Armor materials

Armor materials refer to the material that an armor item uses.

Materials

There are currently nine armor materials in the game: leather, copper, chainmail, iron, gold, diamond, netherite, turtle, and armadillo scute. The armor material of an item determines its durability multiplier, armor values, enchantability, sound events, toughness, knockback resistance, repair items, and equipament asset.

Material Name	Durability^{[n 1]}	Defense Points					Enchantability	Toughness	KR^{[n 2]}	Repair Item	Sound Event & Sounds	Equipment Asset^{[n 3]}
Material Name	Durability^{[n 1]}	Head	Chest	Legs	Feet	Body	Enchantability	Toughness	KR^{[n 2]}	Repair Item	Sound Event & Sounds	Equipment Asset^{[n 3]}
Leather	5	1	3	2	1	3	15	0	0	`#repairs_leather_armor` Leather	`item.armor.equip_leather`	`leather`
Copper	11	2	4	3	2	4	8	0	0	`#repairs_copper_armor` Copper Ingot	`item.armor.equip_copper`	`copper`
Chainmail^{[n 4]}	15	2	5	4	1	4	12	0	0	`#repairs_chain_armor` Iron Ingot	`item.armor.equip_chain`	`chainmail`
Iron	15	2	6	5	2	5	9	0	0	`#repairs_iron_armor` Iron Ingot	`item.armor.equip_iron`	`iron`
Turtle^{[n 5]}	25	2	6	5	2	5	9	0	0	`#repairs_turtle_armor` Turtle Scute	`item.armor.equip_turtle`	`turtle_scute`
Gold	7	2	5	3	1	7	25	0	0	`#repairs_gold_armor` Gold Ingot	`item.armor.equip_gold`	`gold`
Diamond	33	3	8	6	3	11	10	2	0	`#repairs_diamond_armor` Diamond	`item.armor.equip_diamond`	`diamond`
Netherite	37	3	8	6	3	19	15	3	0.1	`#repairs_netherite_armor` Netherite Ingot	`item.armor.equip_netherite`	`netherite`
Armadillo Scute^{[n 6]}	4	3	8	6	3	11	10	0	0	`#repairs_wolf_armor` Armadillo Scute	`item.armor.equip_wolf`	`armadillo_scute`

↑ 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. The durability of the item is the durability multiplier for its material times the base value for the armor slot it goes in.
↑ Knockback resistance
↑ The resource location of the equipment model to use when equipped. The directory this refers to is assets/minecraft/equipment/<id>.json
↑ Referred to as both "chain" and "chainmail" in the code. Not used in the slot body
↑ Although the turtle material is currently used only by turtle shells, it has unused protection values for other armor slots.
↑ Although the armadillo scute material is currently used only by wolf armors, it has unused protection values for other armor slots.

Usage

Armor materials are used to define certain properties of armor items. Which properties are defined by the materials depends of the mobs that use this armor. Only the humanoid armor has a variable slot; all other armors are only defined by the slot body.

Armor	Material properties						Other properties
Armor	Durability	Attributes	Enchantable	Equip Sound	Asset Id	Repair Ingredient	Allowed Entities	Can Be Sheared	Shearing Sound	Damage On Hurt	Equip On Interact
Humanoid Armor	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	All entities	False	None	True	False
Wolf Armor	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	None	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Defined by the material	Wolf	True	`item.armor.unequip_wolf`	True	False
Horse Armor	None	Defined by the material	None	`entity.horse.armor`	Defined by the material	None	`#can_wear_horse_armor` Horse Zombie Horse	True	`item.horse_armor.unequip`	False	False
Nautilus Armor	None	Defined by the material	None	`item.armor.equip_nautilus`	Defined by the material	None	`#can_wear_nautilus_armor` Nautilus Zombie Nautilus	True	`item.armor.unequip_nautilus`	False	True

Other equipable items do not use armor material.

Items	Equipable properties										Other properties
Items	Slot	Equip Sound	Asset Id	Allowed Entities	Swappable	Damage On Hurt	Equipe On Interact	Camera Overlay	Can Be Sheared	Shearing Sound	Attributes	Durability	Repair Ingredient	Glider
Carved Pumpkin	Hand	`item.armor.equip_generic`	None	All entities	False	True	False	misc/pumpkinblur	False	None	Hidden waypoint	None	None	False
Carpets	Body	`llama_swag`	`<color>_carpet`	Llama Trader Llama	True	True	False	None	True	`llama_carpet_unequip`	None	None	None	False
Saddle	Saddle	`horsse_saddle`	`saddle`	`#can_equip_saddle` Camel Camel Husk Donkey Horse Mule Nautilus Pig Skeleton Horse Strider Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus	True	True	True	None	True	`saddle_unequip`	None	None	None	False
Harnesses	Body	`harness_equip`	`<color>_harness`	`#can_equip_harness` Happy Ghast	True	True	True	None	True	`harness_unequip`	None	None	None	False
Elytra	Chest	`armor_equip_elytra`	`elytra`	All entities	True	False	False	None	False	None	None	432	Phantom Membrane	True
Heads	Head	`item.armor.equip_generic`	None	All entities	False	True	False	None	False	None	Hidden waypoint	None	None	False
Shield	Offhand^{[note 1]}	`item.armor.equip_generic`	None	All entities	False	True	False	None	False	None	None	336	`#wooden_tool_materials` Planks	False

↑ Used so that when pick up by mobs, it can be held in the offhand instead of the mainhand

Pseudo-equipments:

Chest – When interacting with donkey, mule, lamma, or trader llama, the animal transforms into a chested animal; however, the item is not actually equipped on it. Chests do not have the component equippable, but it has a hardcoded interaction property.

Affected items

Material	Items by slot
	Humanoid slots				Body
	Head	Chest	Legs	Feet	Body
Leather	Leather Cap	Leather Tunic	Leather Pants	Leather Boots	Leather Horse Armor
Copper	Copper Helmet	Copper Chestplate	Copper Leggings	Copper Boots	Copper Horse Armor Copper Nautilus Armor
Chainmail	Chainmail Helmet	Chainmail Chestplate	Chainmail Leggings	Chainmail Boots	None
Iron	Iron Helmet	Iron Chestplate	Iron Leggings	Iron Boots	Iron Horse Armor Iron Nautilus Armor
Turtle	Turtle Shell	None	None	None	None
Gold	Golden Helmet	Golden Chestplate	Golden Leggings	Golden Boots	Golden Horse Armor Golden Nautilus Armor
Diamond	Diamond Helmet	Diamond Chestplate	Diamond Leggings	Diamond Boots	Diamond Horse Armor Diamond Nautilus Armor
Netherite	Netherite Helmet	Netherite Chestplate	Netherite Leggings	Netherite Boots	Netherite Horse Armor Netherite Nautilus Armor
Armadillo Scute	None	None	None	None	Wolf Armor

Armor materials

Materials

Usage

Affected items

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