Golden Horse Armor

Golden Horse Armor
Golden Horse Armor.png: Infobox image for Golden Horse Armor the item in Minecraft
Invicon Golden Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Horse Armor When equipped: +7 Armor
Rarity tier

Common

Armor

7 (🛡🛡🛡🛡)

Renewable

No

Stackable

No

Golden horse armor is a variant of horse armor, being the second strongest tier. It cannot be crafted and is only found in loot chests in various structures.

Obtaining

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Golden Horse Armor Monster Room Chest 1 14.7%
Desert Pyramid Chest 1 12.3%
End City Chest 1 4.6%
Jungle Pyramid Chest 1 4.5%
Nether Fortress Chest 1 29.1%
Ruined Portal Chest 1 7.3%
Stronghold Altar chest 1 2.5%
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5.7%
Bedrock Edition
Golden Horse Armor Monster Room Chest 1 14.7%
Desert Pyramid Chest 1 12.3%
End City Chest 1 4.6%
Jungle Pyramid Chest 1 4.4%
Nether Fortress Chest 1 29.1%
Ruined Portal Chest 1 7.3%
Stronghold Altar chest 1 2.4%
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5.7%

Usage

Only normal adult horses can wear armor; baby horses, donkeys, mules, and undead variants such as skeleton horses and zombie horses cannot be equipped with armor. When equipped, the armor gives 7 (🛡🛡🛡🛡) armor points.

Enchanting

Unlike player armor, horse armor cannot be enchanted in Survival mode. However, in Java Edition Creative mode, horse armor can be used with an anvil to enchant with Thorns, Feather Falling, Protection, Fire Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, Curse of Binding, and Curse of Vanishing. Other enchantments can be applied, but they have no effect.

Smelting

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Gold Nugget  +
Any fuel
Invicon Golden Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Horse Armor When equipped: +7 Armor
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Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Nugget with description: Gold Nugget0.1

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Horse armor equipsFriendly MobsWhen armor is equipped to a horseentity.horse.armorsubtitles.entity.horse.armor​0.51.016
​Horse armor snips awayFriendly MobsWhen armor is removed with shearsitem.horse_armor.unequipsubtitles.item.horse_armor.unequip​1.01.016

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
Friendly Creatures‌
Friendly Mobs​
When armor is equipped to a horsemob.horse.armor0.61.0
Friendly Creatures‌
Friendly Mobs​
When armor is removed with shearsmob.horse.horse_armor_unequip1.01.0


Data Values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
ItemSprite golden-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for golden-horse-armor in Minecraft Golden Horse Armorgolden_horse_armorItemitem.minecraft.golden_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormTranslation key
ItemSprite gold-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for gold-horse-armor in Minecraft Gold Horse Armorgolden_horse_armorhorsearmorgold532Itemitem.horsearmorgold.name

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Oh ShinyDistract Piglins with gold The player must not be wearing any gold armor. Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.

History

Java Edition
1.6.113w16a Added horse armor.
Horse armor can be crafted using the following recipe.
13w18aThe crafting recipe for horse armor has been removed.
Horse armor can now be found in chests in jungle & desert pyramids, dungeons, nether fortresses, stronghold altar rooms and village blacksmith buildings.
1.915w31aHorse armor has been added to end city chests.
15w43aThe average yield of horse armor in nether fortress chests has slightly decreased.
15w44aThe average yield of horse armor in desert pyramid chests has increased.
1.11.116w50aGolden horse armor can now be smelted down into one gold nugget.
1.1317w45a The texture of horse armor has been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
17w46a The model of horse armor has been changed, but the texture of horse armor have remained unaltered.
17w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral IDs was 418.
18w03a The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
1.1418w50a The textures of horse armor has been changed.
19w08a The texture of gold and diamond horse armor has been changed.
1.1620w16aGolden horse armor now generates in ruined portal chests.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21
24w05aGolden horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21
24w11aGolden horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0build 1 Added horse armor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Horse armor can now be found inside end city chests.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Golden horse armor is now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6beta 1.2.6.2 The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has been changed.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Horse armor can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
The textures of all horse armor have been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Horse armor can now be found in savanna, desert, taiga, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
beta 1.11.0.5 The textures of all horse armor items have been changed.
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.60.20Golden horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.80
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.80.22Golden horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU19CU71.121.121.12Patch 11.0.1 Added horse armor.
TU53CU431.491.501.49Patch 231.0.3Golden horse armor is now smeltable.
1.90 The texture of golden horse armor has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added horse armor.

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