Chestplate
Rarity color |
Common |
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Durability |
Leather: 80 |
Renewable |
Netherite: No |
Stackable |
No |
Chestplates are a type of armor that covers the upper body of the player. There are six types of chestplates: leather, chainmail, iron, diamond, gold and netherite.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Crafting[edit]
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Leather or Gold Ingot or Iron Ingot or Diamond |
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Damaged Matching Chestplate | The durability of the two chestplates is added together, making a fully healed chestplate. You can get 5% more durability while using a grindstone to fix. |
Upgrading[edit]
Ingredients | Smithing recipe |
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Diamond Chestplate + Netherite Ingot |
Repairing[edit]
Grinding[edit]
Ingredients | Grinding recipe | Description |
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Damaged Matching Chestplates | The durability of the two chestplates are added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
Unit repair[edit]
Chestplates can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the armor material's repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the chestplate's maximum durability, rounded down.
Mob loot[edit]
Zombies and skeletons have a small chance to spawn wearing any armor. There is an 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) for the mob to drop a chestplate upon death. The chestplate the mob drops is usually badly damaged, and rarely enchanted.
Vindicators and Pillagers spawning in raids have a 4.1% chance (5.12% on hard difficulty) to drop iron chestplate, which is almost always badly damaged and rarely enchanted.
Natural generation[edit]
Two armor stands are found in each taiga village outdoor armory, one of them equipped with an iron chestplate.
Chest loot[edit]
- ↑ a b c d e f g All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed), 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 where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
- ↑ a b The item has between 20% and 65% of its total durability.
- ↑ The item has between 80% and 100% of its total durability.
Trading[edit]
In Java Edition, novice-level armorer villagers have a 40% chance to sell an iron chestplate for 9 emeralds. Journeyman-level armorers have a 40% chance to sell a chainmail chestplate for 4 emeralds. Master-level armorers always sell an enchanted[note 1] diamond chestplate for 18-35 emeralds. Novice-level leatherworker villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to sell a leather tunic[note 2] for 7 emeralds. Journeyman-level Leatherworker villagers always offer the same trade.
Armorer villagers may give the players with the Hero of the Village effect a chainmail chestplate.
In Bedrock Edition, novice-level armorer villagers have a 25% chance to sell an iron chestplate for 9 emeralds. Journeyman-level armorers have a 1⁄3 chance to sell a chainmail chestplate for 4 emeralds. Master-level armorers have a 50% chance to sell an enchanted[note 1] diamond chestplate for 16 emeralds. Novice-level leatherworker villagers have a 50% chance to sell leather tunic for 7 emeralds. Master-level leatherworkers always sell an enchanted[note 1] leather tunic for 7 emeralds.
Usage[edit]
Chestplates can be placed in the 2nd armor slot of a player's inventory for activation.
Defense points[edit]
Defense points are each signified by chestplates in the armor bar above the health bar. 1 defense point is half of a chestplate in the armor bar. Each defense point reduces any damage dealt to the player, which 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 chestplates.
Material | |
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Leather | 3 (![]() ![]() |
Golden | 5 (![]() ![]() ![]() |
Chainmail | |
Iron | 6 (![]() ![]() ![]() |
Diamond | 8 (![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Netherite |
Knockback Resistance[edit]
A Netherite chestplate provides 10% knockback resistance.
Durability[edit]
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. Damage taken that unenchanted armor does not protect against (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 chest plates can endure.
Netherite armor is not damaged by fire when worn.
Material | Durability |
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Leather | 80 |
Golden | 112 |
Chainmail | 240 |
Iron | |
Diamond | 528 |
Netherite | 592 |
Repair[edit]
Chestplates may be repaired by using them along with some of their crafting material (leather, gold ingots, iron ingots, diamonds, or netherite ingots) in an anvil. Chainmail chestplates may be repaired in this way with iron ingots. They may also be repaired by crafting them together with another chestplate of the same material.
Enchantments[edit]
A chestplate can receive the following enchantments:
Enchantment | Max Level | Notes |
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Fire Protection | IV | [note 1] |
Projectile Protection | IV | [note 1] |
Blast Protection | IV | [note 1] |
Protection | IV | [note 1] |
Unbreaking | III | |
Thorns | III | |
Mending | I | [note 2] |
Curse of Binding | I | [note 2] |
Curse of Vanishing | I | [note 2] |
Smelting usage[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
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Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget |
Iron Chestplate or Chainmail Chestplate or Golden Chestplate + Any fuel |
Piglins[edit]
Piglins are attracted to golden chestplates and pick them up, examining them for 6 to 8 seconds. Piglins can wear other chestplates but are not attracted to them. They prefer stronger chestplates over weaker chestplates, with one exception: They always prefer golden chestplates over all other chestplates, throwing out stronger chestplates to equip them. Enchanted chestplates are preferred over unenchanted chestplates.
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Item tags (JE) | Form | Translation key |
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Leather Tunic | leather_chestplate | freeze_immune_wearables[upcoming: JE 1.17] | Item | item.minecraft.leather_chestplate |
Chainmail Chestplate | chainmail_chestplate | None | Item | item.minecraft.chainmail_chestplate |
Iron Chestplate | iron_chestplate | None | Item | item.minecraft.iron_chestplate |
Diamond Chestplate | diamond_chestplate | None | Item | item.minecraft.diamond_chestplate |
Golden Chestplate | golden_chestplate | None | Item | item.minecraft.golden_chestplate |
Netherite Chestplate | netherite_chestplate | None | Item | item.minecraft.netherite_chestplate |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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Leather Tunic | leather_chestplate | 299 | Item | item.leather_chestplate.name |
Chainmail Chestplate | chainmail_chestplate | 303 | Item | item.chainmail_chestplate.name |
Iron Chestplate | iron_chestplate | 307 | Item | item.iron_chestplate.name |
Diamond Chestplate | diamond_chestplate | 311 | Item | item.diamond_chestplate.name |
Golden Chestplate | golden_chestplate | 315 | Item | item.golden_chestplate.name |
Netherite Chestplate | netherite_chestplate | 749 | Item | item.netherite_chestplate.name |
Item data[edit]
When leather tunics are dyed, it has the following NBT:
- tag: Parent tag.
Achievements[edit]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
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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 | ||
Oooh, shiny! | Distract a Piglin using gold. | Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player. | 30G | Silver | ||
Cover me in debris | Wear a full set of Netherite armor. | Have a full set of Netherite armor in your inventory. | 50G | Gold |
Advancements[edit]
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
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![]() | Suit Up | Protect yourself with a piece of iron armor | Acquire Hardware | Have any type of iron armor in your inventory. | story/obtain_armor
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![]() | Cover Me With Diamonds | Diamond armor saves lives | Diamonds! | Obtain any type of diamond armor. | story/shiny_gear
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![]() | Oh Shiny | Distract Piglins with gold | Nether | Give a piglin one of these 22 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag while not wearing any golden armor:
| nether/distract_piglin
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![]() | Cover Me in Debris | Get a full suit of Netherite armor | Hidden in the Depths | Obtain a full set of netherite armor. | nether/netherite_armor
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History[edit]
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.Java Edition Classic | |||||
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June 14, 2009 | Notch discussed how armor would work in Survival mode: "Two types of swords, two types of armor, two types of helmets. The basic versions require iron. The advanced versions require steel, which you make by combining iron and coal. Carrying swords, armor or helmets take up inventory slots, but otherwise have no penalty and work pretty much as you expect (prevent some damage, or cause more damage)". | ||||
August 13, 2009 | Notch tested chestplates on the human. They were merely aesthetic at the time and had no effect on gameplay. | ||||
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST | ![]() | ||||
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Java Edition Indev | |||||
0.31 | 20091223-1 | Plate and chain armor chestplates are no longer used. | |||
20091231-2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
The textures of the cloth chestplate are taken from one of Notch's previous games, Legend of the Chambered. | |||||
20100206 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Removed the studded chestplate. | |||||
February 9, 2010 | ![]() | ||||
20100212-1 | Added armor models. | ||||
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20100218 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Chestplates can now be crafted and worn. | |||||
Chestplates now functions. All chestplates give 8 (![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
v1.0.8 | With the introduction of leather, "Cloth Chestplate" has been renamed to "Leather Tunic". | ||||
Leather tunics is now crafted with leather instead of cloth. | |||||
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)). Armor no longer reduces certain damage types to be covered by enchantments. | |||
October 3, 2011 | The first images of a player wearing enchanted chestplates are revealed. | ||||
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Iron chestplates can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests. | ||||
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Chestplates can now be enchanted. | ||||
1.1 | 12w01a | Iron chestplates can now be found in the new blacksmith chests in villages. | |||
1.3.1 | 12w15a | ⇧ Shift+clicking can now be used to wear chestplates. | |||
12w21a | Chainmail chestplates can now be obtained legitimately in survival mode through trading. | ||||
Blacksmith villagers now sell chainmail chestplates for 11–14 emeralds. | |||||
Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond chestplates for 16–18 emeralds. | |||||
Blacksmith villagers now sell iron chestplates for 10–13 emeralds. | |||||
Butchers now sell leather tunics for 4 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 chestplates. | ||||
12w34a | Leather tunics can now be dyed by crafting a leather tunic piece with dyes. Dyes can be removed by using dyed leather tunics on a cauldron with water. | ||||
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12w34b | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
12w36a | Dyed leather tunics are now more saturated and have a slight tint of tan in respect to the default armor color. | ||||
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1.4.6 | 12w50a | The Thorns enchantment can now be enchanted on chestplates. | |||
1.5 | 13w04a | Armor in the player's hand can now be equipped by right-clicking. | |||
Dispensers can now equip nearby players with armor. | |||||
1.6.1 | 13w18a | Golden chestplates are now found in the new chests in nether fortresses. | |||
1.7.2 | 13w36a | Leather boots can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items by fishing. | |||
1.8 | 14w02a | Trades changed: armorer villagers now sell chain boots for 5–7 emeralds, chain leggings for 9–11 emeralds, chain chestplates for 11–15 emeralds and chain helmets for 5–7 emeralds. | |||
Armorer villagers now sell enchanted diamond chestplates for 16–19 emeralds, and no longer sell other diamond armor. | |||||
Armorer villagers now sell iron chestplates for 10–14 emeralds and iron helmets for 4–6 emeralds, and no longer sell other iron armor. | |||||
Leatherworkers now sell leather pants for 2–4 emeralds and enchanted leather tunics for 7–12 emeralds, and no longer sell other leather armor. | |||||
14w05a | Armor no longer turns red when mobs and players are hurt. | ||||
14w06a | Armor is now visible on giants. | ||||
14w25a | Chain armor cannot be crafted anymore due to the item form of fire being removed. | ||||
1.9 | 15w31a | Enchanted iron and diamond armor 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 | Armor durability now affects armor value. | ||||
15w36a | Armor and armor enchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here. | ||||
15w36d | Armor durability affecting value has been removed. | ||||
Armor now has an attribute controlling the defense points. | |||||
15w43a | The average yield of gold chestplates in nether fortress chests has been decreased. | ||||
15w50a | Added equip sounds for all types of armor. | ||||
16w02a | Armor and armor enchantment calculations have been changed again. | ||||
16w05a | Armor calculations have been changed, once again. | ||||
1.11 | 16w39a | Diamond and chainmail chestplates are now found in the new woodland mansion chests. | |||
1.11.1 | 16w50a | Golden, chain and iron armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 298 through 317. | |||
18w07a | ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w09a | Leather tunics and golden helmets now have a chance of generating in underwater ruins. | ||||
18w10a | Leather tunics can now generate in buried treasure chests. | ||||
18w11a | Enchanted leather caps, tunics, pants and boots can now generate in the chests of shipwrecks. | ||||
18w20a | Chain armor pieces have been renamed to "chainmail". | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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1.16 | 20w06a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
20w07a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Netherite armor is now obtained by combining one diamond armor piece and one netherite ingot in a smithing table. | |||||
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20w09a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
20w10a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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Netherite armor can no longer be crafted. | |||||
Netherite armor is now obtained by combining one diamond armor piece and one netherite ingot in a smithing table. | |||||
20w16a | All parts of golden and netherite armor now generate randomly enchanted, and sometimes damaged, in bastion remnant and ruined portal chests. | ||||
20w17a | Diamonds armor now generates in place of netherite armor in bastion remnant chests. | ||||
pre3 | The special helmet models and textures created for piglins have been removed except for leather armor. | ||||
1.16.4 | Pre-release 1 | ![]() | |||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.17 | 20w46a | Leather boots now prevent sinking in powder snow. | |||
20w48a | Wearing any piece of leather armor now prevents freezing entirely. | ||||
21w13a | The two unused textures of the leather cap for piglin [3] [4] has been removed. | ||||
Leather Boots now prevent fall damage when landing on powder snow. | |||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.6.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
v0.8.0 | build 2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | Iron armor now naturally generates in village chests and a stronghold altar chest. | |||
v0.11.0 | build 11 | Armor now protects against damage from mobs only. | |||
v0.12.1 | ? | Armor can now be worn by mobs. | |||
Armor no longer turns red when mobs and players are hurt. | |||||
Golden chestplates can now be found in nether fortress chests. | |||||
Chainmail armor 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 armor can now be dyed. | |||||
v0.15.0 | build 1 | Armor can now be obtained from strays and husks that naturally spawn with armor. | |||
v0.15.10 | Capes no longer clip through armor. | ||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Enchanted iron armor and enchanted diamond armor can now be found inside chests within end city. | |||
1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Iron helmets, iron chestplates, enchanted diamond chestplates and chainmail armor are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading. | |||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Golden, chain and iron armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. | |||
Diamond chestplates and chainmail chestplates can now be found inside woodland mansion chests. | |||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Chainmail helmets, chestplates, leggings and boots now generate in buried treasure chests. | |||
Enchanted leather armor can now be found inside shipwreck supply room chests. | |||||
beta 1.2.20.1 | Leather chestplates and golden helmets can now be found inside underwater ruins chests. | ||||
1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.4 | ![]() ![]() | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Iron armor now can be found in plains village weaponsmith chests. | |||||
Leather armor can now be found inside plains village tannery chests. | |||||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Iron armor now can be found in savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests. | |||
Leather armor can now be found inside savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village tannery chests. | |||||
Iron helmets can now be found in village armorer chests. | |||||
beta 1.11.0.4 | Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron armor. | ||||
Leather leggings and pants are now sold by leather worker villagers. | |||||
Iron leggings, and boots, diamond helmets, leggings, and boots are now sold by armorer villagers. | |||||
beta 1.11.0.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.12.0 | beta 1.12.0.2 | ![]() | |||
1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.1 | Leather armor now appears dyed properly when worn by armor stands. | |||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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Armor can now be obtained from piglins that naturally spawn with golden armor. | |||||
beta 1.16.0.57 | All parts of golden and netherite armor now generate randomly enchanted, and sometimes damaged, in bastion remnant chests. | ||||
Netherite armor can no longer be crafted. | |||||
Netherite armor is now obtained by combining one diamond armor piece and one netherite ingot in a smithing table. | |||||
beta 1.16.0.63 | Diamonds armor now generates in place of netherite armor in bastion remnant chests. | ||||
1.16.200 | beta 1.16.200.52 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.16.200.53 | Netherite Armor now gives a 90% reduction in Knockback. | ||||
beta 1.16.200.52 | Leather boots now prevent sinking in powder snow. | ||||
1.16.210 | beta 1.16.210.53 | Wearing any piece of leather armor now prevents freezing entirely. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Added a quick equip for armor to the inventory interface. | |||||
TU12 | 1.03 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
TU14 | 1.05 | Leather armor can now be dyed. | |||
Item repair can now repair armor. | |||||
TU25 | CU13 | 1.16 | Armor now have the quick equip functionality. | ||
TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Golden, chain and iron armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. |
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
- Armor durability from Indev until late Beta
Material | Helmet | Chestplate | Leggings | Boots |
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Leather | 33 | 48 | 45 | 39 |
Golden | 66 | 96 | 90 | 78 |
Chainmail | 66 | 96 | 90 | 78 |
Iron | 132 | 192 | 180 | 156 |
Diamond | 264 | 384 | 360 | 312 |
Issues[edit]
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