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:Control Template:Only or Template:Control Template: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 attacks, unless the entity is immune to knockback.Template:Only 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:

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.

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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.

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Repairing

Combining

Template:Crafting Template:Grinding

Unit repair

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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