Diamond Horse Armor

Diamond Horse Armor
Diamond Horse Armor.png: Infobox image for Diamond Horse Armor the item in Minecraft
Invicon Diamond Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Horse Armor When equipped: +11 Armor +2 Armor Toughness
Rarity tier

Common

Armor

11 (🛡 Ã— 5.5)

Armor toughness

2 (🛡)

Renewable

No

Stackable

No

Diamond horse armor is the strongest tier‌[until Mounts of Mayhem] or second-strongest tier​[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem] of horse armor. Unlike other diamond items, it cannot be crafted and is only obtainable from chest loot in various structures.

Obtaining

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Diamond Horse Armor Monster Room Chest 1 6.8%
Ancient City Chest 1 16.1%
Desert Pyramid Chest 1 5.9%
End City Chest 1 4.6%
Jungle Pyramid Chest 1 4.4%
Nether Fortress Chest 1 11.1%
Stronghold Altar chest 1 2.5%
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5.6%
Java Edition 1.21.11
Diamond Horse Armor End City Chest 1 4.4%
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5%
Bedrock Edition
Diamond Horse Armor Monster Room Chest 1 6.8%
Ancient City Chest 1 16.1%
Desert Pyramid Chest 1 5.9%
End City Chest 1 4.6%
Jungle Pyramid Chest 1 4.4%
Nether Fortress Chest 1 11.1%
Stronghold Altar chest 1 2.4%
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5.6%

Usage

Only regular adult horses can wear diamond horse armor; baby horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses cannot be equipped with armor.

Equipping

Diamond horse armor can be equipped to a horse either by manually placing it in its respective slot (SlotSprite Horse Armor.png: Sprite image for Horse Armor in Minecraft) in the horse’s inventory, or by pressing Use on the horse while holding it.

The diamond horse armor can be removed either by manually removing it from the armor slot or by using shears on the horse.

Protection

When equipped, diamond horse armor gives 11 (🛡 Ã— 5.5) armor points and 2 armor toughness.

If a horse dies while equipped with diamond horse armor, it drops its normal loot, a saddle (if it had one), and the horse armor.

Upgrading

Ingredients Smithing recipe Description
Netherite Upgrade +
Diamond Horse Armor +
Netherite Ingot
Invicon Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template with description: Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template Applies to:  Diamond Equipment Ingredients:  Netherite IngotInvicon Diamond Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Horse Armor When equipped: +11 Armor +2 Armor ToughnessInvicon Netherite Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Ingot with description: Netherite IngotInvicon Netherite Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Horse Armor with description: Netherite Horse Armor When equipped: +19 Armor +3 Armor Toughness +1 Knockback Resistance
​[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]

Durability

Unlike player armor or wolf armor, horse armor does not have durability. This means a single diamond horse armor can be used infinitely unless it is destroyed through other means.

Enchanting

Unlike player armor, horse armor cannot be enchanted in Survival mode. However, in Java Edition Creative mode, horse armor can be used with an anvil to enchant with Thorns, Feather Falling, Protection, Fire Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, Curse of Binding, and Curse of Vanishing. Other enchantments can be applied, but they have no effect.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Horse armor equipsFriendly MobsWhen armor is equipped to a horseentity.horse.armorsubtitles.entity.horse.armor​0.51.016
​Horse armor snips awayFriendly MobsWhen armor is removed with shearsitem.horse_armor.unequipsubtitles.item.horse_armor.unequip​1.01.016

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
Friendly MobsWhen armor is equipped to a horsemob.horse.armor0.61.0
Friendly MobsWhen armor is removed with shearsmob.horse.horse_armor_unequip1.01.0


Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
ItemSprite diamond-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for diamond-horse-armor in Minecraft Diamond Horse Armordiamond_horse_armorItemitem.minecraft.diamond_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormTranslation key
ItemSprite diamond-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for diamond-horse-armor in Minecraft Diamond Horse Armordiamond_horse_armorhorsearmordiamond533Itemitem.horsearmordiamond.name

History

Java Edition
1.6.113w16a 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 pyramids, dungeons, nether fortresses, stronghold altar rooms and village blacksmith buildings.
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 pyramid chests has increased.
1.1317w45a The texture of horse armor has been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
17w46a The model of horse armor has been changed, but the textures of horse armor have remained unaltered.
17w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 419.
18w03a The texture of horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
1.1418w50a The textures of horse armor has been changed.
19w08a The texture diamond horse armor has been changed.
1.1922w13aDiamond horse armor may now be found in ancient city chests.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21
24w05aDiamond horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21
24w11aDiamond horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0build 1 Added horse armor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Horse armor can now be found inside end city chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6beta 1.2.6.2 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.
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 1.11.0.5 The textures of all horse armor items have been changed.
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.60.20Diamond horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.80
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.80.22Diamond horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU19CU71.121.121.12Patch 11.0.1 Added horse armor.
1.90 The texture of diamond horse armor has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added horse armor.

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