Armor

Armor isn't necessary for Mine Blocks, but it makes survival easier by shielding damage dealt by mobs. By placing it in the armor slots in the inventory menu, armor can be worn. There are 5 types of armor in the game thus far: leather, iron, gold, diamond and the dragon scale tier.

Armor provides a random amount of protection (based off of its tier), so calculating the exact amount of damage with armor isn't possible. However, there is a way to estimate how good a set of armor is by the following chart:

Types	% of damage protection per item worn
Leather	7 ±2%
Iron	13 ±5%
Gold	10 ±4%
Diamond	15 ±7%
Dragon scale	15 ±9%

Crafting

Helmet crafting

Place the materials as an lowercase "N" (n).

Leather Helmet	Iron Helmet
Gold Helmet	Diamond Helmet

Chestplates

Place six blocks of the material on the middle and bottom row of the crafting table. Place two pieces of material: One on each side. Leave the upper middle space empty.

Leather Chestplate	Iron Chestplate
Gold Chestplate	Diamond Chestplate

Leggings

Place seven materials as an upside-down U.

Leather Leggings	Iron Leggings
Gold Leggings	Diamond Leggings

Boots

Place four pieces of materials on either side of the crafting table.

Leather Boots	Iron Boots
Gold Boots	Diamond Helmet

Dragon Scale Armor

Place the materials on the shown sides.

Dragon Scale Boots	Dragon Scale Leggings
Dragon Scale Chestplate	Dragon Scale Helmet

Armor Points

Each armor piece has a certain value. Here is a list of all the defense values:

• Leather:4 armor points (1 helmet,1 chestplate,1 leggings,1 boots)
• Iron:7 armor points (2 helmet,2 chestplate,2 leggings,1 boots)
• Gold:6 armor points (2 helmet,1 chestplate,2 leggings,1 boots)
• Diamond:9 armor points (3 helmet,2 chestplate,2 leggings,2 boots)
• Dragon Scale:10 armor points (3 helmet,3 chestplate,2 leggings,2 boots)

History

Version	Date	Changes
1.21	May 17, 2012	Added armor Iron, leather, and diamond
1.23	Oct 31, 2012	Added dragon scale armor Golden armor Added the armor bar to HUD Armor deletion bug fixed Swapping items in the shoe armor spot fixed Fixed armor not disappearing on the player
1.25	May 11, 2013	Tweaked damage, health, and armor Fixed diamond and dragon scale armor protection values
1.27	Nov 13, 2015	Shift-clicking armor on the hotbar equips it Option to hide armor (Suggested by indianajames99) Skin and armor changes show instantly The armor bar shows and hides properly in different game modes
1.28	Oct 08, 2016	Leather armor can be dyed Armor enchantments are no longer lost on respawn - Post from @toshavan

Trivia

• Armor can be damaged in a series of ways: preventing damage from a cactus(Full Iron tier and up), fall damage, mob attacks, lava, acid, explosions, Etc.
• In 1.28, fall damage can greatly damage armor depending on the height.
• Armor can gradually get less effective the more it takes damage. This means the less durability, the less armor points it gives off.

Gallery

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  The player wearing full leather armor

See Also

• Leather
• Iron ingot
• Gold ingot
• Diamond
• Dragon scale