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 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. In Template:BE, a shield cannot be activated for ? ticksTemplate:Checkthecode after attacking. In Template:JE, attacking while shielding does not perform an attack, while in Bedrock Edition attacks can be performed but lower the shield when doing so.

Most blocked projectiles that carry status effects (such as Minecraft:tipped arrows and Minecraft:shulker bullets), as well as flaming Minecraft:arrows, do not affect the blocker. 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.Template:Only<ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref name="draining in bedrock">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 Aspect Template: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.
Template:IN, a player whose shield is stunned becomes immune to knockback for several ticks.<ref name="note">Template:Bug</ref>
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