Smithing Template

This article is about the item. For the block, see Smithing Table. For the mechanic, see Smithing.

"Template" redirects here. For the seed pickers in Bedrock Edition, see Seed Templates.

Smithing Template

Smithing Template

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Smithing Template

Armor Trim

Rarity tier	Silence: Epic Ward, Eye, Vex, Spire: Rare All others: Uncommon
Renewable	Ward, Silence, Rib‌[JE only], and Netherite Upgrade‌[JE only]: No All others: No (except via vault)
Stackable	Yes (64)

A smithing template is an item that can be applied to a tool or armor using a smithing table, which consumes the template. They are only found in structures, but diamonds can be used to craft copies.

The 18 armor trim smithing templates are used to apply customizable decorations to armor.

Netherite upgrades are required to create netherite tools and armor.

Variants

There are 19 types of smithing templates, of which 18 are armor trim templates and 1 is an upgrade template.

Upgrade smithing template:

Armor Trim smithing templates:

Some armor trim patterns are based on a mob or block found in the same structure as the corresponding smithing template. For example, the snout armor trim resembles a piglin's nose or ears.^[1]

Obtaining

Smithing templates can be found in various structures and can be duplicated by crafting the smithing template with seven diamonds and its corresponding material.

Mob loot

Elder guardians have a 20% chance to drop 1 tide armor trim upon death. Looting does not affect the chance, and the elder guardian does not need to be killed by a player in order for the trim to drop.

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Elder Guardian	0–1	20.00%	0.20	0–1	20.00%	0.20	0–1	20.00%	0.20	0–1	20.00%	0.20

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Elder Guardian	0–1	1⁄5	1⁄5	0–1	1⁄5	1⁄5	0–1	1⁄5	1⁄5	0–1	1⁄5	1⁄5

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Elder Guardian	0	4⁄5 (80.00%)	4⁄5 (80.00%)	4⁄5 (80.00%)	4⁄5 (80.00%)
		1	1⁄5 (20.00%)	1⁄5 (20.00%)	1⁄5 (20.00%)	1⁄5 (20.00%)
		Average	1⁄5 (0.20)	1⁄5 (0.20)	1⁄5 (0.20)	1⁄5 (0.20)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Elder Guardian	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Elder Guardian	0–1	20.00%	0.20	0–1	20.00%	0.20	0–1	20.00%	0.20	0–1	20.00%	0.20

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Elder Guardian	0–1	1⁄5	1⁄5	0–1	1⁄5	1⁄5	0–1	1⁄5	1⁄5	0–1	1⁄5	1⁄5

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Elder Guardian	0	4⁄5 (80.00%)	4⁄5 (80.00%)	4⁄5 (80.00%)	4⁄5 (80.00%)
		1	1⁄5 (20.00%)	1⁄5 (20.00%)	1⁄5 (20.00%)	1⁄5 (20.00%)
		Average	1⁄5 (0.20)	1⁄5 (0.20)	1⁄5 (0.20)	1⁄5 (0.20)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Elder Guardian	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Netherite Upgrade	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	10% { "item": "Netherite Upgrade", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09999999999999998, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Treasure chest	1	100% { "item": "Netherite Upgrade", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 1, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
		Hoglin stable chest	1	10% { "item": "Netherite Upgrade", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09999999999999998, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Generic chest	1	10% { "item": "Netherite Upgrade", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09999999999999998, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Sentry Armor Trim	Pillager Outpost	Chest	2	25% { "item": "Sentry Armor Trim", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
Vex Armor Trim	Woodland Mansion	Chest	1	50% { "item": "Vex Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.5, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }
Wild Armor Trim	Jungle Pyramid	Chest	2	33.3% { "item": "Wild Armor Trim", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
Coast Armor Trim	Shipwreck	Treasure chest	2	16.7% { "item": "Coast Armor Trim", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.16666666666666663, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Treasure chest" }
		Map chest	2	16.7% { "item": "Coast Armor Trim", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.16666666666666663, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Map chest" }
		Supply chest	2	16.7% { "item": "Coast Armor Trim", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.16666666666666663, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }
Dune Armor Trim	Desert Pyramid	Chest	2	14.3% { "item": "Dune Armor Trim", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.1428571428571429, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
Ward Armor Trim	Ancient City	Chest	1	5% { "item": "Ward Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.050000000000000044, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
Silence Armor Trim	Ancient City	Chest	1	1.2% { "item": "Silence Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.012499999999999956, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
Snout Armor Trim	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Snout Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Treasure chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Snout Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
		Hoglin stable chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Snout Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Generic chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Snout Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Rib Armor Trim	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	6.7% { "item": "Rib Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.06666666666666665, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
Eye Armor Trim	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	10% { "item": "Eye Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09999999999999998, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
		Library chest	1	100% { "item": "Eye Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 1, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Library chest" }
Spire Armor Trim	End City	Chest	1	6.7% { "item": "Spire Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.06666666666666665, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Flow Armor Trim	Trial Chambers	Ominous vault	1	22.5% { "item": "Flow Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22499999999999998, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Ominous vault" }
Bolt Armor Trim	Trial Chambers	Vault and reward chest	1	6.3% { "item": "Bolt Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0625, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Vault and reward chest" }
Wayfinder Armor Trim	Trail Ruins	Rare suspicious gravel	1	8.3% { "item": "Wayfinder Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Rare suspicious gravel" }
Raiser Armor Trim	Trail Ruins	Rare suspicious gravel	1	8.3% { "item": "Raiser Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Rare suspicious gravel" }
Shaper Armor Trim	Trail Ruins	Rare suspicious gravel	1	8.3% { "item": "Shaper Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Rare suspicious gravel" }
Host Armor Trim	Trail Ruins	Rare suspicious gravel	1	8.3% { "item": "Host Armor Trim", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Rare suspicious gravel" }

Note: In woodland mansions, only chests with random loot have the chance to contain the Vex Smithing Template; chests in the allium room, sapling farm, tree-chopping room, and fake End portal room always generate with the same loot, specific to their respective rooms.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Smithing templates can be duplicated with diamonds and other materials depending on the template.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Diamond + Matching Smithing Template + Netherrack or  Block of Copper or  Cobblestone or  Sandstone or  End Stone or  Breeze Rod or  Terracotta or  Cobbled Deepslate or  Blackstone or  Purpur Block or  Prismarine or  Mossy Cobblestone	2222222222222222222

Duplication

Item	Material
Netherite Upgrade	Netherrack
Sentry Armor Trim	Cobblestone
Vex Armor Trim
Coast Armor Trim
Wild Armor Trim	Mossy Cobblestone
Dune Armor Trim	Sandstone
	Smooth Sandstone Cut Sandstone Chiseled Sandstone‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Wayfinder Armor Trim	Terracotta
Raiser Armor Trim
Shaper Armor Trim
Host Armor Trim
Ward Armor Trim	Cobbled Deepslate
Silence Armor Trim
Tide Armor Trim	Prismarine
	Prismarine Bricks Dark Prismarine‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Snout Armor Trim	Blackstone
Rib Armor Trim	Netherrack
Eye Armor Trim	End Stone
Spire Armor Trim	Purpur Block Purpur Pillar‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Flow Armor Trim	Breeze Rod
Bolt Armor Trim	Block of Copper Waxed Block of Copper

In Bedrock Edition, spire, tide, and dune armor trims can be duplicated with more blocks than in Java Edition. In addition to the normal blocks, tide armor trims can be duplicated using prismarine bricks or dark prismarine, dune armor trims can be duplicated with smooth sandstone, cut sandstone, or chiseled sandstone, and spire armor trims can be duplicated with purpur pillars.^[2]

Smithing ingredient

Smithing templates are used at a smithing table. Armor trim smithing templates are used to customize an armor piece's appearance by using an armor trim, an armor piece, and a trim material.

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Any Armor Trim + Any Armor Piece + Any trim material

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Smithing with style	Apply these smithing templates at least once: Spire, Snout, Rib, Ward, Silence, Vex, Tide, Wayfinder	Each of these smithing templates must be used.	30	Gold

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Crafting a New Look	Craft trimmed armor at a Smithing Table	—
	Smithing with Style	Apply these smithing templates at least once: Spire, Snout, Rib, Ward, Silence, Vex, Tide, Wayfinder	—

Videos

History

Mention

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Added smithing templates behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			23w05a				Smithing templates can be used to trim leather armor.
							Gold, iron, diamond, and netherite armor can be trimmed with their respective material.
							The dune, coast, wild, and sentry armor trims now always generate two templates in a chest when found.
							Increased the chances for all smithing templates that generate in chest loot to spawn: Netherite upgrade chance to find increased from 3.2% to 10%. Coast chance to find increased from 11.1% to 16.7%. Dune chance to find increased from 11.1% to 14.3%. Eye chance to find increased from 4.7% to 10% in altar chests, and to 100% in library chests. Rib chance to find increased from 4.7% to 6.7%. Sentry chance to find increased from 20% to 25%. Snout chance to find increased from 4.7% to 8.3%. Spire chance to find increased from 4.7% to 6.7%. Vex chance to find increased from 4.7% to 50%. Ward chance to find increased from 4.7% to 5%. Wild chance to find increased from 20% to 33%.
1.20			23w12a				Smithing templates are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
							Added wayfinder, raiser, shaper, host, and silence armor trim smithing templates.
							Changed the textures of the sentry and dune armor trim smithing templates.
							The pattern textures of dune and sentry armor trims are changed from to . Those previous patterns were left with different names: dune was renamed sentry and sentry was renamed shaper.
			23w16a				Wayfinder, raiser, shaper, and host armor trim no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
							Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins; wayfinder, raiser, shaper, and host armor trim now are in the rare loot.
			23w17a				The probability of the wayfinder, raiser, shaper, and host armor trim to generate in suspicious gravel in trail ruins has been changed from 1/11 to 1/12.
							The player now gets the advancement "Crafting a new look" when they craft a trimmed armor at a smithing table using a smithing template, "Smithing with style" when they apply these smithing templates at least once on their armor: spire, snout, rib, ward, silence, vex, tide, and wayfinder.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w11a				Added bolt and flow armor trim smithing templates behind the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
1.21			24w18a				Bolt and flow armor trims are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
							Bolt and flow armor trims now count for the advancement "Crafting a New Look".
			24w21a				Waxed blocks of copper can now be used to craft bolt armor trims.
1.21.2			24w33a				Smithing template items are now named after their template type instead of the generic "Smithing Template" name, except for the coast armor trim.
			24w35a				The coast armor trim is now named after its template type as well.
			24w36a				All equippable items with an equipment model defined support rendering trims, based on the trim component.
							Trim textures will be loaded from the appropriate folder in the textures/trims/entity directory.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Added smithing templates behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
			Preview 1.19.80.22				Added wayfinder, raiser, shaper, host, and silence armor trim smithing templates.
							Changed the textures of the sentry and dune armor trim smithing templates.
							The pattern textures of dune and sentry armor trims are changed from to . Those previous patterns were left with different names: dune was renamed sentry and sentry was renamed shaper.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.21				Smithing templates are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
			Preview 1.20.0.24				Added the achievement "Smithing with style", unlocked when the player applies these smithing templates at least once on their armor: spire, snout, rib, ward, silence, vex, tide, and wayfinder.
1.20.80 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.80.22				Added bolt and flow armor trim smithing templates.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.22				Bolt and flow armor trims are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.

Issues

Issues relating to "Smithing Template" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Smithing templates were originally named "smithing blueprints" during development; this was changed because the word "blueprint" sounded too modern and technical.^[3]
• When Gnembon was working on armor trims, he accidentally messed up their rendering, making them jet through the player's body in a weird fashion, similar to what appears in Salvador Dalí's paintings where a hand might poke through a forehead.^[4]
• When lapis lazuli is used as trim material, it is called "Lapis" instead of its full name "Lapis Lazuli"; this is the only instance of the abbreviation "Lapis" being used in-game.^[5]
• The flow armor trim is the only armor trim not to use a block as its duplicating material, using the breeze rod.
• Leather armor has 12,326,391 colors. Counting the other types, there's a total of 12,326,398 helmet types, which when adding trims results in a total of 2,231,078,038 + 1 = 2,231,078,038 helmet combinations (+1 for no helmet). For chestplate, leggings and boots, there's 2,231,077,857 + 1 = 2,231,077,858 for each. The total number of variants for a full set of leather armor for different colors and trims is 2,231,077,858^3 * 2,231,078,038 = 24,777,582,998,650,065,347,944,814,664,637,019,056.^[6]

Gallery

Armor trim patterns

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  Sentry armor trim
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  Vex armor trim
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  Wild armor trim
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  Coast armor trim
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  Dune armor trim
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  Wayfinder armor trim
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  Raiser armor trim
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  Shaper armor trim
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  Host armor trim
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  Ward armor trim
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  Silence armor trim
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  Tide armor trim
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  Snout armor trim
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  Rib armor trim
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  Eye armor trim
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  Spire armor trim
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  Flow armor trim
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  Bolt armor trim

Official artwork

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  Sunny (left) wearing amethyst armor trims.
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  A warden chasing Alex, who is holding the silence armor trim.
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  Alex adding the silence armor trim and amethyst onto iron armor.
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  Alex wearing iron armor with an amethyst silence trim.
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  Noor holding and wearing on trimmed iron armor.
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  Ari and Noor with trimmed armor.

Screenshots

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  A display of all armor trims in every color on netherite armor.
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  A display of various armor trims, on netherite armor using emerald as the trim material.
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  A display of all armor trim colors, using the ward trim on a netherite helmet.
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  A display of all colors of the silence armor trim on all armors.
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  A screenshot of every armor trim in every color (besides quartz and resin) on leather armor.

Mojang screenshots

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  Redstone trims on diamond armor.
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  A large amount of armor trims.
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  Several different trims on armor sets.^[7]
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  Emerald on gold.
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  Xilefian showing how armor trims work.
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  Xilefian showing how armor trims work.
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  Xilefian showing how armor trims work.
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  Official screenshot of Alex and Zuri wearing armor trims.
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  Copper trims on netherite armor.
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  A lineup of trims.
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  Kai wearing trimmed armor in a basalt delta.
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  More trims.
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  Armor trims on armor stands.
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  Noor in front of several sets of armor.
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  Noor wearing several trims in a field.

References