Leather Armor

This article is about the armor for humanoids. For the horse armor, see Leather Horse Armor.

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Leather Armor

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Adult model

Baby model

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	1 () 3 () 2 () 1 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	Java Edition: 55 80 75 65 Bedrock Edition: 56 81 76 66
Enchantability	15
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

Leather armor is a type of armor made from leather. It is the weakest armor, right below copper.

List of items

• Leather Cap
• Leather Tunic
• Leather Pants
• Leather Boots

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Leather
Leather
Leather
Leather

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Leather Cap	Village	Tannery chest	1	31.8% { "item": "Leather Cap", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.31807250976562496, "structure": "Village", "container": "Tannery chest" }
Enchanted Leather Cap[A]	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	20.8% { "item": "Enchanted Leather Cap", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20778331426627006, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }
Leather Tunic	Buried Treasure	Chest	1	16.7% { "item": "Leather Tunic", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16666666666666674, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }
	Ocean Ruins	Big ruins chest	1	4.3% { "item": "Leather Tunic", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
		Small ruins chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Leather Tunic", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
	Village	Tannery chest	1	31.8% { "item": "Leather Tunic", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.31807250976562496, "structure": "Village", "container": "Tannery chest" }
Enchanted Leather Tunic[A]	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	20.8% { "item": "Enchanted Leather Tunic", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20778331426627006, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }
Leather Pants	Village	Tannery chest	1	31.8% { "item": "Leather Pants", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.31807250976562496, "structure": "Village", "container": "Tannery chest" }
Enchanted Leather Pants[A]	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	20.8% { "item": "Enchanted Leather Pants", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20778331426627006, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }
Leather Boots	Village	Tannery chest	1	31.8% { "item": "Leather Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.31807250976562496, "structure": "Village", "container": "Tannery chest" }
Enchanted Leather Boots[A]	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	20.8% { "item": "Enchanted Leather Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20778331426627006, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, zombie villagers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched have a chance to spawn wearing armor on Normal and Hard difficulty, with a 23.60% chance of it being leather armor. If killed by a player, there is an 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 armor they're wearing upon death. The dropped armor has a random durability and retains any enchantments it has.

Trading

Leather armor can be bought from leatherworkers.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Leatherworker	Novice	67%	50%	3 × Emerald	Leather Pants[t 1]	12	1	0.2
		67%	50%	7 × Emerald	Leather Tunic[t 1]	12	1	0.2
	Apprentice	67%	50%	5 × Emerald	Leather Cap[t 1]	12	5	0.2
		67%	50%	4 × Emerald	Leather Boots[t 1]	12	5	0.2
	Journeyman	100%	100%	7 × Emerald	Leather Tunic[t 1]	12	10	0.2
	Master	100%	50%	5 × Emerald	Leather Cap[t 1]	12	30	0.2

Fishing

Leather boots, often badly damaged, can be obtained as a junk item from fishing.

Usage

Wearing leather armor reduces damage taken from most damage types and provides immunity to freezing.

Statistics

When a full set of leather armor is worn, the set provides 7 () armor points.

Type	Armor	Armor toughness	Knockback resistance	Durability	Enchantability
Full Set	7 ()	0 ()	0	N/A	N/A
Leather Cap	1 ()	0 ()	0	55	15
Leather Tunic	3 ()	0 ()	0	80	15
Leather Pants	2 ()	0 ()	0	75	15
Leather Boots	1 ()	0 ()	0	65	15

Damage reduction

Wearing armor reduces incoming damage according to two values: armor, and armor toughness. Each piece of armor provides a given armor and armor toughness value, and the values from each armor piece are added together when calculating damage reduction.

The strength of incoming damage also determines the damage reduction of worn armor, as armor does not protect in a linear fashion.

Leather armor
	Minimum	25%	50%	75%	Maximum
Damage reduction	5.6%	11.2%	16.8%	22.4%	28%
Incoming damage	11.2HP × 5.6	8.4HP × 4.2	5.6HP × 2.8	2.8HP × 1.4	0HP

Dyeing leather armor

• In Java Edition, leather armor can be dyed by crafting it together with 1 or more dyes.
• In Bedrock Edition, leather armor can be dyed by using it on a cauldron filled with dyed water. This consumes 1 layer of water but does not change the color of the water.
  • Dyed leather armor also be undyed by using it on a cauldron with undyed water. This changes the water's color to the color of the armor's dye, and changes the leather armor to have no dye color.

Default color hex code for leather armor is
 #A06540.

Equipping

Players can equip leather armor by placing it in their inventory, using the item, or via a dispenser. When equipped, the armor is rendered. Some other humanoids can also render the armor, pick it up, equip it, and be equipped via a dispenser; see the table below.

Entity	Render the armor	Dispenser	Can pick up and equip
Player	Yes	Yes	-
Armor Stand	Yes	Yes	-
Mannequin‌[JE only]	Yes	Yes	-
Piglin	Yes, baby model if is baby	Yes	If they are without armor or have a non-golden worse armor
Piglin Brute	Yes	Yes	No
Bogged Parched Skeleton Stray Wither Skeleton	Yes	If they can pick up item	If they can pick up item and they are without armor or have worse armor
Drowned Husk Zombie Zombified Piglin Zombie Villager	Yes, baby model if is baby	If they can pick up item	If they can pick up item and they are without armor or have worse armor
Giant‌[JE only]	Yes	Only if the CanPickUpLoot nbt tag is true	Only if the CanPickUpLoot nbt tag is true, and they are without armor or have worse armor
Villager	No	Yes	No
Pillager	No	Yes	No
Sulfur Cube	No	Only without absorbed block	No

In Java Edition, with the exception of the allay, dolphin, fox, and panda, all other mobs with the CanPickUpLoot nbt tag true (1b) can equip armor from a dispenser (except happy ghast), and pick up and equip if are without armor or have worse armor (except ender dragon). All living entities can equip armor using commands, like /item or /data.

Powder snow

Players and mobs do not freeze in powder snow while wearing at least one piece of leather armor. They also do not sink in powder snow while wearing leather boots, and the player can move through the powder snow like scaffolding.

Repairing

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Leather Cap or  Damaged Leather Tunic or  Damaged Leather Pants or  Damaged Leather Boots		The durability of the two armor pieces is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
Damaged Leather Cap or  Damaged Leather Tunic or  Damaged Leather Pants or  Damaged Leather Boots		The durability of the two armor pieces is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Name	Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Leather Cap	Damaged Leather Cap + Leather	Leather Cap
Leather Tunic	Damaged Leather Tunic + Leather	Leather Tunic
Leather Pants	Damaged Leather Pants + Leather	Leather Pants
Leather Boots	Damaged Leather Boots + Leather	Leather Boots

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Leather Cap	leather_helmet	Item	freeze_immune_wearables	item.minecraft.leather_helmet
Leather Tunic	leather_chestplate	Item	freeze_immune_wearables	item.minecraft.leather_chestplate
Leather Tunic	leather_leggings	Item	freeze_immune_wearables	item.minecraft.leather_leggings
Leather Boots	leather_boots	Item	freeze_immune_wearables	item.minecraft.leather_boots

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Leather Cap	leather_helmet	298	Item	item.leather_helmet.name
Leather Tunic	leather_chestplate	299	Item	item.leather_chestplate.name
Leather Pants	leather_leggings	300	Item	item.leather_leggings.name
Leather Boots	leather_boots	301	Item	item.leather_boots.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Tie Dye Outfit	Use a cauldron to dye all 4 unique pieces of leather armor.	—	15	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Light as a Rabbit	Walk on Powder Snow... without sinking in it	Walk on powder snow while wearing leather boots.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091231-2147				Added cloth armor.
20100218-0011							Added cloth armor models.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8							With the addition of leather, Cloth armor can now be considered as "Leather Armor".
							Leather armor is now crafted with leather instead of cloth.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Leather armor can now be enchanted.
1.3.1			12w21a				Butchers now sell leather boots, caps and pants each for 2–3 emeralds, and leather tunics for 4 emeralds.
			August 17, 2012				Jeb and Dinnerbone tweeted pictures of dyeable leather armor.
1.4.2			12w34a				Leather armor can now be dyed by crafting a leather armor piece with dyes. Dyes can be removed by using dyed leather armor on a cauldron with water.
							Default leather armor textures are now slightly darker and leather tunics now have buttons.
			12w34b				The texture of leather tunics has been changed. Leather tunics now have longer sleeves.
			12w36a				Dyed leather armor are now more saturated and have a slight tint of tan in respect to the default armor color.
			12w37a				Leather armor now has non-dyed parts on cap, pants and boots. This has been implemented so that player entities can distinguish between other types of armor and similarly colored leather armor.
1.7.2			13w36a				Leather boots can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items by fishing.
1.8			14w02a				Leatherworkers now sell leather pants for 2–4 emeralds and enchanted leather tunics for 7–12 emeralds, and no longer sell other leather armor.
1.13			17w47a				As part of The Flattening, the numeric IDs of leather cap (298), leather tunic (299), leather pants (300), and leather boots (301) have been removed.
			18w09a				Leather tunics now have a chance of generating in underwater ruins.
			18w10a				Leather tunics can now generate in buried treasure chests.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of leather armor have been changed.
			18w48a				Leather armor can now be found in chests in village tanneries.
			19w11a				Leatherworker villagers now sell all 4 pieces of leather armor, and the armor is randomly dyed.
1.17			20w46a				Leather boots now prevent sinking in powder snow.
			20w48a				Wearing any piece of leather armor now prevents freezing entirely.
			21w13a				Leather boots now prevent fall damage when landing on powder snow.
			22w17a				Changed the leather cap texture from to , to extend the center bar on the back face to the bottom.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w05a				Leather armor can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
26.1			snap7				Added specific textures and models for when the armor is worn by a humanoid baby mob.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added leather armor.
v0.8.0			build 2				The leather armor sprites have been changed to that of Java Edition, but its armor model remains that of older versions.
v0.12.1			build 1				Leather boots can now be obtained from fishing as a "junk" item.
v0.14.0			build 1				The textures of leather armor have been changed.
							Leather armor can now be dyed.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Enchanted leather armor can now be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
			beta 1.2.20.1				Leather tunics can now be found inside underwater ruins chests.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of leather armor have been changed.
							Leather armor can now be found inside plains village tannery chests.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Leather armor can now be found inside savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village tannery chests.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Leather pants are now sold by leatherworker villagers.
1.12.0			beta 1.12.0.2				Leather armor no longer show as being dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.1				Leather armor now appears dyed properly when worn by armor stands again.
1.16.200			beta 1.16.200.52				Leather boots now prevent sinking in powder snow.
1.16.210			beta 1.16.210.53				Wearing any piece of leather armor now prevents freezing entirely.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Leather armor can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
26.10			Preview 26.10.23				Added specific textures and models for when the armor 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 leather armor.
TU12							The textures of leather armor have been changed.
TU14		1.04					Leather armor can now be dyed.
							Butchers now sell leather boots, caps and pants each for 2–3 emeralds, and leather tunics for 4 emeralds.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Leather boots can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items by fishing.
							Leatherworkers now sell leather pants for 2–4 emeralds and enchanted leather tunics for 7–12 emeralds, and no longer sell other leather armor.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Leather armor can now be dyed with a cauldron.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Enchanted leather armor can now be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
							Leather chestplates can now be found inside ocean ruins chests.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added leather armor.

Images

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  A comparison of the two historical armor models

Issues

Issues relating to "Leather Armor" 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
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  Enchanted appearance when worn
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Enchanted appearance when worn
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Enchanted appearance when worn
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  Enchanted appearance in inventory
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  Steve wearing the armor
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  Alex wearing the armor

Screenshots

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  Two zombies wearing chainmail and leather armor