Golden Helmet

Golden Helmet
Rarity tier	Common
Armor	2 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	77‌; 78‌
Enchantability	25
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A golden helmet is a variant of helmet that is crafted from gold ingots. It is the seventh-highest tier of helmet, having higher armor points and durability than leather caps, but still no armor toughness. Like all golden armor, piglins are attracted to golden helmets, and do not attack any player wearing one.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	Underwater Ruins	Big ruins chest	1	4.3% { "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
	Underwater Ruins	Small ruins chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
^[A]	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
^[A]	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	20.5% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition
	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	Underwater Ruins	Big ruins chest	1	4.3% { "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
	Underwater Ruins	Small ruins chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
^[A]	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
^[A]	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	20.5% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }

↑ ^a ^b All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, skeletons, strays, bogged and piglins have a small chance to spawn wearing golden helmets. 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. The dropped helmet is usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.

Usage

When worn, a golden helmet provides 2 () armor points.

Piglins

As with other pieces of gold armor, piglins do not attack players wearing golden helmets unless provoked or attacked.
Piglins are also attracted towards golden helmets on the ground and equip them after inspecting them.

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Gold Nugget	+ Any fuel	0.1

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Damaged		The durability of the two helmets is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
2x Damaged		The durability of the two helmets is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged + Gold Ingot	Golden Helmet

A golden helmet can be repaired in an anvil by adding gold ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% the helmet's maximum durability, rounded down. Two golden helmets can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the helmet's enchantments.

Enchantments

A golden helmet can receive the following enchantments:


Name	Description	Max level	Method	Weight
Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases overall damage reduction.	IV	Enchanting TableAnvil	10
Projectile Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against projectiles.	IV	Enchanting TableAnvil	5
Blast Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against explosions.	IV	Enchanting TableAnvil	2
Fire Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against fire.	IV	Enchanting TableAnvil	5
Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Enchanting TableAnvil	1
Respiration	Extends breathing time underwater.	III	Enchanting TableAnvil	2
Aqua Affinity	Increases underwater mining speed.	I	Enchanting TableAnvil	2
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting TableAnvil	5
Mending	Repairs the helmet when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The helmet vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1
Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the helmet.	I	Anvil	1

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, and Fire Protection are mutually exclusive.

Armor trimming

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, a golden 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.

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Any Armor Trim + Golden Helmet + Any Ingot/Crystal

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Gold armor clinks	Players	When a gold helmet is equipped	`item.armor.equip_gold`	`subtitles.item.armor.equip_gold`	1.0	1.0	16
	Item breaks	Entity-Dependent	When a helmet's durability is exhausted	`entity.item.break`	`subtitles.entity.item.break`	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	When a gold helmet is equipped	`armor.equip_gold`	1.0	1.0
	Players	When a helmet's durability is exhausted	`random.break`	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Golden Helmet	`golden_helmet`	Item	None	`item.minecraft.golden_helmet`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Golden Helmet	`golden_helmet`	`351`	Item	`item.golden_helmet.name`

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the `#piglin_loved` item tag: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Raw 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 Indev
20100206-2034							Added golden helmets.
20100218							Added models of gold helmets.
							Golden helmets can now be crafted and worn.
							Golden helmets now function. All helmets give 3 (). Helmets have limited durability, with lower tier helmets less durable than higher tier helmets.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				The armor protection behavior has been changed. Prior to this update, the total armor protection is based in this equation: (((total equipped armor damage reduction − 1) × (all equipped armor max damage − total equipped armor damage)) ÷ (total equipped armor max damage + 1)). Armor no longer reduces certain damage types to be covered by enchantments.
			October 3, 2011				The first images of a player wearing enchanted armor are revealed.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Golden helmets can now be enchanted.
1.2.1			12w06a				Zombie pigmen now drop golden helmets.
1.4.2			12w32a				Mob armor has been reintroduced. A partial or full set of any armor is now sometimes worn by zombies, skeletons and zombie pigmen, with the likelihood increasing with difficulty.
1.5			13w04a				Golden helmets in the player's hand can now be equipped by right-clicking.
1.5			13w04a				Dispensers can now equip nearby players with helmets.
1.8			14w05a				Golden helmets no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
1.9			15w34b				A Golden helmet's durability now affects armor value.
			15w36a				Armor and armor enchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here.
			15w36d				Golden helmet durability affecting value has been removed.
			15w36d				Golden helmets now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
			16w02a				Golden armor and golden armor enchantment calculations have been changed again.
			16w05a				Golden armor calculations have been changed, once again.
			18w09a				Golden helmets now have a chance of generating in underwater ruins.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of golden helmet has been changed.
1.14			19w08a				The textures of gold helmet items have been changed.
1.16			20w07a				Added textures and models for golden helmets when they are used by piglins.
			20w16a				Golden helmets now generate randomly enchanted, and sometimes damaged, in bastion remnant and ruined portal chests.
			pre3				The special golden helmet models and textures created for piglins have been removed.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Golden helmets can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
			23w04a				There are 10 types of material that determine the color of the trim: Iron, Copper, Gold, Lapis, Emerald, Diamond, Netherite, Redstone, Amethyst, and Quartz
			23w05a				Golden helmets can now have trims of the same material it is made out of.
1.19.4			23w05a				Golden helmets can now be swapped by using them in the hotbar.^[1]
1.20.5			24w03a				Golden helmets can now receive Thorns through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added golden helmet.
v0.11.0			build 11				Helmets now protect against damage from mobs only.
v0.12.1			build 1				Helmets can now be worn by mobs.
v0.15.0			build 1				Helmets can now be obtained from strays and husks that naturally spawn with armor.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Golden helmets can now be smelted down into gold nuggets.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Golden helmets can now be found inside underwater ruins chests.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of golden helmet has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.5				The textures of gold helmet items have been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Helmets can now be obtained from piglins that naturally spawn with golden helmets.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Golden helmets now generate randomly enchanted, and sometimes damaged, in bastion remnant chests.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Helmets can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added golden helmet.
TU5		1.00					Added a quick equip for armor to the inventory interface.
TU14		1.05					Item repair can now repair helmets.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Golden helmets no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
TU25	CU13	1.16	1.16	1.16			Golden helmets now have the quick equip functionality.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Golden helmets now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden helmets can now be smelted down into gold nuggets.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Golden helmets can now be found inside underwater ruins chests.
			1.90				The texture of golden helmet item has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added golden helmet.

Armor durability from Indev until late Beta

Leather	Golden	Chainmail	Iron	Diamond
33	66	66	132	264

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 298, 302, 306, 310 and 314.

Trivia

In Java Edition from Indev 20100206-2034 to Infdev 20100227-1414, the apple had the golden helmet texture.

Issues

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

Gallery

Renders

Enchanted appearance when worn
Enchanted appearance in inventory

References

↑ MC-216270 — resolved as "Fixed".

External links

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

Navigation

[enchant-randomly-1] All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.

[exc-2] Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, and Fire Protection are mutually exclusive.

[3] MC-216270 — resolved as "Fixed".

[A]

[note 1]

[1]

v t e Armor
Helmet	Leather Copper Chainmail Iron Diamond Netherite Turtle Shell
Chestplate	Leather Copper Chainmail Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Leggings	Leather Copper Chainmail Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Boots	Leather Copper Chainmail Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Horse Armor	Leather Iron Golden Diamond
Other	Wolf Armor
Joke	Poisonous Pota-Toes Poisonous Potato Chestplate Shazboots!

v t e Gold
Material	Ore Deepslate Ore Raw Raw Block Nether Ore Ingot Nugget
Building blocks	Block of Gold Gilded Blackstone
Armor	Chestplate Leggings Boots Horse Armor
Tools	Pickaxe Axe Shovel Sword Hoe
Miscellaneous	Carrot Apple Enchanted Apple Glistering Melon Slice Element
Joke	Chest Poisonous Potato Enchanted Poisonous Potato Potone Ore