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Iron Horse Armor

Iron Horse Armor

Iron horse armor is the fourth-strongest tier of horse armor. Unlike other iron items, it cannot be crafted and is only obtainable from chest loot in…

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Items Non-renewable resources Non-stackable resources Combat Armor
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Contents (19)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Usage
  3. Equipping
  4. Protection
  5. Durability
  6. Enchanting
  7. Smelting
  8. Sounds
  9. Data values
  10. ID
  11. History
  12. Java Edition
  13. Bedrock Edition
  14. Legacy Console Edition
  15. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  16. Issues
  17. Gallery
  18. Screenshots
  19. References
Iron Horse Armor
Iron Horse Armor.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Iron Horse Armor'
Invicon Iron Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Iron Horse Armor When equipped: +5 Armor
Rarity tier
  Common
Armor 5 (🛡🛡🛡)
Armor toughness 0 (🛡)
Renewable No
Stackable No

Iron horse armor is the fourth-strongest tier of horse armor. Unlike other iron items, it cannot be crafted and is only obtainable from chest loot in various structures.

Obtaining

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Iron Horse Armor Monster Room Chest 1 19.4%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.19424250096450613, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
Desert Pyramid Chest 1 17%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17026171025287384, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
End City Chest 1 4.4%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04406995624694199, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Jungle Pyramid Chest 1 4.4%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04406995624694199, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
Nether Fortress Chest 1 17.9%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17904394543308721, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
Stronghold Altar chest 1 2.5%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.024556901332717374, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.050210595293046056, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Iron Horse Armor Monster Room Chest 1 19.4%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.19424250096450613, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
Desert Pyramid Chest 1 17%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17026171025287384, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
End City Chest 1 4.4%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04406995624694199, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Jungle Pyramid Chest 1 4.4%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04397307776206183, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
Nether Fortress Chest 1 17.9%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17904394543308721, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
Stronghold Altar chest 1 2.4%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.02380856230861328, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
Village Weaponsmith's chest 1 5%
{ "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.050210595293046056, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }

Usage

Only regular adult horses and zombie horses can wear iron horse armor; baby horses, donkeys, mules and skeleton horses cannot be equipped with armor.

Equipping

Iron horse armor can be equipped to a horse either by manually placing it in its respective slot (SlotSprite Horse Armor.png: Sprite image for Horse Armor in Minecraft) in the horse’s inventory, or by pressing Use on the horse while holding it.

The iron horse armor can be removed either by manually removing it from the armor slot or by using shears on the horse.

Protection

When equipped, iron horse armor gives 5 (🛡🛡🛡) armor points.

Horse armor protects zombie horses from burning in sunlight.

If a horse dies while equipped with iron horse armor, it drops its normal loot, a saddle (if it had one), and the horse armor.

Durability

Unlike player armor or wolf armor, horse armor does not have durability. This means a single iron horse armor can be used infinitely unless it is destroyed through other means.

Enchanting

Unlike player armor, horse armor cannot be enchanted in Survival mode. However, in Java Edition Creative mode, horse armor can be used with an anvil to enchant with Thorns, Feather Falling, Protection, Fire Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, Curse of Binding, and Curse of Vanishing. Other enchantments can be applied, but they have no effect.

Smelting

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget Iron Horse Armor +
Any fuel
Invicon Iron Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Iron Horse Armor When equipped: +5 Armor
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: LogInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld PlanksInvicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava BucketInvicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal
Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron Nugget0.1
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Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Horse armor equipsFriendly MobsWhen armor is equipped to a horseentity.horse.armorsubtitles.entity.horse.armor​0.51.016
​Horse Armor snips awayFriendly MobsWhen armor is removed with shearsitem.horse_armor.unequipsubtitles.item.horse_armor.unequip​1.01.016

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Horse armor equipsFriendly MobsWhen armor is equipped to a horsemob.horse.armorsubtitles.entity.horse.armor​0.61.0
​Horse Armor snips awayFriendly MobsWhen armor is removed with shearsmob.horse.horse_armor_unequipsubtitles.item.horse_armor.unequip​1.01.0


Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite iron-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for iron-horse-armor in Minecraft Iron Horse Armoriron_horse_armorItem item.minecraft.iron_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite iron-horse-armor.png: Sprite image for iron-horse-armor in Minecraft Iron Horse Armoriron_horse_armorhorsearmoriron531Item item.horsearmoriron.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.6.113w16a Added iron horse armor.
Iron horse armor can be crafted using the following recipe.
Invicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron IngotInvicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron IngotInvicon White Wool.png: Inventory sprite for White Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Wool with description: White WoolInvicon Light Gray Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Gray Wool with description: Light Gray WoolInvicon Gray Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Gray Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gray Wool with description: Gray WoolInvicon Black Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Black Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Wool with description: Black WoolInvicon Brown Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Wool with description: Brown WoolInvicon Red Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Red Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Wool with description: Red WoolInvicon Orange Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Orange Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Orange Wool with description: Orange WoolInvicon Yellow Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Yellow Wool with description: Yellow WoolInvicon Lime Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Lime Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lime Wool with description: Lime WoolInvicon Green Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Green Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Green Wool with description: Green WoolInvicon Cyan Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cyan Wool with description: Cyan WoolInvicon Light Blue Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Blue Wool with description: Light Blue WoolInvicon Blue Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Wool with description: Blue WoolInvicon Purple Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Purple Wool with description: Purple WoolInvicon Magenta Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Magenta Wool with description: Magenta WoolInvicon Pink Wool.png: Inventory sprite for Pink Wool in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pink Wool with description: Pink WoolInvicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron IngotInvicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron IngotInvicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron IngotInvicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron Ingot
Invicon Iron Horse Armor.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Horse Armor in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Iron Horse Armor When equipped: +5 Armor
13w18a The crafting recipe for iron horse armor has been removed.
Iron horse armor can now be found in chests in jungle & desert pyramids, dungeons, Nether fortresses, stronghold altar rooms, and village blacksmith buildings.
Iron horse armor can now additionally be found in mineshaft chests.
1.915w31a Iron horse armor has been added to End city chests.
15w43a The average yield of iron horse armor in Nether fortress chests has slightly decreased.
15w44a The average yield of iron horse armor in desert pyramid chests has increased.
The average yield of iron horse armor from dungeon chests has slightly decreased.
Iron horse armor has been removed from mineshaft chests.
1.11.116w50a Iron horse armor can now be smelted down into one iron nugget
1.1317w45a The texture of iron horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
17w46a The model of iron horse armor has been changed, but the texture of horse armor item has remained unaltered.
17w47a Prior to The Flattening, the item's numeral ID was 417.
18w03a The textures of iron horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
18w22a The texture of iron horse armor when equipped has been changed.[1]
1.1418w50a The texture of iron horse armor item have been changed.
19w08a The textures of iron horse armor has been changed.
1.14.1pre1 The texture of iron horse armor item has been changed.
1.20.524w05a If iron horse armor is equipped on a wolf via commands, it appears identical to wolf armor.
24w09a Iron horse armor equipped on a wolf now uses the iron horse armor texture, but forced to fit the wolf armor model, resulting in a highly broken appearance.
Pre-Release 2 Iron horse armor equipped on a wolf is no longer visible.[2]
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21		24w05a Iron horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21		24w11a Iron horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0build 1 Added iron horse armor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1 Horse armor can now be found inside End city chests.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0 Iron horse armor is now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6beta 1.2.6.2 The texture of iron horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has been changed.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Iron horse armor can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
The textures of all horse armor have been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1 Horse armor can now be found in savanna, desert, taiga, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
beta 1.11.0.5 The texture of horse armor item have been changed.
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.20.60.20 Iron horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.80
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.20.80.22 Iron horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU19CU71.121.121.12Patch 11.0.1 Added iron horse armor.
TU53CU431.491.501.49Patch 231.0.3 Iron horse armor is now smeltable.
1.90 The texture of iron horse armor has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added iron horse armor.

Issues

Issues relating to "Iron Horse Armor" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Screenshots

References

  1. ↑ MC-124357
  2. ↑ MC-269304
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