Golden Horse Armor

| Rarity tier |
Common |
|---|---|
| Armor |
7 () |
| Renewable |
No |
| Stackable |
No |
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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 | ||||
| Chest | 1 | 14.7%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14718169857549623, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 12.3%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1232496403922203, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 4.6%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04610128358507015, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 4.5%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04456082194605049, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 29.1%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2908800818567131, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 7.3%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0729006411312747, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Altar chest | 1 | 2.5%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.024800500000000003, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
| ||
| Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.05697008952692806, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
| ||
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Chest | 1 | 14.7%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14718169857549623, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 12.3%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1232496403922203, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 4.6%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04610128358507015, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 4.4%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04446177611411839, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 29.1%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2908800818567131, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 7.3%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0729006411312747, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Altar chest | 1 | 2.4%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.024037471921875886, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
| ||
| Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7%{ "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.05697008952692806, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
| ||
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 |
Sounds
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| ​Horse armor equips | Friendly Mobs | When armor is equipped to a horse | entity | subtitles​ | 0.5 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| ​Horse armor snips away | Friendly Mobs | When armor is removed with shears | item | subtitles​ | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Friendly Creatures‌ Friendly Mobs​ | When armor is equipped to a horse | mob | 0.6 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures‌ Friendly Mobs​ | When armor is removed with shears | mob | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Data Values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
golden_horse_armor | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
golden_horse_armor | horsearmorgold | 532 | Item | item |
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:
|
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | ||||||
Horse armor can be crafted using the following recipe.
| |||||||
| 13w18a | The 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. | |||||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Horse armor has been added to end city chests. | |||||
| 15w43a | The average yield of horse armor in nether fortress chests has slightly decreased. | ||||||
| 15w44a | The average yield of horse armor in desert pyramid chests has increased. | ||||||
| 1.11.1 | 16w50a | Golden horse armor can now be smelted down into one gold nugget. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w45a | ||||||
| 17w46a | |||||||
| 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral IDs was 418. | ||||||
| 18w03a | |||||||
| 1.14 | 18w50a | ||||||
| 19w08a | |||||||
| 1.16 | 20w16a | Golden horse armor now generates in ruined portal chests. | |||||
| 1.20.5 Experiment | 24w05a | Golden horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers. | |||||
| 1.20.5 Experiment | 24w11a | Golden horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Horse armor can now be found inside end city chests. | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Golden horse armor is now smeltable. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.6 | beta 1.2.6.2 | ||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Horse armor can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Horse armor can now be found in savanna, desert, taiga, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests. | |||||
| beta 1.11.0.5 | |||||||
| 1.20.60 Experiment | Preview 1.20.60.20 | Golden horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers. | |||||
| 1.20.80 Experiment | Preview 1.20.80.22 | Golden horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Golden horse armor is now smeltable. |
| 1.90 | |||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Golden Horse Armor" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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The GUI for horses implemented in 13w21a, which allows the removal and switching of armor. -
A golden horse armor found in a dungeon chest, which coincidentally contains an enchanted golden apple. -

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