Golden Helmet
Adult model
Baby model
| Rarity tier | Common |
|---|---|
| Armor | 2 ( )
|
| Armor toughness | 0 ( )
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| Durability | JE: 77 BE: 78 |
| Enchantability | 25 |
| Knockback resistance | 0 |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | No |
A golden helmet is a variant of helmet that is crafted from gold ingots. It is the seventh-highest tier of helmet, having higher armor points and durability than a leather cap. Like all golden armor, piglins are attracted to golden helmets, and do not attack any player wearing one.
Obtaining
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Gold Ingot |  |
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
 Golden Helmet
|
 Bastion Remnant
|
Generic chest | 1 | 9.8%{ "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
|
 Ocean Ruins
|
Big ruins chest | 1 | 4.3%{ "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
| |
| Small ruins chest | 1 | 8.3%{ "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
| ||
| Enchanted Golden Helmet[A]
|
Bastion Remnant
|
Bridge chest | 1 | 11.2%{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
|
 Ruined Portal
|
Chest | 1 | 20.5%{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
| |
- ↑ All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
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 golden helmets. 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. The dropped helmet is usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.
Usage
When worn, a golden helmet provides 2 () armor points.
Piglins
As with other pieces of gold armor, piglins do not attack players wearing golden helmets unless provoked or attacked.
Piglins are also attracted towards golden helmets on the ground and equip them after inspecting them.
Smelting
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Nugget | Golden Helmet + Any fuel |
       0.1 |
Repairing
Combining
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Damaged Golden Helmet |  |
The durability of the two helmets is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
| Ingredients | Grinding recipe | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2x Damaged Golden Helmet | |
The durability of the two helmets is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
Unit repair
Main article: Anvil mechanics § Unit repair
| Ingredients | Anvil recipe |
|---|---|
| Damaged Golden Helmet + Gold Ingot |
Golden Helmet
|
A golden helmet can be repaired in an anvil by adding gold ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% the helmet's maximum durability, rounded down. Two golden helmets can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the helmet's enchantments.
Enchantments
A golden helmet 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 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 golden 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 + Golden Helmet + Any Ingot/Crystal |
                                     |
Sounds
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Gold armor clinks | Players | When a gold 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 |
| Gold armor clinks | Players | When a gold 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Helmet | golden_helmet | Item | head_armor |
item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Helmet | golden_helmet | 351 | Item | item |
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:
|
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition Indev | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20100206-2034 |  Added golden helmets. | ||||||
| 20100218 |  Added models of gold helmets.
| ||||||
| Golden helmets can now be crafted and worn. | |||||||
Golden helmets now function. All helmets give 3 ( ). Helmets have limited durability, with lower tier helmets less durable than higher tier helmets. | |||||||
| 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 | Golden helmets can now be enchanted. | ||||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w06a | Zombie pigmen now drop golden helmets. | |||||
| 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 | Golden helmets in the player's hand can now be equipped by right-clicking. | |||||
| Dispensers can now equip nearby players with helmets. | |||||||
| 1.8 | 14w05a | Golden helmets no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w34b | A Golden helmet's durability now affects armor value. | |||||
| 15w36a | Armor and armor enchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here. | ||||||
| 15w36d | Golden helmet durability affecting value has been removed. | ||||||
| Golden helmets now have an attribute controlling the defense points. | |||||||
| 16w02a | Golden armor and golden armor enchantment calculations have been changed again. | ||||||
| 16w05a | Golden armor calculations have been changed, once again. | ||||||
| 18w09a | Golden helmets now have a chance of generating in underwater ruins. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |   The texture of golden helmet has been changed. | |||||
| 19w08a |  The textures of gold helmet items have been changed. | ||||||
| 1.16 | 20w07a |  Added textures and models for golden helmets when they are used by piglins. | |||||
| 20w16a | Golden helmets now generate randomly enchanted, and sometimes damaged, in bastion remnant and ruined portal chests. | ||||||
| pre3 | The special golden helmet models and textures created for piglins have been removed. | ||||||
| 1.19.4 Experiment | 23w04a | Golden 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 | |||||||
| 23w05a | Golden helmets can now have trims of the same material it is made out of. | ||||||
| 1.19.4 | 23w05a | Golden helmets can now be swapped by using them in the hotbar.[1] | |||||
| 1.20.5 | 24w03a | Golden 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 golden 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. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Golden helmets can now be smelted down into gold nuggets. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Golden helmets can now be found inside underwater ruins chests. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of golden helmet has been changed. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.5 | The textures of gold helmet items have been changed. | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Helmets can now be obtained from piglins that naturally spawn with golden helmets. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | Golden helmets now generate randomly enchanted, and sometimes damaged, in bastion remnant chests. | ||||||
| 1.19.80 Experiment | Preview 1.19.80.21 | Helmets can now be trimmed using a smithing table. | |||||
| 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 golden helmet. |
| TU5 | Added a quick equip for armor to the inventory interface. | ||||||
| TU14 | 1.05 | Item repair can now repair helmets. | |||||
| TU24 | CU12 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.16 | Golden helmets no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt. | ||
| TU25 | CU13 | Golden helmets now have the quick equip functionality. | |||||
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Golden helmets now have an attribute controlling the defense points. | |
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Golden helmets can now be smelted down into gold nuggets. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Golden helmets can now be found inside underwater ruins chests. | ||
| 1.90 | The texture of golden helmet item has been changed. | ||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | Added golden helmet. | ||||||
- Armor durability from Indev until late Beta
| Leather | Golden | Chainmail | Iron | Diamond |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 66 | 66 | 132 | 264 |
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numerical ID was 314. | |||||
Trivia
- In Java Edition, from Indev 20100206-2034 to Infdev 20100227-1414, the apple had the golden helmet texture.
Issues
Issues relating to "Golden 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
In other media
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A golden helmet as it appeared in Minecraft Earth -
