Chainmail Chestplate

For other uses, see Chain (disambiguation).

Chainmail Chestplate

Adult model

Baby model

Other names	Mail Chestplate (CA)
Rarity tier	Uncommon
Armor	5 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	JE: 240 BE: 241
Enchantability	12
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A chainmail chestplate^[a] is an uncommon variant of chestplate that cannot be crafted, and is only obtainable through other means such as trading. It is the fourth-highest tier of chestplate, having the same armor points as a golden chestplate but with higher durability.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, zombie villagers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched have a small chance to spawn wearing armor. There is a 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) for the mob to drop the chestplate they're wearing upon death unless they are spawned from an ominous trial spawner. The dropped chestplate is usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.

In Bedrock Edition, naturally spawned armor worn by a zombie has a 100% drop rate when a zombie is drowned.

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Armorer	Journeyman	40%	33%	4 × Emerald	Chainmail Chestplate	12	10	0.2

Villager gifts

Armorer villagers may give the players with the Hero of the Village effect a chainmail chestplate.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Chainmail Chestplate	Woodland Mansion	Chest	1	17.6% { "item": "Chainmail Chestplate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17554213743245484, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Chainmail Chestplate	Woodland Mansion	Chest	1	17.3% { "item": "Chainmail Chestplate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17252123311524303, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }

Usage

When worn, a chainmail chestplate provides 5 () armor points.

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget	Chainmail Chestplate + Any fuel	0.1

Repairing

Two damaged chainmail chestplates can be combined through crafting or using the grindstone. The durability of the used chainmail chestplates are added together, plus an extra 5% durability. Both the crafting table and grindstone methods do not keep the enchantments of either chestplate.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Chainmail Chestplate		The durability of the two chestplates is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2x Damaged Chainmail Chestplate		The durability of the two chestplates is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Chainmail Chestplate + Iron Ingot	Chainmail Chestplate

A chainmail chestplate can also be repaired in an anvil by adding iron ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% the chestplates' maximum durability, rounded down. Two chestplates of the same tier can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods using the anvil preserves the chestplate's enchantments.

Enchantments

A chestplate can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max level	Method	Weight
Protection[note 1]	Increases overall damage reduction.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	10
Projectile Protection[note 1]	Increases damage reduction against projectiles.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Blast Protection[note 1]	Increases damage reduction against explosions.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Fire Protection[note 1]	Increases damage reduction against fire.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the chestplate when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The chestplate vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1
Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the chestplate.	I	Anvil	1

Armor trimming

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, a chestplate, and an ingot or crystal (iron ingot, copper ingot, gold ingot, netherite ingot, emerald, redstone dust, lapis lazuli, amethyst shard, nether quartz, diamond, or resin brick).

These trims have no effect on the gameplay or strength of the armor.

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Any Armor Trim + Chainmail Chestplate + Any Ingot/Crystal

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Chainmail Chestplate	chainmail_chestplate	Item	chest_armor	item.minecraft.chainmail_chestplate

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Chainmail Chestplate	chainmail_chestplate	340	Item	item.chainmail_chestplate.name

History

Before Minecraft

Legend of the Chambered 2008 v2							The chain shirt appears in Notch's 2008 game Legend of the Chambered, using the same texture as would be later added to Minecraft.

Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Added the model and the texture for the unused chain chestplate.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091223-0040				Removed the chain chestplate texture.
			20091231-2147				Added the chain chestplate. It was taken from Legend of the Chambered 2.
20100212-1210							Chain chestplates can be crafted using the item form of fire.
20100218							Added models for chain chestplates.
							Chain chestplates can now be worn.
							Chain chestplates now give 8 () and have durability.
Java Edition
1.3.1			12w21a				Chainmail chestplates can now be obtained legitimately in Survival mode through trading.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell chainmail chestplates for 11–14 emeralds.
1.8			14w02a				Trades changed: armorer villagers now sell chain chestplates for 11–15 emeralds.
			14w05a				Chain chestplates no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
			14w25a				Chain armor can no longer be crafted due to the item form of fire being removed.
1.9			15w36d				Chain chestplates now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
1.11			16w39a				Chain chestplates are now found in the new woodland mansion chests.
1.11.1			16w50a				Chain chestplates can now be smelted into iron nuggets.
1.13			18w20a				Chain armor pieces have been renamed to "chainmail".
1.14			18w43a				The textures of all types of armor have been changed.
			19w11a				Armorer villagers now sell chainmail chestplates for 4 emeralds.
			19w13a				Armorer villagers now give chainmail chestplates to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Chainmail chestplates can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
							There are 10 types of material that determine the color of the trim: Iron, Copper, Gold, Lapis, Emerald, Diamond, Netherite, Redstone, Amethyst, and Quartz
1.21.2			24w33a				The rarity of chainmail chestplates has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon".
26.1			snap7				Added a specific texture and model for when the armor piece is worn by a humanoid baby mob.
							If equipped on a "small"-type armor stand, it will appear broken; presumably the game is applying the adult armor texture to the baby mesh.
			snap10				"Small" armor stands now display a scaled-down adult armor model as was done before snapshot 7.[1]

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added chestplates.
v0.12.1			build 1				Chainmail armor can now be obtained in Survival mode from a mob wearing it.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Chain armor can now be smelted down into one iron nugget.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Chainmail chestplates now generate in buried treasure chests.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of all types of chestplates have been changed.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				Changed name from "Chain Chestplate" to "Chainmail Chestplate" to match Java Edition.
26.10			Preview 26.10.23				Added a specific texture and model for when the armor piece is worn by a humanoid baby mob.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5							Added chainmail chestplates.
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Chainmail chestplates can now be obtained legitimately in Survival mode through trading.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell chainmail chestplates for 11–14 emeralds.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Chain chestplates no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Chain chestplates now have the quick equip functionality.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Trades changed: armorer villagers now sell chain chestplates for 11–15 emeralds.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Chain chestplates now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Chainmail armor can now be smelted down into one iron nugget.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Chainmail chestplates are now found in the new woodland mansion chests.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Chainmail chestplates now generate in buried treasure chests.
			1.90				The textures of all types of chestplate items have been changed

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added chestplates.
1.9.19							Chainmail chestplates are now found in the new woodland mansion chests.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Chainmail chestplate" or "Chain chestplate" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

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  Enchanted appearance when worn
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory

Screenshots

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  The old chainmail recipe as seen in Java Edition Beta 1.6 Test Build 3. However, this recipe is patched. It uses the obtainable Fire item.

Notes

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