Wolf Armor

Wolf Armor

Armor

Item

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	∞
Armor toughness	∞
Durability	64
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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Wolf armor is an item crafted from armadillo scutes that can be equipped on a wolf to completely protect it against most damage types. It has limited durability, but can be repaired by using armadillo scutes on the wolf wearing it. It can also be dyed.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Armadillo Scute

Mob loot

Wolves wearing wolf armor always drop their wolf armor when they die, regardless of what kills them.

Usage

Only adult tamed wolves can wear armor.

Protection

Using wolf armor on a wolf that the player has tamed equips it onto the wolf.

Wolf armor absorbs all damage done to the wolf with some exceptions (see the list below), until its durability runs out. When the armor absorbs damage, the wolf does not emit a hurt noise. The +11 ( × 5.5) statistic in the tooltip of wolf armor is a result of a bug^[1] and should be ignored.

Wolf armor does not absorb damage dealt by the following damage sources:

• Drowning
• Freezing
• Suffocating
• Magic
• Thorns
• The Wither effect
• The void
• Being outside the world border‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Entity cramming‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• /kill
• Warden's sonically-charged shriek

Wolf armor does absorb damage dealt by these sources that are not reduced by player or horse armor;

• Fall damage
• Ongoing damage from being on fire

If the owner uses shears on a wolf that is wearing armor, the armor gets unequipped from the wolf.

If a wolf dies while equipped with wolf armor, the armor is dropped.

Durability

Wolf armor loses one point of durability for each point of damage absorbed. If the damage of an attack exceeds the remaining durability, all damage is absorbed anyway.

When the durability of wolf armor falls below some thresholds (when reaching 60, 44, and 20 durability points left), the armor produces a cracking sound effect and damage particles, and it becomes more visually damaged. Particles and a sound effect are also produced when wolf armor fully breaks.

Repairing

Using an armadillo scute on a wolf wearing wolf armor heals 8 points of the armor's durability.

Combining

Ingredients	Item repair recipe	Description
Damaged Wolf Armor		The durability of the two wolf armor is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
2x Damaged Wolf Armor		The durability of the two wolf armor is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Anvil repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Wolf Armor + Armadillo Scute	Wolf Armor

A wolf armor can be repaired in an anvil by adding armadillo scutes, with each scute restoring 16 points of the armor's durability (25% of its maximum durability). Two wolf armor can also be combined in an anvil, which adds 7 points of durability (5% of maximum durability).

Enchanting

Wolf armor cannot be enchanted in survival mode. However, in Java Edition creative mode, just like any other item, it can be enchanted with any enchantment using an anvil.

Effects of the enchantments on wolf armor:

• Thorns and Curse of Vanishing apply their effects to the wolf just as to the player.
• Fire Protection and Blast Protection offer no additional damage reduction, as even unenchanted wolf armor reduces those damage types by 100%. However, their secondary effects (burning time reduction and knockback reduction, respectively) work as expected.
• Protection causes the wolf armor to protect the wolf even against the damage sources that usually bypass it.
  • Wolf armor enchanted with Protection only protects part of the damage from those damage types, just as it does for the player.
  • Durability of wolf armor is not reduced by these damage types.
  • Void damage, warden's sonic boom and /kill command completely bypass the Protection enchantment on wolf armor.
• Unbreaking increases the average effective durability by 100%, 200% and 300% on levels I, II and III, respectively.
  • This is different from the effect that Unbreaking has on player armor. Instead, Unbreaking on wolf armor works as if wolf armor was rather a tool.
• Curse of Binding prevents the player in Survival mode from shearing the armor. However, players in Creative can still shear it.
• Mending works as expected, but wolf armor must be held in the hand of a player. Armor with Mending doesn't automatically repair itself on a wolf, as wolves can't absorb experience.
• Other enchantments have no effect on the wolf armor.

Dyeing

Wolf armor can be dyed by combining it with dye(s) through crafting in Java Edition, or by using it on a cauldron containing dyed water in Bedrock Edition. Using dyed wolf armor on a cauldron containing ordinary water removes any dye from it.

Sounds

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Wolf Armor	wolf_armor	Item	item.minecraft.wolf_armor

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Wolf Armor	wolf_armor	708	Item	item.wolf_armor.name

Item data

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Good as New	Repair a damaged Wolf Armor using Armadillo Scutes	Repair damaged wolf armor to full durability while the armor is equipped on the wolf.
	Shear Brilliance	Remove Wolf Armor from a Wolf using Shears	—

History

October 4, 2023							Wolf armor is announced in the preview video for the armadillo.
October 15, 2023							The armadillo wins the 2023 mob vote, making wolf armor a planned feature.
Java Edition
1.20.5			23w51a				Added wolf armor.
			24w03a				The texture of wolf armor has been changed.
			24w05a				The armor and armor toughness values of wolf armor are now visible in the inventory.
							Wolf armor no longer loses its data when equipped to wolves. This allows the Thorns, Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection, Projectile Protection, Feather Falling and Curse of Vanishing enchantments to work for the wolf.
			24w09a				Wolves wearing wolf armor now take no damage from damage sources that are affected by wolf armor.
							Wolf armor can now be dyed.
							Wolf armor now has durability, which decreases when the wolf wearing the armor takes damage.
							The wolf armor item texture has been raised by two pixels to create space for the durability bar.
							Wolf armor now cracks as it takes damage.
							The durability of wolf armor can now be healed by using an armadillo scute.
							The Curse of Binding enchantment now works on wolf armor worn by wolves.
			24w11a				The cracking textures on wolf armor have been changed.
			pre2				Wolf armor enchanted with Curse of Binding can now be removed from wolves in creative mode.[2]
1.21.2			pre1				Wolf armor now shows the enchantment glint on wolves when enchanted.
Bedrock Edition
1.20.60 Experiment Armadillo and Wolf Armor			Preview 1.20.60.23				Added wolf armor.
1.20.70 Experiment Armadillo and Wolf Armor			Preview 1.20.70.20				The texture of wolf armor has been changed.
1.20.80			Preview 1.20.80.20				Wolf armor is now available without using the "Armadillo and Wolf Armor" experimental toggle.
							Wolves wearing wolf armor now take no damage from damage sources that are affected by wolf armor.
							Wolf armor can now be dyed.
							Wolf armor now has durability, which decreases when the wolf wearing the armor takes damage.
							The wolf armor item texture has been raised by two pixels to create space for the durability bar.
							Wolf armor now cracks as it takes damage.
							The durability of wolf armor can now be healed by using an armadillo scute.
			Preview 1.20.80.22				Wolf armor can now be repaired with armadillo scutes on anvils.
							Wolf armor now emits particles when it breaks.
							Wolf armor can now partially block damage from guardians' and elder guardians' laser beams.
							Changed crack sounds from to .
							Changed repair sounds from to .

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Sixteen wolves with matching dyed collars and wolf armor.

Development images

• 
  A wolf wearing wolf armor.
• 
  A first look at a second version of the wolf armor texture, from The Spawn Chunks podcast.

Issues

Issues relating to "Wolf Armor" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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