Golden Horse Armor

Golden Horse Armor

Rarity tier	Common
Armor	7 ()
Armor toughness	0 ()
Renewable	No
Stackable	No

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

Obtaining

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Golden Horse Armor	Monster Room	Chest	1	13.3% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.132570480395519, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
	Desert Pyramid	Chest	1	11.6% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11610352027152815, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	End City	Chest	1	4.4% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04406995624694199, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
	Jungle Pyramid	Chest	1	4.4% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04406995624694199, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	27.4% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2743889585542344, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	7.3% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0729006411312747, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	2.5% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.024556901332717374, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	5% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.050210595293046056, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Golden Horse Armor	Monster Room	Chest	1	13.3% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.132570480395519, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
	Desert Pyramid	Chest	1	11.6% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11610352027152815, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	End City	Chest	1	4.4% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04406995624694199, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
	Jungle Pyramid	Chest	1	4.4% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04397307776206183, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	27.4% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2743889585542344, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	7.3% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0729006411312747, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	2.4% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.02380856230861328, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	5% { "item": "Golden Horse Armor", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.050210595293046056, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }

Usage

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

Equipping

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

Protection

When equipped, golden horse armor gives 7 () armor points.

Horse armor protects zombie horses from burning in sunlight.

If a horse dies while equipped with golden 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 golden 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
Gold Nugget	Golden Horse Armor + Any fuel	0.1

Piglins

Piglins are attracted to golden horse armor and run toward any golden horse armor on the ground, inspecting it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

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
Golden Horse Armor	golden_horse_armor	Item	item.minecraft.golden_horse_armor

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Gold Horse Armor	golden_horse_armor	horsearmorgold	532	Item	item.horsearmorgold.name

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 28 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag: The player must not be wearing any golden armor. Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.6.1			13w16a				Added gold horse armor.
							Gold horse armor can be crafted using the following recipe.
			13w18a				The crafting recipe for gold horse armor has been removed.
							Gold horse armor can now be found in chests in jungle & desert pyramids, dungeons, nether fortresses, stronghold altar rooms and village blacksmith buildings.
1.9			15w31a				Gold horse armor has been added to end city chests.
			15w43a				The average yield of gold horse armor in nether fortress chests has slightly decreased.
			15w44a				The average yield of gold horse armor in desert pyramid chests has increased.
1.11.1			16w50a				Gold horse armor can now be smelted down into one gold nugget.
1.13			17w45a				The texture of gold horse armor has been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
			17w46a				The model of gold horse armor has been changed, but the texture of horse armor have remained unaltered.
			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral IDs was 418.
			18w03a				The textures of gold horse armor have been changed, as the model of horses has changed.
			18w20a				Changed name from "Gold Horse Armor" to "Golden Horse Armor".
1.14			18w50a				The textures of golden horse armor has been changed.
			19w08a				The texture of golden horse armor has been changed.
1.16			20w16a				Golden horse armor now generates in ruined portal chests.
1.20.5			24w05a				If golden horse armor is equipped on a wolf via commands, it appears identical to wolf armor.
			24w09a				Golden horse armor equipped on a wolf now uses the golden horse armor texture, but forced to fit the wolf armor model, resulting in a highly broken appearance.
			Pre-Release 2				Golden horse armor equipped on a wolf is no longer visible.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w05a				Golden horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w11a				Golden horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0			build 1				Added gold horse armor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Gold horse armor can now be found inside end city chests.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Gold horse armor is now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.6			beta 1.2.6.2				The textures of gold horse armor has been changed, as the model of horses has been changed.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Gold horse armor can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
							The textures of gold horse armor has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Gold horse armor can now be found in savanna, desert, taiga, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
			beta 1.11.0.5				The textures of gold horse armor items has been changed.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Gold horse armor can now be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.20.80 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.80.22				Gold horse armor can no longer be obtained as loot in trial chambers.
1.21.130			Preview 1.21.130.20				"Gold Horse Armor" has been renamed to "Golden Horse Armor".

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 golden horse armor.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden horse armor is now smeltable.
			1.90				The texture of golden horse armor has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added golden horse armor.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

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  The GUI for horses implemented in 13w21a, which allows the removal and switching of armor.
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  A golden horse armor found in a dungeon chest, which coincidentally contains an enchanted golden apple.
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  6 horses equipped with leather, copper, iron, gold, diamond and netherite.