Diamond Helmet

Diamond Helmet

Adult model

Baby model

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	3 ()
Armor toughness	2 ()
Durability	JE: 363 BE: 364
Enchantability	10
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A diamond helmet is a variant of helmet that is crafted from diamonds. It is the second-highest tier of helmet, having higher armor points, armor toughness, durability, and enchantability than turtle shells. It can be upgraded into a netherite helmet using a netherite ingot and netherite upgrade at a smithing table.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Diamond

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Diamond Helmet	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	1	12.8% { "item": "Diamond Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1280385898779155, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Helmet[A]	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Diamond Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Helmet[B][C]	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	1	15.2% { "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.15225833637026243, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Diamond Helmet	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	1	14% { "item": "Diamond Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13996784796194528, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Helmet[A]	End City	Chest	1	12.7% { "item": "Enchanted Diamond Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Helmet[B][C]	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	1	16.6% { "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16629350702218604, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, zombie villagers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched have an extremely small chance to spawn wearing diamond armor, which may include a diamond 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're wearing upon death unless they are spawned from an ominous trial spawner. 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
Armorer	Master	100%	50%	13–27 × Emerald	Enchanted Diamond Helmet[t 1]	3	30	0.2

Usage

When worn, a diamond helmet provides 3 () armor points and 2 () armor toughness.

Upgrading

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade + Diamond Helmet + Netherite Ingot

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Diamond Helmet		The durability of the two helmets is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2x Damaged Diamond Helmet		The durability of the two helmets is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Diamond Helmet + Diamond	Diamond Helmet

A diamond helmet can be repaired in an anvil by adding diamonds, with each diamond restoring 25% the helmet's maximum durability, rounded down. Two diamond helmets can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the helmet's enchantments.

Repair

Diamond helmets may be repaired by using them along with some diamonds in an anvil. They may also be repaired by crafting them together with another diamond helmet.

Enchantments

A helmet can receive the following enchantments.

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

Armor trimming

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, a diamond 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 + Diamond Helmet + Any Ingot/Crystal

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Diamond Helmet	diamond_helmet	Item	head_armor	item.minecraft.diamond_helmet

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Diamond Helmet	diamond_helmet	347	Item	item.diamond_helmet.name

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Cover Me with Diamonds	Diamond armor saves lives	Have any type of diamond armor in the inventory.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
20100212-1210							Added diamond helmets.
							Diamond helmets are craftable.
20100218							Added models of diamond helmets.
							Helmets can now be worn.
							Helmets give 3 () and have durability.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				The armor protection behavior has been changed. Prior 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 armor are revealed.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Helmets can now be enchanted.
1.3.1			12w15a				⇧ Shift+clicking can now be used to wear helmets.
			12w21a				Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond helmets for 7 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.
1.5			13w04a				Helmets in the player's hand can now be equipped by right-clicking.
							Dispensers can now equip nearby players with helmets.
1.8			14w02a				Armorer villagers no longer sell diamond helmets.
			14w05a				Diamond helmets no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
			14w06a				Helmets are now visible on giants.
1.9			15w31a				Enchanted diamond helmets can now be found in end city 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				Helmet durability now affects armor value.
			15w36a				Armor and armor enchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here.
			15w36d				Helmet durability affecting value has been removed.
							Diamond helmets now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
			16w02a				Armor and armor enchantment calculations have been changed again.
			16w05a				Armor calculations have been changed, once again.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of diamond helmet has been changed.
			19w11a				Armorer villagers now sell enchanted diamond helmets, making diamond helmets effectively renewable again.
1.16			20w07a				Added textures and models for diamond helmets when they are used by piglins.
							Netherite helmets are now obtained by combining one diamond armor piece and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
			20w09a				The textures of diamond helmet items have been changed.
			20w10a				Netherite helmets can no longer be crafted.
							Netherite helmets are now obtained by combining one diamond helmet and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
			20w17a				Diamonds helmets now generate in bastion remnant chests.
			pre3				The special helmet models and textures created for piglins have been removed.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Diamond 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 Quartz
							Upgrading diamond helmets to netherite helmets now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
			23w05a				Helmets can now have trims of the same material it is made out of.
			23w06a				Swapped iron and iron_darker palette, then made iron_darker darker overall.
1.19.4			23w05a				Helmets can now be swapped by using them in the hotbar.[1]
1.20			23w12a				The pattern textures of dune and sentry armor trims are changed.
							Those previous patterns were left with different names: dune was renamed sentry and sentry was renamed shaper.
1.20.5			24w03a				Helmets can now receive Thorns through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.
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.[2]

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added diamond helmet.
v0.11.0			build 11				Helmets now protect against damage from mobs only.
v0.12.1			build 1				Helmets can now be worn by mobs.
v0.15.0			build 1				Helmets can now be obtained from strays and husks that naturally spawn with armor.
Unknown
?							Helmets no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of diamond helmet has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Diamond helmets are now sold by armorer villagers.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				The textures of diamond helmet items have been changed.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Netherite helmets are now obtained by combining one diamond helmet and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
			beta 1.16.0.63				Diamonds helmets now generate in bastion remnant chests.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Helmets can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
							Upgrading diamond helmets to netherite helmets now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
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
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added diamond helmet.
TU5							Added a quick equip for armor to the inventory interface.
TU14		1.05					Item repair can now repair helmets.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond helmets for 7 emeralds.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Diamond helmets no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
TU25	CU13						Diamond helmets now have the quick equip functionality.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Armorer villagers no longer sell diamond helmets.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Enchanted diamond helmets can now be found in end city chests.
							Diamond helmets now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
			1.90				The textures of diamond helmet items have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added diamond helmet.

Armor durability from Indev until late Beta

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Diamond Helmet" 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

In other media

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  Sticker of an enchanted diamond helmet
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  A diamond helmet as it appeared in Minecraft Earth
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  TikTok diamond helmet frame for profiles
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  A cat in a helmet with a raw salmon

References