Iron Horse Armor

Iron Horse Armor

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	5 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Renewable	No
Stackable	No

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Iron horse armor is the fourth-strongest tier of horse armor. Unlike other iron items, it cannot be crafted and is only obtainable from chest loot in various structures.

Obtaining

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Iron Horse Armor	Monster Room	Chest	1	19.4% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.19424250096450613, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
	Desert Pyramid	Chest	1	17% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17026171025287384, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	End City	Chest	1	4.4% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04406995624694199, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
	Jungle Pyramid	Chest	1	4.4% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04406995624694199, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	17.9% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17904394543308721, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	2.5% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.024556901332717374, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	5% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.050210595293046056, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Iron Horse Armor	Monster Room	Chest	1	19.4% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.19424250096450613, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
	Desert Pyramid	Chest	1	17% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17026171025287384, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	End City	Chest	1	4.4% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04406995624694199, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
	Jungle Pyramid	Chest	1	4.4% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04397307776206183, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	17.9% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17904394543308721, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	2.4% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.02380856230861328, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	5% { "item": "Iron Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.050210595293046056, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }

Usage

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

Equipping

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

Protection

When equipped, iron horse armor gives 5 () armor points.

Horse armor protects zombie horses from burning in sunlight.

If a horse dies while equipped with iron horse armor, it drops its normal loot, a saddle (if it had one), and the horse armor.

Durability

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

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget	Iron Horse Armor + Any fuel	0.1

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Horse armor equips	Friendly Mobs	When armor is equipped to a horse	entity.horse.armor	subtitles.entity.horse.armor​	0.5	1.0	16
	​Horse Armor snips away	Friendly Mobs	When armor is removed with shears	item.horse_armor.unequip	subtitles.item.horse_armor.unequip​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Horse armor equips	Friendly Mobs	When armor is equipped to a horse	mob.horse.armor	subtitles.entity.horse.armor​	0.6	1.0
	​Horse Armor snips away	Friendly Mobs	When armor is removed with shears	mob.horse.horse_armor_unequip	subtitles.item.horse_armor.unequip​	1.0	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Iron Horse Armor	iron_horse_armor	Item	item.minecraft.iron_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Iron Horse Armor	iron_horse_armor	horsearmoriron	531	Item	item.horsearmoriron.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.6.1			13w16a				Added iron horse armor.
							Iron horse armor can be crafted using the following recipe.
			13w18a				The crafting recipe for iron horse armor has been removed.
							Iron horse armor can now be found in chests in jungle & desert pyramids, dungeons, Nether fortresses, stronghold altar rooms, and village blacksmith buildings.
							Iron horse armor can now additionally be found in mineshaft chests.
1.9			15w31a				Iron horse armor has been added to End city chests.
			15w43a				The average yield of iron horse armor in Nether fortress chests has slightly decreased.
			15w44a				The average yield of iron horse armor in desert pyramid chests has increased.
							The average yield of iron horse armor from dungeon chests has slightly decreased.
							Iron horse armor has been removed from mineshaft chests.
1.11.1			16w50a				Iron horse armor can now be smelted down into one iron nugget
1.13			17w45a				The texture of iron horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
			17w46a				The model of iron horse armor has been changed, but the texture of horse armor item has remained unaltered.
			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, the item's numeral ID was 417.
			18w03a				The textures of iron horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
			18w22a				The texture of iron horse armor when equipped has been changed.
1.14			18w50a				The texture of iron horse armor item have been changed.
			19w08a				The textures of iron horse armor has been changed.
1.14.1			pre1				The texture of iron horse armor item has been changed.
1.20.5			24w05a				If iron horse armor is equipped on a wolf via commands, it appears identical to wolf armor.
			24w09a				Iron horse armor equipped on a wolf now uses the iron horse armor texture, but forced to fit the wolf armor model, resulting in a highly broken appearance.
			Pre-Release 2				Iron horse armor equipped on a wolf is no longer visible.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w05a				Iron horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w11a				Iron horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0			build 1				Added iron horse armor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Horse armor can now be found inside End city chests.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Iron horse armor is now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6			beta 1.2.6.2				The texture of iron horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has been changed.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Iron horse armor can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
							The textures of all horse armor have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Horse armor can now be found in savanna, desert, taiga, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
			beta 1.11.0.5				The texture of horse armor item have been changed.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Iron horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.80 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.80.22				Iron horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added iron horse armor.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Iron horse armor is now smeltable.
			1.90				The texture of iron horse armor has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added iron horse armor.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

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  A horse equipped with iron horse armor and bound to a fence post by a lead
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  The GUI for horses implemented in 13w21a, which allows the removal and switching of armor
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  6 horses equipped with leather, copper, iron, gold, diamond, and netherite