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 |
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| 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 |
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.
Zombie is shown wearing full iron armor set, including boots.
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[]
In Bedrock Edition, a sealed room in woodland mansions can appear that has a chest sometimes containing an Efficiency I leather boots.[1]
- ↑ a b c d e f All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, and Swift Sneak), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
- ↑ a b c d Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-20 to level-39 enchantment would be on an enchantment table that had no cap at level 30, and that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, and Swift Sneak), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
- ↑ a b Enchanted with a random level of Soul Speed.
- ↑ a b The item has between 80% and 100% of its total durability.
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] |
- ↑ a b c d Fire Protection, Blast Protection, Projectile Protection and Protection are mutually exclusive.
- ↑ a b Only from using an anvil and enchanted books.
- ↑ a b Frost Walker and Depth Strider are mutually exclusive.
- ↑ a b c d Only from using an anvil and enchanted books, or by finding enchanted boots in an End city chest.
Smelting usage[]
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget |
Iron Boots or Chainmail Boots or Golden Boots + Any fuel |
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 |
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather armor rustles | Players | When leather boots are equipped | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Chain armor jingles | Players | When chainmail boots are equipped | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Iron armor clanks | Players | When iron boots are equipped | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Gold armor clinks | Players | When gold boots are equipped | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Diamond armor clangs | Players | When diamond boots are equipped | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Netherite armor clanks | Players | When netherite boots are equipped | item | subtitles | 0.8 | 1.0/0.9 | 16 | |
| Item breaks | Entity-Dependent | When a pair of boots' durability is exhausted | entity | subtitles | 0.8 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | When leather boots are equipped | armor | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Players | When chain boots are equipped | armor | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Players | When iron boots are equipped | armor | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Players | When gold boots are equipped | armor | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Players | When diamond boots are equipped | armor | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Players | When netherite boots are equipped. | armor | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | When leather boots are dyed using a cauldron | cauldron | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | When leather boots' dye is removed using a cauldron | cauldron | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
| Players | When a pair of boots' durability is exhausted | random | 1.0 | 0.9 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| 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 |
| 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:
- tag: Parent tag.
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:
| 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.
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| 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:
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| 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.[3] | |||
| ? | 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.
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| Added iron boots.
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| Added golden boots. | |||||
| Added diamond boots. | |||||
| TU5 | Added chain boots.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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[]
References[]
- ↑ MCPE-109048
- ↑ For positive values larger than 0x00FFFFFF, the top byte is ignored. All negative values produce white.
- ↑ MC-216270 — resolved as "Fixed".
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Boots – Minecraft.net on November 24, 2019