This article explains how to create armor on the computer version of Minecraft, in the Pocket Edition for mobile, or in Minecraft for Xbox and PlayStation. Note that chain mail can only be found, not fabricated.
Steps
Part 1 of 2: Collect the Armor Supplies
Step 1. Decide what kind of defensive equipment you want
In Minecraft, you can create the following armor.
- Leather armor: Reduces all damage taken by 28%. This is the weakest defensive equipment in the game, but you don't need to melt any materials or use special tools (for example, pickaxes) to get it.
- Iron armor- Reduces all damage taken by 60%.
- Gold armor: Reduces all damage taken by 44%. Since iron is much more abundant than gold, this armor is a waste of time and resources when compared to the previous one.
- Diamond armor- Reduces all damage taken by 80%. It does not require the casting of any material. This is the best armor available in Minecraft, but it is very difficult to make due to the rarity of the diamonds.
Step 2. Gather the resources needed to craft the armor
You will need 24 units of the chosen material to make a complete set.
- Leather: kill cows to collect their skin. Depending on your luck, you may need to kill more than 24 animals.
- Iron: Use a stone pickaxe or better to mine the rough iron blocks, which look like a gray stone with orange spots. Each block of iron ore will allow you to obtain an iron ingot.
- Gold: Use an iron pickaxe or better to mine the gold ore blocks, which look like gray stone with yellow spots better. Each block of raw gold will allow you to obtain an ingot of this metal. You'll usually find them deep underground.
- Diamond: Use an iron or diamond pickaxe to extract the diamond blocks, which look like gray stones with light blue spots. You will need 24 diamonds; unfortunately, it is a very rare gem found only at great depths underground.
Step 3. Gather the resources needed to melt the materials
To craft iron or gold armor, you will need the following items.
- Crushed stone: Extract 8 blocks of this gray stone, which you will use to build the furnace.
- Fuel: Cut 6 blocks of wood to make 24 planks, or extract at least 10 blocks of charcoal. Coal has the appearance of gray stone with black spots.
- If you want to make leather or diamond armor, you can skip to the Making Armor step.
Step 4. Open the workbench
Right-click this item (if you're using a computer), tap it (if you're using a mobile device), or stand in front of the counter and press the controller's left trigger (if you're using a console). The workbench window will open, in which you will see a grid of 3x3 squares.
If you don't have a workbench, cut an extra block of wood, then use the crafting grid inside the inventory to create four planks and build this object with the 4 planks arranged in a square
Step 5. Build a furnace
Place the crushed stone blocks in the top three boxes, the bottom three, the left center and right boxes of the workbench grid, then hold down Shift and click on the furnace icon to the right of the grid. in order to move it to the inventory.
- In Minecraft PE, tap the furnace icon, depicted as a stone block with a black hole, then tap 1 x.
- In the console edition, select the workbench icon, scroll down one position, then press TO or X.
Step 6. Place the furnace on the ground
Select it on the equipment bar, then right-click on the ground. If necessary, first move the furnace from the inventory to the item bar.
- In Minecraft PE, tap the space on the ground where you want to place the furnace.
- In the console edition, point your character towards the space on the ground where you want to build the furnace, then press the left trigger.
Step 7. Open the furnace
The window of this tool has three boxes: one at the top for minerals, one at the bottom for fuel, and one on the right for finished products.
Step 8. Melt the iron ore or gold blocks
Click on the pile of your chosen material and move it to the top box of the furnace, then click on a fuel pile and place it in the bottom box. Wait for the furnace to finish melting all 24 material units, then transfer the ingots to your inventory.
- In Minecraft PE, tap the material you chose to build the armor (for example, iron), then tap the "Fuel" box and the fuel stack. Tap the bar in the "Result" box to transfer the bars to the inventory.
- In the console edition, select the material to be processed, press Y or triangle, select the fuel and press Y or triangle, then select the finished product and press again Y or triangle.
Step 9. Close the furnace
You are now ready to create your armor.
Part 2 of 2: Crafting the Armor
Step 1. Open the workbench
You can create all the armor you need thanks to the grid inside this item.
Step 2. Build the helmet
Place three commodities in the top row of the crafting grid, one in the left center box and one in the right center box, then hold down Shift and click on the helmet to move it to the inventory.
- In Minecraft PE, tap the helmet icon, then tap 1 x at the far right of the screen.
- In the console edition, press RB or R1 three times, in order to get to the "Armor" page, then scroll up or down to select the type of helmet you want, then press TO or X to create it.
Step 3. Build an armor
Put the raw materials you want to build armor with in all squares of the crafting grid, except the top middle one, then transfer the armor to your inventory.
- In Minecraft PE, tap on the armor icon, then tap 1 x.
- In the console edition, swipe right to open the armor tab, then select the type of armor you want at the top or bottom, then press TO or X to create it.
Step 4. Build the leggings
Place the raw materials with which you want to make the reinforcement in the left and right columns of the crafting grid, then put another unit of material in the box at the top center of the grid. Before closing the window, transfer the leggings to your inventory.
- In Minecraft PE, tap on the leggings icon, then tap 1 x.
- In the console edition, swipe right to open the leggings tab, select the type of leggings you want at the top or bottom, then press TO or X to create them.
Step 5. Make the boots
Put the raw materials you want to craft the armor with in the top left, top right, center left, and center right boxes of the crafting grid, then transfer the boots to your inventory.
- In Minecraft PE, tap on the boots icon, then tap 1 x.
- In the console edition, swipe right to open the boots tab, select the type of armor you want at the top or bottom, then press TO or X to create them.
Step 6. Exit the creation menu
Press Esc (on computer), X (in Minecraft PE) or B. or circle (on console).
Step 7. Put on the armor
Press E to open the inventory, then hold Shift and click on each piece of armor.
- In Minecraft PE, tap on ⋯, tap the armor tab on the left side of the screen, then tap on each piece of armor on the left side of the screen to put it on.
- In the console edition, press Y or triangle to open the inventory, select a piece of armor, press again Y or triangle and repeat for all other pieces.
Advice
- It is not possible to build a piece of armor by mixing different raw materials, while it is allowed to wear armor parts made of different materials.
- Each armor can be enchanted at a different maximum level: from a maximum of 25 for the gold ones, up to 9 for the iron ones.
- Diamond, although the rarest material, is the most efficient when comparing the number of materials used with the quality of the armor obtained.
- The only way to get a chain mail is to find it in a chest or get it from a monster. In addition, the blacksmiths of the villages offer chain mail as the last bargaining chip. Chain mail obtained from monsters can be enchanted.
