Golden Armor

Golden 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	2 () 5 () 3 () 1 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	Java Edition: : 77 : 112 : 105 : 91 Bedrock Edition: : 78 : 113 : 106 : 92
Enchantability	25
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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Golden armor is a type of armor made from gold ingots. It is the fifth strongest armor, between chainmail and copper.

List of items

• Golden Helmet
• Golden Chestplate
• Golden Leggings
• Golden Boots

Obtaining

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Golden Helmet	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	Ocean Ruins	Big ruins chest	1	4.3% { "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
		Small ruins chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Golden Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
Golden Leggings	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Golden Leggings", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Golden Boots	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Golden Boots", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic 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 33.29% chance of it being golden armor. Additionally, each armor slot of a piglin independently has a 10% chance of being filled with a golden armor piece upon spawning. 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.

Usage

Wearing golden armor reduces damage taken from most damage types and pacifies piglins.

Statistics

When a full set of golden armor is worn, the set provides 11 ( × 5.5) armor points.

Type	Armor	Armor toughness	Knockback resistance	Durability	Enchantability
Full Set	11 ( × 5.5)	0 ()	0	N/A	N/A
Golden Helmet	2 ()	0 ()	0	77	25
Golden Chestplate	5 ()	0 ()	0	112	25
Golden Leggings	3 ()	0 ()	0	105	25
Golden Boots	1 ()	0 ()	0	91	25

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.

Golden Armor
	Minimum	25%	50%	75%	Maximum
Damage reduction	8.8%	17.6%	26.4%	35.2%	44%
Incoming damage	17.6HP × 8.8	13.2HP × 6.6	8.8HP × 4.4	4.4HP × 2.2	0HP

Piglins

In Java Edition, piglins are neutral toward players wearing at least one piece of golden armor. As of 1.21.2, this behavior is controlled by the piglin_safe_armor tag, which includes golden armor by default, allowing data packs to designate other armor types as safe. In Bedrock Edition, piglins are neutral only toward players wearing golden armor.

All pieces of golden armor can also be used to distract piglins. Piglins equip them, prioritizing it over all other armor materials, after inspecting them.

Equipping

Players can equip golden 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, a worse golden-armor, or have a non-golden 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

In Java Edition, with the exception of the allay, dolphin, fox, panda, and sulfur cube, 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.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Gold Nugget	Any Golden Armor + Any fuel	0.1

Repairing

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Golden Helmet or  Damaged Golden Chestplate or  Damaged Golden Leggings or  Damaged Golden Boots		The durability of the two armor pieces is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
Damaged Golden Helmet or  Damaged Golden Chestplate or  Damaged Golden Leggings or  Damaged Golden Boots		The durability of the two armor pieces is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Name	Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Golden Helmet	Damaged Golden Helmet + Gold Ingot	Golden Helmet
Golden Chestplate	Damaged Golden Chestplate + Gold Ingot	Golden Chestplate
Golden Leggings	Damaged Golden Leggings + Gold Ingot	Golden Leggings
Golden Boots	Damaged Golden Boots + Gold Ingot	Golden Boots

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Gold armor clinks	Players	When a piece of Golden armor is equipped	item.armor.equip_gold	subtitles.item.armor.equip_gold​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Item breaks	Entity-Dependent	When a piece of armor's 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
	​Gold armor clinks	Players	When a piece of golden armor is equipped	armor.equip_golden	subtitles.item.armor.equip_gold​	1.0	1.0
	​​Item breaks	Players	When a piece of armor's durability is exhausted	random.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	1.0	0.9

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item​[more information needed] while it is aggressive toward the player.	30	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
20100212-1210							Added golden armor.
20100218-0011							Added models of golden armor.
Java Edition
1.2.1			12w06a				Zombie pigmen can now drop golden helmets.
1.8			14w05a				Golden armor no longer turns red when mobs and players are hurt.
1.9			15w43a				The average yield of golden chestplates in nether fortress chests has been decreased.
1.11.1			16w50a				Golden armor can now be smelted down to gold nuggets.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of golden armor have been changed.
			19w08a				The textures of golden armor items have been changed.
1.16			20w07a				Added piglins, which can be distracted with golden armor.
1.21.2			24w36a				Added the piglin_safe_armor tag, which controls what armor renders piglins neutral, and applied it to Golden Armor.
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 golden armor.
v0.12.1			build 1				Golden chestplates can now be found in nether fortress chests.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Golden armor can now be smelted down into gold nuggets.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of golden armor has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.5				The textures of golden armor items have been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added piglins, which can be distracted with golden armor.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Randomly enchanted and sometimes damaged golden armor now generate in bastion remnant chests.
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 golden armor.
TU5							Added a quick equip for armor to the inventory interface.
TU14		1.05					Item repair can now repair golden armor.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Golden chestplates are now found in the new chests in nether fortresses.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Golden armor no longer turns red when mobs and players are hurt.
TU25	CU13						Golden helmets now have the quick equip functionality.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Golden armor now has an attribute controlling the defense points.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden armor can now be smelted down into gold nuggets.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Golden helmets can now be found inside underwater ruins chests.
			1.90				The textures of golden armor have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added golden armor.

Gallery

Renders

• 
  Enchanted appearance when worn
• 
  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

Issues

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