Horse Armor

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

Obtaining[]

Chest loot[]

Crafting[]

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[]

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:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Item data[]

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

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Item format.

History[]

Java Edition
1.6.1		13w16a			Added horse armor.
					Horse armor can be crafted using the following recipe. Recipe
		13w18a			The 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.
		13w21a			Horse armor is no longer stackable, to be consistent with other types of armor.
1.9		15w31a			Horse armor has been added to end city chests.
		15w43a			The average yield of horse armor in nether fortress chests has slightly decreased.
		15w44a			The 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.
1.11.1		16w50a			Golden and iron horse armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.13		17w45a			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.
		17w47a			Prior 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]
		pre2			A bug with the horse skin and horse armor textures not applying correctly has been fixed.[3]
1.14		18w50a			The textures of horse armor items have been changed.
		February 20, 2019			Leather 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.
		19w11a			Leatherworker villagers now sell leather horse armor.
1.14.1		Pre-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.
1.16		20w15a			Horse armor placed in a dispenser can now be put on tamed horses.
		20w16a			Golden horse armor now generates in ruined portal chests.
1.17		21w13a			Leather horse armor now protects horses from freezing.
1.19		22w13a			Diamond horse armor may now be found in ancient city chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0		build 1			Added horse armor and dyeable leather horse armor as a version exclusive.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Horse armor can now be found inside end city chests.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6		beta 1.2.6.2			The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has been changed.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Horse armor can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
					The textures of all horse armor have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Horse armor can now be found in savanna, desert, taiga, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Leather horse armor can now be bought from leatherworker villagers.
		beta 1.11.0.5			The textures of all horse armor items have been changed.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.54			Leather horse armor now protects horses from freezing.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19	CU7	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added horse armor.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
TU60	CU51	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	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[]

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  Undyed Leather armor

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  White Leather armor

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  Light Gray Leather armor

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  Gray Leather armor

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  Black Leather armor

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  Brown Leather armor

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  Red Leather armor

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  Orange Leather armor

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  Yellow Leather armor

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  Lime Leather armor

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  Green Leather armor

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  Cyan Leather armor

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  Light Blue Leather armor

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  Blue Leather armor

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  Purple Leather armor

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  Magenta Leather armor

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  Pink Leather armor

Screenshots[]

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  A horse equipped with iron horse armor and bound to a fence post by a lead.

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  The GUI for horses implemented in 13w21a, which allows the removal and switching of armor.

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  A golden horse armor found in a dungeon chest, which coincidentally contains an enchanted golden apple.

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  4 horses equipped with leather, iron, gold, and diamond armor.

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  First image of leather horse armor.

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  Second image of leather horse armor.

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  Third image of leather horse armor.

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  Fourth image of leather horse armor.

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  Fifth image of leather horse armor.

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