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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 (🛡 × 5.5)

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
1.6.113w16a Added horse armor. It can be crafted using the following recipe.
13w18aThe 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.
13w21aHorse armor is now no longer stackable, to be consistent with other types of armor.
1.915w31aAdded to end city chests.
15w43aThe average yield of horse armor in nether fortress chests has now been slightly decreased.
15w44aThe 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.
1.11.116w50aGolden and iron horse armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 417, 418 and 419.
18w22aChanged the texture of iron horse armor when equipped, from File:Iron Horse Armor Pre-18w22a.png to Iron Horse Armor.[1]
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1418w49aFile: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
0.15.0build 1 Added horse armor and dyeable leather horse armor as a version exclusive.
Pocket Edition
1.0alpha 0.17.0.1Horse armor can now be found inside end city chests.
1.1alpha 1.1.0.0Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19CU7 1.12 Patch 1 Added horse armor.
TU53CU43 1.49 Patch 23Patch s3Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
TU60CU51 1.64 Patch 30Patch s11 Added leather horse armor.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Added Horse Armor.

Issues

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References

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