Armor

Armor adds extra protection via a separate health bar that reaches 10 armor points.

Player armor


Since indev, helmets, chest plates, leggings, and boots can be crafted by players out of leather, gold, iron, or diamond (In order of durability).

As of version 1.0.8, cloth can no longer be crafted into armor in Alpha. The lowest tier of armor is now made from leather.

This armor prevents part of the damage dealt to the player, including falling, drowning and fire based damage. Every time the player takes damage the armor loses durability, and its protective capabilities quickly diminish as it loses durability. See Crafting for more explanation of how armor's durability affects its protective abilities.

Materials such as diamond makes a strong armor that withstands quite a bit of punishment, while leather armor barely survives 20 hits.

Chainmail armor can also be hacked into the game, or crafted with hacked fire blocks. It has the same durability as gold armor.

Mob armor
In Survival Test, certain Zombies and Skeletons could be found wearing armor; a chestplate and/or a helmet. This armor does nothing; it was just added for cosmetics and possibly a feature that had not been implemented then.