Leggings

Leggings
Rarity tier	Common; Uncommon
Armor	2 (); 3 (); 4 (); 5 (); 6 ();
Armor toughness	0 (); 2 (); 3 ();
Durability	In Java Edition: 75; 105; N/A; 225; 495; 555; In Bedrock Edition: 76; 106; 166; 226; 496; 556;
Enchantability	8; 9; 10; 12; 15; 25;
Knockback resistance	0; 1 (10%)
Renewable	Yes; No
Stackable	No

Leggings (the leather variety being called pants) are a type of armor that covers the lower body of the player. There are seven tiers of leggings: leather, golden, copper, chainmail, iron, diamond, and netherite.

Variants

Leather Pants

Golden Leggings

Copper Leggings

Chainmail Leggings

Iron Leggings

Diamond Leggings

Netherite Leggings

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Leather or Gold Ingot or Iron Ingot or Diamond
Copper Ingot

Smithing

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade+ Diamond Leggings+ Netherite Ingot

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, skeletons, strays, bogged, piglins, and zombified 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 leggings they're wearing upon death unless they are spawned from an ominous trial spawner. The dropped leggings are usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.

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

Trading

Leather

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
Villager	JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives
Novice Leatherworker	67%	50%	3 × Emerald	Leather Pants^{[t 1]}

↑ The leather armor has a random color created by two dyes (possibly the same dye twice.)

Chainmail

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
Villager	JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives
Apprentice Armorer	50%	33%	3 × Emerald	Chainmail Leggings

Iron

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
Villager	JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives
Novice Armorer	40%	25%	7 × Emerald	Iron Leggings

Diamond

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
Villager	JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives
Expert Armorer	100%	50%	19–33 × Emerald	Enchanted Diamond Leggings^{[t 1]}

↑ When creating an enchantment offer, the game uses a random enchantment level from 5 to 19. The enchantments are never treasure enchantments.

Usage

Leggings can be placed in the 3rd armor slot of a player's inventory for activation.

Statistics

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. Leggings durability is decreased by 1 for every 4HP of incoming damage (rounded down, but never below 1). Different leggings types have different enchantability from one another, a value that affects the strength of enchantments received directly though enchanting tables. Netherite leggings provde a knockback resistance of 1 (10%).

Leggings type	Armor points	Armor toughness	Durability	Enchantability	Knockback resistance
Leather pants	2 ()	0 ()	75	15	0
Golden leggings	3 ()	0 ()	105	25	0
Copper leggings	3 ()	0 ()	165	8	0
Chainmail leggings	4 ()	0 ()	225	12	0
Iron leggings	5 ()	0 ()	225	9	0
Diamond leggings	6 ()	2 ()	495	10	0
Netherite leggings	6 ()	3 ()	555	15	1

Repairing

Combining

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Leather Pants or Chainmail Leggings or Iron Leggings or Golden Leggings or Diamond Leggings or Netherite Leggings	Damaged Leather Pants or Damaged Chainmail Leggings or Damaged Iron Leggings or Damaged Golden Leggings or Damaged Diamond Leggings or Damaged Netherite Leggings		The durability of the two leggings is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Copper Leggings	Damaged Copper Leggings		The durability of the two leggings is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Name	Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
Leather Pants or Chainmail Leggings or Iron Leggings or Golden Leggings or Diamond Leggings or Netherite Leggings	2x Damaged Leather Pants or 2x Damaged Chainmail Leggings or 2x Damaged Iron Leggings or 2x Damaged Golden Leggings or 2x Damaged Diamond Leggings or 2x Damaged Netherite Leggings		The durability of the two leggings is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Copper Leggings	2x Damaged Copper Leggings		The durability of the two leggings is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Name	Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Leather Pants	Damaged Leather Pants + Leather	Leather Pants
Golden Leggings	Damaged Golden Leggings + Gold Ingot	Golden Leggings
Chainmail Leggings	Damaged Chainmail Leggings + Iron Ingot	Chainmail Leggings
Copper Leggings	Damaged Copper Leggings + Copper Ingot	Copper Leggings
Iron Leggings	Damaged Iron Leggings + Iron Ingot	Iron Leggings
Diamond Leggings	Damaged Diamond Leggings + Diamond	Diamond Leggings
Netherite Leggings	Damaged Netherite Leggings + Netherite Ingot	Netherite Leggings

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

Enchantments

Leggings can receive the following enchantments:


Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases overall damage reduction.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	10
Projectile Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against projectiles.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Blast Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against explosions.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Fire Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against fire.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Anvil	1
Swift Sneak	Increases movement speed when sneaking.	III	Anvil	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the leggings when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The leggings vanish on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1
Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the leggings.	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 pair of leggings, 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 + Any Leggings + Any Ingot/Crystal

History

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Java Edition Indev
February 20, 2024							A Mojang video about bugs shows early textures of netherite items, including leggings.
0.31			20091231-2255				Added leggings. Cloth pants' texture was taken from one of Notch's games Legend of the Chambered and the rest from Legend of the Chambered 2.
20100206-2034							Added golden and diamond leggings.
20100206-2034							Removed studded leggings.
February 9, 2010							Notch revealed new models for armor, which included leggings.
20100212-1210							Added leggings models.
							Leggings models are now displayed on the player in the inventory.
							Leggings can now be crafted.
20100218							Added models for leggings.
							Leggings can be worn.
							Leggings now function, giving 6 (). Leggings have limited durability, with lower tier leggings less durable than higher tier leggings.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8							"Wool leggings" have been renamed to "leather leggings".
v1.0.8							Leather pants are now crafted with leather instead of wool.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				The armor protection behavior has been changed. Previous 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)).
			October 3, 2011				The first images of a player wearing enchanted armor, including leggings, are revealed.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Iron leggings can be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Leggings can be enchanted.
1.1			12w01a				Iron leggings can be found in the new blacksmith chests in villages.
1.3.1			12w15a				`⇧ Shift`+clicking can be used to equip leggings.
			12w21a				Chain leggings can be obtained legitimately in survival mode through trading.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell chain leggings for 9–10 emeralds.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond leggings for 11–13 emeralds.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell iron leggings for 8–9 emeralds.
							Butchers now sell leather pants for 2–3 emeralds.
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.
			August 17, 2012				Jeb and Dinnerbone tweeted pictures of dyeable leather armor, including leggings.
			12w34a				Leather pants can be dyed by crafting leather pants with dyes. Dyes can be removed by using dyed leather pants on a cauldron with water.
			12w34a				Default leather pants are now slightly darker.
			12w36a				Dyed leather pants are now more saturated and have a slight tint of tan in respect to the default armor color.
			12w36a				Wither skeletons can now spawn wearing leggings.
			12w37a				Leather leggings now have non-dyed parts. This has been implemented so that players can distinguish between other types of armor and similar-colored leather armor.
			12w37a				Leather pants now have knee pads, which has changed the texture from to .
1.5			13w04a				Leggings in the player's hand can be equipped by right-clicking.
1.5			13w04a				Dispensers can now equip nearby players with leggings.
1.8			14w02a				Armorer villagers now sell chain leggings for 9–11 emeralds.
							Armorer villagers no longer sell diamond leggings.
							Armorer villagers no longer sell iron leggings.
							Leatherworkers now sell leather pants for 2–4 emeralds.
			14w05a				Leggings no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
			14w06a				Leggings are now visible on giants.
			14w25a				Chain leggings can no longer be crafted anymore due to the item form of fire being removed.
1.9			15w31a				Enchanted iron and diamond leggings can be found in end city chests.
			15w31a				Mobs now wear armor from the bottom to the top, rather than from the top to the bottom. This means that a mob with three armor pieces, for example, spawns with all armor except a helmet.^[1]
			15w34b				Leggings' durability now affects armor value.
			15w36a				Armor value and armor enchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here.
			15w36d				Leggings' durability affecting value has been removed.
			15w36d				Leggings now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
			15w50a				Added `equip` sounds for leggings.
			16w02a				Armor value and armor enchantment calculations have been changed again.
			16w05a				Armor value calculations have been changed, once again.
1.11.1			16w50a				Golden, chain, and iron leggings can be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. Chain leggings smelt into iron nuggets.
1.13			18w11a				Enchanted leather pants can now generate in the chests of shipwrecks.
1.13			18w20a				Chain leggings have been renamed to "chainmail leggings".
1.14			18w43a				The textures of leather leggings have been changed.
							The textures of chainmail leggings have been changed.
							The textures of iron leggings have been changed.
							The textures of gold leggings have been changed.
							The textures of diamond leggings have been changed.
			18w48a				Leather pants can be found in chests in village tanneries.
			19w08a				The texture of gold leggings items have been changed.
			19w11a				Armorer villagers now sell iron and enchanted diamond leggings, making diamond leggings effectively renewable again.
			19w11a				Leather pants sold by leatherworker villagers are now randomly dyed.
			19w13a				Armorer villagers now give chainmail leggings to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.16			20w06a				Added netherite leggings.
			20w06a				Netherite leggings can be crafted using one diamond leggings and one netherite ingot.
			20w09a				The texture of diamond leggings items have been changed.
			20w10a				The texture of netherite leggings has been changed.
							Netherite leggings can no longer be crafted.
							Netherite leggings are now obtained by combining one diamond leggings and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
			20w16a				Netherite leggings now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnant chests.
			20w16a				Golden leggings now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
			20w17a				Diamonds leggings now generate in place of netherite leggings in bastion remnant chests.
1.16.4			Pre-release 1				The texture of netherite leggings has been changed.
1.18.2			22w03a				Netherite leggings knockback resistance is no longer random.
1.19			22w12a				Added the Swift Sneak enchantment, which can be applied only to leggings.
1.19			22w13a				Enchanted iron and diamond leggings may be found in ancient city chests.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Non-leather leggings can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Upgrading diamond leggings to netherite leggings now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
1.19.4			23w05a				Leggings can now be swapped by using them in the hotbar.^[2]
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w05a				Leather pants can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
			23w05a				Leggings can now have trims of the same material it is made out of.
			23w06a				Swapped `iron` and `iron_darker` palette, then made `iron_darker` darker overall.
1.20			23w12a				The pattern textures of dune and sentry armor trims are changed.
1.20			23w12a				Those previous patterns were left with different names: dune was renamed sentry and sentry was renamed shaper.
1.20.5			24w03a				Leggings can now receive Thorns through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.
1.20.5			24w12a				Leggings can no longer receive Thorns through an enchanting table.
1.21.2			24w33a				Mobs now once again wear armor from the top to the bottom, rather than from the bottom to the top. This means that a mob with three armor pieces, for example, spawns with all armor except boots.
1.21.2			24w33a				The rarity of chainmail leggings has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon".
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added the leather pants.
							Added the chain leggings.
							Added the iron leggings.
							Added the golden leggings.
							Added the diamond leggings.
v0.8.0			build 2				The leather pants sprites have been changed to that of the PC version, but its armor model remains that of older versions.
v0.9.0			build 1				Iron leggings now naturally generates in village chests and a stronghold altar chest.
v0.11.0			build 11				Armor now protects against damage from mobs only.
v0.12.1			build 1				Leggings can be worn by mobs.
v0.12.1			build 1				Chainmail leggings can be obtained in survival mode from a mob wearing it.
v0.14.0			build 1				Leather armor can be dyed and the model has been updated.
v0.15.0			build 1				Leggings can be obtained from strays and husks that naturally spawn with armor.
v0.15.10							Capes no longer clip through armor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Enchanted iron leggings and enchanted diamond leggings can be found inside chests within end city.
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Chainmail leggings are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Golden, chain, and iron leggings can be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
Unknown
?							Leggings no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Chainmail leggings now generate in buried treasure chests.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Enchanted leather leggings can be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Iron leggings now can be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
							Leather pants can be found inside plains village tannery chests.
							The textures of leather pants have been changed.
							The textures of chainmail leggings have been changed.
							The textures of iron leggings have been changed.
							The textures of golden leggings have been changed.
							The textures of diamond leggings have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Iron leggings now can be found in savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
			beta 1.11.0.1				Leather leggings can be found inside savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra village tannery chests.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron leggings.
							Leather pants are now sold by leather worker villagers.
							Iron leggings and diamond leggings are now sold by armorer villagers.
			beta 1.11.0.5				The textures of golden leggings items have been changed.
1.12.0			beta 1.12.0.2				Leather armor no longer show as being dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.1				Leather armor now appears dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added netherite leggings.
							Netherite leggings can be crafted using one diamond leggings and one netherite ingot.
							The texture of diamond leggings has been changed.
							Golden leggings can be obtained from piglins wearing armor.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Netherite leggings can no longer be crafted.
							Netherite leggings are now obtained by combining one diamond leggings and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
							Golden leggings can be found in ruined portal chests.
							Golden and netherite leggings can be found in bastion remnant chests.
			beta 1.16.0.63				Diamonds leggings now generate in place of netherite leggings in bastion remnant chests.
1.16.200			beta 1.16.200.52				The texture of netherite leggings has been changed.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.25				Added the Swift Sneak enchantment, which is applicable only to leggings.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.27				Enchanted iron and diamond leggings may be found in ancient city chests.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Leggings can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Upgrading diamond leggings to netherite leggings now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
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 the leather leggings.
							Added the iron leggings.
							Added the golden leggings.
							Added the diamond set.
TU5							Added the chain leggings.
TU5							Added a quick equip for armor to the inventory interface.
TU12		1.03					The textures for leather armor items have been changed.
TU14		1.05					Leather armor can be dyed.
							Item repair can now repair armor.
							Chain leggings can be obtained legitimately in survival mode through trading.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell chain leggings for 9–10 emeralds.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond leggings for 11–13 emeralds.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell iron leggings for 8–9 emeralds.
							Butchers now sell leather pants for 2–3 emeralds.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Dispensers can now equip nearby players with leggings.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Leggings no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Armor now have the quick equip functionality.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Armorer villagers now sell chain leggings for 9–11 emeralds.
							Armorer villagers no longer sell diamond leggings.
							Armorer villagers no longer sell iron leggings.
							Leatherworkers now sell leather pants for 2–4 emeralds.
TU34	CU22	1.25	1.25	1.25	Patch 4		Leggings can now be swapped by using them in the hotbar.
TU34	CU22	1.25	1.25	1.25	Patch 4		Equipping leggings using the quick equip functionality in creative mode no longer duplicates the leggings.
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 7		Equipping leggings with the quick equip functionality now plays a sound, which is unused in Java Edition.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Mobs now wear armor from the bottom to the top, rather than from the top to the bottom. This means that a mob with three armor pieces, for example, spawns with all armor except a helmet.
							Changed leggings equipping sounds.
							Enchanted iron and diamond leggings can be found in end city chests.
							Leggings now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden, chain, and iron armor can be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Equipping leggings using the quick equip functionality in creative mode now duplicates the leggings just like on Java Edition.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Leather leggings can now be dyed with a cauldron.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Chainmail leggings now generate in buried treasure chests.
							Enchanted leather leggings can be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
							Mobs now once again wear armor from the top to the bottom, rather than from the bottom to the top. This means that a mob with three armor pieces, for example, spawns with all armor except boots.
			1.90				The texture of leather pants has been changed.
							The texture of chainmail leggings has been changed.
							The texture of iron leggings has been changed.
							The textures of gold leggings has been changed.
							The textures of diamond leggings has been changed.
			1.91				Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron leggings.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added leather pants.
							Added chainmail leggings.
							Added iron leggings.
							Added golden leggings.
							Added diamond leggings.

Issues

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

Gallery

Renders

Worn

Item

References

↑ MC-182478
↑ "[MC-216270] It's not possible to replace armor by right clicking while holding the armor item - Jira" – Mojira, February 19, 2021. Resolved as "Fixed".

External links

Taking Inventory:Leggings – Minecraft.net on February 15, 2019

Navigation

[leatherworker_leather-1] The leather armor has a random color created by two dyes (possibly the same dye twice.)

[armorer_enchant-2] When creating an enchantment offer, the game uses a random enchantment level from 5 to 19. The enchantments are never treasure enchantments.

[exc-3] Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, and Fire Protection are mutually exclusive.

[4] MC-182478

[5] "[MC-216270] It's not possible to replace armor by right clicking while holding the armor item - Jira" – Mojira, February 19, 2021. Resolved as "Fixed".

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v t e Armor
Helmet	Leather Copper Chainmail Iron Golden Diamond Netherite Turtle Shell
Chestplate	Leather Copper Chainmail Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
	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!

Rarity tier	Common Uncommon
Armor	2 () 3 () 4 () 5 () 6 ()
Armor toughness	0 () 2 () 3 ()
Durability	In Java Edition: 75 105 N/A 225 495 555 In Bedrock Edition: 76 106 166 226 496 556
Enchantability	8 9 10 12 15 25
Knockback resistance	0 1 (10%)
Renewable	Yes No
Stackable	No