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Armor Stands are entities that are able to hold and display armor, mob heads, and pumpkins.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Stick +
Stone Slab

Usage

Armor stands are able to hold armor of different materials, as well as mob heads and pumpkins. Armor stands summoned with arms can also hold anything in its hand that can be held in the players hand except armor, mob heads and pumpkins. The stand does not have a GUI, players interact with it directly. They are also able to be placed in different orientations, similar to banners or signs. Armor stands are entities and they can be pushed by pistons, transported by minecarts, moved by water and bounced by slime blocks. An armor stand can be broken by double-clicking with the left mouse button; at which point it and any armor is dropped as an item.

Left-clicking it a single time, or simply watching it can cause it to seem to vibrate up or down, very slightly. Right-clicking it with armor selected will place the armor, if done on a bare spot (arms are not readily recognized). Conversely, clicking on armor with a bare hand will remove the armor, of a given item clicked upon. This is several times quicker than extensive use of the inventory to select, remove, and replace armor, especially when combined with right-clicking while using the appropriate hotbar option.

It is possible to summon an armor stand using commands.

  • /summon ArmorStand ~ ~ ~ {ShowArms:1} spawns an armor stand with arms
  • /summon ArmorStand ~ ~ ~ {Small:1} spawns a smaller armor stand.
  • Other NBT tags can be used to create armor stands which are invisible (Invisible), have arms (ShowArms), have disabled slots (DisabledSlots), have no base plate (NoBasePlate), have no gravity (NoGravity), and are in a preconfigured position (Pose)

Properties

Armor stands are not damaged by cactus, but fire and lava can still damage armor stands. If an armor stand is blown up by TNT, it will break and not drop as an item. Any armor on the stand will drop when the stand is broken. Armor can be automatically placed on armor stands with a dispenser, but mob heads and pumpkins can only be added manually. Because armor stands are entities, they obey gravity (unless specially spawned without), allowing them to fall and rest on non-full blocks such as enchanting tables and snow sheets. Armor stands are able to accurately render both enchanted and all forms of dyed armor.

Video

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History

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1.8
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[:Category:Armor|Category:Armor]]<br/>[[Category:Items]]</li><li>[[Smarter Watch|Smarter Watch]]<br/>{{Joke feature}}{{Exclusive|Java}}{{Item
| title = Smarter Watch
| image = Smarter Watch.png
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

The '''Smarter Watch''' was a joke offhand [[item]].

== Usage ==
Smarter watches were "equipped" by having them placed into the offhand slot. Upon equipping, they would display the current time above the hotbar, in minutes and seconds, with one minute of in-game time being 5/6 of a real-time second, and one in-game hour being 5/6 of a real-time minute or 50 seconds.

The smarter watch would also notify the [[player]] of statistics milestones, alongside taken [[damage]], [[item]] specific info, [[crafting]] items and more.{{info needed|What exactly?}}

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table
|sound=Tick1.ogg
|sound2=Tick2.ogg
|subtitle=''None''
|source=player
|description=When a notification is displayed
|id=item.smarter_watch.notice
|translationkey=''None''
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{ID table
|edition=java
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Smarter Watch
|spritetype=item
|nameid=smarter_watch
|id=502
|form=item
|translationkey=item.smarterWatch.name
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.RV|snap=1.RV-Pre1|[[File:Smarter_Watch_(item).png|32px]] [[File:Smarter Watch.png|32px]] Added the smarter watch.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
Smarter Watches are an unsupported [[item]] due to being an [[Wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke, and therefore issues relating to them will not be fixed.

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
TechGear.png|A [[player]] wearing the smarter watch, featured in this [[wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke version.
</gallery>

{{Items}}
{{Jokes}}

[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]
[[Category:Joke items]]

[[pt:Relógio inteligente]]</li></ul>
August 5, 2014Searge tweeted a picture of an armor stand, which was later changed.
August 5, 2014Searge tweeted a picture of the crafting recipe, which was later changed too.
14w32aAdded armor stands.
14w32bPick-block can now be used on armor stands.
Armor Stands can no longer be crafted using slabs other than stone slabs.
14w32cAdded a NoBasePlate tag.
14w33aAdded breaking particles.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • In the 1.8 release poster, armor stands can be seen, as well as banners.

Gallery

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