Leather Horse Armor

Leather Horse Armor

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

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Rarity tier	Common
Armor	3 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

Leather horse armor is the weakest tier of horse armor. It is the only type that is craftable. Similarly to leather armor, leather horse armor can be dyed and protects the wearer from freezing.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Leather

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Leatherworker	Expert	100%	100%	6 × Emerald	Leather Horse Armor[t 1]	12	15	0.2

Usage

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

Equipping

Leather horse armor can be equipped to a horse either by manually placing it in its respective slot () in the horse’s inventory, or by pressing Use on the horse while holding it.

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

Protection

When equipped, leather horse armor gives 3 () armor points.

Leather horse armor protects horses from freezing in powder snow, but it does not negate other powder snow effects (e.g. falling through, inability to jump).

Horse armor prevents zombie horses from burning in sunlight.

If a horse dies while equipped with leather horse armor, it drops its normal loot and the horse armor.

Durability

Unlike player armor or wolf armor, horse armor does not have durability. This means a single leather 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.

Dyeing

Leather horse armor can be dyed by combining it with dye(s) through crafting‌^{[JE only]} or by using it on a cauldron containing dyed water.‌^{[BE only]} Using leather horse armor on a cauldron containing ordinary water removes any dye from it.

Sounds

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Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Leather Horse Armor	leather_horse_armor	Item	item.minecraft.leather_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Leather Horse Armor	leather_horse_armor	horsearmorleather	530	Item	item.horsearmorleather.name

Item data

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History

Announcement

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.14			19w08a				Added leather horse armor, crafted from 7 leather and can be dyed 12,326,391 different colors, similar to leather armor.
			19w11a				Leatherworker villagers now sell leather horse armor.
1.14.1			pre1				The texture of leather horse armor item has been changed to be more consistent with the other types of horse armor.
1.17			21w13a				Leather horse armor now protects horses from freezing.
1.20.5			24w05a				If leather horse armor is equipped on a wolf via commands, it appears identical to wolf armor.
			24w09a				Leather horse armor equipped on a wolf now uses the leather horse armor texture, but forced to fit the wolf armor model, resulting in a highly broken appearance.
			Pre-Release 2				Leather horse armor equipped on a wolf is no longer visible.[1]
1.21.6			25w20a				Leather horse armor can now be removed from horses using shears.
1.21.11			25w41a				Zombie horses can now wear leather horse armor.
			pre1				The textures of leather horse armor have been changed to closer match Bedrock Edition.
							Both the item and the equipment assets have been split into a tinted base layer and an overlay layer.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0			build 1				Added dyeable leather horse armor as a version exclusive.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6			beta 1.2.6.2				The textures of leather horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Leather horse armor can now be bought from leatherworker villagers.
			beta 1.11.0.5				The texture of leather horse armor has been changed.
1.17.0			beta 1.16.230.54				Leather horse armor now protects horses from freezing.
1.21.90			Preview 1.21.90.25				Leather horse armor can now be removed from horses using shears.
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.20				Zombie horses can now wear leather horse armor.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Added leather horse armor.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added leather horse armor.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Due to being implemented prior to the Texture Update, leather horse armor has a different texture from before this version. However, it is not present in Programmer Art. Mojang are aware of this discrepancy, and have no plans to resolve it.^[2]

Gallery

Renders

Java Edition

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  Undyed leather horse armor
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  White leather horse armor
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  Light gray leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Gray leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Black leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Brown leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Red leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Orange leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Yellow leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Lime leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Green leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Cyan leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Light blue leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Blue leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Purple leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Magenta leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}
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  Pink leather horse armor​^{[until: JE 1.21.11]}

Bedrock Edition

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  Undyed leather horse armor

Screenshots

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  6 horses equipped with leather, copper, iron, gold, diamond, and netherite. Note that this screenshot was taken before 1.21.11 pre-release 1.
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  First image of leather horse armor
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  Second image of leather horse armor
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  Third image of leather horse armor
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  Fourth image of leather horse armor
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  Fifth image of leather horse armor

Notes

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