Horse Armor

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Horse Armor

Leather Horse Armor.png: Infobox image for Horse Armor the item in Minecraft
Leather Horse Armor (item).png: Infobox image for Horse Armor the item in Minecraft

Iron Horse Armor.png: Infobox image for Horse Armor the item in Minecraft
Iron Horse Armor (item).png: Infobox image for Horse Armor the item in Minecraft

Golden Horse Armor.png: Infobox image for Horse Armor the item in Minecraft
Golden Horse Armor (item).png: Infobox image for Horse Armor the item in Minecraft

Diamond Horse Armor.png: Infobox image for Horse Armor the item in Minecraft
Diamond Horse Armor (item).png: Infobox image for Horse Armor the item in Minecraft

Invicon Leather Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Leather Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Leather Horse Armor When equipped: +3 ArmorInvicon Iron Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Iron Horse Armor When equipped: +5 ArmorInvicon Golden Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Horse Armor When equipped: +7 ArmorInvicon Diamond Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Horse Armor When equipped: +11 Armor +2 Armor Toughness
Rarity tier

Common

Renewable
  • Leather: Yes
  • All others: No
Stackable

No

Horse armor is a special type of armor that can be given to a horse to wear.

Variants

Obtaining

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Monster Room Chest 1 21.5%
Desert Pyramid Chest 1 18%
End City Chest 1 4.6%
Jungle Pyramid Chest 1 4.5%
Nether Fortress Chest 1 19%
Stronghold Altar chest 1 2.5%
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5.7%
Bedrock Edition
Monster Room Chest 1 21.5%
Desert Pyramid Chest 1 18%
End City Chest 1 4.6%
Jungle Pyramid Chest 1 4.4%
Nether Fortress Chest 1 19%
Stronghold Altar chest 1 2.4%
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5.7%
Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
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
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%
Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Monster Room Chest 1 7.6%
Ancient City Chest 1 16.1%
Desert Pyramid Chest 1 6.3%
End City Chest 1 4.6%
Jungle Pyramid Chest 1 4.5%
Nether Fortress Chest 1 11.8%
Stronghold Altar chest 1 2.5%
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5.7%
Bedrock Edition
Monster Room Chest 1 7.6%
Ancient City Chest 1 16.1%
Desert Pyramid Chest 1 6.3%
End City Chest 1 4.6%
Jungle Pyramid Chest 1 4.4%
Nether Fortress Chest 1 11.8%
Stronghold Altar chest 1 2.4%
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5.7%

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Leather
Invicon Leather.png: Inventory sprite for Leather in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Leather with description: LeatherInvicon Leather.png: Inventory sprite for Leather in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Leather with description: LeatherInvicon Leather.png: Inventory sprite for Leather in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Leather with description: LeatherInvicon Leather.png: Inventory sprite for Leather in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Leather with description: LeatherInvicon Leather.png: Inventory sprite for Leather in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Leather with description: LeatherInvicon Leather.png: Inventory sprite for Leather in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Leather with description: LeatherInvicon Leather.png: Inventory sprite for Leather in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Leather with description: Leather
Invicon Leather Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Leather Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Leather Horse Armor with description: Leather Horse Armor When equipped: +3 Armor

Only leather horse armor can be crafted; other horse armor can be obtained only from chest loot from structures listed above.

Trading

Expert-level leatherworker villagers sell leather horse armor for 6 emeralds as part of their trade.

Usage

Only normal adult horses can wear armor; foals, donkeys, mules, and undead variants such as skeleton horses and zombie horses cannot be equipped with armor.

Types

Horse armor has leather, iron, gold, and diamond variants. It does not have netherite, chainmail or turtle scute variants.

Armor stands

Horse armor cannot be placed or displayed on armor stands as it would be on a horse.

Protection

Horse armor can be equipped to horses either by manually placing it in its respective slot by pressing inventory while riding the horse (SlotSprite Horse Armor.png: Sprite image for Horse Armor in Minecraft), or by using the horse with it.

There is a gradual increase in the defense given from a horse wearing the different types of armor. Note that golden horse armor provides more protection than iron horse armor, whereas the opposite is true for player armor. Diamond horse armor is the only horse armor type to provide any armor toughness.

Material Armor Armor toughness
Leather 3 (🛡🛡) 0
Iron 5 (🛡🛡🛡) 0
Gold 7 (🛡🛡🛡🛡) 0
Diamond 11 (🛡 Ã— 5.5) 2

If a horse dies while equipped with any horse armor, it drops its normal loot, a saddle (if it had one), and the horse armor.

Leather horse armor protects horses from freezing in powder snow, but it does not negate other powder snow effects (e.g., falling through, inability to jump).

Durability

Unlike player armor, horse armor does not have durability. This means a single horse armor can be used infinitely unless destroyed.

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.

Dyeing

Leather horse armor can be dyed by combining it with dye(s) through crafting‌ or by using it on a cauldron containing dyed water.‌ Using leather horse armor on a cauldron containing ordinary water removes any dye from it.

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Smelting

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget or
Gold Nugget
Iron Horse Armor or
Golden Horse Armor +
Any fuel
Invicon Iron Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Horse Armor with description: Iron Horse Armor When equipped: +5 ArmorInvicon Golden Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Golden Horse Armor with description: Golden Horse Armor When equipped: +7 Armor
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: LogInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld PlanksInvicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava BucketInvicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal

Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron NuggetInvicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Nugget with description: Gold Nugget0.1

Piglins

Piglins are attracted to golden horse armor and run toward any golden horse armor on the ground, inspecting it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

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 leather-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for leather-horse-armor in Minecraft Leather Horse Armorleather_horse_armorItemitem.minecraft.leather_horse_armor
ItemSprite iron-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for iron-horse-armor in Minecraft Iron Horse Armoriron_horse_armorItemitem.minecraft.iron_horse_armor
ItemSprite diamond-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for diamond-horse-armor in Minecraft Diamond Horse Armordiamond_horse_armorItemitem.minecraft.diamond_horse_armor
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 leather-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for leather-horse-armor in Minecraft Leather Horse Armorleather_horse_armorhorsearmorleather530Itemitem.horsearmorleather.name
ItemSprite iron-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for iron-horse-armor in Minecraft Iron Horse Armoriron_horse_armorhorsearmoriron531Itemitem.horsearmoriron.name
ItemSprite diamond-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for diamond-horse-armor in Minecraft Diamond Horse Armordiamond_horse_armorhorsearmordiamond533Itemitem.horsearmordiamond.name
ItemSprite golden-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for golden-horse-armor in Minecraft Golden Horse Armorgolden_horse_armorhorsearmorgold532Itemitem.horsearmorgold.name

Item data

Java Edition:

  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] components: the item's components tag.
    • [Int] minecraft:dyed_color: The color applied of this leather armor or wolf armor item. More generally, it is used as the minecraft:dye color provider in item model definitions. Color codes are the hex code of the color converted to a decimal number, or can be calculated from the red, green and blue components using this formula:
      (Red << 16) + (Green << 8) + Blue[note 1]
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    • [NBT List / JSON Array] minecraft:dyed_color: Another format. A list containing 3 floats corresponding to red, green and blue values as a fraction (ranged 0 to 1, inclusive) that is automatically converted to the int format.
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Bedrock Edition:

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.
Iron horse armor can now additionally be found in mineshaft chests.
13w21aHorse armor is no longer stackable, to be consistent with other types of armor.
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.
The average yield of iron horse armor from dungeon chests has slightly decreased.
Iron horse armor has been removed from mineshaft chests.
1.11.116w50aGolden and iron horse armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.1317w45a The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
17w46a The model of horse armor has been changed, but the textures of horse armor have remained unaltered.
18w03a The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
18w22a The texture of iron horse armor when equipped has been changed.[1]
pre2A bug with the horse skin and horse armor textures not applying correctly has been fixed.[2]
1.1418w50a The textures of horse armor items have been changed.
February 20, 2019Leather horse armor announced for Java Edition.
19w08a
The textures of iron, gold and diamond horse armor have been changed.
Added leather horse armor. It is now craftable from 7 leather and can be dyed 12,326,391 different colors, similar to leather armor.
Horse armor no longer flashes red when the horse takes damage.
Horse armor no longer turns invisible when the horse has the invisibility effect.
Thorns, Feather Falling, Depth Strider, Respiration, Protection, Fire Protection, Projectile Protection and Blast Protection enchantments are now functional for the horse when added to the horse armor in creative mode.
19w11aLeatherworker villagers now sell leather horse armor.
1.14.1Pre-Release 1 The texture of leather horse armor item has been changed to be more consistent with the other types of horse armor.
The texture of iron horse armor item has been changed.
1.1519w37aCurse of Vanishing enchantment is now functional for the horse when added to horse armor in creative mode.
1.1620w15aHorse armor placed in a dispenser can now be put on tamed horses.
20w16aGolden horse armor now generates in ruined portal chests.
1.1721w13aLeather horse armor now protects horses from freezing.
1.1922w13aDiamond horse armor may now be found in ancient city chests.
1.20.524w05aThe armor and armor toughness values of horse armor are now visible in the inventory.
Depth Strider and Respiration enchantments are no longer functional for the horse when added to horse armor in creative mode.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21
24w05aHorse armor can now be found in trial chamber vaults.
24w11aHorse armor can no longer be found in trial chamber vaults.
1.2124w18aCurse of Binding enchantment is now functional for the horse when added to horse armor in creative mode.
1.21.224w36aHorse armor now shows the enchantment glint on the horse when enchanted.[3]
1.21.625w20aHorse armor can now be removed from the mobs they can be equipped on by using shears.
pre1Shearing horse armors now emits a vibration frequency of 6, along with the Unequip frequency of 4 from the sculk sensor.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0build 1
Added horse armor and dyeable leather horse armor as a version exclusive.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Horse armor can now be found inside end city chests.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Iron and golden horse armor are 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 1.11.0.4Leather horse armor can now be bought from leatherworker villagers.
beta 1.11.0.5 The textures of all horse armor items have been changed.
1.17.0beta 1.16.230.54Leather horse armor now protects horses from freezing.
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.60.20Iron, gold and diamond horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.80
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.80.22Iron, gold and diamond 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.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15Horse armor has been added to end city chests.
TU53CU431.491.501.49Patch 231.0.3Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
TU60CU511.641.641.64Patch 301.0.11
Added leather horse armor.
1.90
The textures of leather, iron, gold and diamond horse armor have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0
Added horse armor.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 417, 418 and 419.​

Issues

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Notes

  1. ↑ For positive values larger than 0x00FFFFFF, the top byte is ignored. All negative values produce white.

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