Armor materials

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This article is about materials of armor. For tiers of tools and weapons, see Tiers. For materials of blocks, see Materials.

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

Materials

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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	Durability^{[n 1]}	Defense Points					Enchantability	Toughness	KR^{[n 2]}	Repair Item	Sound Event & Sounds	Equipment Asset^{[n 3]}
Material Name	Durability^{[n 1]}	Head	Chest	Legs	Feet	Body	Enchantability	Toughness	KR^{[n 2]}	Repair Item	Sound Event & Sounds	Equipment Asset^{[n 3]}
Leather	5	1	3	2	1	3	15	0	0	`#repairs_leather_armor` 👁 Image Leather	`item.armor.equip_leather`	`leather`
Copper	11	2	4	3	2	4	8	0	0	`#repairs_copper_armor` 👁 Image Copper Ingot	`item.armor.equip_copper`	`copper`
Chainmail^{[n 4]}	15	2	5	4	1	4	12	0	0	`#repairs_chain_armor` 👁 Image Iron Ingot	`item.armor.equip_chain`	`chainmail`
Iron	15	2	6	5	2	5	9	0	0	`#repairs_iron_armor` 👁 Image Iron Ingot	`item.armor.equip_iron`	`iron`
Turtle^{[n 5]}	25	2	6	5	2	5	9	0	0	`#repairs_turtle_armor` 👁 Image Turtle Scute	`item.armor.equip_turtle`	`turtle_scute`
Gold	7	2	5	3	1	7	25	0	0	`#repairs_gold_armor` 👁 Image Gold Ingot	`item.armor.equip_gold`	`gold`
Diamond	33	3	8	6	3	11	10	2	0	`#repairs_diamond_armor` 👁 Image Diamond	`item.armor.equip_diamond`	`diamond`
Netherite	37	3	8	6	3	19	15	3	0.1	`#repairs_netherite_armor` 👁 Image Netherite Ingot	`item.armor.equip_netherite`	`netherite`
Armadillo Scute^{[n 6]}	4	3	8	6	3	11	10	0	0	`#repairs_wolf_armor` 👁 Image Armadillo Scute	`item.armor.equip_wolf`	`armadillo_scute`

↑ 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.
↑ Knockback resistance
↑ The resource location of the equipment model to use when equipped. The directory this refers to is assets/minecraft/equipment/<id>.json
↑ Referred to as both "chain" and "chainmail" in the code. Not used in the slot body
↑ Although the turtle material is currently used only by turtle shells, it has unused protection values for other armor slots.
↑ Although the armadillo scute material is currently used only by wolf armors, it has unused protection values for other armor slots.

Usage

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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 body.

Armor	Material properties						Other properties
Armor	Durability	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
Wolf Armor	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	None	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	👁 Image Wolf	True	`item.armor.unequip_wolf`	True	False
Horse Armor	None	Defined by the material	None	`entity.horse.armor`	Defined by the material	None	`#can_wear_horse_armor` 👁 Image Horse 👁 Image Zombie Horse	True	`item.horse_armor.unequip`	False	False
Nautilus Armor	None	Defined by the material	None	`item.armor.equip_nautilus`	Defined by the material	None	`#can_wear_nautilus_armor` 👁 Image Nautilus 👁 Image Zombie Nautilus	True	`item.armor.unequip_nautilus`	False	True

Other equipable items do not use armor material.

Items	Equipable properties										Other properties
Items	Slot	Equip Sound	Asset Id	Allowed Entities	Swappable	Damage On Hurt	Equipe On Interact	Camera Overlay	Can Be Sheared	Shearing Sound	Attributes	Durability	Repair Ingredient	Glider
👁 Image Carved Pumpkin	Hand	`item.armor.equip_generic`	None	All entities	False	True	False	misc/pumpkinblur	False	None	Hidden waypoint	None	None	False
👁 Image Carpets	Body	`llama_swag`	`<color>_carpet`	👁 Image Llama 👁 Image Trader Llama	True	True	False	None	True	`llama_carpet_unequip`	None	None	None	False
👁 Image Saddle	Saddle	`horsse_saddle`	`saddle`	`#can_equip_saddle` 👁 Image Camel 👁 Image Camel Husk 👁 Image Donkey 👁 Image Horse 👁 Image Mule 👁 Image Nautilus 👁 Image Pig 👁 Image Skeleton Horse 👁 Image Strider 👁 Image Zombie Horse 👁 Image Zombie Nautilus	True	True	True	None	True	`saddle_unequip`	None	None	None	False
👁 Image Harnesses	Body	`harness_equip`	`<color>_harness`	`#can_equip_harness` 👁 Image Happy Ghast	True	True	True	None	True	`harness_unequip`	None	None	None	False
👁 Image Elytra	Chest	`armor_equip_elytra`	`elytra`	All entities	True	False	False	None	False	None	None	432	👁 Image Phantom Membrane	True
👁 Image Heads	Head	`item.armor.equip_generic`	None	All entities	False	True	False	None	False	None	Hidden waypoint	None	None	False
👁 Image Shield	Offhand^{[note 1]}	`item.armor.equip_generic`	None	All entities	False	True	False	None	False	None	None	336	`#wooden_tool_materials` 👁 Image Planks	False

↑ Used so that when pick up by mobs, it can be held in the offhand instead of the mainhand

Pseudo-equipments:

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

Affected items

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Material	Items by slot
	Humanoid slots				Body
	Head	Chest	Legs	Feet	Body
👁 Image Leather	👁 Image Leather Cap	👁 Image Leather Tunic	👁 Image Leather Pants	👁 Image Leather Boots	👁 Image Leather Horse Armor
👁 Image Copper	👁 Image Copper Helmet	👁 Image Copper Chestplate	👁 Image Copper Leggings	👁 Image Copper Boots	👁 Image Copper Horse Armor 👁 Image Copper Nautilus Armor
👁 Image Chainmail	👁 Image Chainmail Helmet	👁 Image Chainmail Chestplate	👁 Image Chainmail Leggings	👁 Image Chainmail Boots	None
👁 Image Iron	👁 Image Iron Helmet	👁 Image Iron Chestplate	👁 Image Iron Leggings	👁 Image Iron Boots	👁 Image Iron Horse Armor 👁 Image Iron Nautilus Armor
Turtle	👁 Image Turtle Shell	None	None	None	None
👁 Image Gold	👁 Image Golden Helmet	👁 Image Golden Chestplate	👁 Image Golden Leggings	👁 Image Golden Boots	👁 Image Golden Horse Armor 👁 Image Golden Nautilus Armor
👁 Image Diamond	👁 Image Diamond Helmet	👁 Image Diamond Chestplate	👁 Image Diamond Leggings	👁 Image Diamond Boots	👁 Image Diamond Horse Armor 👁 Image Diamond Nautilus Armor
👁 Image Netherite	👁 Image Netherite Helmet	👁 Image Netherite Chestplate	👁 Image Netherite Leggings	👁 Image Netherite Boots	👁 Image Netherite Horse Armor 👁 Image Netherite Nautilus Armor
Armadillo Scute	None	None	None	None	👁 Image Wolf Armor

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