Horse Armor
Horse armor[note 1] 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.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Natural generation[edit]
Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
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Java Edition | ||||
Iron Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 21.8% |
Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 18% | |
End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.5% | |
Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 19% | |
Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.5% | |
Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% | |
Bedrock Edition | ||||
Iron Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 21.8% |
Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 18% | |
End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.4% | |
Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 19% | |
Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.4% | |
Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% |
Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
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Java Edition | ||||
Golden Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 14.9% |
Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 12.3% | |
End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.5% | |
Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 29.1% | |
Ruined portal | Chest | 1 | 7.3% | |
Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.5% | |
Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% | |
Bedrock Edition | ||||
Golden Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 14.9% |
Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 12.3% | |
End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.4% | |
Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 29.1% | |
Ruined portal | Chest | 1 | 7.3% | |
Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.4% | |
Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% |
Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
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Java Edition | ||||
Diamond Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 7.7% |
Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 6.3% | |
End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.5% | |
Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 11.8% | |
Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.5% | |
Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% | |
Bedrock Edition | ||||
Diamond Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 7.7% |
Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 6.3% | |
End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.4% | |
Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 11.8% | |
Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.4% | |
Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% |
Crafting[edit]
Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Leather |
Trading[edit]
Expert-level leatherworker villagers sell leather horse armor for 6 emeralds as part of their trade.
Usage[edit]
Protection[edit]
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. Note that golden horse armor provides more protection than iron horse armor, whereas the opposite is true for player armor.
Material | Armor |
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Leather | 3 (![]() ![]() |
Iron | 5 (![]() ![]() ![]() |
Gold | 7 (![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Diamond | 11 (![]() |
Durability[edit]
Unlike player armor, horse armor does not have durability. This means a single horse armor can be used indefinitely.
Enchanting[edit]
Unlike player armor, horse armor cannot be enchanted. Using an anvil in Creative does allow the armor to be enchanted, but any applied enchantments have no effect.
Dyeing[edit]
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 using a filled cauldron with dyed leather horse armor.
Smelting usage[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
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Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget |
Iron Horse Armor or Golden Horse Armor + Any fuel |
Piglins[edit]
Piglins are attracted to golden horse armor and run toward any golden horse armor on the ground, inspecting it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
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Leather Horse Armor | leather_horse_armor | item.minecraft.leather_horse_armor |
Iron Horse Armor | iron_horse_armor | item.minecraft.iron_horse_armor |
Diamond Horse Armor | diamond_horse_armor | item.minecraft.diamond_horse_armor |
Golden Horse Armor | golden_horse_armor | item.minecraft.golden_horse_armor |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
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Leather Horse Armor | horsearmorleather | 416 | item.horsearmorleather.name |
Iron Horse Armor | horsearmoriron | 417 | item.horsearmoriron.name |
Diamond Horse Armor | horsearmordiamond | 419 | item.horsearmordiamond.name |
Golden Horse Armor | horsearmorgold | 418 | item.horsearmorgold.name |
History[edit]
Java Edition | |||||
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1.6.1 | 13w16a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Horse armor can be crafted using the following recipe.
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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 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
17w46a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 417, 418 and 419. | ||||
18w03a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w22a | ![]() | ||||
pre2 | A bug with the horse skin and horse armor textures not applying correctly has been fixed.[2] | ||||
1.14 | 18w50a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
February 20, 2019 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
19w08a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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1.14.1 | Pre-Release 1 | ![]() | |||
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1.16 | 20w15a | Horse armor placed in a dispenser can now be put on tamed horses. | |||
20w16a | Golden horse armor now generates in ruined portal chests. | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
0.15.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Horse armor can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests. | |||
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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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() ![]() |
1.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Horse Armor" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[edit]
The GUI for horses implemented in 13w21a which allows the removal and switching of armor.
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Known as Armour in British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English variants.