Horse Armor

Horse Armor

Type	Armor
Renewable	No (except leather horse armor)
Stackable	No
Data values	See § Data values
Name	See § Data values

Horse armor is a special type of armor that can be given to a horse to wear. Only normal horses can wear armor; other variants such as skeleton trap horses and donkeys cannot be equipped with armor.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Iron

Iron horse armor can be found in 2.5% of stronghold altar chests, 5.7% of village blacksmith chests, 21.8% of dungeon chests, 18.0% of desert temple chests, 5.3% of jungle temple chests, 19.0% of nether fortress chests, and 4.6% of End city chests, all in groups of 1. In 1.14‌^[upcoming] they can be found in 5.7% of village weaponsmith chests and 4.5% of jungle temple chests in groups of 1.

In Bedrock Edition, they can be found in 2.4% of stronghold altar chests and 4.4% of jungle temple chests in groups of 1.

Gold

Golden horse armor can be found in 2.5% of stronghold altar chests, 5.7% of village blacksmith chests, 14.9% of dungeon chests, 12.3% of desert temple chests, 5.3% of jungle temple chests, 29.1% of nether fortress chests, and 4.6% of End city chests, all in groups of 1. In 1.14‌^[upcoming] they can be found in 5.7% of village weaponsmith chests and 4.5% of jungle temple chests in groups of 1.

In Bedrock Edition, they can be found in 2.4% of stronghold altar chests and 4.4% of jungle temple chests in groups of 1.

Diamond

Diamond horse armor can be found in 2.5% of stronghold altar chests, 5.7% of village blacksmith chests, 7.7% of dungeon chests, 6.3% of desert temple chests, 5.3% of jungle temple chests, 11.8% of nether fortress chests, and 4.6% of End city chests, all in groups of 1. In 1.14‌^[upcoming] they can be found in 5.7% of village weaponsmith chests and 4.5% of jungle temple chests in groups of 1.

In Bedrock Edition, they can be found in 2.4% of stronghold altar chests and 4.4% of jungle temple chests in groups of 1.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Leather Horse Armor (1.14)	Leather

Trading

Leatherworker villager sell leather horse armor for 6 emeralds as part of their fourth tier trade.‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.11]}

Usage

Protection

Horse armor can be equipped to horses either by manually placing it in its respective slot (), or by right clicking the horse with it.

There is a gradual increase in the defense given from a horse wearing the different types of armor:

Material	Armor
Leather‌[BE& LCE only]‌[upcoming: JE 1.14]	3 ()
Iron	5 ()
Gold	7 ()
Diamond	11 ()

Dyeing

Leather horse armor can be dyed 12,326,391 different colors (using lone dyes or dye combinations) and put onto a horse to display that color. These changes can be reverted by right clicking on a filled cauldron with dyed leather horse armor. ‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14]}‌^{[BE& LCE only]}

Smelting usage

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget	Iron Horse Armor or Golden Horse Armor + Any fuel

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Item	Name ID
Leather Horse Armor‌[upcoming: JE 1.14]	leather_horse_armor‌[upcoming: JE 1.14]
Iron Horse Armor	iron_horse_armor
Golden Horse Armor	golden_horse_armor
Diamond Horse Armor	diamond_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

Item	Name ID	Numeric ID
Leather Horse Armor	leather_horse_armor	416
Iron Horse Armor	iron_horse_armor	417
Golden Horse Armor	golden_horse_armor	418
Diamond Horse Armor	diamond_horse_armor	419

History

Java Edition
1.6.1			13w16a		Added horse armor. It can be crafted using the following recipe. Recipe
			13w18a		The crafting recipe for horse armor has now been removed.
					Horse armor can now be found in chests in jungle & desert temples, dungeons, nether fortresses, stronghold altar rooms and village blacksmith buildings.
					Iron horse armor can now additionally be found in mineshaft chests.
			13w21a		Horse armor is now no longer stackable, to be consistent with other types of armor.
1.9			15w31a		Added to end city chests.
			15w43a		The average yield of horse armor in nether fortress chests has now been slightly decreased.
			15w44a		The average yield of horse armor in desert temple chests has now been increased.
					The average yield of iron horse armor from dungeon chests has now been slightly decreased.
					Iron horse armor has now been removed from mineshaft chests.
1.11.1			16w50a		Golden and iron horse armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.13			17w47a		Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 417, 418 and 419.
			18w22a		Changed the texture of iron horse armor when equipped, from to .
Upcoming Java Edition
1.14			18w50a		Changed the textures of horse armor.
			February 20, 2019		Leather horse armor announced for the Java Edition.
			19w08a		Changed the texture of iron, gold and diamond horse armor.
					Added leather horse armor, which can be dyed 12,326,391 different colors, similar to leather armor.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.15.0			build 1		Added horse armor and dyeable leather horse armor as a version exclusive.
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		Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3		Horse armor can be found in plains village weaponsmith chest.
					Changed horse armor texture.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1		Horse armor can be found in savanna, desert, taiga, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chest.
			beta 1.11.0.4		Leather horse armor can be bought from leatherworker villager.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19	CU7	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added horse armor.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
TU60	CU51	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Added leather horse armor.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added horse armor.

Issues

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Gallery

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  A horse equipped with iron horse armor and bound to a fence post by a lead.

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  The GUI for horses implemented in 13w21a which allows the removal and switching of armor.

References

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