Golden Chestplate

Golden Chestplate

Adult model

Baby model

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	5 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	JE: 112 BE: 113
Enchantability	25
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A golden chestplate is a variant of chestplate crafted from gold ingots. It is the fifth-highest tier of chestplate, having higher armor points than a copper chestplate. Like all golden armor, piglins are attracted to golden chestplates, and will not attack any player that is wearing one.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Golden Chestplate	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Golden Chestplate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	17.9% { "item": "Golden Chestplate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17904394543308721, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
Enchanted Golden Chestplate[A]	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Chestplate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	20.5% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Chestplate", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, zombie villagers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, skeletons, strays, bogged, parched, and piglins have a chance to spawn wearing armor, which may include a golden chestplate. 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.

Usage

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

Piglins

As with other pieces of gold armor, piglins do not attack players wearing golden chestplates unless provoked or attacked.

Piglins are also attracted towards golden chestplates on the ground and equip them after inspecting them.

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Gold Nugget	Golden Chestplate + Any fuel	0.1

Repairing

Two damaged golden chestplates can be combined through crafting or using the grindstone. The durability of the used golden 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 Golden Chestplate		The durability of the two chestplates is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

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

Unit repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Golden Chestplate + Gold Ingot	Golden Chestplate

An golden chestplate can also be repaired in an anvil by adding gold 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 + Golden Chestplate + Any Ingot/Crystal

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Golden Chestplate	golden_chestplate	Item	chest_armor	item.minecraft.golden_chestplate

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Golden Chestplate	golden_chestplate	352	Item	item.golden_chestplate.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item​ while it is aggressive toward the player.	30	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Use a gold ingot on an adult piglin, or throw one of these 28 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag for it to pick up: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Deepslate Gold Ore Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Dandelion Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Nautilus Armor Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Spear Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Raw Gold The player must not be wearing any golden armor when the piglin accepts or picks up the item.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
20100206-2034							Added the item form of golden chestplates.
Java Edition
1.6.1			13w18a				Golden chestplates are now found in the new chests in Nether fortresses.
1.8			14w05a				Golden chestplates no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
1.9			15w36d				Golden chestplates now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
			15w43a				The average yield of gold chestplates in Nether fortress chests has been decreased.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of all types of armor have been changed.
			19w08a				The textures of gold chestplate item have been changed.
1.16			20w16a				All parts of golden chestplates now generate randomly enchanted, and sometimes damaged, in bastion remnant and ruined portal chests.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Golden chestplates can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
							There are 10 materials that determine the color of the trim: iron, copper, gold, and netherite ingots, lapis lazuli, emerald, diamond, redstone, amethyst shards, and Nether quartz.
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				Golden chestplates can now be found in Nether fortress chests.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Golden armor can now be smelted down into one gold nugget.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of all types of chestplates have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.5				The textures of gold chestplate item have been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Armor can now be obtained from piglins that naturally spawn with golden armor.
			beta 1.16.0.57				All parts of golden armor now generate randomly enchanted, and sometimes damaged, in bastion remnant chests.
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 chestplates.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Golden chestplates are now found in the new chests in Nether fortresses.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Golden chestplates no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Golden chestplates now have the quick equip functionality.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Golden chestplates now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden armor can now be smelted down into one gold nugget.
			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.

Data history

Issues

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Gallery

Renders

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  Enchanted appearance when worn
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory

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