Horse armor is a special type of armor that can be given to a horse to wear. Only normal horses can wear armor - other variants such as skeleton trap horses and donkeys cannot be equipped with armor.
Obtaining
Natural generation
- Iron
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Iron Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 21.5% |
| Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 18% | |
| End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
| Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.5% | |
| Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 19% | |
| Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.5% | |
| Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Iron Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 21.5% |
| Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 18% | |
| End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
| Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.4% | |
| Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 19% | |
| Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.4% | |
| Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% | |
- Gold
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Golden Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 14.7% |
| Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 12.3% | |
| End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
| Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.5% | |
| Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 29.1% | |
| Ruined portal | Chest | 1 | 7.3% | |
| Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.5% | |
| Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Golden Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 14.7% |
| Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 12.3% | |
| End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
| Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.4% | |
| Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 29.1% | |
| Ruined portal | Chest | 1 | 7.3% | |
| Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.4% | |
| Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% | |
- Diamond
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Diamond Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 7.6% |
| Ancient City | Chest | 1 | 16.1% | |
| Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 6.3% | |
| End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
| Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.5% | |
| Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 11.8% | |
| Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.5% | |
| Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Diamond Horse Armor | Dungeon | Chest | 1 | 7.6% |
| Ancient City | Chest | 1 | 16.1% | |
| Desert temple | Chest | 1 | 6.3% | |
| End city | Chest | 1 | 4.6% | |
| Jungle temple | Chest | 1 | 4.4% | |
| Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 11.8% | |
| Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 2.4% | |
| Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1 | 5.7% | |
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leather Horse Armor | Leather | [Pocket and Legacy Console editions only] |
Usage
Protection
Horse armor can be equipped to horses either by manually placing it in its respective slot (Template:Grid), 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:
| Material | Armor |
|---|---|
| Leather[Pocket and Legacy Console editions only] | 3 ( |
| Iron | 5 ( |
| Gold | 7 ( |
| Diamond | 11 ( |
Smelting usage
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget |
Iron Horse Armor or Golden Horse Armor + Any fuel |
Data values
ID
Horse Armor/ID
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | Added horse armor. It can be crafted using the following recipe.
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| 13w18a | The crafting recipe for horse armor has now been removed. | ||||||
| Horse armor can now be found in chests in jungle & desert temples, dungeons, nether fortresses, stronghold altar rooms and village blacksmith buildings. | |||||||
| Iron horse armor can now additionally be found in mineshaft chests. | |||||||
| 13w21a | Horse armor is now no longer stackable, to be consistent with other types of armor. | ||||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Added to end city chests. | |||||
| 15w43a | The average yield of horse armor in nether fortress chests has now been slightly decreased. | ||||||
| 15w44a | The average yield of horse armor in desert temple chests has now been increased. | ||||||
| The average yield of iron horse armor from dungeon chests has now been slightly decreased. | |||||||
| Iron horse armor has now been removed from mineshaft chests. | |||||||
| 1.11.1 | 16w50a | Golden and iron horse armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 417, 418 and 419. | |||||
| 18w22a | Changed the texture of iron horse armor when equipped, from File:Iron Horse Armor Pre-18w22a.png to | ||||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.14 | 18w49a | File:Iron Horse Armor Texture Update 18w50a.pngFile:Gold Horse Armor Texture Update 18w50a.pngFile:Diamond Horse Armor Texture Update 18w50a.png Changed the textures of horse armor. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | Added horse armor and dyeable leather horse armor as a version exclusive. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Horse armor can now be found inside end city chests. | |||||
| 1.1 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | Patch 1 | Added horse armor. | |||
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | Patch s3 | Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable. | ||
| TU60 | CU51 | 1.64 | Patch 30 | Patch s11 | Added leather horse armor. | ||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | Added Horse Armor. | ||||||
Issues
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