Horse Armor

Horse Armor

Type	Armor
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. Only normal horses can wear armor - other variants such as skeleton trap horses and donkeys cannot be equipped with armor.

Obtaining

Natural generation

• Iron horse armor can be found in 2.5% of stronghold altar chests, 19.0% of nether fortress chests, 5.7% of village blacksmith chests, 21.8% of dungeon chests, 18.0% of desert temple chests, 5.3% of jungle 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 5.3% of jungle temple chests in groups of 1.

• Golden horse armor can be found in 2.5% of stronghold altar chests, 29.1% of nether fortress chests, 5.7% of village blacksmith chests, 14.9% of dungeon chests, 12.3% of desert temple chests, 5.3% of jungle 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 5.3% of jungle temple chests in groups of 1.

• Diamond horse armor can be found in 2.5% of stronghold altar chests, 11.8% of nether fortress chests, 5.7% of village blacksmith chests, 7.7% of dungeon chests, 6.3% of desert temple chests, 5.3% of jungle 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 5.3% of jungle temple chests in groups of 1.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Leather Horse Armor	Leather		[Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only]

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[Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only]	3 ()
Iron	5 ()
Gold	7 ()
Diamond	11 ()

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	ID Name
Iron Horse Armor	iron_horse_armor
Golden Horse Armor	golden_horse_armor
Diamond Horse Armor	diamond_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

Item	ID Name	Numeral 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

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.
1.13			18w22a		Changed the texture of iron horse armor when equipped.
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.
Legacy 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.
TU60	CU51	1.64	Patch 30	Patch s11	Added leather horse armor.

Issues

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

Gallery

• 

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

• 

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

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