How to craft a chestplate in minecraft

How to make crafting chestplate in Minecraft from netherite chestplate?

It only takes you 1 minute.

1. Open inventory or crafting table

Press E key to open inventory in Minecraft or set up crafting table and right-click on it.

2. Place ingredients

Place ingredients (Netherite Chestplate) according to the picture above.

3. Ready!

Minecraft crafting chestplate is ready. Right-click on the slot on the right.

In a Nutshell:

To make complete armor, start by creating individual armor pieces. A helmet is made by filling the first row completely and then two pieces of iron below the edges. A chest plate is made by placing iron in every slot except for the top middle slot. Leggings can be made by filling the entirety of the 1st and 3rd columns and another ingot in the top middle slot, and boots by placing four iron ingots in pairs with space between them.

Step-by-Step Guide(with Pictures):

Here is the step-by-step pictorial guide you need to follow to Make an Armor in Minecraft:

There are six different types of armor you can have in Minecraft. Leather, iron, gold, diamond, and netherite are all craftable, but chainmail armor can only be found in world generated chests as well as a rare drop from mobs wearing the chainmail armor.

If you can gather a lot of leather you may want to make a set of leather armor. If cows are not as abundant in your world, I would recommend getting iron armor as soon as possible. Iron is relatively common and getting twenty four pieces of iron is easy to accomplish once you have a mine set up.

Keep digging iron until you have found twenty four iron ore. You will need at least a stone pickaxe to gather iron ore. Once you have obtained twenty four ore, head back to a furnace and start smelting your ore into ingots.

Once your iron is done smelting you can now craft your armor. The material does not change the recipe for your armor, so if you would like gold or diamond armor you can use the same recipes just use the appropriate material. To start a helmet is made by making a row of three iron ingots and two pieces of iron below the edges.

A chestplate is made by placing iron in every slot except for the top middle slot.

Leggings can be made by placing two columns of three iron ingots on the left and right and another ingot in the top middle slot.

Finally, you can make boots by placing four iron ingots in pairs with space between them.

You now have a full set of armor! Iron armor trivializes most overworld hostile mobs. In fact, while you are wearing a full set of iron armor, a creeper cannot kill you at full health. I stood right next to an exploding creeper and even took fall damage from the blast and ended up with two and a half hearts.

If you would like to upgrade your diamond armor into netherite armor, take a piece of diamond armor into a smithing table. Place your armor on the left slot and the netherite ingot on the right and you will upgrade your diamond armor into netherite armor.

Renewable

Netherite: No
All Other: Yes

No

Chestplates are a type of armor that covers the upper body of the player. There are six types of chestplates: leather, chainmail, iron, diamond, gold and netherite.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Upgrading[]

Repairing[]

Grinding[]

Unit repair[]

Chestplates can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the armor material's repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the chestplate's maximum durability, rounded down.

Mob loot[]

Zombies and skeletons have a small chance to spawn wearing any armor. There is an 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) for the mob to drop a chestplate upon death. The chestplate the mob drops is usually badly damaged, and rarely enchanted.

Vindicators and Pillagers spawning in raids have a 4.1% chance (5.12% on hard difficulty) to drop iron chestplate, which is almost always badly damaged and rarely enchanted.

Natural generation[]

Two armor stands are found in each taiga village outdoor armory, one of them equipped with an iron chestplate.

Chest loot[]

Trading[]

In Java Edition, novice-level armorer villagers have a 40% chance to sell an iron chestplate for 9 emeralds. Journeyman-level armorers have a 40% chance to sell a chainmail chestplate for 4 emeralds. Master-level armorers always sell an enchanted[note 1] diamond chestplate for 18-35 emeralds. Novice-level leatherworker villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to sell a leather tunic[note 2] for 7 emeralds. Journeyman-level Leatherworker villagers always offer the same trade.

Armorer villagers may give the players with the Hero of the Village effect a chainmail chestplate.

In Bedrock Edition, novice-level armorer villagers have a 25% chance to sell an iron chestplate for 9 emeralds. Journeyman-level armorers have a 1⁄3 chance to sell a chainmail chestplate for 4 emeralds. Master-level armorers have a 50% chance to sell an enchanted[note 1] diamond chestplate for 16 emeralds. Novice-level leatherworker villagers have a 50% chance to sell leather tunic for 7 emeralds. Master-level leatherworkers always sell an enchanted[note 1] leather tunic for 7 emeralds.

1. ↑ a b c When creating an enchantment offer, the game uses a random enchantment level from 5 – 19. The enchantments are never treasure enchantments.
2. ↑ The leather armor has a random color created by two dyes (possibly the same dye twice).

Usage[]

Chestplates can be placed in the 2nd armor slot of a player's inventory for activation.

Defense points[]

Defense points are each signified by chestplates in the armor bar above the health bar. 1 defense point is half of a chestplate in the armor bar. Each defense point reduces any damage dealt to the player, which is absorbed by armor by 4%, increasing additively with the number of defense points. Different materials and combinations of armor provide different levels of defense.

The following table shows the amount of defense points added by chestplates.

Knockback Resistance[]

A netherite chestplate provides 10% knockback resistance.

Durability[]

The following table shows the amount of damage each piece of armor can absorb before being destroyed.

Any "hit" from a damage source that can be blocked by armor removes one point of durability from each piece of armor worn for every 4 of incoming damage (rounded down, but never below 1). Damage taken that unenchanted armor does not protect against (such as falling or drowning) does not damage the armor, even if it is enchanted to protect against that type of damage. The following chart displays how many hits chest plates can endure.

Netherite armor is not damaged by lava or fire when worn.

Repair[]

Chestplates may be repaired by using them along with some of their crafting material (leather, gold ingots, iron ingots, diamonds, or netherite ingots) in an anvil. Chainmail chestplates may be repaired in this way with iron ingots. They may also be repaired by crafting them together with another chestplate of the same material.

Enchantments[]

A chestplate can receive the following enchantments:

1. ↑ a b c d Fire Protection, Blast Protection, Projectile Protection and Protection are mutually exclusive
2. ↑ The max level obtainable in the enchanting table is 2
3. ↑ a b c Only from chest loot, fishing, or an anvil and enchanted books.

Smelting usage[]

Piglins[]

Piglins are attracted to golden chestplates and pick them up, examining them for 6 to 8 seconds. Piglins can wear other chestplates but are not attracted to them. They prefer stronger chestplates over weaker chestplates, with one exception: They always prefer golden chestplates over all other chestplates, throwing out stronger chestplates to equip them. Enchanted chestplates are preferred over unenchanted chestplates.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Item data[]

When leather tunics are dyed, it has the following NBT:

•  tag: Parent tag.
  •  display: Display properties.
    •  color: The color of the leather armor. The tooltip displays "Dyed" if advanced tooltips are disabled, otherwise it displays the hexadecimal color value. Color codes are calculated from the Red, Green and Blue components using this formula:
      Red<<16 + Green<<8 + Blue[1]

Achievements[]

Advancements[]

History[]

Java Edition Classic
June 14, 2009	Notch discussed how armor would work in Survival mode: "Two types of swords, two types of armor, two types of helmets. The basic versions require iron. The advanced versions require steel, which you make by combining iron and coal. Carrying swords, armor or helmets take up inventory slots, but otherwise have no penalty and work pretty much as you expect (prevent some damage, or cause more damage)".
August 13, 2009	Notch tested chestplates on the human. They were merely aesthetic at the time and had no effect on gameplay.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST	Added the plate chestplate.
Added the model and the texture for the unused chain chestplate.
The plate chestplate has been tested on zombies and skeletons. It had no effect on gameplay.
Java Edition Indev
0.31	20091223-1	Plate and chain armor chestplates are no longer used.
20091231-2	Added the single item form of relation to leather, studded, chainmail, and plate (iron) chestplates.
The textures of the cloth chestplate are taken from one of Notch's previous games, Legend of the Chambered. The rest are from Legend of the Chambered 2.
20100206	Added the item form of diamond and golden chestplates.
Removed the leather-chain chestplate.
February 9, 2010	Notch revealed new models for armor - including chestplates.
20100212-1	Added armor models.
Armor models are now displayed on the player in the inventory.
20100218	Added models of cloth, chainmail, iron, diamond and gold chestplates.
Chestplates can now be crafted and worn.
Chestplates now functions. All chestplates give 8 (). Chestplates have limited durability, with lower tier chestplates less durable than higher tier chestplates.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8	With the introduction of leather, "Cloth Chestplate" has been renamed to "Leather Tunic".
Leather tunics is now crafted with leather instead of cloth.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease	The armor protection behavior has been changed. Previous to this update, the total armor protection is based in this equation: ((total equipped armor damage reduction − 1) × (all equipped armor max damage − total equipped armor damage)) ÷ (total equipped armor max damage + 1)). Armor no longer reduces certain damage types to be covered by enchantments.
October 3, 2011	The first images of a player wearing enchanted chestplates are revealed.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3	Iron chestplates can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4	Chestplates can now be enchanted.
1.1	12w01a	Iron chestplates can now be found in the new blacksmith chests in villages.
1.3.1	12w15a	⇧ Shift+clicking can now be used to wear chestplates.
12w21a	Chainmail chestplates can now be obtained legitimately in survival mode through trading.
Blacksmith villagers now sell chainmail chestplates for 11–14 emeralds.
Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond chestplates for 16–18 emeralds.
Blacksmith villagers now sell iron chestplates for 10–13 emeralds.
Butchers now sell leather tunics for 4 emeralds.
1.4.2	12w32a	Mob armor has been reintroduced. A partial or full set of any armor is now sometimes worn by zombies, skeletons and zombie pigmen, with the likelihood increasing with difficulty.
August 17, 2012	Jeb and Dinnerbone tweeted pictures of dyeable leather chestplates.
12w34a	Leather tunics can now be dyed by crafting a leather tunic piece with dyes. Dyes can be removed by using dyed leather tunics on a cauldron with water.
Default leather tunic textures are now slightly darker and have buttons.
12w34b	The texture of leather and diamond chestplates has been changed. Leather tunics now have longer sleeves. Diamond chestplates now have notches under the shoulders.
12w36a	Dyed leather tunics are now more saturated and have a slight tint of tan in respect to the default armor color.
12w37a	Leather armor now have non-dyed parts on cap, pants and boots. This has been implemented so that players can distinguish between other types of armor and similarly colored leather armor.
1.4.6	12w50a	The Thorns enchantment can now be enchanted on chestplates.
1.5	13w04a	Armor in the player's hand can now be equipped by right-clicking.
Dispensers can now equip nearby players with armor.
1.6.1	13w18a	Golden chestplates are now found in the new chests in nether fortresses.
1.7.2	13w36a	Leather boots can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items by fishing.
1.8	14w02a	Trades changed: armorer villagers now sell chain boots for 5–7 emeralds, chain leggings for 9–11 emeralds, chain chestplates for 11–15 emeralds and chain helmets for 5–7 emeralds.
Armorer villagers now sell enchanted diamond chestplates for 16–19 emeralds, and no longer sell other diamond armor.
Armorer villagers now sell iron chestplates for 10–14 emeralds and iron helmets for 4–6 emeralds, and no longer sell other iron armor.
Leatherworkers now sell enchanted leather tunics for 7–12 emeralds, and no longer sell other leather armor.
14w05a	Armor no longer turns red when mobs and players are hurt.
14w06a	Armor is now visible on giants.
14w25a	Chain armor cannot be crafted anymore due to the item form of fire being removed.
1.9	15w31a	Enchanted iron and diamond armor can now be found in end city ship chests.
Mobs now wear armor from the bottom to the top, rather than from the top to the bottom. This means that a mob with three armor pieces, for example, spawn with all armor except a helmet.
15w34b	Armor durability now affects armor value.
15w36a	Armor and armor enchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here.
15w36d	Armor durability affecting value has been removed.
Armor now has an attribute controlling the defense points.
15w43a	The average yield of gold chestplates in nether fortress chests has been decreased.
15w50a	Added equip sounds for all types of armor.
16w02a	Armor and armor enchantment calculations have been changed again.
16w05a	Armor calculations have been changed, once again.
1.11	16w39a	Diamond and chainmail chestplates are now found in the new woodland mansion chests.
1.11.1	16w50a	Golden, chain and iron armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.13	17w47a	Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 298 through 317.
18w09a	Leather tunics now have a chance of generating in underwater ruins.
18w10a	Leather tunics can now generate in buried treasure chests.
18w11a	Enchanted leather tunics can now generate in the chests of shipwrecks.
18w20a	Chain armor pieces have been renamed to "chainmail".
1.14	18w43a	The textures of all types of armor have been changed.
18w48a	Leather tunics can now be found in chests in village tanneries.
18w50a	Iron chestplates can now be found on armor stands in taiga villages.
19w08a	The textures of gold chestplate item have been changed.
19w11a	Leatherworker villagers now sell randomly dyed leather tunics, instead of enchanted leather tunics.
19w13a	Armorer villagers now give chainmail chestplates to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.16	20w06a	Added netherite chestplate.
20w10a	The texture of netherite chestplate have been changed.
Netherite chestplate can no longer be crafted.
Netherite chestplate is now obtained by combining one diamond armor piece and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
20w16a	All parts of golden and netherite chestplates now generate randomly enchanted, and sometimes damaged, in bastion remnant and ruined portal chests.
20w17a	Diamonds chestplates now generates in place of netherite armor in bastion remnant chests.
1.17	20w48a	Wearing any piece of leather armor now prevents freezing entirely.
1.18.2	22w03a	Netherite chestplate knockback resistance is no longer random.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0	Added chestplates.
v0.8.0	build 2	The leather armor sprites have been changed to that of Java Edition, but its armor model remains that of older versions.
v0.9.0	build 1	Iron armor now naturally generates in village chests and a stronghold altar chest.
v0.11.0	build 11	Armor now protects against damage from mobs only.
v0.12.1	?	Armor can now be worn by mobs.
Armor no longer turns red when mobs and players are hurt.
Golden chestplates can now be found in nether fortress chests.
Chainmail armor can now be obtained in survival mode from a mob wearing it.
v0.14.0	build 1	The textures of leather chestplate have been changed.
Leather armor can now be dyed.
v0.15.0	build 1	Armor can now be obtained from strays and husks that naturally spawn with armor.
v0.15.10	Capes no longer clip through armor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Enchanted iron armor and enchanted diamond armor can now be found inside chests within end city.
1.0.4	alpha 1.0.4.0	Iron helmets, iron chestplates, enchanted diamond chestplates and chainmail armor are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Golden, chain and iron armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
Diamond chestplates and chainmail chestplates can now be found inside woodland mansion chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Chainmail chestplates now generate in buried treasure chests.
Enchanted leather armor can now be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
beta 1.2.20.1	Leather chestplates can now be found inside underwater ruins chests.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The textures of all types of chestplates have been changed.
Iron armor now can be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
Leather armor can now be found inside plains village tannery chests.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Iron armor now can be found in savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
Leather armor can now be found inside savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village tannery chests.
beta 1.11.0.4	Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron armor.
beta 1.11.0.5	The textures of gold chestplate item have been changed.
1.12.0	beta 1.12.0.2	Leather armor no longer show as being dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.13.0	beta 1.13.0.1	Leather armor now appears dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.51	Added netherite chestplate.
Armor can now be obtained from piglins that naturally spawn with golden armor.
beta 1.16.0.57	All parts of golden and netherite armor now generate randomly enchanted, and sometimes damaged, in bastion remnant chests.
Netherite armor can no longer be crafted.
Netherite armor is now obtained by combining one diamond armor piece and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
beta 1.16.0.63	Diamonds armor now generates in place of netherite armor in bastion remnant chests.
beta 1.16.200.53	Netherite Armor now gives a 90% reduction in Knockback.
1.16.210	beta 1.16.210.53	Wearing any piece of leather armor now prevents freezing entirely.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added chestplates.
Added a quick equip for armor to the inventory interface.
TU12	1.03	The textures for leather chestplate have been changed.
TU14	1.05	Leather armor can now be dyed.
Item repair can now repair armor.
TU25	CU13	1.16	Armor now have the quick equip functionality.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden, chain and iron armor can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90	The textures of all types of chestplate items have been changed (except for the leather one).
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0	Added chestplates.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Chestplate" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• Chestplates do not render on the player's arm in first person view.[2][3]

Gallery[]

Enchanted Chestplates[]

References[]

1. ↑ For positive values larger than 0x00FFFFFF, the top byte is ignored. All negative values produce white.
2. ↑ MC-25512
3. ↑ MCPE-30000

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