Leather Tunic

Leather Tunic
Rarity tier	; Common
Armor	3 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Durability	JE: 80; BE: 81
Enchantability	15
Knockback resistance	0
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A leather tunic is a variant of chestplate that is crafted from leather. It is the seventh-highest tier of chestplate, having the lowest armor points and durability. Like all leather armor, it can be dyed and protects the wearer from freezing.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Leather

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Leather Tunic	Buried Treasure	Chest	1	16.7% { "item": "Leather Tunic", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16666666666666674, "structure": "Buried Treasure", "container": "Chest" }
	Ocean Ruins	Big ruins chest	1	4.3% { "item": "Leather Tunic", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
	Ocean Ruins	Small ruins chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Leather Tunic", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
	Village	Tannery chest	1	31.8% { "item": "Leather Tunic", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.31807250976562496, "structure": "Village", "container": "Tannery chest" }
Enchanted Leather Tunic^[A]	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	20.8% { "item": "Enchanted Leather Tunic", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20778331426627006, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }

↑ All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.

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 a leather tunic. There is a 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 tunic they're wearing upon death unless they are spawned from an ominous trial spawner. The dropped tunic is 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
Villager		JE	BE	Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
Leatherworker	Novice	67%	50%	7 × Emerald	Leather Tunic^{[t 1]}	12	1	0.2
Leatherworker	Journeyman	100%	100%	7 × Emerald	Leather Tunic^{[t 1]}	12	1	0.2

↑ ^a ^b The leather armor has a random color created by two dyes (possibly the same dye twice.)

Usage

When worn, a leather tunic provides 3 () armor points.

Powder snow

As with all pieces of leather armor, wearing a leather tunic protects the player from freezing in powder snow.

Repairing

Two damaged leather tunics can be combined through crafting or using the grindstone. The durability of the used leather tunics are added together, plus an extra 5% durability. Both the crafting table and grindstone methods do not keep the enchantments of either tunic.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Leather Tunic		The durability of the two tunics is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2x Damaged Leather Tunic		The durability of the two tunics is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Leather Tunic + Leather	Leather Tunic

An leather tunic can also be repaired in an anvil by adding leather, with each item restoring 25% the tunics' maximum durability, rounded down. Two tunics can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods using the anvil preserves the tunic's enchantments.

Enchantments

A tunic can receive the following enchantments:


Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases overall damage reduction.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	10
Projectile Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against projectiles.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Blast Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against explosions.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Fire Protection^{[note 1]}	Increases damage reduction against fire.	IV	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the chestplate when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The chestplate vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1
Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the chestplate.	I	Anvil	1

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, and Fire Protection are mutually exclusive.

Armor trimming

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, a tunic, and an ingot or crystal (iron ingot, copper ingot, gold ingot, netherite ingot, emerald, redstone dust, lapis lazuli, amethyst shard, nether quartz, diamond, or resin brick).

These trims have no effect on the gameplay or strength of the armor.

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Any Armor Trim + Leather Tunic + Any Ingot/Crystal

Dyeing

Leather tunics can be dyed by combining it with dye(s) through crafting in Java Edition, or by using it on a cauldron containing dyed water in Bedrock Edition. Using dyed leather tunics on a cauldron containing ordinary water removes any dye from it.

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Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Leather armor rustles	Players	When a leather tunic is equipped	`item.armor.equip_leather`	`subtitles.item.armor.equip_leather`	1.0	1.0	16
	Item breaks	Entity-Dependent	When a chestplate'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
	Leather armor rustles	Players	When a leather tunic is equipped	`armor.equip_leather`	`subtitles.item.armor.equip_leather`	1.0	1.0
	Leather armor gets dyed	Blocks	When a leather tunic is dyed using a cauldron	`cauldron.dyearmor`	`subtitles.block.cauldron.dye_armor`	0.1	1.0
	Leather armor gets cleaned	Blocks	When a leather tunic's dye is removed using a cauldron	`cauldron.cleanarmor`	`subtitles.block.cauldron.clean_armor`	0.1	1.0
	Item breaks	Players	When a chestplate's 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
Leather Tunic	`leather_chestplate`	Item	`dyeable` `freeze_immune_wearables` `chest_armor`	`item.minecraft.leather_chestplate`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Leather Tunic	`leather_chestplate`	`336`	Item	`item.leather_chestplate.name`

Item data

Java Edition:

[NBT Compound / JSON Object] components: the item's components tag.
- [Int] minecraft:dyed_color: The RGB color of the tint applied to a dyed item, typically as a result of combining the item with dyes in a minecraft:crafting_dyed type crafting recipe. More generally, this component is used as the minecraft:dye color provider in item model definitions (so only item models that explicitly use this color provider will be tinted). If present on an item, gray text is added to the tooltip showing either an italic "Dyed" when advanced tooltips is off, or a non-italic "Color: #<hex color code>"^{[note 1]} instead when advanced tooltips is on. The color is stored as an integer which packs the color's red, green and blue channels using this formula:
  ( Red << 16) + ( Green << 8) + Blue^{[note 2]}
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- [NBT List / JSON Array] minecraft:dyed_color: An alternative format. A list of 3 floats, ranging from 0.0 to 1.0 (inclusive)^{[note 3]}, corresponding to the red, green and blue channels of the color. This format is automatically packed into the integer format by multiplying each float by 255, converting them to unsigned bytes (equivalent to taking the floor and then applying modulo 256), then using the formula -16777216 + ( Red << 16) + ( Green << 8) + Blue due to the alpha channel being implicitly set to 255, resulting in a negative integer.^{[note 4]}.

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Tie Dye Outfit	Use a cauldron to dye all 4 unique pieces of leather armor.	—	15	Bronze

History

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Legacy Console Edition exclusive equipping sound and version range

Before Minecraft

Legend of the Chambered 2008 v1							The leather shirt appears 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 cloth tunics, which were taken directly from one of Notch's games, Legend of the Chambered.
20100212-1210		Cloth tunics can now be crafted.
20100218		Added a model for cloth tunics.
20100218		Cloth tunics can now be worn, give 8 () and have durability.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8		With the addition of leather, "Cloth Tunic" has been renamed to "Leather Tunic".^[verify]
v1.0.8		Leather tunics are now crafted with leather instead of cloth.
Java Edition
1.3.1	12w21a	Butchers now sell leather tunics for 4 emeralds.
1.4.2	August 17, 2012	Jeb and Dinnerbone tweeted pictures of dyeable leather tunics.
	12w34a	Leather tunics can now be dyed by crafting a leather tunic piece with dyes. Dyes can be removed by using dyed leather tunics on a cauldron with water.
	12w34a	Default leather tunic textures are now slightly darker and have buttons.
	12w34b	The texture of leather tunics has been changed and now have longer sleeves.
	12w36a	Dyed leather tunics are now more saturated and have a slight tint of tan in respect to the default armor color.
1.8	14w02a	Leatherworkers now sell enchanted leather tunics for 7–12 emeralds.
1.8	14w05a	Leather tunics no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
1.9	15w36d	Leather tunics now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
1.13	18w09a	Leather tunics now have a chance of generating in underwater ruins.
	18w10a	Leather tunics can now generate in buried treasure chests.
	18w11a	Enchanted leather tunics can now generate in the chests of shipwrecks.
1.14	18w43a	The textures of all types of armor have been changed.
	18w48a	Leather tunics can now be found in chests in village tanneries.
	19w11a	Leatherworker villagers now sell randomly dyed leather tunics, instead of enchanted leather tunics.
1.17	20w48a	Wearing any piece of leather armor now prevents freezing entirely.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w05a	Leather tunics can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w05a	There are 10 types of material that determine the color of the trim: Iron, Copper, Gold, Lapis, Emerald, Diamond, Netherite, Redstone, Amethyst, and Quartz
26.1	snap7	Added a specific texture and model for when the armor piece is worn by a humanoid baby mob.
	snap7	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.^[1]

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0		Added tunics.
v0.8.0	build 2	The leather armor sprites have been changed to that of Java Edition, but its armor model remains that of older versions.
v0.14.0	build 1	The textures of leather tunic has been changed.
v0.14.0	build 1	Leather armor can now be dyed.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Enchanted leather armor can now be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
1.4.0	beta 1.2.20.1	Leather tunics can now be found inside underwater ruins chests.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The textures of leather tunics has been changed.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Leather armor can now be found inside plains village tannery chests.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Leather armor can now be found inside savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village tannery chests.
1.12.0	beta 1.12.0.2	Leather armor no longer show as being dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.13.0	beta 1.13.0.1	Leather armor now appears dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.16.210	beta 1.16.210.53	Wearing any piece of leather armor now prevents freezing entirely.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.80.21	Chestplates can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
1.21.130	Preview 1.21.130.20	Leather tunics can now be found inside buried treasure chests.
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
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added tunics.
TU12		1.00					The textures for leather tunic has been changed.
TU14		1.04					Leather armor can now be dyed.
TU14		1.04					Butchers now sell leather tunics for 4 emeralds.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Leather tunics no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Leather tunics now have the quick equip functionality.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Leatherworkers now sell enchanted leather tunics for 7–12 emeralds.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Leather tunics now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Enchanted leather tunics can now be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Leather tunics can now be found inside underwater ruins chests.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added tunics.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 299.

Issues

Issues relating to "Leather tunic" or "Leather chestplate" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

Enchanted appearance when worn
Enchanted appearance in inventory

Notes

↑ The hexadecimal number is always at least 6 digits (with leading zeroes if needed), with additional digits if the alpha channel is included, despite the alpha channel having no effect on the tint color.
↑ For positive values larger than 0x00FFFFFF, the most significant byte encodes the alpha channel (opacity), however this is effectively ignored when providing the tint color to the item model, as the tint does not affect opacity.
↑ Float values outside of this range are accepted, but clamped from 0 to 255 by modulo 256 after being multiplied by 255. For example, -1.0 is equivalent to 0.00392156862 (or 1/255).
↑ This can result in an item that is not normally obtainable and it affects the hexadecimal code that is shown in the (advanced) tooltip. For example dyed_color=0x000000 shows "#000000" but dyed_color=[0,0,0] shows "#FF000000" despite them both representing the same pure black RGB color.