Armorer
This article is about the villager profession. For the LEGO minifigure, see Armorsmith.
Armorer







| Workstation | |
|---|---|
| Buys | |
| Sells |
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"Plains Armorer.png",
"Desert Armorer.png",
"Savanna Armorer.png",
"Taiga Armorer.png",
"Snowy Armorer.png",
"Jungle Armorer.png",
"Swamp Armorer.png"
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An armorer is a villager that trades foundry items and sells iron, chain, and diamond armor. Armorers wear a welding mask, iron shoulder pads, dark brown gloves, and a dark brown apron.
Spawning
An unemployed villager turns into an armorer when an unclaimed blast furnace is nearby.
Natural generation
The workstation of armorers, the blast furnace, generates in armorer houses in villages.
Drops
In Java Edition, an armorer can drop various items by throwing them as a gift towards a nearby player with the Hero of the Village effect. The gift is randomly selected from the following list:
Trading
| Level | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probability | Probability | Slot | ||||||
| 40% | 100% | 1 | 15 × | 16 | 2 | 0.05 | ||
| 40% | 25% | 2 | 5 × | 12 | 1 | 0.2 | ||
| 40% | 25% | 9 × | 12 | 1 | 0.2 | |||
| 40% | 25% | 7 × | 12 | 1 | 0.2 | |||
| 40% | 25% | 4 × | 12 | 1 | 0.2 | |||
| 50% | 100% | 3 | 4 × | 12 | 10 | 0.05 | ||
| 50% | 33% | 4 | 36 × | 12 | 5 | 0.2 | ||
| 50% | 33% | 3 × | 12 | 5 | 0.2 | |||
| 50% | 33% | 12 | 5 | 0.2 | ||||
| 40% | 100% | 5 | 12 | 20 | 0.05 | |||
| 40% | 100% | 6 | 12 | 20 | 0.05 | |||
| 40% | 33% | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0.2 | |||
| 40% | 33% | 4 × | 12 | 10 | 0.2 | |||
| 40% | 33% | 5 × | 12 | 10 | 0.2 | |||
| 100% | 50% | 8 | 19–33 × | 3 | 15 | 0.2 | ||
| 100% | 50% | 13–27 × | 3 | 15 | 0.2 | |||
| 100% | 50% | 9 | 13–27 × | 3 | 30 | 0.2 | ||
| 100% | 50% | 21–35 × | 3 | 30 | 0.2 | |||
- ↑ The price of this trade is the base price, 14 emeralds, plus the random enchantment level chosen (5–19).
- ↑ a b c d When creating an enchantment offer, the game uses a random enchantment level from 5 to 19. The enchantments are never treasure enchantments.
- ↑ a b The price of this trade is the base price, 8 emeralds, plus the random enchantment level chosen (5–19).
- ↑ The price of this trade is the base price, 16 emeralds, plus the random enchantment level chosen (5–19).
Sounds
Java Edition
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Armorer works | Friendly Mobs | Randomly while an | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
Bedrock Edition
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Randomly while an | block | 3.0 | 0.6 | |
Data values
Armorers have the data value minecraft:armorer in Java Edition.
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Added armorers as a career of the "blacksmith" profession. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w50a | ||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Added armorers as a career of the "Blacksmith" profession.[verify] | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.10.0 Experiment | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | 1.0.1 | Added armorers as a career of the "Blacksmith" profession. |
| 1.91 | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "\"Armorer\"" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Renders
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Lying renders for other biome outfits.
Screenshots
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Makena trading with an armorer.
In other media
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Artwork of a taiga armorer. -

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A group of villagers, staring at a player. -
Two armorers in The Monster in the Woods. -
A poisonous potato armorer featured in Java Edition 24w14potato. -
An armorer as seen in A Minecraft Movie.
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