Shield
| Rarity |
Common |
|---|---|
| Durability |
337 |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
No |
| Data value |
dec: 513 hex: 201 bin: 1000000001 |
| Namespaced ID |
shield |
|
“ |
|
„ |
| — Duncan Geere[1] |
A shield is a tool used for protecting the player against attacks.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Any Planks + Iron Ingot |
Repairing[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Damaged Shield | The durability of the two shields is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. The repaired shield has no pattern. |
Shields may also be repaired on an anvil by using planks. Shields repaired on anvils retain their pattern.
Trading[edit]
In Bedrock Edition, journeyman-level armorer villagers have 1⁄3 chance of selling a shield for 5 emeralds as their sixth trade.
In Java Edition, journeyman-level armorer villagers have a 40% chance to sell a shield for 5 emeralds.
Usage[edit]
Despite using iron in its crafting recipe, it cannot be smelted into iron nuggets.[2]
Defense[edit]
Shields are used for blocking incoming attacks. Using one causes the player to slow to a sneaking pace, and after 5 game ticks (0.25 seconds), blockable attacks coming from in front of the player are negated, dealing no damage. When the shield blocks an attack of 4
or stronger, it takes damage equal to the strength of the attack rounded down plus 1.
All non-damage effects of ranged attacks, (such as being set on fire or poisoned by a poisonous arrow) are prevented.[3] Knockback from melee attacks and projectiles is nullified, while knockback from explosions is reduced to one block distance.
The shield blocks any directional attacks coming from up to, but not including, 90° away from the horizontal direction the player is facing, that is covers almost a full hemisphere in front of the player. The player's vertical rotation normally makes no difference to the direction of blocked attacks, however, a player facing straight up or straight down might be unable to block attacks from any direction. Similarly, an attack coming from directly above or directly below cannot be blocked as it has no horizontal direction.
Blockable attacks include:
- Melee attacks
- Normal and tipped arrows
- Flaming arrows
- Tridents
- Snowballs and eggs
- Lasers from guardians or elder guardians
- Thorns from pufferfish
- Bullets from shulkers
- Fireballs
- Creeper and ghast's fireball explosions
- TNT ignited by other players[verify]
They cannot block:
- Arrows from a crossbow enchanted with Piercing; this does not reduce the shield's durability
- TNT ignited by the player themselves or a redstone mechanism[verify]
- Effects from throwable potions and magical flames from the ender dragon
- Teleport and fall damage
- Axe attacks from vindicators or sprinting players disable the shield for 5 seconds[Java Edition only]
- A player who is not sprinting also have 25% chance to disable
When hit by an arrow or trident, the projectile ricochets off the shield and may hit other entities.
In Bedrock Edition, shields are activated by sneaking. Shields stay activated when riding mobs since sneaking would normally make the player dismount.
Applying patterns[edit]
In Java Edition, shields can be decorated by applying a banner pattern.
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shield + Matching Banner |
Applies the banner pattern to the shield. The banner is consumed. The shield must have no preexisting patterns. Does not change existing durability or enchantments on the shield. |
Unlike with banners, shields cannot be repainted or washed in a cauldron. Shields have only half the resolution of banners, making patterns look slightly different. In the game files, the pattern textures can be found in a separate directory called entity/shield.
Shields with patterns can also be obtained using the same commands as banners, except banner has to be replaced with shield.
Enchantments[edit]
A shield can receive the following enchantments, but only through an anvil:
| Name | Max Level |
|---|---|
| Unbreaking | III |
| Mending | I |
| Curse of Vanishing[JE only] | I |
Sounds[edit]
| Sound | Subtitle | Namespaced ID | Subtitle ID | Source | Pitch | Volume | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shield blocks | item.shield.block
|
subtitles.item.shield.block
|
? | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Item breaks | item.shield.break
|
subtitles.entity.item.break
|
? | 0.9 | 1.0 | 16 |
Advancements[edit]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Today, Thank You | Deflect an arrow with a shield | Suit Up | Deflect any projectile with a shield. | story/deflect_arrow |
History[edit]
| July 10, 2011 | During an interview, Jeb says that "shields for the left arm" might be added. | ||||||||
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| Java Edition | |||||||||
| 1.9 | 15w33c | Added shields.
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| Shields replace the blocking functionality of swords, although blocking more damage. | |||||||||
The current crafting recipe of shields includes wool, producing 16 possible colored shields. There currently isn't a blank, uncolored shield.
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| Any of the colored base shields can be crafted with a banner of the same base color, to produce a patterned shield. | |||||||||
| 15w34c | When an attack is blocked by a shield, the attacker now may be knocked back. | ||||||||
| Being attacked with an axe now may disable shield use for 5 seconds. | |||||||||
| 15w37a | The crafting recipe of shields has now been changed to 6 planks and 1 iron ingot.
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 Crafting a shield now produces a base wooden shield that can be crafted together with any banner. | |||||||||
| The cooldown of shields has now been reduced from 0.5s to 0.25s. | |||||||||
| Blocking with shields now prevents some side effects.[verify] | |||||||||
| Arrows now ricochet off shields. | |||||||||
| 15w44a | Shields can now be repaired by combining with other shields. This removes any banner that had been applied. | ||||||||
| 15w45a | Crafting a banner onto a shield now consumes the banner. | ||||||||
| 15w47b | Added shield blocking sounds. | ||||||||
| 16w07a | Added more variation of shield blocking sounds. | ||||||||
| pre1 | The durability of shields has now been increased from 181 to 337. | ||||||||
| 1.11 | 16w33a | Crafting a shield with a banner no longer changes the durability, nor does it remove enchantments from it. | |||||||
| 16w35a | Shields now block 100% of damage/knockback/debuffs dealt in melee combat. | ||||||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 442. | |||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of shields has now been changed. | |||||||
| ? | Shields can now be bought from armorer villagers. | ||||||||
| 1.14.3 | Pre-Release 3 | Shields blocking flaming arrows no longer put the player on fire. | |||||||
| 1.14.4 | ? | When a melee attack is blocked by a shield, the attacker is no longer knocked back a block away. | |||||||
| 1.15 | ? | Enchantment glint is now only visable on the handle of the shield | |||||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||||||
| Combat Tests | 1.14.3 - Combat Test | Critical hits now bypass shields. | |||||||
| Removed the warm-up delay from shields. | |||||||||
| When in the off-hand, shields will now activate when sneaking. | |||||||||
| Shields no longer knock back attackers when they block. | |||||||||
| Combat Test 2 | Shields will now protect against critical attacks again. | ||||||||
| Combat Test 3 | Added a "Shield Indicator" option that displays when the shield is active, similar to the attack indicator. | ||||||||
| Added an option to hide shields when active. | |||||||||
| Arc of available protection has been decreased to 100 degrees instead of 180 degrees. | |||||||||
| Combat Test 4 | Added an option to disable shields being activating by pressing crouch. | ||||||||
| Removed the option to hide the shield. | |||||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Added shields.
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| Shields cannot be customized with banners. | |||||||||
| Shields are activated by crouching or mounting mobs. | |||||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Shields can now be bought from armorer villagers. | |||||||
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||||||
| 1.90 | Added shields.
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| Shields do not have banner application features. | |||||||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Shield" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[edit]
Player holding the default shield.
A player blocking with a custom shield.
An enchanted shield.
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References[edit]
