Chainmail Boots

Chainmail Boots

Adult model

Baby model

Other names	Mail Boots (CA)
Rarity tier	Uncommon
Armor	1 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	JE: 195 BE: 196
Enchantability	12
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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Chainmail boots are an uncommon variant of boots that cannot be crafted, and are only obtainable through other means such as trading. They are the fourth-highest tier of boots, having the same armor points as leather, golden, and copper boots but with higher durability.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, zombie villagers‌^{[Java Edition only]}, skeletons, strays, bogged, and parched have a small chance to spawn wearing armor, which may include chainmail boots. 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 boots they're wearing upon death unless they are spawned from an ominous trial spawner. The dropped boots are usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Armorer	Apprentice	50%	33%	Emerald	Chainmail Boots	12	5	0.2

Villager gifts

Armorer villagers may give players with the Hero of the Village effect chainmail boots.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Usage

When worn, chainmail boots provide 1 () armor point.

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget	Chainmail Boots + Any fuel	0.1

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Chainmail Boots		The durability of the two pairs of boots is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2x Damaged Chainmail Boots		The durability of the two pairs of boots is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Chainmail Boots + Iron Ingot	Chainmail Boots

Chainmail boots can be repaired in an anvil by adding iron ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% of the boots' maximum durability, rounded down. Two pairs of chainmail boots can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the boots' enchantments.

Enchantments

Boots can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max level	Method	Weight
Protection	Increases overall damage reduction.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	10
Projectile Protection	Increases damage reduction against projectiles.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Blast Protection	Increases damage reduction against explosions.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Fire Protection	Increases damage reduction against fire.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Feather Falling	Reduces fall damage.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Anvil	1
Depth Strider	Increases underwater movement speed.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Frost Walker	Leaves a trail of ice when walking over water.	II	Anvil	1
Soul Speed	Increases movement speed on soul sand.	III	Anvil	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the boots when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The boots vanish on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1
Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the boots.	I	Anvil	1

Armor trimming

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Any Armor Trim + Chainmail Boots + Any Ingot/Crystal

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Chain armor jingles	Players	When chainmail boots are equipped	item.armor.equip_chain	subtitles.item.armor.equip_chain​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Item breaks	Entity-Dependent	When a pair of boots' durability is exhausted	entity.item.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	0.8	0.8–1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Chain armor jingles	Players	When chain boots are equipped	armor.equip_chain	subtitles.item.armor.equip_chain​	1.0	1.0
	​​Item breaks	Players	When a pair of boots' durability is exhausted	random.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Chainmail Boots	chainmail_boots	Item	foot_armor	item.minecraft.chainmail_boots

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Chainmail Boots	chainmail_boots	342	Item	item.chainmail_boots.name

History

Before Minecraft

Legend of the Chambered 2008 v2							Chain boots appear in Notch's 2008 game Legend of the Chambered, using the same texture as would be later added to Minecraft.

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091231-2147				Added chain boots, which were taken from one of Notch's games, Legend of the Chambered 2.
20100212-1210							Chain boots can now be crafted using the item form of fire.
20100218							Added models for chain boots.
							Chain boots now give 3 () and has durability.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Chain boots effective protection changes from ?[verify for Java Edition] to ? due to changes in the protection equation.
1.3.1			12w21a				Chain boots can now be obtained legitimately in Survival mode through trading.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell chain boots for 5–6 emeralds.
1.4.2			12w32a				Mob armor has been reintroduced, giving another way to obtain chain boots.
1.8			14w02a				Armorer villagers now sell chain boots for 5–7 emeralds.
			14w05a				Chain boots no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
			14w25a				Chain boots can no longer be crafted due to the item form of fire being removed.
1.9			15w36d				Chain boots now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
			15w50a				Added equip sounds for boots.
1.11.1			16w50a				Chain boots can now be smelted into one iron nugget
1.13			18w20a				Chain boots have been renamed to "chainmail".
1.14			18w43a				The textures of chainmail boots have been changed.
			19w11a				Armorer villagers now sell chainmail boots for 1 emerald.
			19w13a				Armorer villagers now give chainmail boots to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Chainmail boots 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
1.21.2			24w33a				The rarity of chainmail boots has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon".
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.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added chain boots.
v0.12.1			build 1				Chain boots can now be obtained in survival mode from a mob wearing it.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Chain boots are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Chain boots can now be smelted into one iron nugget.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Chain boots now generate in buried treasure chests.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of chain boots have been changed.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				Changed name from "Chain Boots" to "Chainmail Boots" to match Java Edition.
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
TU5							Added chain boots.
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Blacksmith villagers now sell chain boots for 5–6 emeralds.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Mob armor has been introduced, giving another way to obtain chain boots.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Chain boots no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Chain boots now have the quick equip functionality.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Armorer villagers now sell chain boots for 5–7 emeralds.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Chain boots now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Chain boots can now be smelted down into one iron nugget.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Chainmail boots now generate in buried treasure chests.
			1.90				The textures of chainmail boots have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added chain boots.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 305.

Issues

Issues relating to "Chainmail boots" or "Chain boots" 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

External links

• Taking Inventory: Boots – Minecraft.net on November 24, 2019