Adult model
Baby model
| Other names | Mail Helmet (CA) |
|---|---|
| Rarity tier | Uncommon |
| Armor | 2 () |
| Armor toughness | 0 () |
| Durability | JE: 165 BE: 166 |
| Enchantability | 12 |
| Knockback resistance | 0 |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | No |
A chainmail helmet[a] is an uncommon variant of helmet that cannot be crafted, and is only obtainable through other means such as trading. It is the fourth-highest tier of helmet, having the same armor points and durability as an iron helmet but with higher enchantability.
Obtaining
Mob loot
Zombies, husks, zombie villagers[Java Edition only], skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched have a small chance to spawn wearing armor, which may include a chainmail helmet. 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 helmet they are wearing upon death unless they are spawned from an ominous trial spawner[Java Edition only]. The dropped helmet is usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.
Trading
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | |||||||
| 40% | 33% | 12 | 10 | 0.2 | ||||
Villager gifts
Armorer villagers may give the players with the Hero of the Village effect a chainmail helmet.[Java Edition only]
Usage
When worn, a chainmail helmet provides 2 () armor points.
Repairing
Combining
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Damaged Chainmail Helmet | The durability of the two helmets is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
| Ingredients | Grinding recipe | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2x Damaged Chainmail Helmet | The durability of the two helmets is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
Unit repair
| Ingredients | Anvil recipe |
|---|---|
| Damaged Chainmail Helmet + Iron Ingot |
A chainmail helmet can be repaired in an anvil by adding iron ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% the helmet's maximum durability, rounded down. Two chainmail helmets can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the helmet's enchantments.
Enchantments
A chainmail helmet can receive the following enchantments. Note that while iron and chainmail have the same durability, chainmail has a higher enchantability than iron or diamond.
| Name | Description | Max level | Method | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protection[note 1] | Increases overall damage reduction. | IV | 10 | |
| Projectile Protection[note 1] | Increases damage reduction against projectiles. | IV | 5 | |
| Blast Protection[note 1] | Increases damage reduction against explosions. | IV | 2 | |
| Fire Protection[note 1] | Increases damage reduction against fire. | IV | 5 | |
| Thorns | Deals returning damage to attackers. | III | 1 | |
| Respiration | Extends breathing time underwater. | III | 2 | |
| Aqua Affinity | Increases underwater mining speed. | I | 2 | |
| Unbreaking | Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. | III | 5 | |
| Mending | Repairs the helmet when obtaining experience. | I | 2 | |
| Curse of Vanishing | The helmet vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. | I | 1 | |
| Curse of Binding | Removes the ability to de-equip the helmet. | I | 1 |
Armor trimming
It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, a chainmail helmet, 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 Helmet + Any Ingot/Crystal |
Smelting
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Nugget | Chainmail Helmet + Any fuel |
Sounds
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Chain armor jingles | Players | When a chainmail helmet is equipped | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Item breaks | Entity-Dependent | When a helmet's durability is exhausted | entity | subtitles | 0.8 | 0.8–1.2 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Chain armor jingles | Players | When a chain helmet is equipped | armor | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Item breaks | Players | When a helmet's durability is exhausted | random | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.9 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
chainmail_helmet | Item | head_armor |
item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
chainmail_helmet | 339 | Item | item |
History
Before Minecraft
| Legend of the Chambered 2008 v2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Java Edition
| Java Edition Classic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST | |||||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||||
| 0.31 | 20091223-0040 | Chain armor models are removed. | |||||
| 20091231-2147 | |||||||
| The texture is taken from one of Notch's previous games, Legend of the Chambered 2. | |||||||
| 20100212-1210 | Chain helmets can be crafted using the item form of fire. | ||||||
| Chain helmet models now appear at the inventory. | |||||||
| 20100218-0011 | |||||||
| Chain helmets can now be worn. | |||||||
| Helmets now give 3 () and have durability. | |||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Chain helmets can now be obtained legitimately in Survival mode through trading. | |||||
| Blacksmith villagers now sell chain helmets for 5–6 emeralds. | |||||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Trades changed: armorer villagers now sell chain helmets for 5–7 emeralds. | |||||
| 14w05a | Chain helmets no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt. | ||||||
| 14w25a | Chain helmets can no longer be crafted due to the item form of fire being removed. | ||||||
| 1.9 | 15w36d | Chain helmets now have an attribute controlling the defense points. | |||||
| 1.11.1 | 16w50a | Chain helmets can now be smelted into iron nuggets. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | As part of The Flattening, the numeric ID (302) of chain helmets has been removed. | |||||
| 18w20a | "Chain Helmet" has now been renamed to "Chainmail Helmet". | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 19w11a | Armorer villagers now sell chainmail helmets for 1 emerald. | ||||||
| 19w13a | Armorer villagers now give chainmail helmets to players under the Hero of the Village effect. | ||||||
| 1.16 | 20w07a | ||||||
| pre3 | The special helmet models and textures created for piglins have been removed except for leather helmets. | ||||||
| 1.19.4 Experiment | 23w04a | Helmets 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 helmets has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon". | |||||
| 26.1 | snap7 | ||||||
| snap10 | "Small" armor stands now display a scaled-down adult armor model as was done before snapshot 7.[1] | ||||||
| snap11 | |||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.6.0 | |||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Chainmail helmets can now be obtained in survival mode from a mob wearing it. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Helmets can now be obtained from strays and husks that naturally spawn with armor. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Chainmail helmets are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading. | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Chain helmets can now be smelted down into iron nuggets. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Chainmail helmets now generate in buried treasure chests. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| 1.19.80 Experiment | Preview 1.19.80.21 | Helmets can now be trimmed using a smithing table. | |||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.21 | The rarity of chainmail helmets has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon". | |||||
| Preview 1.21.30.22 | Changed name from "Chain Helmet" to "Chainmail Helmet" to match Java Edition. | ||||||
| 26.10 | Preview 26.10.23 | ||||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU5 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU14 | 1.05 | Item repair can now repair helmets. | |||||
| Blacksmith villagers now sell chain helmets for 5–6 emeralds. | |||||||
| TU24 | CU12 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.16 | Chain helmets no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt. | ||
| TU25 | CU14 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.17 | Chain helmets now have the quick equip functionality. | ||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Trades changed: armorer villagers now sell chain helmets for 5–7 emeralds. | |
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Chain helmets now have an attribute controlling the defense points. | |
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Chain helmets can now be smelted down into iron nuggets. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Chainmail helmets now generate in buried treasure chests. | ||
| 1.90 | |||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Chainmail helmet" or "Chain helmet" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Renders
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Enchanted appearance when worn -
Enchanted appearance in inventory
Notes
- ↑ Also known as a mail helmet in Canadian English.
External links
- Taking Inventory: Helmet – Minecraft.net on February 20, 2020







