Helmet

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 "title": "Helmet",
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 "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
 "label": "(link to Rarity article, displayed as Rarity tier)"
 },
 {
 "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
 "label": "(link to Armor#Armor points article, displayed as Armor)"
 },
 {
 "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
 "label": "(link to Armor toughness article, displayed as Armor toughness)"
 },
 {
 "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
 "label": "(link to Durability article, displayed as Durability)"
 },
 {
 "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
 "label": "(link to Enchantability article, displayed as Enchantability)"
 },
 {
 "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
 "label": "(link to Knockback resistance article, displayed as Knockback resistance)"
 },
 {
 "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
 "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
 },
 {
 "field": "No",
 "label": "Stackable"
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 "invimages": [
 "Leather Cap",
 "Copper Helmet",
 "Golden Helmet",
 "Iron Helmet",
 "Chainmail Helmet",
 "Turtle Shell",
 "Diamond Helmet",
 "Netherite Helmet"
 ],
 "images": [
 "Leather Cap.png",
 "Baby Leather Cap.png",
 "Copper Helmet.png",
 "Baby Copper Helmet.png",
 "Golden Helmet.png",
 "Baby Golden Helmet.png",
 "Iron Helmet.png",
 "Baby Iron Helmet.png",
 "Chainmail Helmet.png",
 "Baby Chainmail Helmet.png",
 "Turtle Shell.png",
 "Baby Turtle Shell.png",
 "Diamond Helmet.png",
 "Baby Diamond Helmet.png",
 "Netherite Helmet.png",
 "Baby Netherite Helmet.png"
 ]
}

A helmet (the leather variety being known as a cap and the type crafted from turtle scutes being known as a turtle shell) is a piece of armor worn on the head of the player. There are seven primary tiers of helmet: leather, golden, copper, iron, chainmail, diamond, and netherite. A turtle shell is another kind of helmet that gives the Water Breathing effect, and can be used to brew potions of the Turtle Master.

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  Leather Cap

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  Copper Helmet

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  Golden Helmet

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  Iron Helmet

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  Chainmail Helmet

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  Turtle Shell

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  Diamond Helmet

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  Netherite Helmet

Zombies, husks, skeletons, strays, bogged, and piglins have a small chance to spawn wearing armor. There is a 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) for the mob to drop the helmet they're wearing upon death, unless they are spawned from an ominous trial spawner. The dropped helmet is usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.

In Bedrock Edition, vindicators and pillagers spawned in raids have a 4.16% chance (5.128% on hard difficulty) to drop an iron helmet. The dropped helmet is usually badly damaged, and has a 50% chance of being enchanted with a random enchantment.

Leather

Chainmail

Iron

Diamond

Helmets can be placed in the top armor slot of a player's inventory for activation.

Each armor point reduces damage by 4% (increasing additively). Armor points are signified by half a shirt on the armor bar above the health bar. The effectiveness of armor points is decreased as the strength of incoming attacks increase, an effect lessened by armor toughness. Armor toughness does not have a visual indicator bar. Helmet durability is decreased by 1 for every 4HP👁 ❤️
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of incoming damage (rounded down, but never below 1). Different helmet types have different enchantability from one another, a value that affects the strength of enchantments received directly though enchanting tables. Netherite helmets provide a knockback resistance of 1 (10%).

A helmet can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% the helmet's maximum durability, rounded down. Two helmets of the same tier can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the helmet's enchantments.

A helmet can receive the following enchantments. Note that while iron and chainmail have the same durability, chainmail has a higher enchantability than iron or diamond.

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, a helmet, and an ingot or crystal (iron ingot, copper ingot, gold ingot, netherite ingot, emerald, redstone dust, lapis lazuli, amethyst shard, nether quartz, diamond, or resin brick).

These trims have no effect on the gameplay or strength of the armor.

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  Dinnerbone's first screenshot of dyed armor.
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Armor durability from Indev until late Beta

Issues relating to "Helmet" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• Unlike other helmets, the netherite helmet covers most of the player's face, due to a nose guard and cheek plates.

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• 👁 A zombie wearing a helmet in Survival Test.
  
  A zombie wearing a helmet in Survival Test.
• 👁 A skeleton wearing a helmet in Survival Test.
  
  A skeleton wearing a helmet in Survival Test.

• Taking Inventory: Helmet – Minecraft.net on February 20, 2020