Chestplate

Chestplates are a type of armor that covers the upper body of the player. There are six types of chestplates: leather, chainmail, iron, diamond, gold and netherite.
== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
=== Upgrading ===
=== Repairing ===
==== Grinding ====
==== Unit repair ====
Chestplates can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the armor material's repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the chestplate's maximum durability, rounded down.
=== Mob loot ===
Zombies and skeletons have a small chance to spawn wearing any armor. 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 a chestplate upon death. The chestplate the mob drops is usually badly damaged, and rarely enchanted.
Vindicators and Pillagers spawning in raids have a 4.1% chance (5.12% on hard difficulty) to drop iron chestplate, which is almost always badly damaged and rarely enchanted.
=== Natural generation ===
Two armor stands are found in each taiga village outdoor armory, one of them equipped with an iron chestplate.
=== Chest loot ===
, a sealed room in woodland mansions can appear that has a chest sometimes containing an Efficiency I leather tunic.
=== Trading ===
, novice-level armorer villagers have a 40% chance to sell an iron chestplate for 9 emeralds. Journeyman-level armorers have a 40% chance to sell a chainmail chestplate for 4 emeralds. Master-level armorers always sell an enchanted diamond chestplate for 18-35 emeralds. Novice-level leatherworker villagers have a chance to sell a leather tunicThe leather armor has a random color created by two dyes (possibly the same dye twice). for 7 emeralds. Journeyman-level Leatherworker villagers always offer the same trade.
Armorer villagers may give the players with the Hero of the Village effect a chainmail chestplate.
, novice-level armorer villagers have a 25% chance to sell an iron chestplate for 9 emeralds. Journeyman-level armorers have a chance to sell a chainmail chestplate for 4 emeralds. Master-level armorers have a 50% chance to sell an enchantedWhen creating an enchantment offer, the game uses a random enchantment level from 5 – 19. The enchantments are never treasure enchantments. diamond chestplate for 16 emeralds. Novice-level leatherworker villagers have a 50% chance to sell leather tunic for 7 emeralds. Master-level leatherworkers always sell an enchanted leather tunic for 7 emeralds.
== Usage ==
Chestplates can be placed in the 2nd armor slot of a player's inventory for activation.
=== Defense points ===
Defense points are each signified by chestplates in the armor bar above the health bar. 1 defense point is half of a chestplate in the armor bar. Each defense point reduces any damage dealt to the player, which is absorbed by armor by 4%, increasing additively with the number of defense points. Different materials and combinations of armor provide different levels of defense.
The following table shows the amount of defense points added by chestplates.
Material 	Defense points
Leather 	
Golden 	
Chainmail	
Iron 	
Diamond 	
Netherite	
===Knockback Resistance ===
A netherite chestplate provides 10% knockback resistance.
=== Durability ===
The following table shows the amount of damage each piece of armor can absorb before being destroyed.
Any "hit" from a damage source that can be blocked by armor removes one point of durability from each piece of armor worn for every of incoming damage (rounded down, but never below 1). Damage taken that unenchanted armor does not protect against (such as falling or drowning) does not damage the armor, even if it is enchanted to protect against that type of damage. The following chart displays how many hits chest plates can endure.
Netherite armor is not damaged by lava or fire when worn.
Material 	Durability
Leather 	80
Golden 	112
Chainmail	240
Iron 	240
Diamond 	528
Netherite	592
==== Repair ====
Chestplates may be repaired by using them along with some of their crafting material (leather, gold ingots, iron ingots, diamonds, or netherite ingots) in an anvil. Chainmail chestplates may be repaired in this way with iron ingots. They may also be repaired by crafting them together with another chestplate of the same material.
=== Enchantments ===
A chestplate can receive the following enchantments:
Enchantment 	Max Level	Notes
Fire Protection 	IV 	Fire Protection, Blast Protection, Projectile Protection and Protection are mutually exclusive
Projectile Protection	IV 	
Blast Protection 	IV 	
Protection 	IV 	
Unbreaking 	III 	
Thorns 	III 	The max level obtainable in the enchanting table is 2
Mending 	I 	Only from chest loot, fishing, or an anvil and enchanted books.
Curse of Binding 	I 	
Curse of Vanishing 	I 	
=== Smelting usage ===
=== Piglins ===
 are attracted to golden chestplates and pick them up, examining them for 6 to 8 seconds. Piglins can wear other chestplates but are not attracted to them. They prefer stronger chestplates over weaker chestplates, with one exception: They always prefer golden chestplates over all other chestplates, throwing out stronger chestplates to equip them. Enchanted chestplates are preferred over unenchanted chestplates.
== Sounds ==
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== Data values ==
=== ID ===
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=== Item data ===
When leather tunics are dyed, it has the following NBT:
* : Parent tag.
** : Display properties.
*** : The color of the leather armor. The tooltip displays "Dyed" if advanced tooltips are disabled, otherwise it displays the hexadecimal color value. Color codes are calculated from the Red, Green and Blue components using this formula:Red<<16 + Green<<8 + BlueFor positive values larger than 0x00FFFFFF, the top byte is ignored. All negative values produce white.
== Achievements ==
== Advancements ==
== History ==
; Armor durability from Indev until late Beta
Material 	Helmet	Chestplate	Leggings	Boots
Leather 	33 	48 	45 	39
Golden 	66 	96 	90 	78
Chainmail	66 	96 	90 	78
Iron 	132 	192 	180 	156
Diamond 	264 	384 	360 	312
== Issues ==
== Trivia ==
* Chestplates do not render on the player's arm in first person view.
== Gallery ==
=== Enchanted Chestplates ===
File:Enchanted Leather Tunic (item).gif
File:Enchanted Chainmail Chestplate (item).gif
File:Enchanted Iron Chestplate (item).gif
File:Enchanted Golden Chestplate (item).gif
File:Enchanted Diamond Chestplate (item).gif
File:Enchanted Netherite Chestplate (item).gif
File:Enchanted Leather Chestplate.gif
File:Enchanted Chainmail Chestplate.gif
File:Enchanted Iron Chestplate.gif
File:Enchanted Golden Chestplate.gif
File:Enchanted Diamond Chestplate.gif
File:Enchanted Netherite Chestplate.gif
== References ==
== External Links ==
*Taking Inventory: Chestplate – Minecraft.net on August 4, 2021
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