Boots

Boots are a type of armor that covers the feet of the player. There are six types of boots: leather boots, chainmail boots, iron boots, diamond boots, gold boots, and netherite boots.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Leather or Gold Ingot or Iron Ingot or Diamond
Damaged Matching Boots		The durability of the two boots is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Upgrading[]

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade + Diamond Boots + Netherite Ingot	Upgrade Gear

Repairing[]

Grinding[]

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
2x Damaged Leather Boots or 2x Damaged Chainmail Boots or 2x Damaged Iron Boots or 2x Damaged Golden Boots or 2x Damaged Diamond Boots or 2x Damaged Netherite Boots		The durability of the two boots are added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Anvil[]

Boots can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the armor material's repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the boots' maximum durability, rounded down. Chainmail boots may also be repaired in this way using iron ingots.

They can also be combined with other boots. When doing this, the item's enchantments are not lost, and can even be raised.

Crafting[]

You can craft two sets of boots together using a crafting table, but enchantments are removed.

Mob loot[]

If a zombie, husk, stray, piglin, or skeleton is 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 boots upon death. The boots are usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted.

In Bedrock Edition, vindicators and pillagers that spawn in raids have a chance to drop iron boots, which are usually badly damaged and have a 50% chance to be enchanted.

Chest loot[]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Leather Boots	Village	Tanner's chest	1	31.8%
Enchanted Leather Boots[A]	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	20.8%
Iron Boots	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	12%
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.6%
Enchanted Iron Boots[B]	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8%
Enchanted Golden Boots[A]	Bastion remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2%
	Ruined portal	Chest	1	20.5%
Enchanted Golden Boots with Soul Speed[C]	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8%
Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	15.8%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Boots[A][D]	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	18.7%
Enchanted Diamond Boots[B]	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Bedrock Edition
Leather Boots	Village	Tanner's chest	1	31.8%
Enchanted Leather Boots[A]	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	20.8%
Chainmail Boots	Buried treasure	Chest	1	57.2%
Iron Boots	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.6%
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.6%
Enchanted Iron Boots[B]	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8%
Enchanted Golden Boots[A]	Bastion remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2%
	Ruined portal	Chest	1	20.5%
Enchanted Golden Boots with Soul Speed[C]	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8%
Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	15.8%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Boots[A][D]	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	18.7%
Enchanted Diamond Boots[B]	End city	Chest	1	13.3%

Trading[]

In Java Edition, novice-level armorer villagers have 40% chance to sell iron boots for 4 emeralds. Apprentice-level armorers have a 50% chance to sell chainmail boots for an emerald. Expert-level armorers always sell enchanted^{[note 1]} diamond boots for 11–27 emeralds. Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have ²⁄₃ chance to sell leather boots for 4 emeralds.

Armorer villagers may give the players with the Hero of the Village effect chainmail boots.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

In Bedrock Edition, novice-level armorer villagers have a 25% chance to sell iron boots for 4 emeralds. Apprentice-level armorers have a ¹⁄₃ chance to sell chainmail boots for an emerald. Expert-level armorers have a 50% chance to sell enchanted^{[note 1]} diamond boots for 8 emeralds. Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have a 50% chance to sell leather boots for 4 emeralds.

Bartering[]

Piglins may barter iron boots with Soul Speed when given a gold ingot.

Fishing[]

Leather boots can be caught as a "junk" item when fishing.

Usage[]

Boots can be placed in the fourth armor slot of a player's inventory for activation.

Defense points[]

Defense points are each signified by half of a chestplate in the armor bar above the health bar. Each defense point reduces any damage dealt to the player that is absorbed by armor by 4%, increasing additively with the number of defense points. Different materials and combinations of armor provide different levels of defense.

The following table shows the amount of defense points added by boots.

Material	Defense points
Leather	1 ()
Golden
Chainmail
Iron	2 ()
Diamond	3 ()
Netherite

Knockback resistance[]

Netherite boots provide 10% knockback resistance.

Durability[]

The following table shows the amount of damage each piece of armor can absorb before being destroyed.

Any "hit" from a damage source that can be blocked by armor removes one point of durability from each piece of armor worn for every 4 of incoming damage (rounded down, but never below 1). Damage taken that armor doesn't protect (such as falling or drowning) does not damage the armor, even if it is enchanted to protect against that type of damage. The following chart displays how many hits boots can endure.

Netherite armor is not damaged by lava or fire when worn.

Material	Durability
Leather	65
Golden	91
Chainmail/Iron	195
Diamond	429
Netherite	481

Enchantments[]

Boots can receive the following enchantments:

Enchantment	Max Level	Notes
Fire Protection	IV	[note 1]
Projectile Protection	IV	[note 1]
Blast Protection	IV	[note 1]
Protection	IV	[note 1]
Feather Falling	IV
Unbreaking	III
Thorns	III	[note 2]
Depth Strider	III	[note 3]
Soul Speed	III	[note 2]
Frost Walker	II	[note 3][note 4]
Mending	I	[note 4]
Curse of Binding	I	[note 4]
Curse of Vanishing	I	[note 4]

Smelting usage[]

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget	Iron Boots or Chainmail Boots or Golden Boots + Any fuel	0.1

Piglins[]

Piglins are attracted to golden boots and pick them up, examining them for 6 to 8 seconds. Other boots do not attract piglins but can be worn by them. They prefer stronger boots over weaker boots, with one major exception: They always prefer golden boots over all other boots, throwing out stronger boots to equip them. Enchanted boots are preferred over unenchanted boots.

Powder snow[]

Leather boots can be used to safely cross powder snow without sinking in it. The block behaves similar to scaffolding, allowing the player to sink in by pressing crouch and move up by pressing jump. The boots also prevent the wearer from taking freezing damage.

Decoration[]

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a Smithing Template, an armor piece, and an ingot or crystal (iron ingot/copper ingot/gold ingot/netherite ingot/emerald/redstone dust/lapis lazuli/amethyst shard/nether quartz/diamond).

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

Ingredients	Smithing recipe	Description
Any Armor Trim + Any Armor Piece + Any Ingot/Crystal	Upgrade Gear

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Leather armor rustles	Players	When leather boots are equipped	item.armor.equip_leather	subtitles.item.armor.equip_leather	1.0	1.0	16
	Chain armor jingles	Players	When chainmail boots are equipped	item.armor.equip_chain	subtitles.item.armor.equip_chain	1.0	1.0	16
	Iron armor clanks	Players	When iron boots are equipped	item.armor.equip_iron	subtitles.item.armor.equip_iron	1.0	1.0	16
	Gold armor clinks	Players	When gold boots are equipped	item.armor.equip_gold	subtitles.item.armor.equip_gold	1.0	1.0	16
	Diamond armor clangs	Players	When diamond boots are equipped	item.armor.equip_diamond	subtitles.item.armor.equip_diamond	1.0	1.0	16
	Netherite armor clanks	Players	When netherite boots are equipped	item.armor.equip_netherite	subtitles.item.armor.equip_netherite	0.8	1.0/0.9	16
	Item breaks	Entity-Dependent	When a pair of boots' durability is exhausted	entity.item.break	subtitles.entity.item.break	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	When leather boots are equipped	armor.equip_leather	1.0	1.0
	Players	When chain boots are equipped	armor.equip_chain	1.0	1.0
	Players	When iron boots are equipped	armor.equip_iron	1.0	1.0
	Players	When gold boots are equipped	armor.equip_gold	1.0	1.0
	Players	When diamond boots are equipped	armor.equip_diamond	1.0	1.0
	Players	When netherite boots are equipped.	armor.equip_netherite	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When leather boots are dyed using a cauldron	cauldron.dyearmor	0.1	1.0
	Blocks	When leather boots' dye is removed using a cauldron	cauldron.cleanarmor	0.1	1.0
	Players	When a pair of boots' durability is exhausted	random.break	1.0	0.9

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Leather Boots	leather_boots	Item	freeze_immune_wearables	item.minecraft.leather_boots
Chainmail Boots	chainmail_boots	Item	None	item.minecraft.chainmail_boots
Iron Boots	iron_boots	Item	None	item.minecraft.iron_boots
Diamond Boots	diamond_boots	Item	None	item.minecraft.diamond_boots
Golden Boots	golden_boots	Item	None	item.minecraft.golden_boots
Netherite Boots	netherite_boots	Item	None	item.minecraft.netherite_boots

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Leather Boots	leather_boots	338	Item	item.leather_boots.name
Chainmail Boots	chainmail_boots	342	Item	item.chainmail_boots.name
Iron Boots	iron_boots	346	Item	item.iron_boots.name
Diamond Boots	diamond_boots	350	Item	item.diamond_boots.name
Golden Boots	golden_boots	354	Item	item.golden_boots.name
Netherite Boots	netherite_boots	612	Item	item.netherite_boots.name

Item data[]

When leather boots are dyed, it has the following NBT:

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Iron Man	Wear a full suit of Iron Armor.	—	15G	Bronze
		Tie Dye Outfit	Use a cauldron to dye all 4 unique pieces of leather armor.	—	15G	Bronze
		Let It Go!	Using the Frost Walker boots, walk on at least 1 block on frozen water on a deep ocean	—	20G	Bronze
		Cover me in debris	Wear a full set of Netherite armor	Have a full set of Netherite armor in your inventory.	50G	Gold
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30G	Silver

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Suit Up	Protect yourself with a piece of iron armor	Acquire Hardware	Have any type of iron armor in your inventory.	story/obtain_armor
	Cover Me with Diamonds	Diamond armor saves lives	Diamonds!	Have any type of diamond armor in your inventory.	story/shiny_gear
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Raw Gold Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.	nether/distract_piglin
	Cover Me in Debris	Get a full suit of Netherite armor	Hidden in the Depths	Have a full set of netherite armor in your inventory.	nether/netherite_armor
	Light as a Rabbit	Walk on Powder Snow... without sinking in it	Sweet Dreams	Walk on powder snow while wearing leather boots.	adventure/walk_on_powder_snow_with_leather_boots

History[]

Java Edition Indev
0.31		20091231-2			Studded boots are now capable of being seen in the inventory. This was taken directly from one of Notch's game's Legend of the Chambered 2.[more information needed]
February 9, 2010					Notch revealed new models for armor, which included boots.
20100218					Added cloth, chain, iron, gold, and diamond boots[verify]
					Boots can now be crafted and worn.
					Boots now function, giving 3 (). Boots have limited durability, with lower tier boots less durable than higher tier boots.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8					"Wool boots" have been renamed to "leather boots", despite item names not existing at this time.
					Leather boots are now crafted with leather instead of wool.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			The armor protection behavior 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 boots, are revealed.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Iron boots can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Boots can now be enchanted.
1.1		12w01a			Iron boots can now be found in the new blacksmith chests in villages.
1.2.1		1.2			Changed "Golden boots" to "Golden Boots".
1.3.1		12w15a			⇧ Shift+clicking can now be used to equip boots.
		12w21a			Chain boots can now be obtained legitimately in survival mode through trading.
					Blacksmith villagers now sell chain boots for 5–6 emeralds.
					Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond boots for 7 emeralds.
					Blacksmith villagers now sell iron boots for 4–5 emeralds.
					Butcher villagers now sell leather boots for 2-3 emeralds.
1.4.2		12w32a			Mob armor has been reintroduced. A partial or full set of any armor is now sometimes worn by zombies, skeletons and zombie pigmen, with the likelihood increasing with difficulty.
		August 17, 2012			Jeb and Dinnerbone tweeted pictures of dyeable leather armor, including boots.[citation needed]
		12w34a			Leather boots can now be dyed by crafting leather boots with dyes. Dyes can be removed by using dyed leather boots on a cauldron with water.
					Default leather boots are now slightly darker.
		12w36a			Dyed leather boots are now more saturated and have a slight tint of tan in respect to the default armor color.
					Wither skeletons can now spawn wearing boots.
		12w37a			Leather boots now have non-dyed parts. This has been implemented so that players can distinguish between other types of armor and similarly colored leather armor.
1.5		13w04a			Boots in the player's hand can now be equipped by right-clicking.
					Dispensers can now equip nearby players with boots.
1.7.2		13w36a			Leather boots can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items through fishing.
1.8		14w02a			Armorer villagers now sell chain boots for 5–7 emeralds.
					Armorer villagers no longer sell diamond boots.
					Armorer villagers no longer sell iron boots.
					Leatherworker villagers no longer sell leather boots.
		14w05a			Boots no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
		14w06a			Boots are now visible on giants.
		14w25a			Chain boots can no longer be crafted anymore due to the item form of fire being removed.
1.9		15w31a			Enchanted iron and diamond boots can now be found in end city ship chests.
					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, spawn with all armor except a helmet.
		15w34b			Boots' durability now affects armor value.
		15w36a			Armor value andenchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here.
		15w36d			Boots' durability affecting value has been removed.
					Boots now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
		15w50a			Added equip sounds for boots.
		16w02a			Armor value and enchantment calculations have been changed again.
		16w05a			Armor value calculations have been changed, once again.
1.11.1		16w50a			Golden, chain and iron boots can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. Chain boots smelt into iron nuggets.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 298 through 317.[more information needed]
		18w11a			Enchanted leather boots can now generate in the chests of shipwrecks.
		18w20a			Chain armor boots have been renamed to "chainmail".
1.14		18w43a			The textures of leather, chainmail, iron, golden, and diamond boots have been changed.
		18w48a			Leather boots can now be found in chests in village tanneries.
		19w08a			The textures of gold boots items have been changed.
		19w11a			Armorer villagers now sell iron and enchanted diamond boots, making diamond boots effectively renewable again.
					Leatherworker villagers now sell randomly dyed leather boots.
		19w13a			Armorer villagers now give chainmail boots to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.16		20w06a			Added netherite boots.
					Netherite boots are obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
		20w09a			The texture of diamond boots items has been changed.
		20w10a			The texture of netherite boots has been changed.
					Netherite boots can no longer be crafted.
					Netherite boots are now obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
		20w16a			Netherite boots now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnants chests.
					Golden boots now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
		20w17a			Diamonds boots now generate in place of netherite boots in bastion remnant chests.
1.17		20w46a			Leather boots can now be used to safely walk on powder snow.
					Leather armor now protects against powder snow's freezing.
		21w13a			Leather Boots now prevent fall damage when landing on powder snow.
1.18.2		22w03a			Netherite boots knockback resistance is no longer random.
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Added the Swift Sneak enchantment, which can only be applied to boots.
		22w12a			The Swift Sneak enchantment can no longer applied to boots.
1.20 (Experimental)		23w04a			Non-leather boots can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
					There are 10 types of material that determine the color of the trim: Iron Copper Gold Lapis Emerald Diamond Netherite Redstone Amethyst Quartz
					Upgrading diamond boots to netherite boots now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
		23w05a			Leather boots can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
					Boots can now have trims of the same material it is made out of.
		23w06a			Swapped iron and iron_darker palette, then made iron_darker darker overall.
1.19.4		23w05a			Boots can now be swapped by using them in the hotbar.[2]
?					Boots can now be swapped in armor stands by using them in the armor stand's slot.
1.20		23w12a			The pattern textures of dune and sentry armor trims are changed.
					Those previous patterns were left with different names: dune was renamed sentry and sentry was renamed shaper.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0					Added boots.
v0.8.0		build 2			The leather boots 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 boots now naturally generates in village chests and a stronghold altar chest.
v0.12.1		build 1			Chainmail boots can now be obtained in survival mode from a mob wearing it.
					Leather boots can now be obtained from fishing as a "junk" item.
v0.14.0		build 1			Leather boots can now be dyed and the model has been updated.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Enchanted iron boots and enchanted diamond boots can now be found inside chests within end city.
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Chainmail boots are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Golden, chain and iron boots can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Chainmail boots now generate in buried treasure chests.
					Enchanted leather boots can now be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Iron boots now can be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
					Leather boots can now be found inside plains village tannery chests.
					The textures of boots have been changed.[more information needed]
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Iron boots now can be found in savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
					Leather boots can now 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 boots.
					Iron and diamond boots are now sold by armorer villagers.
		beta 1.11.0.5			The textures of golden boots items have been changed.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.2			Leather boots no longer show as being dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.1			Leather boots now appear dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added netherite boots.
					Netherite boots are obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
					The texture of diamond boots items have been changed.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Iron boots with soul speed enchantment can be obtained from bartering with piglin.
					Netherite boots can no longer be crafted.
					Netherite boots are now obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
					Golden boots can now be found in ruined portal chest.
					Golden and netherite boots can be found in bastion remnant chest.
		beta 1.16.0.63			Diamonds boots now generate in place of netherite boots in bastion remnant chests.
1.16.200		beta 1.16.200.52			Leather boots can now be used to safely walk on powder snow.
1.17.10		beta 1.17.10.20			The texture of netherite boots item has been changed to match Java Edition.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added leather boots.
					Added iron boots.
					Added golden boots.
					Added diamond boots.
TU5					Added chain boots.
					Added a quick equip for boots to the inventory interface.
TU12		1.03			The textures for leather boots items have been changed.
TU14		1.05			Leather boots can now be dyed.
					Item repair can now repair boots.
TU25	CU13	1.16			Boots now have the quick equip functionality.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden, chain and iron boots can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. Chain boots smelt into iron nuggets.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The textures of leather boots have been changed.
					The textures of chainmail boots have been changed.
					The textures of iron boots have been changed.
					The textures of gold boots have been changed.
					The textures of diamond boots have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added leather boots.
					Added chain boots.
					Added iron boots.
					Added golden boots.
					Added diamond boots.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Boots" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• Netherite boots are shorter in their item texture but are longer in their texture when being worn
• Leather armor originally used textures from one of Notch's previous games, Legend of the Chambered.
• Leather boots are the only piece of leather armor that has the same name as other armor materials.
• The netherite boots are the only type of boots to have a differently shaped item sprite when compared to the other boot types.
• Chainmail boots are the only boots that have transparent pixels in their texture currently

Gallery[]

Enchanted Boots[]

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References[]

External Links[]

• Taking Inventory: Boots – Minecraft.net on November 24, 2019