Horse Armor

"Finally, in a dark red corridor with the shrieks of ghasts ringing in your ears, you see a chest. You walk up to it. Another wither skeleton attacks, and you fight it off. You open the chest, and see what's inside. Some diamonds – meh, you've got loads of those. A flint and steel – might be useful to re-light a portal. A dusty saddle? You've already ridden a pig off a cliff. But then your eyes light up – at the very bottom of the chest, you find the prize you've been seeking. It's our item of the week – horse armor."

- Duncan Geere

Horse armor is a special type of armor that can be given to a horse to wear. Only normal horses can wear armor; donkey, mule and undead variants such as skeleton horses and zombie horses cannot be equipped with armor.

Natural generation

 * Iron


 * Gold


 * Diamond

Trading
Expert-level leatherworker villagers sell leather horse armor for 6 emeralds as part of their trade.

Protection
Horse armor can be equipped to horses either by manually placing it in its respective slot, 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:

Durability
Unlike player's armor, horse armor does not have durability. This means a single horse armor can be used indefinitely.

Enchanting
Unlike player's armor, horse armor cannot be enchanted. Using an anvil in Creative Mode does allow the armour to be enchanted, but any applied enchantments have no effect.

Dyeing
Leather horse armor can be dyed 16 different colors (using lone dyes or dye combinations) and put onto a horse to display that color. These changes can be reverted by right clicking on a filled cauldron with dyed leather horse armor.

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