Horse Armor

Horse Armor

Rarity	Common
Renewable	No (except leather horse armor)
Stackable	No

	“	Finally, in a dark red corridor with the shrieks of ghasts ringing in your ears, you see a chest. You walk up to it. Another wither skeleton attacks, and you fight it off. You open the chest, and see what's inside. Some diamonds – meh, you've got loads of those. A flint and steel – might be useful to re-light a portal. A dusty saddle? You've already ridden a pig off a cliff. But then your eyes light up – at the very bottom of the chest, you find the prize you've been seeking. It's our item of the week – horse armor.	„
		— Duncan Geere

Horse armor is a special type of armor that can be given to a horse to wear. Only normal horses can wear armor; donkey, mule and undead variants such as skeleton horses and zombie horses 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 weaponsmith chests, 21.8% of dungeon chests, 19.0% of nether fortress chests, 4.5% of jungle temple chests, 18.0% of desert temple chests, and 4.6% of End city chests, all 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 weaponsmith chests, 14.9% of dungeon chests, 29.1% of nether fortress chests, 4.5% of jungle temple chests, 12.3% of desert temple chests, and 4.6% of End city chests, all 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 weaponsmith chests, 7.7% of dungeon chests, 11.8% of nether fortress chests, 4.5% of jungle temple chests, 6.3% of desert temple chests, and 4.6% of End city chests, all 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

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Leather

Trading

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

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	3 ()
Iron	5 ()
Gold	7 ()
Diamond	11 ()

Durability

Unlike player's armor, horse armor does not have durability. This means a single horse armor can be used indefinitely.

Enchanting

Unlike player's armor, horse armor cannot be enchanted.

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.

Smelting usage

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget	Iron Horse Armor or Golden Horse Armor + Any fuel	0.1

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Item	Namespaced ID
Leather Horse Armor	leather_horse_armor
Iron Horse Armor	iron_horse_armor
Golden Horse Armor	golden_horse_armor
Diamond Horse Armor	diamond_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

Item	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Leather Horse Armor	horsearmorleather	416
Iron Horse Armor	horsearmoriron	417
Golden Horse Armor	horsearmorgold	418
Diamond Horse Armor	horsearmordiamond	419

History

Java Edition
1.6.1		13w16a			Added horse armor.
					Horse armor can be crafted using the following recipe. Recipe
		13w18a			The crafting recipe for horse armor has 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			Horse armor has been added to end city chests.
		15w43a			The average yield of horse armor in nether fortress chests has slightly decreased.
		15w44a			The average yield of horse armor in desert temple 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.
1.11.1		16w50a			Golden and iron horse armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.13		17w45a			The textures of horse armor have now been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
		17w46a			The model of horses has been changed, but the textures of horse armor have remained unaltered.
		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 417, 418 and 419.
		18w03a			The textures of horse armor have now been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
		18w22a			The texture of iron horse armor when equipped has now been changed.
		pre2			A bug with the horse skin and horse armor textures not applying correctly has now been fixed.
1.14		18w50a			The textures of horse armor items have now been changed.
		February 20, 2019			Leather horse armor announced for the Java Edition.
		19w08a			The textures of iron, gold and diamond horse armor have now been changed.
					Added leather horse armor, which can be dyed 12,326,391 different colors, similar to leather armor.
1.14.1		Pre-Release 1			The texture of leather horse armor item has now been changed to be more consistent with the other types of horse armor.
					The colors on the iron horse armor item have now been changed slightly.
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.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6		beta 1.2.6.2			The textures of horse armor have now been changed, as the model of horses has now been changed.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Horse armor can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
					The textures of all horse armor have now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Horse armor can now be found in savanna, desert, taiga, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Leather horse armor can now be bought from leatherworker villagers.
		beta 1.11.0.5			The textures of all horse armor items have now been changed.
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.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The textures of leather, iron, gold and diamond horse armor have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added horse armor.

Issues

Issues relating to "Horse Armor" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

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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