burning does not carry through to the blocker.
• Direct hits from Minecraft:ghast Minecraft:fireballs
  • These still cause environmental damage.
• All explosionsTemplate:Only
• Explosion damage from Minecraft:creepers
• Minecraft:TNT that another player lit
• Skull attacks from the Minecraft:wither
• Minecraft:Ravager headbutts
  • These still knock the blocker back by about 3 blocks.
  • Blocking these strikes has a chance to stun the ravager for a moment, and it roars afterward.
• Ravager roars are blocked but still knock back the blocker.
• Minecraft:Bee stings are blocked, but bees continuously attack until the player stops blocking and the player is stung.

Unblockable attacks

Attacks that cannot be blocked include:

• Fire from a sword or spear enchanted with Minecraft:Fire AspectTemplate:Only
• Arrows from a Minecraft:crossbow enchanted with Minecraft:Piercing
  • This does not reduce the shield's durability.
• Lightning, even from Channeling tridents
• Status effects from splash/lingering Minecraft:potions, Minecraft:evokers' fangs, or breath from the Minecraft:ender dragon
• Warden's sonic boom attack
• Minecraft:Fall damage, including that from Minecraft:ender pearls
  • This also includes when the player rides an Minecraft:entity that died due to fall damage.

Laser beam attacks from Minecraft:guardians and Minecraft:elder guardians are only partially blocked (does not block the magic damage they deal).

Disabling

• All of a user's shields are disabled for 5 seconds if hit by an Minecraft:axe-wielding player while the user's shield is up.
• Melee strikes from a warden or any axe-wielding mob (e.g., Minecraft:vindicators, Minecraft:piglin brutes, Minecraft:zombies, etc) also disable shields for 5 seconds.
• A shield cannot be disabled during their 5 game tick blocking delay. The shield must be fully active to be disabled.

Applying patterns

File:Cyan Shield Screenshot.png

A custom shield.

Shields can be decorated by applying a Minecraft:banner.

Unlike with Minecraft:banners, shields cannot be repainted or washed in a Minecraft:cauldron. Shields have only half the resolution of banners, making patterns look slightly different. In the game files, the pattern textures can be found in a separate directory called entity/shield.

Template:IN, shields with patterns can also be obtained using the same commands as banners, except banner has to be replaced with shield.

Repairing

Unit repair

A shield can be repaired in an Minecraft:anvil by adding Minecraft:planks or another shield. Shields repaired on anvils retain their pattern. One plank restores 25% of the shield's durability.Template:Verify

Enchantments

A shield can receive the following Minecraft:enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Minecraft:Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Template:BlockLink	5
Minecraft:Mending	Repairs the shield when obtaining Minecraft:experience.	I	Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing	The shield vanishes upon death, not dropping as an item.	I	Template:BlockLink	1

Despite using iron in its crafting recipe, shields cannot be smelted into Minecraft:iron nuggets.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Item data

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• Template:Nbt: the item's components tag.

Data component format/banner patterns Data component format/base color Data component format/blocks attacks

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History

Gallery

Renders

• Shield
  Shield
• White Shield
  White Shield
• Light Gray Shield
  Light Gray Shield
• Gray Shield
  Gray Shield
• Black Shield
  Black Shield
• Brown Shield
  Brown Shield
• Red Shield
  Red Shield
• Orange Shield
  Orange Shield
• Yellow Shield
  Yellow Shield
• Lime Shield
  Lime Shield
• Green Shield
  Green Shield
• Cyan Shield
  Cyan Shield
• Light Blue Shield
  Light Blue Shield
• Blue Shield
  Blue Shield
• Purple Shield
  Purple Shield
• Magenta Shield
  Magenta Shield
• Pink Shield
  Pink Shield
• Ominous Shield
  Ominous Shield

Screenshots

• One of the first images of shields. Minecraft:Jeb wearing diamond armor while holding a creeper-emblazoned shield during Minecraft:MineCon 2015.
  One of the first images of shields. Minecraft:Jeb wearing diamond armor while holding a creeper-emblazoned shield during Minecraft:MineCon 2015.
• Jeb crafting a shield.
  Jeb crafting a shield.
• Alex holding the default shield.
  Alex holding the default shield.
• Makena blocking with a shield.
  Makena blocking with a shield.
• Blocking with a shield as seen in first person.
  Blocking with a shield as seen in first person.
• An enchanted shield as seen in the Minecraft:inventory.
  An enchanted shield as seen in the Minecraft:inventory.
• A shield with the Minecraft:ominous banner on it as seen in the inventory.
  A shield with the Minecraft:ominous banner on it as seen in the inventory.
• An image of Minecraft:Kai wielding a shield decorated with a banner, used to announce the feature on Minecraft:Bedrock Edition.
  An image of Minecraft:Kai wielding a shield decorated with a banner, used to announce the feature on Minecraft:Bedrock Edition.
• Custom shield examples.
  Custom shield examples.

External links

• Template:Mcnet