Minecraft:Armor materials

Armor materials refer to the material that an Minecraft:armor item uses.

Materials

There are currently nine armor materials in the game: leather, copper, chainmail, iron, gold, diamond, netherite, turtle, and armadillo scute. The armor material of an item determines its durability multiplier, armor values, enchantability, sound events, toughness, knockback resistance, repair items, and equipament asset.

Material Name	Minecraft:Durability<ref group="n" name="durability">The durability multiplier multiplies each item slot's base durability. The base values are: 11 for head, 16 for chest, 15 for legs, 13 for feet. The durability of the item is the durability multiplier for its material times the base value for the armor slot it goes in.</ref>	Minecraft:Defense Points					Minecraft:Enchantability	Minecraft:Toughness	KR<ref group="n">Knockback resistance</ref>	Repair Item	Sound Event & Sounds	Equipment Asset<ref group="n">The resource location of the equipment model to use when equipped. The directory this refers to is Template:Mono</ref>
		Head	Chest	Legs	Feet	Body
Leather	5	1	3	2	1	3	15	0	0	Template:Tag link	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
Copper	11	2	4	3	2	4	8	0	0	Template:Tag link	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
Chainmail<ref group="n" name="chain">Referred to as both "chain" and "chainmail" in the code. Not used in the slot body</ref>	15	2	5	4	1	4	12	0	0	Template:Tag link	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
Iron	15	2	6	5	2	5	9	0	0	Template:Tag link	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
Turtle<ref group="n" name="turtle">Although the turtle material is currently used only by Minecraft:turtle shells, it has unused protection values for other armor slots.</ref>	25	2	6	5	2	5	9	0	0	Template:Tag link	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
Gold	7	2	5	3	1	7	25	0	0	Template:Tag link	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
Diamond	33	3	8	6	3	11	10	2	0	Template:Tag link	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
Netherite	37	3	8	6	3	19	15	3	0.1	Template:Tag link	Template:Cd	Template:Cd
Armadillo Scute<ref group="n" name="armadillo">Although the armadillo scute material is currently used only by Minecraft:wolf armors, it has unused protection values for other armor slots.</ref>	4	3	8	6	3	11	10	0	0	Template:Tag link	Template:Cd	Template:Cd

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Usage

Armor materials are used to define certain properties of armor items. Which properties are defined by the materials depends of the mobs that use this armor. Only the humanoid armor has a variable slot; all other armors are only defined by the slot Template:Cd.

Armor	Material properties						Other properties
	Durability	Minecraft:Attributes	Enchantable	Equip Sound	Asset Id	Repair Ingredient	Allowed Entities	Can Be Sheared	Shearing Sound	Damage On Hurt	Equip On Interact
Humanoid Armor	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	All entities	False	None	True	False
Minecraft:Wolf Armor	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	None	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Template:EntityLink	True	Template:Cd	True	False
Minecraft:Horse Armor	None	Defined by the material	None	Template:Cd	Defined by the material	None	Template:Tag link	True	Template:Cd	False	False
Minecraft:Nautilus Armor	None	Defined by the material	None	Template:Cd	Defined by the material	None	Template:Tag link	True	Template:Cd	False	True

Other equipable items do not use armor material. Template:Collapse

Items	Equipable properties										Other properties
	Slot	Equip Sound	Asset Id	Allowed Entities	Swappable	Damage On Hurt	Equipe On Interact	Camera Overlay	Can Be Sheared	Shearing Sound	Minecraft:Attributes	Durability	Repair Ingredient	Glider
Template:BlockLink	Hand	Template:Cd	None	All entities	False	True	False	Template:Mono	False	None	Hidden waypoint	None	None	False
Template:BlockLink	Body	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:Flatlist	True	True	False	None	True	Template:Cd	None	None	None	False
Template:ItemLink	Saddle	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:Collapse	True	True	True	None	True	Template:Cd	None	None	None	False
Template:ItemLink	Body	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	Template:Tag link	True	True	True	None	True	Template:Cd	None	None	None	False
Template:ItemLink	Chest	Template:Cd	Template:Cd	All entities	True	False	False	None	False	None	None	432	Template:ItemLink	True
Template:ItemLink	Head	Template:Cd	None	All entities	False	True	False	None	False	None	Hidden waypoint	None	None	False
Template:ItemLink	OffhandTemplate:Note	Template:Cd	None	All entities	False	True	False	None	False	None	None	336	Template:Tag link	False

Pseudo-equipments:

• Template:InvLink – When interacting with Minecraft:donkey, Minecraft:mule, Minecraft:lamma, or Minecraft:trader llama, the animal transforms into a chested animal; however, the item is not actually equipped on it. Chests do not have the component Template:DCL, but it has a hardcoded interaction property.

Affected items

Material	Items by slot
	Humanoid slots					Body
	All	Head	Chest	Legs	Feet
Leather	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink
Copper	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:Flatlist
Chainmail	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	None
Iron	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:Flatlist
Turtle	-	Template:ItemLink	None	None	None	None
Gold	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:Flatlist
Diamond	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:Flatlist
Netherite	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:ItemLink	Template:Flatlist
Armadillo Scute	-	None	None	None	None	Template:ItemLink

See also

• Minecraft:Tiers
• Minecraft:Materials