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Horse armor[note 1] is a special type of armor that can be given to a horse to wear. Only normal horses can wear armor; donkey, mule and undead variants such as skeleton horses and zombie horses cannot be equipped with armor.

Obtaining

Natural generation

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%
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%
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

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Leather

Trading

Expert-level leatherworker villagers sell leather horse armor for 6 emeralds as part of their trade.

Usage

Protection

Horse armor can be equipped to horses either by manually placing it in its respective slot (), 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. Note that golden horse armor provides more protection than iron horse armor, whereas the opposite is true for player armor.

Material Armor
Leather 3 (🛡🛡)
Iron 5 (🛡🛡🛡)
Gold 7 (🛡🛡🛡🛡)
Diamond 11 (🛡 × 5.5)

Durability

Unlike player armor, horse armor does not have durability. This means a single horse armor can be used indefinitely.

Enchanting

Unlike player armor, horse armor cannot be enchanted. Using an anvil in Creative does allow the armor to be enchanted, but any applied enchantments have no effect.

Dyeing

Leather horse armor can be dyed 12,326,391 different colors (using lone dyes or dye combinations) and put onto a horse to display that color. These changes can be reverted by using a filled cauldron with dyed leather horse armor.

Smelting usage

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget or
Gold Nugget
Iron Horse Armor or
Golden Horse Armor +
Any fuel


0.1

Piglins

Piglins are attracted to golden horse armor and run toward any golden horse armor on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Leather Horse Armorleather_horse_armoritem.minecraft.leather_horse_armor
Iron Horse Armoriron_horse_armoritem.minecraft.iron_horse_armor
Diamond Horse Armordiamond_horse_armoritem.minecraft.diamond_horse_armor
Golden Horse Armorgolden_horse_armoritem.minecraft.golden_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Leather Horse Armorhorsearmorleather416item.horsearmorleather.name
Iron Horse Armorhorsearmoriron417item.horsearmoriron.name
Diamond Horse Armorhorsearmordiamond419item.horsearmordiamond.name
Golden Horse Armorhorsearmorgold418item.horsearmorgold.name

History

Java Edition
1.6.113w16aIron Horse Armor JE1 BE1 Golden Horse Armor JE1 BE1 Diamond Horse Armor JE1 BE1
Iron Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Golden Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Diamond Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Added horse armor.
Horse armor can be crafted using the following recipe.
13w18aThe crafting recipe for horse armor has 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 no longer stackable, to be consistent with other types of armor.
1.915w31aHorse armor has been added to end city chests.
15w43aThe average yield of horse armor in nether fortress chests has slightly decreased.
15w44aThe average yield of horse armor in desert temple chests has increased.
The average yield of iron horse armor from dungeon chests has slightly decreased.
Iron horse armor has been removed from mineshaft chests.
1.11.116w50aGolden and iron horse armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.1317w45aIron Horse Armor JE2 Golden Horse Armor JE2 Diamond Horse Armor JE2 The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
17w46aIron Horse Armor 17w46a Golden Horse Armor 17w46a Diamond Horse Armor 17w46a The model of horse armor has been changed, but the textures of horse armor have remained unaltered.
17w47aPrior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 417, 418 and 419.
18w03aIron Horse Armor JE3 Golden Horse Armor JE3 BE2 Diamond Horse Armor JE3 BE2 The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
18w22aIron Horse Armor JE4 BE2 The texture of iron horse armor when equipped has been changed.[1]
pre2A bug with the horse skin and horse armor textures not applying correctly has been fixed.[2]
1.1418w50aIron Horse Armor (item) JE2 BE2 Golden Horse Armor (item) JE2 BE2 Diamond Horse Armor (item) JE2 BE2 The textures of horse armor items have been changed.
February 20, 2019Leather Horse Armor BE1
Leather Horse Armor (item) BE1 Leather horse armor announced for Java Edition.
19w08aIron Horse Armor JE5 BE3 Golden Horse Armor JE4 BE3 Diamond Horse Armor JE4 BE3
Iron Horse Armor (item) JE3 Golden Horse Armor (item) JE3 BE3 Diamond Horse Armor (item) JE3 BE3 The textures of iron, gold and diamond horse armor have been changed.
Leather Horse Armor JE1 BE3
Leather Horse Armor (item) JE1 Added leather horse armor, which can be dyed 12,326,391 different colors, similar to leather armor.
1.14.1Pre-Release 1Leather Horse Armor (item) JE2 The texture of leather horse armor item has been changed to be more consistent with the other types of horse armor.
Iron Horse Armor (item) JE4 BE3 The colors on the iron horse armor item have been changed slightly.
1.1620w15aHorse armor placed in a dispenser can now be put on tamed horses.
20w16aGolden horse armor now generates in ruined portal chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.15.0build 1Leather Horse Armor BE1 Iron Horse Armor JE1 BE1 Golden Horse Armor JE1 BE1 Diamond Horse Armor JE1 BE1
Leather Horse Armor (item) BE1 Iron Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Golden Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Diamond Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Added horse armor and dyeable leather horse armor as a version exclusive.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Horse armor can now be found inside end city chests.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6beta 1.2.6.2Leather Horse Armor BE2 Iron Horse Armor JE4 BE2 Golden Horse Armor JE3 BE2 Diamond Horse Armor JE3 BE2 The textures of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has been changed.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Horse armor can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
Leather Horse Armor JE1 BE3 Iron Horse Armor JE5 BE3 Golden Horse Armor JE4 BE3 Diamond Horse Armor JE4 BE3
Leather Horse Armor (item) BE2 Iron Horse Armor (item) JE2 BE2 Golden Horse Armor (item) JE2 BE2 Diamond Horse Armor (item) JE2 BE2 The textures of all horse armor have been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Horse armor can now be found in savanna, desert, taiga, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
beta 1.11.0.4Leather horse armor can now be bought from leatherworker villagers.
beta 1.11.0.5Leather Horse Armor (item) BE3 Iron Horse Armor (item) JE4 BE3 Golden Horse Armor (item) JE3 BE3 Diamond Horse Armor (item) JE3 BE3 The textures of all horse armor items have been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19CU7 1.12 Patch 11.0.1Iron Horse Armor JE1 BE1 Golden Horse Armor JE1 BE1 Diamond Horse Armor JE1 BE1
Iron Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Golden Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Diamond Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Added horse armor.
TU53CU43 1.49 Patch 231.0.3Iron and golden horse armor are now smeltable.
TU60CU51 1.64 Patch 301.0.11Leather Horse Armor BE1
Leather Horse Armor (item) BE1 Added leather horse armor.
1.90 Leather Horse Armor JE1 BE3 Iron Horse Armor JE5 BE3 Golden Horse Armor JE4 BE3 Diamond Horse Armor JE4 BE3
Leather Horse Armor (item) BE3 Iron Horse Armor (item) JE3 Golden Horse Armor (item) JE3 BE3 Diamond Horse Armor (item) JE3 BE3 The textures of leather, iron, gold and diamond horse armor have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Iron Horse Armor JE1 BE1 Golden Horse Armor JE1 BE1 Diamond Horse Armor JE1 BE1
Iron Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Golden Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Diamond Horse Armor (item) JE1 BE1 Added horse armor.

Issues

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Notes

  1. Known as Armour in British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English variants.

References

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