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Horse Armor

This article is about armors for horses. For players, see Armor. For wolves, see Wolf Armor.


Horse armor is a special type of armor that can be given to a horse to wear.

Obtaining

Chest loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Iron Horse Armor Dungeon Chest 1 21.5%
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 21.5%
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
Java Edition
Golden Horse Armor Dungeon Chest 1 14.7%
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 14.7%
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
Java Edition
Diamond Horse Armor Dungeon Chest 1 7.6%
Ancient City Chest 1 16.1%
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 7.6%
Ancient City Chest 1 16.1%
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

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Leather

Only leather horse armor can be crafted; other horse armor can be obtained only from chest loot from some generated structures.

Trading

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

Usage

Only normal adult horses can wear armor; foals, donkeys, mules, and undead variants such as skeleton horses and zombie horses cannot be equipped with armor.

Types

Horse armor has leather, iron, gold, and diamond variants. However, horse armor does not have netherite or chainmail variants.

Armor Stands

Horse armor cannot be placed or displayed on armor stands.

Protection

Horse armor can be equipped to horses either by manually placing it in its respective slot by pressing E while riding the horse (), 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
Leather 3 (🛡🛡)
Iron 5 (🛡🛡🛡)
Gold 7 (🛡🛡🛡🛡)
Diamond 11 (🛡 × 5.5)

When a horse dies while equipped with any horse armor, it drops its normal loot, saddle (if it had one), and the horse armor.

Leather horse armor protects horses from freezing in powder snow, but it does not negate other powder snow effects (e.g., falling through, inability to jump).

Durability

Unlike player armor, horse armor does not have durability. This means a single horse armor can be used infinitely unless destroyed.

Enchanting

Unlike player armor, horse armor cannot be enchanted in survival mode. However, in Java Edition Creative mode, horse armor can be used with an anvil to enchant with Depth Strider, Thorns, Respiration, Feather Falling, and Curse of vanishing. Other enchantments can be applied, but they have no effect.

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 using 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

Piglins

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.

Sounds

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Horse armor equipsFriendly CreaturesWhen armor is equipped to a horseentity.horse.armorsubtitles.entity.horse.armor0.51.016

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
Friendly CreaturesWhen armor is equipped to a horsemob.horse.armor0.61.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Leather Horse Armorleather_horse_armorItemitem.minecraft.leather_horse_armor
Iron Horse Armoriron_horse_armorItemitem.minecraft.iron_horse_armor
Diamond Horse Armordiamond_horse_armorItemitem.minecraft.diamond_horse_armor
Golden Horse Armorgolden_horse_armorItemitem.minecraft.golden_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormTranslation key
Leather Horse Armorleather_horse_armorhorsearmorleather530Itemitem.horsearmorleather.name
Iron Horse Armoriron_horse_armorhorsearmoriron531Itemitem.horsearmoriron.name
Diamond Horse Armordiamond_horse_armorhorsearmordiamond533Itemitem.horsearmordiamond.name
Golden Horse Armorgolden_horse_armorhorsearmorgold532Itemitem.horsearmorgold.name

Item data

When leather horse armor is dyed, it has the following NBT:

Java Edition:

Main article: Player.dat format
  •  tag: Parent tag.
    •  display: Display properties.
      •  color: The color of the leather armor. The tooltip displays "Dyed" if advanced tooltips are disabled, otherwise it displays the hexadecimal color value. Color codes are calculated from the Red, Green and Blue components using this formula:
        Red<<16 + Green<<8 + Blue[1]

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Item format.

History

Java Edition
1.6.113w16a
Added horse armor.
Horse armor can be crafted using the following recipe.
Recipe

13w18aThe 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.
13w21aHorse armor is no longer stackable, to be consistent with other types of armor.
1.915w31aHorse armor has been added to end city chests.
15w43aThe average yield of horse armor in nether fortress chests has slightly decreased.
15w44aThe 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.
1.11.116w50aGolden and iron horse armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.1317w45a The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
17w46a The model of horse armor has been changed, but the textures of horse armor have remained unaltered.
17w47aPrior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 417, 418 and 419.
18w03a The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
18w22a The texture of iron horse armor when equipped has been changed.[2]
pre2A bug with the horse skin and horse armor textures not applying correctly has been fixed.[3]
1.1418w50a The textures of horse armor items have been changed.
February 20, 2019Leather horse armor announced for Java Edition.
19w08a
The textures of iron, gold and diamond horse armor have been changed.
Added leather horse armor, which can be dyed 12,326,391 different colors, similar to leather armor.
19w11aLeatherworker villagers now sell leather horse armor.
1.14.1Pre-Release 1 The texture of leather horse armor item has been changed to be more consistent with the other types of horse armor.
The texture of iron horse armor item has been changed.
1.1620w15aHorse armor placed in a dispenser can now be put on tamed horses.
20w16aGolden horse armor now generates in ruined portal chests.
1.1721w13aLeather horse armor now protects horses from freezing.
1.1922w13aDiamond horse armor may now be found in ancient city chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0build 1
Added horse armor and dyeable leather horse armor as a version exclusive.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Horse armor can now be found inside end city chests.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6beta 1.2.6.2 The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has been changed.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Horse armor can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.

The textures of all horse armor have been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Horse armor can now be found in savanna, desert, taiga, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
beta 1.11.0.4Leather horse armor can now be bought from leatherworker villagers.
beta 1.11.0.5 The textures of all horse armor items have been changed.
1.17.0beta 1.16.230.54Leather horse armor now protects horses from freezing.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19CU7 1.12 Patch 11.0.1
Added horse armor.
TU53CU43 1.49 Patch 231.0.3Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
TU60CU51 1.64 Patch 301.0.11
Added leather horse armor.
1.90
The textures of leather, iron, gold and diamond horse armor have 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

  • Undyed Leather armor
    Undyed Leather armor
  • White Leather armor
    White Leather armor
  • Light Gray Leather armor
    Light Gray Leather armor
  • Gray Leather armor
    Gray Leather armor
  • Black Leather armor
    Black Leather armor
  • Brown Leather armor
    Brown Leather armor
  • Red Leather armor
    Red Leather armor
  • Orange Leather armor
    Orange Leather armor
  • Yellow Leather armor
    Yellow Leather armor
  • Lime Leather armor
    Lime Leather armor
  • Green Leather armor
    Green Leather armor
  • Cyan Leather armor
    Cyan Leather armor
  • Light Blue Leather armor
    Light Blue Leather armor
  • Blue Leather armor
    Blue Leather armor
  • Purple Leather armor
    Purple Leather armor
  • Magenta Leather armor
    Magenta Leather armor
  • Pink Leather armor
    Pink Leather armor

Screenshots

  • A horse equipped with iron horse armor and bound to a fence post by a lead.
    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.
    The GUI for horses implemented in 13w21a, which allows the removal and switching of armor.
  • A golden horse armor found in a dungeon chest, which coincidentally contains an enchanted golden apple.
    A golden horse armor found in a dungeon chest, which coincidentally contains an enchanted golden apple.
  • 4 horses equipped with leather, iron, gold, and diamond armor.
    4 horses equipped with leather, iron, gold, and diamond armor.
  • First image of leather horse armor.
    First image of leather horse armor.
  • Second image of leather horse armor.
    Second image of leather horse armor.
  • Third image of leather horse armor.
    Third image of leather horse armor.
  • Fourth image of leather horse armor.
    Fourth image of leather horse armor.
  • Fifth image of leather horse armor.
    Fifth image of leather horse armor.

Notes


References

  1. ↑ For positive values larger than 0x00FFFFFF, the top byte is ignored. All negative values produce white.
  2. ↑ MC-124357
  3. ↑ MC-124364

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