This article is about materials of armor. For tiers of tools and weapons, see Tiers. For materials of blocks, see Materials.
Armor materials refer to the material that an armor item uses.
Materials
There are currently seven armor materials in the game: leather, chainmail, iron, gold, diamond, netherite, and turtle. The armor material of an item determines its durability multiplier, armor values, enchantability, sound events, toughness, knockback resistance, and repair items.
| Material Name | Durability Multiplier[n 1] | Defense Points | Enchantability | Sound Event Type | Toughness | Knockback Resistance | Repair Item | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Chest | Legs | Feet | ID | Sounds | ||||||
| Leather | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | item.armor.equip_leather
|
0 | 0 | Leather | |
| Chainmail[n 2] | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | item.armor.equip_chain
|
0 | 0 | Iron Ingot | |
| Iron | 15 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | item.armor.equip_iron
|
0 | 0 | Iron Ingot | |
| Turtle[n 3] | 25 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | item.armor.equip_turtle
|
0 | 0 | Scute | |
| Gold | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25 | item.armor.equip_gold
|
0 | 0 | Gold Ingot | |
| Diamond | 33 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | item.armor.equip_diamond
|
2 | 0 | Diamond | |
| Netherite | 37 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 | item.armor.equip_netherite
|
3 | 0.1 | Netherite Ingot | |
- ↑ The durability multiplier multiplies each item slot's base durability. The base values are: 11 for head, 16 for chest, 15 for legs, 13 for feet.
- ↑ Referred to as both "chain" and "chainmail" in the code.
- ↑ Although the turtle material is currently used only by turtle shells, it has unused protection values for other equip slots.
Affected items
All helmets, chestplates, leggings, and boots use their respective armor materials. Turtle shells use the turtle material.
Other mechanics
Other mechanics in the game use these materials for various purposes.
- Piglins are neutral towards players wearing gold armor.
- Players and other entities wearing leather armor do not freeze when in powdered snow, and do not fall through powdered snow when wearing leather boots.