Leggings

Leggings (the leather variety being called pants) are a type of armor worn on the lower body of the player. There are seven tiers of leggings: leather, golden, copper, chainmail, iron, diamond, and netherite.

Variants

Leather Pants

Golden Leggings

Copper Leggings

Chainmail Leggings

Iron Leggings

Diamond Leggings

Netherite Leggings

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Leather or Gold Ingot or Copper Ingot or Iron Ingot or Diamond

Smithing

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade+ Diamond Leggings+ Netherite Ingot

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, skeletons, strays, bogged, piglins, and zombified piglins have a small chance to spawn 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 the leggings they're wearing upon death unless they are spawned from an ominous trial spawner. The dropped leggings are usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5–19.

In Bedrock Edition, vindicators and pillagers spawning in raids have a 4.16% chance (5.128% on hard difficulty) to drop iron leggings. The dropped leggings are usually badly damaged, and have a 50% chance of being enchanted with a random enchantment.

Trading

Leather

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Villager		JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Leatherworker	Novice	67%	50%	3 × Emerald	Leather Pants^{[t 1]}	12	1	0.2

↑ The leather armor has a random color created by two dyes (possibly the same dye twice.)

Chainmail

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Villager		JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Armorer	Apprentice	50%	33%	3 × Emerald	Chainmail Leggings	12	5	0.2

Iron

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Villager		JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Armorer	Novice	40%	25%	7 × Emerald	Iron Leggings	12	1	0.2

Diamond

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Villager		JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Armorer	Expert	100%	50%	19–33 × Emerald	Enchanted Diamond Leggings^{[t 1]}	3	15	0.2

↑ Enchanted with a random experience cost in range 5–19, equivalent to the middle slot of an enchanting table with 13 bookshelves. The price is 14 plus the experience cost in emeralds.

Usage

Leggings can be placed in the 3rd armor slot of a player's inventory for activation.

Statistics

Each armor point reduces damage by 4% (increasing additively). Armor points are signified by half a shirt on the armor bar above the health bar. The effectiveness of armor points is decreased as the strength of incoming attacks increase, an effect lessened by armor toughness. Armor toughness does not have a visual indicator bar. Leggings durability is decreased by 1 for every 4HP of incoming damage (rounded down, but never below 1). Different leggings types have different enchantability from one another, a value that affects the strength of enchantments received directly though enchanting tables. Netherite leggings provide a knockback resistance of 1 (10%).

Leggings
Type	Armor	Armor toughness	Durability	Enchantability	Knockback resistance
Leather Pants	2 ()	0 ()	75	15	0
Golden Leggings	3 ()	0 ()	105	25	0
Copper Leggings	3 ()	0 ()	165	8	0
Chainmail Leggings	4 ()	0 ()	225	12	0
Iron Leggings	5 ()	0 ()	225	9	0
Diamond Leggings	6 ()	2 ()	495	10	0
Netherite Leggings	6 ()	3 ()	555	15	1 (10%)

Repairing

Combining

Unit repair

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Leather Pants or Chainmail Leggings or Copper Leggings or Iron Leggings or Golden Leggings or Diamond Leggings or Netherite Leggings	Damaged Leather Pants or Damaged Chainmail Leggings or Damaged Copper Leggings or Damaged Iron Leggings or Damaged Golden Leggings or Damaged Diamond Leggings or Damaged Netherite Leggings		The durability of the two leggings is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Leather Pants or Chainmail Leggings or Copper Leggings or Iron Leggings or Golden Leggings or Diamond Leggings or Netherite Leggings	2 × Damaged Leather Pants or 2 × Damaged Chainmail Leggings or 2 × Damaged Copper Leggings or 2 × Damaged Iron Leggings or 2 × Damaged Golden Leggings or 2 × Damaged Diamond Leggings or 2 × Damaged Netherite Leggings		The durability of the two leggings is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Leather Pants	Damaged Leather Pants + Leather	Leather Pants
Copper Leggings	Damaged Copper Leggings + Copper Ingot	Copper Leggings
Iron Leggings	Damaged Iron Leggings + Iron Ingot	Iron Leggings
Chainmail Leggings	Damaged Chainmail Leggings + Iron Ingot	Chainmail Leggings
Golden Leggings	Damaged Golden Leggings + Gold Ingot	Golden Leggings
Diamond Leggings	Damaged Diamond Leggings + Diamond	Diamond Leggings
Netherite Leggings	Damaged Netherite Leggings + Netherite Ingot	Netherite Leggings

Leggings can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% the leggings' maximum durability, rounded down. Two leggings of the same tier can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the leggings' enchantments.

Enchantments

Leggings can receive the following enchantments:


Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases overall damage reduction.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	10
Projectile Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against projectiles.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Blast Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against explosions.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Fire Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against fire.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Enchanting Table‌^{[BE only]} Anvil	1
Swift Sneak	Increases movement speed when sneaking.	III	Anvil	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the leggings when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The leggings vanish on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1
Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the leggings.	I	Anvil	1

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, and Fire Protection are mutually exclusive.

Armor trimming

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, a pair of leggings, and an ingot or crystal (iron ingot, copper ingot, gold ingot, netherite ingot, emerald, redstone dust, lapis lazuli, amethyst shard, nether quartz, diamond, or resin brick).

These trims have no effect on the gameplay or strength of the armor.

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Any Armor Trim + Any Leggings + Any Ingot/Crystal

History

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Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31	20091231-2147	Added leggings. Cloth pants' texture was taken from one of Notch's games Legend of the Chambered and the rest from Legend of the Chambered 2.
20100206-2034		Added golden and diamond leggings.
20100206-2034		Removed studded leggings.
February 9, 2010		Notch revealed new models for armor, which included new models for leggings.
20100212-1210		Added models for leggings.
		When worn, the leggings model now appears on the player in the inventory.
		Leggings can now be crafted.
20100218		Added models for leggings.
		Leggings can be worn.
		Leggings now function, giving 6 (). Leggings have limited durability, with lower tier leggings being less durable than higher tier leggings.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8		"Wool leggings" have been renamed to "leather leggings".^[verify]
v1.0.8		Leather pants are now crafted with leather instead of wool.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease	The armor protection behavior, including that of leggings, 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 leggings, are revealed.
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3	Iron leggings can be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4	Leggings can now be enchanted.
1.1	12w01a	Iron leggings can be found in the new blacksmith chests in villages.
1.3.1	12w15a	`⇧ Shift`+clicking on any pair of leggings with the inventory open will now equip them, provided the relevant armor slot is empty.
	12w21a	Chain leggings can be obtained legitimately in survival mode through trading.
		Blacksmith villagers now sell chain leggings for 9–10 emeralds.
		Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond leggings for 11–13 emeralds.
		Blacksmith villagers now sell iron leggings for 8–9 emeralds.
		Butchers now sell leather pants for 2–3 emeralds.
1.4.2	12w32a	Mob armor has been reintroduced, allowing mobs to naturally spawn with leggings equipped. A partial or full set of any armor is now sometimes worn by zombies, skeletons and zombie pigmen, with the likelihood of a mob spawning naturally with armor equipped increasing with difficulty.
	August 17, 2012	Jeb and Dinnerbone tweeted pictures of dyeable leather armor, including pants.
	12w34a	Leather pants can be dyed by crafting leather pants with dyes. Dyes can be removed by using dyed leather pants on a cauldron with water.
	12w34a	Default leather pants are now slightly darker.
	12w36a	Dyed leather pants are now more saturated and have a slight tint of tan in respect to the default armor color.
	12w36a	Wither skeletons can now spawn wearing leggings.
	12w37a	Leather leggings now have non-dyed parts. This has been implemented so that players can distinguish between other types of armor and similarly-colored leather armor.
	12w37a	Leather pants now have knee pads, which has changed the texture from to .
1.5	13w04a	Leggings in the player's hand can be equipped by right-clicking.
1.5	13w04a	Dispensers can now equip nearby players with leggings.^{[more information needed for Java Edition]}
1.8	14w02a	Armorer villagers now sell chain leggings for 9–11 emeralds.
		Armorer villagers no longer sell diamond leggings. Due to this change, diamond leggings are no longer renewable.
		Armorer villagers no longer sell iron leggings.
		Leatherworkers now sell leather pants for 2–4 emeralds.
	14w05a	Leggings no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
	14w06a	Leggings are now visible on giants.
	14w25a	Chain leggings can no longer be crafted due to the inventory form of fire being removed.
1.9	15w31a	Enchanted iron and diamond leggings can be found in end city chests.
	15w31a	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, spawns with all armor except a helmet.^[1]
	15w34b	Leggings' durability now affects armor value.
	15w36a	Armor value and armor enchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here.
	15w36d	Leggings' durability affecting value has been removed.
	15w36d	Leggings now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
	15w50a	Added `equip` sounds for leggings.
	16w02a	Armor value and armor enchantment calculations have been changed again.
	16w05a	Armor value calculations have been changed, once again.
1.11.1	16w50a	Golden, chain, and iron leggings can be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. Chain leggings smelt into iron nuggets.
1.13	18w11a	Enchanted leather pants can now generate in the chests of shipwrecks.
1.13	18w20a	Chain leggings have been renamed to "chainmail leggings".
1.14	18w43a	The textures of leggings have been changed.
	18w48a	Leather pants can be found in chests in village tanneries.
	19w08a	The item texture of gold leggings has been changed.
	19w11a	Armorer villagers now sell iron and enchanted diamond leggings, making diamond leggings renewable again.
	19w11a	Leather pants sold by leatherworker villagers are now randomly dyed.
	19w13a	Armorer villagers now give chainmail leggings to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.16	20w06a	Added netherite leggings.
	20w06a	Netherite leggings can be crafted using one diamond leggings and one netherite ingot.
	20w09a	The item texture of diamond leggings has been changed.
	20w10a	The texture of netherite leggings has been changed.
		Netherite leggings can no longer be crafted.
		Netherite leggings are now obtained by combining one diamond leggings and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
	20w16a	Enchanted netherite leggings now generate randomly in bastion remnant chests.
	20w16a	Enchanted golden leggings now generate randomly in ruined portal chests.
	20w17a	Diamonds leggings now generate in place of netherite leggings in bastion remnant chests.
1.16.4	Pre-release 1	The texture of netherite leggings has been changed.
1.18.2	22w03a	Netherite leggings' knockback resistance is no longer random.
1.19	22w12a	Added the Swift Sneak enchantment, which can be applied only to leggings.
1.19	22w13a	Enchanted iron and diamond leggings may be found in ancient city chests.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w04a	Non-leather leggings can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w04a	Upgrading diamond leggings to netherite leggings now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
1.19.4	23w05a	Leggings can now be swapped by using them in the hotbar.^[2]
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w05a	Leather pants can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w05a	Leggings can now have trims of the same material it is made out of.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0		Added leggings, but currently they do not protect against damage.
v0.8.0	build 2	The leather pants sprites have been changed to that of the PC version, but its armor model remains that of older versions.
v0.9.0	build 1	Iron leggings now naturally generates in village chests and a stronghold altar chest.
v0.11.0	build 11	Armor now protects against damage from mobs only.
v0.12.1	build 1	Leggings can be worn by mobs.
v0.12.1	build 1	Chainmail leggings can be obtained in survival mode from a mob wearing it.
v0.14.0	build 1	Leather armor can be dyed and the model has been updated.
v0.15.0	build 1	Leggings can be obtained from strays and husks that naturally spawn with armor.
v0.15.10		Capes no longer clip through armor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Enchanted iron leggings and enchanted diamond leggings can be found inside chests within end city.
1.0.4	alpha 1.0.4.0	Chainmail leggings are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Golden, chain, and iron leggings can be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
Unknown
?		Leggings no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Chainmail leggings now generate in buried treasure chests.
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Enchanted leather leggings can be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Iron leggings now can be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
		Leather pants can be found inside plains village tannery chests.
		The textures of leggings have been changed.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Iron leggings now can be found in savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
	beta 1.11.0.1	Leather leggings can 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 leggings.
		Leather pants are now sold by leather worker villagers.
		Iron leggings and diamond leggings are now sold by armorer villagers.
	beta 1.11.0.5	The textures of golden leggings items have been changed.
1.12.0	beta 1.12.0.2	Dyed leather armor is no longer shown correctly when appearing on an armor stand.
1.13.0	beta 1.13.0.1	Dyed leather armor now properly shows as dyed again, when appearing on an armor stand.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.51	Added netherite leggings.
		Netherite leggings can be crafted using one diamond leggings and one netherite ingot.
		The texture of diamond leggings has been changed.
		Golden leggings can be obtained from piglins wearing armor.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	Netherite leggings can no longer be crafted.
		Netherite leggings are now obtained by combining one diamond leggings and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
		Golden leggings can be found in ruined portal chests.
		Golden and netherite leggings can be found in bastion remnant chests.
	beta 1.16.0.63	Diamonds leggings now generate in place of netherite leggings in bastion remnant chests.
1.16.200	beta 1.16.200.52	The texture of netherite leggings has been changed.
1.19.0	Preview 1.19.0.25	Added the Swift Sneak enchantment, which is applicable only to leggings.
1.19.0	Preview 1.19.0.27	Enchanted iron and diamond leggings may be found in ancient city chests.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.80.21	Leggings can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.80.21	Upgrading diamond leggings to netherite leggings now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
1.21.100 Experiment Drop 3 2025	Preview 1.21.100.23	Added copper leggings.
26.10	Preview 26.10.23	Added specific textures and models for when leggings are worn by a humanoid baby mob.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added leggings.
TU5							Added the chain leggings.
TU5							Added a quick equip for armor to the inventory interface.
TU12							The textures for leather armor items have been changed.
TU14		1.04					Leather armor can be dyed.
							Item repair can now repair armor.
							Chain leggings can be obtained legitimately in survival mode through trading.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell chain leggings for 9–10 emeralds.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond leggings for 11–13 emeralds.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell iron leggings for 8–9 emeralds.
							Butchers now sell leather pants for 2–3 emeralds.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Dispensers can now equip nearby players with leggings.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Leggings no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Armor now have the quick equip functionality.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Armorer villagers now sell chain leggings for 9–11 emeralds.
							Armorer villagers no longer sell diamond leggings.
							Armorer villagers no longer sell iron leggings.
							Leatherworkers now sell leather pants for 2–4 emeralds.
TU34	CU22	1.25	1.25	1.25	Patch 4		Leggings can now be swapped by using them in the hotbar.
TU34	CU22	1.25	1.25	1.25	Patch 4		Equipping leggings using the quick equip functionality in creative mode no longer duplicates the leggings.
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 7		Equipping leggings with the quick equip functionality now plays a sound, which is unused in Java Edition.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		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, spawns with all armor except a helmet.
							Changed leggings equipping sounds.
							Enchanted iron and diamond leggings can be found in end city chests.
							Leggings now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden, chain, and iron armor can be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Equipping leggings using the quick equip functionality in creative mode now duplicates the leggings just like on Java Edition.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Leather leggings can now be dyed with a cauldron.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Chainmail leggings now generate in buried treasure chests.
							Enchanted leather leggings can be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
							Mobs now once again wear armor from the top to the bottom, rather than from the bottom to the top. This means that a mob with three armor pieces, for example, spawns with all armor except boots.
			1.90				The textures of leggings have been changed (except for leather).
			1.91				Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron leggings.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added leggings.

Issues

Issues relating to "Leggings" or "Pants" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

Worn

File:Enchanted Copper Leggings.gif

Item

References

↑ MC-182478
↑ "[MC-216270] It's not possible to replace armor by right clicking while holding the armor item – Jira" – Mojira, February 19, 2021. Resolved as "Fixed".

External links

Taking Inventory:Leggings – Minecraft.net on February 15, 2019

[leatherworker_leather-1] The leather armor has a random color created by two dyes (possibly the same dye twice.)

[Armorer_Leggings-2] Enchanted with a random experience cost in range 5–19, equivalent to the middle slot of an enchanting table with 13 bookshelves. The price is 14 plus the experience cost in emeralds.

[exc-3] Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, and Fire Protection are mutually exclusive.

[4] MC-182478

[5] "[MC-216270] It's not possible to replace armor by right clicking while holding the armor item – Jira" – Mojira, February 19, 2021. Resolved as "Fixed".