Boots

Boots

Rarity color	Common
Durability	Leather: 65 Chainmail: 195 Iron: 195 Golden: 91 Diamond: 429 Netherite: 481
Renewable	Netherite: No All others: Yes
Stackable	No

Boots are a type of armor that covers the feet of the player. There are six types of boots: leather boots, chainmail boots, iron boots, diamond boots, gold boots, and netherite boots.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Leather or Gold Ingot or Iron Ingot or Diamond
Damaged Matching Boots		The durability of the two boots is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Upgrading

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Diamond Boots + Netherite Ingot	Upgrade Gear

Repairing

Grinding

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
2x Damaged Leather Boots or 2x Damaged Chainmail Boots or 2x Damaged Iron Boots or 2x Damaged Golden Boots or 2x Damaged Diamond Boots or 2x Damaged Netherite Boots		The durability of the two boots are added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Boots can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the armor material's repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the boots' maximum durability, rounded down.

Mobs

If a zombie, husk, stray, piglin, or skeleton is wearing armor, there is a 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) for the mob to drop boots upon death. The boots are usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted.

In Bedrock Edition, vindicators and pillagers that spawn in raids have a chance to drop iron boots, which are usually badly damaged and have a 50% chance to be enchanted.

Zombie is shown wearing boots.

Natural generation

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Leather Boots	Village	Tanner's chest	1	31.8%
Enchanted Leather Boots	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	22.4%
Iron Boots	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	12.1%
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.6%
Enchanted Iron Boots	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	16%
Enchanted Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Bridge chest	1	12.2%
	Ruined portal	Chest	1	20.5%
Enchanted Golden Boots with Soul Speed	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	16%
Damaged Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	8.6%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	10.2%
Enchanted Diamond Boots	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Java Edition 1.16.2[upcoming]
Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8%
Enchanted Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2%
Enchanted Golden Boots with Soul Speed	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8%
Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	15.8%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	18.7%
Bedrock Edition
Leather Boots	Village	Tanner's chest	1	31.8%
Enchanted Leather Boots	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	22.4%
Chainmail Boots	Buried treasure	Chest	1	57.2%
Iron Boots	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.8%
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.6%
Enchanted Iron Boots	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	16%
Enchanted Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Bridge chest	1	12.2%
	Ruined portal	Chest	1	20.5%
Enchanted Golden Boots with Soul Speed	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	16%
Damaged Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	8.6%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	10.2%
Enchanted Diamond Boots	End city	Chest	1	13.3%

Trading

In Java Edition, novice-level armorer villagers have 40% chance to sell iron boots for 4 emeralds. Apprentice-level armorers have a 50% chance to sell chainmail boots for an emerald. Expert-level armorers always sell enchanted diamond boots for 11-27 emeralds. Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have ²⁄₃ chance to sell leather boots for 4 emeralds.

Armorer villagers may give the players with the Hero of the Village effect chainmail boots.

In Bedrock Edition, novice-level armorer villagers have a 25% chance to sell iron boots for 4 emeralds. Apprentice-level armorers have a ¹⁄₃ chance to sell chainmail boots for an emerald. Expert-level armorers have a 50% chance to sell enchanted diamond boots for 8 emeralds. Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have a 50% chance to sell leather boots for 4 emeralds.

Bartering

Piglins may barter iron boots with Soul Speed when given a gold ingot.

Fishing

Leather boots can be caught as a "junk" item when fishing.

Usage

Boots can be placed in the fourth armor slot of a player's inventory for activation.

Defense points

Defense points are each signified by half of a chestplate in the armor bar above the health bar. Each defense point reduces any damage dealt to the player that is absorbed by armor by 4%, increasing additively with the number of defense points. Different materials and combinations of armor provide different levels of defense.

The following table shows the amount of defense points added by boots.

Material
Leather	1 ()
Golden	1 ()
Chainmail	1 ()
Iron	2 ()
Diamond	3 ()
Netherite	3 ()

Durability

The following table shows the amount of damage each piece of armor can absorb before being destroyed.

Any "hit" from a damage source that can be blocked by armor removes one point of durability from each piece of armor worn. Damage taken that armor doesn't protect (such as falling or drowning) does not damage the armor, even if it is enchanted to protect against that type of damage. The following chart displays how many hits boots can endure.

Material
Leather	65
Golden	91
Chainmail/Iron	195
Diamond	429
Netherite	481

Repair

Boots may be repaired by using them along with some of their crafting material (leather, gold ingots, iron ingots, diamonds or netherite ingots) in an anvil. Chainmail boots may be repaired in this way with iron ingots. They may also be repaired by crafting them together with another pair of boots of like material, or with the Mending enchant.

Enchantments

Boots can receive the following enchantments:

Enchantment	Max Level	Notes
Fire Protection	IV
Projectile Protection	IV
Blast Protection	IV
Protection	IV
Feather Falling	IV
Unbreaking	III
Thorns	III
Depth Strider	III
Soul Speed	III
Frost Walker	II
Mending	I
Curse of Binding	I
Curse of Vanishing	I

Smelting usage

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget	Iron Boots or Chainmail Boots or Golden Boots + Any fuel	0.1

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Leather Boots	leather_boots	item.minecraft.leather_boots
Chainmail Boots	chainmail_boots	item.minecraft.chainmail_boots
Iron Boots	iron_boots	item.minecraft.iron_boots
Diamond Boots	diamond_boots	item.minecraft.diamond_boots
Golden Boots	golden_boots	item.minecraft.golden_boots
Netherite Boots	netherite_boots	item.minecraft.netherite_boots

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Leather Boots	leather_boots	301	item.leather_boots.name
Chainmail Boots	chainmail_boots	305	item.chainmail_boots.name
Iron Boots	iron_boots	309	item.iron_boots.name
Diamond Boots	diamond_boots	313	item.diamond_boots.name
Golden Boots	golden_boots	317	item.golden_boots.name
Netherite Boots	netherite_boots	751	item.netherite_boots.name

Achievements

Main article: Achievement

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Iron Man	Wear a full suit of Iron Armor.	—	15G	Bronze
	Tie Dye Outfit	Use a cauldron to dye all 4 unique pieces of leather armor.	—	15G	Bronze
	Let it Go!	Using the Frost Walker boots, walk on at least 1 block on frozen water on a deep ocean	—	20G	Bronze
	Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold.	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30G	Silver
	Cover me in debris	Wear a full set of Netherite armor.	—	50G	Gold

Advancements

Main article: Advancement

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Suit Up	Protect yourself with a piece of iron armor	Acquire Hardware	Have any type of iron armor in your inventory.	story/obtain_armor
	Cover Me With Diamonds	Diamond armor saves lives	Diamonds!	Have any type of diamond armor in your inventory.	story/shiny_gear
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	Give a piglin one of these 22 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved entity tag while not wearing any golden armor. Other gold-related items, if any, may be used, but are ignored for this advancement and by the piglin.	nether/distract_piglin
	Cover Me in Debris	Get a full suit of Netherite armor	Hidden in the Depths	—	nether/netherite_armor

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31		20091231-2			Studded boots can now be seen in the inventory.[more information needed]
February 9, 2010					Notch revealed new models for armor, which included boots.
20100218					Added cloth, chain, iron, gold, and diamond boots[verify]
					Boots can now be crafted and worn.
					Boots now function, giving 3 (). Boots have limited durability, with lower tier boots less durable than higher tier boots.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8					"Wool boots" have been renamed to "leather boots".
					Leather boots are now crafted with leather instead of wool.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			The armor protection behavior has been changed. Previous to this update, the total armor protection is based in this equation: (((total equipped armor damage reduction − 1) × (all equipped armor max damage − total equipped armor damage)) ÷ (total equipped armor max damage + 1)).
		October 3, 2011			The first images of a player wearing enchanted armor, including boots, are revealed.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Iron boots can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Boots can now be enchanted.
1.1		12w01a			Iron boots can now be found in the new blacksmith chests in villages.
1.3.1		12w15a			⇧ Shift+clicking can now be used to equip boots.
		12w21a			Chain boots can now be obtained legitimately in survival mode through trading.
					Blacksmith villagers now sell chain boots for 5–6 emeralds.
					Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond boots for 7 emeralds.
					Blacksmith villagers now sell iron boots for 4–5 emeralds.
					Butcher villagers now sell leather boots for 2-3 emeralds.
1.4.2		12w32a			Mob armor has been reintroduced. A partial or full set of any armor is now sometimes worn by zombies, skeletons and zombie pigmen, with the likelihood increasing with difficulty.
		August 17, 2012			Jeb and Dinnerbone tweeted pictures of dyeable leather armor, including boots.[citation needed]
		12w34a			Leather boots can now be dyed by crafting leather boots with dyes. Dyes can be removed by using dyed leather boots on a cauldron with water.
					Default leather boots are now slightly darker.
		12w36a			Dyed leather boots are now more saturated and have a slight tint of tan in respect to the default armor color.
					Wither skeletons can now spawn wearing boots.
		12w37a			[more information needed] Leather boots now have non-dyed parts. This has been implemented so that players can distinguish between other types of armor and similarly colored leather armor.
1.5		13w04a			Boots in the player's hand can now be equipped by right-clicking.
					Dispensers can now equip nearby players with boots.
1.7.2		13w36a			Leather boots can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items through fishing.
1.8		14w02a			Armorer villagers now sell chain boots for 5–7 emeralds.
					Armorer villagers no longer sell diamond boots.
					Armorer villagers no longer sell iron boots.
					Leatherworker villagers no longer sell leather boots.
		14w05a			Boots no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
		14w06a			Boots are now visible on giants.
		14w25a			Chain boots can no longer be crafted anymore due to the item form of fire being removed.
1.9		15w31a			Enchanted iron and diamond boots can now be found in end city ship chests.
					Mobs now wear armor from the bottom to the top, rather than from the top to the bottom. This means that a mob with three armor pieces, for example, spawn with all armor except a helmet.
		15w34b			Boots' durability now affects armor value.
		15w36a			Armor value andenchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here.
		15w36d			Boots' durability affecting value has been removed.
					Boots now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
		15w50a			Added equip sounds for boots.
		16w02a			Armor value and enchantment calculations have been changed again.
		16w05a			Armor value calculations have been changed, once again.
1.11.1		16w50a			Golden, chain and iron boots can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. Chain boots smelt into iron nuggets.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 298 through 317.[more information needed]
		18w11a			Enchanted leather boots can now generate in the chests of shipwrecks.
		18w20a			Chain armor boots have been renamed to "chainmail".
1.14		18w43a			The textures of leather, chainmail, iron, golden, and diamond boots have been changed.
		19w08a			The textures of gold boots items have been changed.
1.16		20w06a			Added netherite boots.
					Netherite boots are obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
		20w09a			The texture of diamond boots items has been changed.
		20w10a			The texture of netherite boots has been changed.
					Netherite boots can no longer be crafted.
					Netherite boots are now obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
		20w16a			Netherite boots now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnants chests.
					Golden boots now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
		20w17a			Diamonds boots now generate in place of netherite boots in bastion remnant chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.6.0					Added boots.
0.8.0		?			The leather boots sprites have been changed to that of the PC version, but its armor model remains that of older versions.
0.9.0		build 1			Iron boots now naturally generates in village chests and a stronghold altar chest.
0.12.1		build 1			Chainmail boots can now be obtained in survival mode from a mob wearing it.
					Leather boots can now be obtained from fishing as a "junk" item.
0.14.0		build 1			Leather boots can now be dyed and the model has been updated.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Enchanted iron boots and enchanted diamond boots can now be found inside chests within end city.
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Chainmail boots are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Golden, chain and iron boots can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Chainmail boots now generate in buried treasure chests.
					Enchanted leather boots can now be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Iron boots now can be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
					Leather boots can now be found inside plains village tannery chests.
					The textures of boots have been changed.[more information needed]
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Iron boots now can be found in savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
					Leather boots can now be found inside savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village tannery chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron boots.
					Iron and diamond boots are now sold by armorer villagers.
		beta 1.11.0.5			The textures of golden boots items have been changed.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.2			Leather boots no longer show as being dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.1			Leather boots now appear dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added netherite boots.
					Netherite boots are obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
					The texture of diamond boots items have been changed.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Iron boots with soul speed enchantment can be obtained from bartering with piglin.
					Netherite boots can no longer be crafted.
					Netherite boots are now obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
					Golden boots can now be found in ruined portal chest.
					Golden and netherite boots can be found in bastion remnant chest.
		beta 1.16.0.63			Diamonds boots now generate in place of netherite boots in bastion remnant chests.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added leather boots.
					Added iron boots.
					Added golden boots.
					Added diamond boots.
TU5					Added chain boots.
					Added a quick equip for boots to the inventory interface.
TU12		1.03			The textures for leather boots items have been changed.
TU14		1.05			Leather boots can now be dyed.
					Item repair can now repair boots.
TU25	CU13	1.16			Boots now have the quick equip functionality.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden, chain and iron boots can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. Chain boots smelt into iron nuggets.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The textures of leather boots have been changed.
					The textures of chainmail boots have been changed.
					The textures of iron boots have been changed.
					The textures of gold boots have been changed.
					The textures of diamond boots have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added leather boots.
					Added chain boots.
					Added iron boots.
					Added golden boots.
					Added diamond boots.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Leather armor originally used textures from one of Notch's previous games, Legend of the Chambered.
• The netherite boots are the only type of boots to have a differently shaped item sprite when compared to the other boot types.

Gallery

Enchanted Boots

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References

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