Horse Armor

Horse Armor

Type	Armor
Durability	N/A
Renewable	No (except leather horse armor)
Stackable	No
First appearances	See History
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.

Obtaining

Natural generation

• Iron horse armor can be found in 19.2% of nether fortress chests, 18.2% of desert temple chests, 5.7% of village blacksmith chests, 5.4% of jungle temple chests, 22.2% of dungeon chests, 4.6% of End city chests, and 2.5% of stronghold altar chests, all in groups of 1.
• Gold horse armor can be found in 29.4% of nether fortress chests, 12.4% of desert temple chests, 5.7% of village blacksmith chests, 5.4% of jungle temple chests, 15.1% of dungeon chests, 4.6% of End city chests, and 2.5% of stronghold altar chests, all in groups of 1.
• Diamond horse armor can be found in 11.8% of nether fortress chests, 6.3% of desert temple chests, 5.7% of village blacksmith chests, 5.4% of jungle temple chests, 7.7% of dungeon chests, 4.6% of End city chests, and 2.5% of stronghold altar chests, all in groups of 1.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Leather Horse Armor	Leather		Pocket Edition only

Usage

Protection

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

Material	Armor
Leather[Pocket Edition only]	3 ()
Iron	5 ()
Gold	7 ()
Diamond	11 ()

In the Pocket Edition, leather horse armor is available. It is dyeable like regular leather armor.

Smelting usage

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

Data values

ID

Item	ID Name (PC)	ID Name (PE)	Numerical ID
Leather Horse Armor	unavailable	horsearmorleather	416[Pocket Edition only]
Iron Horse Armor	iron_horse_armor	horsearmoriron	417
Golden Horse Armor	golden_horse_armor	horsearmorgold	418
Diamond Horse Armor	diamond_horse_armor	horsearmordiamond	419

History

Official release
1.6.1			13w16a		Added horse armor. It could be crafted using the following recipe. Recipe
			13w18a		Removed crafting recipe for 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 additionally be found in mineshaft chests.
			13w21a		No longer stackable, to be consistent with other types of armor.
1.9			15w31a		Added to end city chests.
			15w43a		Slightly decreased average yield in nether fortress chests.
			15w44a		Increased average yield in desert temple chests.
					Slightly decreased average yield of iron horse armor from dungeon chests, and removed from mineshaft chests.
1.11.1			16w50a		Golden and iron horse armor now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.15.0			build 1		Added horse armor and version exclusive dyeable leather horse armor.
Pocket Edition
1.1			build 1		Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
Console Edition
TU19	CU7	1.12	Patch 1		Added horse armor.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	Patch s3	Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.

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.

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