Smithing templates are a set of twelve items that are used to customize armor and upgrade diamond gear to netherite gear. When a stronger item is used with smithing templates, it upgrades the armor.
Obtaining
Smithing templates can be found in various structures and can be duplicated using seven diamonds and an item based on the template.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond + Matching Smithing Template + Netherrack or Cobblestone or Sandstone or End Stone or Blackstone or Purpur Block or Prismarine or Cobbled Deepslate or Mossy Cobblestone |
[upcoming: JE 1.20] |
The netherite upgrade and the rib armor trim are crafted from netherrack; the coast, sentry, and vex armor trims are crafted from cobblestone; the dune armor trim is crafted from sandstone; the eye armor trim is crafted from end stone; the snout armor trim is crafted from blackstone; the spire armor trim is crafted from purpur block; the tide armor trim is crafted from prismarine; the ward armor trim is crafted from cobbled deepslate; and the wild armor trim is crafted from mossy cobblestone.
Mob loot
Elder guardians have a 20% chance to drop 1 tide armor trim upon death. Looting doesn't affect this percentage, and the player is not required to kill the elder guardian in order for the trim to drop.
Chest loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1 | 10% |
| Generic chest | 1 | 10% | ||
| Treasure chest | 1 | 100% | ||
| Bridge chest | 1 | 10% | ||
| Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template | Shipwreck | Treasure chest | 2 | 16.7% |
| Map chest | 2 | 16.7% | ||
| Supply chest | 2 | 16.7% | ||
| Dune Armor Trim Smithing Template | Desert temple | Chest | 2 | 14.3% |
| Eye Armor Trim Smithing Template | Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 10% |
| Library chest | 1 | 100% | ||
| Rib Armor Trim Smithing Template | Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 6.7% |
| Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template | Pillager Outpost | Chest | 2 | 25% |
| Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1 | 8.3% |
| Generic chest | 1 | 8.3% | ||
| Treasure chest | 1 | 8.3% | ||
| Bridge chest | 1 | 8.3% | ||
| Spire Armor Trim Smithing Template | End city | Chest | 1 | 6.7% |
| Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template | Woodland mansion | Chest | 1 | 50% |
| Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template | Ancient City | Chest | 1 | 5% |
| Wild Armor Trim Smithing Template | Jungle temple | Chest | 2 | 33.3% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1 | 10% |
| Generic chest | 1 | 10% | ||
| Treasure chest | 1 | 100% | ||
| Bridge chest | 1 | 10% | ||
| Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template | Shipwreck | Treasure chest | 2 | 16.7% |
| Map chest | 2 | 16.7% | ||
| Supply chest | 2 | 16.7% | ||
| Dune Armor Trim Smithing Template | Desert temple | Chest | 2 | 14.3% |
| Eye Armor Trim Smithing Template | Stronghold | Altar chest | 1 | 10% |
| Library chest | 1 | 100% | ||
| Rib Armor Trim Smithing Template | Nether fortress | Chest | 1 | 6.7% |
| Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template | Pillager Outpost | Chest | 2 | 25% |
| Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1 | 8.3% |
| Generic chest | 1 | 8.3% | ||
| Treasure chest | 1 | 8.3% | ||
| Bridge chest | 1 | 8.3% | ||
| Spire Armor Trim Smithing Template | End city | Chest | 1 | 6.7% |
| Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template | Woodland mansion | Chest | 1 | 50% |
| Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template | Ancient City | Chest | 1 | 5% |
| Wild Armor Trim Smithing Template | Jungle temple | Chest | 2 | 33.3% |
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond + Matching Smithing Template + Netherrack or Cobblestone or Sandstone or End Stone or Blackstone or Purpur Block or Prismarine or Cobbled Deepslate or Mossy Cobblestone |
[upcoming: JE 1.20] |
Smithing ingredient
Smithing templates are used at a smithing table. Netherite upgrade smithing templates are used to upgrade diamond gear into netherite gear by using a netherite upgrade, a piece of diamond gear, and a netherite ingot.
| Ingredients | Smithing recipe |
|---|---|
| Netherite Upgrade + Any Diamond Gear + Netherite Ingot |
Armor trim smithing templates are used to customise an armor piece's appearance by using an armor trim, an armor piece, and an ingot/crystal (/////////).
| Ingredients | Smithing recipe |
|---|---|
| Any Armor Trim + Any Armor Piece + Any Ingot/Crystal |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Smithing Template | netherite_upgrade_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | coast_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | dune_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | eye_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | rib_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | sentry_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | snout_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | spire_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | tide_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | vex_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | ward_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
| Smithing Template | wild_armor_trim_smithing_template | item.minecraft.smithing_template |
History
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 23w04a | File:Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template JE1.png File:Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png File:Dune Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png File:Eye Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png File:Rib Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png File:Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png File:Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png File:Spire Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png File:Tide Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png File:Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png File:Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png File:Wild Armor Trim Smithing Template JE1.png Added smithing templates. | |||
| 23w05a | Smithing templates can now be used to trim leather armor. | ||||
| Gold, iron, diamond, and netherite armor can now be trimed with their respective material. | |||||
| The dune, coast, wild, and sentry armor trims now always generate two templates in a chest when found. | |||||
Increased the chances for all smithing templates that generate in chest loot to spawn:
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Issues
Issues relating to "Smithing Template" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Some of the armor trims feature patterns based on a mob or block that is found in the same structure as the corresponding smithing template.[1]
- The eye armor trim resembles an eye of ender.
- The rib armor trim resembles a wither skeleton.
- The snout armor trim resembles a piglin.
- The spire armor trim resembles a shulker.
- The tide armor trim resembles prismarine bricks.
- The vex armor trim resembles an evoker.
- Netherite upgrade smithing template (35 character with "_" and 32 character without "_") and sentry armor trim smithing template (35 character with "_" and 31 character without "_") are the current longest name for item ID, while polished blackstone pressure plate and cracked polished blackstone bricks only have 34 character with "_" and 31 character without "_".
Gallery
References
- ↑ "Some of the armor trims reflect the place where you found the template, for example bastions contain a piglin-inspired trim."-Sofia Dankis-"Armor Trims Coming to Minecraft 1.20" – Minecraft.net, January 24, 2023


