Boots

Boots

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Rarity color	Common
Durability	Leather: 65 Chainmail: 195 Iron: 195 Golden: 91 Diamond: 429 Netherite: 481
Renewable	Netherite: No All others: Yes
Stackable	No

Boots are a type of armor that covers the feet of the player. There are six types of boots: leather boots, chainmail boots, iron boots, diamond boots, gold boots, and netherite boots.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Leather or Gold Ingot or Iron Ingot or Diamond
Damaged Matching Boots		The durability of the two boots is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Repairing

Unit repair

Boots can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the armor material's repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the boots' maximum durability, rounded down.

Mob loot

If a zombie, husk, stray, piglin, or skeleton is wearing armor, 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 boots upon death. The boots are usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted.

In Bedrock Edition, vindicators and pillagers that spawn in raids have a chance to drop iron boots, which are usually badly damaged and have a 50% chance to be enchanted.

File:Zombie With Boots.png

Zombie is shown wearing full iron armor set, including boots.

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Leather Boots	Village	Tanner's chest	1	31.8%
Enchanted Leather Boots	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	22.4%
Iron Boots	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	12.1%
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.6%
Enchanted Iron Boots	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8%
Enchanted Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2%
	Ruined portal	Chest	1	20.5%
Enchanted Golden Boots with Soul Speed	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	9.8%
Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	15.8%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	18.7%
Enchanted Diamond Boots	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Java Edition 1.17[upcoming]
Enchanted Leather Boots	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	20.8%
Bedrock Edition
Leather Boots	Village	Tanner's chest	1	31.8%
Enchanted Leather Boots	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	22.4%
Chainmail Boots	Buried treasure	Chest	1	57.2%
Iron Boots	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.8%
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.6%
Enchanted Iron Boots	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	16%
Enchanted Golden Boots	Bastion remnant	Bridge chest	1	12.2%
	Ruined portal	Chest	1	20.5%
Enchanted Golden Boots with Soul Speed	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	16%
Damaged Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	8.6%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Boots	Bastion remnant	Treasure chest	1	10.2%
Enchanted Diamond Boots	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Bedrock Edition 1.17.0[upcoming]
Enchanted Leather Boots	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1	20.8%

Trading

In Java Edition, novice-level armorer villagers have 40% chance to sell iron boots for 4 emeralds. Apprentice-level armorers have a 50% chance to sell chainmail boots for an emerald. Expert-level armorers always sell enchanted diamond boots for 11–27 emeralds. Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have ²⁄₃ chance to sell leather boots for 4 emeralds.

Armorer villagers may give the players with the Hero of the Village effect chainmail boots.

In Bedrock Edition, novice-level armorer villagers have a 25% chance to sell iron boots for 4 emeralds. Apprentice-level armorers have a ¹⁄₃ chance to sell chainmail boots for an emerald. Expert-level armorers have a 50% chance to sell enchanted diamond boots for 8 emeralds. Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have a 50% chance to sell leather boots for 4 emeralds.

Bartering

Piglins may barter iron boots with Soul Speed when given a gold ingot.

Fishing

Leather boots can be caught as a "junk" item when fishing.

Usage

Boots can be placed in the fourth armor slot of a player's inventory for activation.

Defense points

Defense points are each signified by half of a chestplate in the armor bar above the health bar. Each defense point reduces any damage dealt to the player that 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 boots.

Material
Leather	Template:Armor
Golden
Chainmail
Iron	Template:Armor
Diamond	Template:Armor
Netherite

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. Damage taken that armor doesn't protect (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 boots can endure.

Netherite armor is not damaged by lava or fire when worn.

Material
Leather	65
Golden	91
Chainmail/Iron	195
Diamond	429
Netherite	481

Repair

Boots 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 boots may be repaired in this way with iron ingots. They may also be repaired by crafting them together with another pair of boots of like material, or with the Mending enchant.

Enchantments

Boots can receive the following enchantments:

Enchantment	Max Level	Notes
Fire Protection	IV
Projectile Protection	IV
Blast Protection	IV
Protection	IV
Feather Falling	IV
Unbreaking	III
Thorns	III
Depth Strider	III
Soul Speed	III
Frost Walker	II
Mending	I
Curse of Binding	I
Curse of Vanishing	I

Smelting usage

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget	Iron Boots or Chainmail Boots or Golden Boots + Any fuel	0.1

Piglins

Template:EntityLink are attracted to golden boots and pick them up, examining them for 6 to 8 seconds. Other boots do not attract piglins but can be worn by them. They prefer stronger boots over weaker boots, with one major exception: They always prefer golden boots over all other boots, throwing out stronger boots to equip them. Enchanted boots are preferred over unenchanted boots.

Powder Snow

Template:Snapshot Leather boots can be used to safely cross powder snow without sinking in it. The block will act similarly to scaffolding, allowing the player to sink in by pressing crouch and move up by pressing jump.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Item tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Leather Boots	leather_boots	freeze_immune_wearables‌[upcoming: JE 1.17]	Item	item.minecraft.leather_boots
Chainmail Boots	chainmail_boots	None	Item	item.minecraft.chainmail_boots
Iron Boots	iron_boots	None	Item	item.minecraft.iron_boots
Diamond Boots	diamond_boots	None	Item	item.minecraft.diamond_boots
Golden Boots	golden_boots	None	Item	item.minecraft.golden_boots
Netherite Boots	netherite_boots	None	Item	item.minecraft.netherite_boots

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Leather Boots	leather_boots	301	Item	item.leather_boots.name
Chainmail Boots	chainmail_boots	305	Item	item.chainmail_boots.name
Iron Boots	iron_boots	309	Item	item.iron_boots.name
Diamond Boots	diamond_boots	313	Item	item.diamond_boots.name
Golden Boots	golden_boots	317	Item	item.golden_boots.name
Netherite Boots	netherite_boots	751	Item	item.netherite_boots.name

Item data

When leather boots are dyed, it has the following NBT:

• Template:Nbt: Parent tag.
  • Template:Nbt: Display properties.
    • Template:Nbt: 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 + Blue

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31		20091231-2			32px Studded boots can now be seen in the inventory.Template:More info
February 9, 2010					32px Notch revealed new models for armor, which included boots.
Minecraft Indev		20100218			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added cloth, chain, iron, gold, and diamond boots[verify]
					Boots can now be crafted and worn.
					Boots now function, giving Template:Armor. Boots have limited durability, with lower tier boots less durable than higher tier boots.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8					"Wool boots" have been renamed to "leather boots", despite item names not existing at this time.
					Leather boots are now crafted with leather instead of wool.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			The armor protection behavior has been changed. Previous to this update, the total armor protection is based in this equation: (((total equipped armor damage reduction − 1) × (all equipped armor max damage − total equipped armor damage)) ÷ (total equipped armor max damage + 1)).
		October 3, 2011			The first images of a player wearing enchanted armor, including boots, are revealed.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Iron boots can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Boots can now be enchanted.
1.1		12w01a			Iron boots can now be found in the new blacksmith chests in villages.
1.3.1		12w15a			⇧ Shift+clicking can now be used to equip boots.
		12w21a			Chain boots can now be obtained legitimately in survival mode through trading.
					Blacksmith villagers now sell chain boots for 5–6 emeralds.
					Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond boots for 7 emeralds.
					Blacksmith villagers now sell iron boots for 4–5 emeralds.
					Butcher villagers now sell leather boots for 2-3 emeralds.
1.4.2		12w32a			Mob armor has been reintroduced. A partial or full set of any armor is now sometimes worn by zombies, skeletons and zombie pigmen, with the likelihood increasing with difficulty.
		August 17, 2012			Jeb and Dinnerbone tweeted pictures of dyeable leather armor, including boots.Template:Citation needed
		12w34a			Leather boots can now be dyed by crafting leather boots with dyes. Dyes can be removed by using dyed leather boots on a cauldron with water.
					32px 32px Default leather boots are now slightly darker.
		12w36a			Dyed leather boots are now more saturated and have a slight tint of tan in respect to the default armor color.
					Wither skeletons can now spawn wearing boots.
		12w37a			32px[more information needed] Leather boots now have non-dyed parts. This has been implemented so that players can distinguish between other types of armor and similarly colored leather armor.
1.5		13w04a			Boots in the player's hand can now be equipped by right-clicking.
					Dispensers can now equip nearby players with boots.
1.7.2		13w36a			Leather boots can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items through fishing.
1.8		14w02a			Armorer villagers now sell chain boots for 5–7 emeralds.
					Armorer villagers no longer sell diamond boots.
					Armorer villagers no longer sell iron boots.
					Leatherworker villagers no longer sell leather boots.
		14w05a			Boots no longer turn red when mobs and players are hurt.
		14w06a			Boots are now visible on giants.
		14w25a			Chain boots can no longer be crafted anymore due to the item form of fire being removed.
1.9		15w31a			Enchanted iron and diamond boots can now be found in end city ship chests.
					Mobs now wear armor from the bottom to the top, rather than from the top to the bottom. This means that a mob with three armor pieces, for example, spawn with all armor except a helmet.
		15w34b			Boots' durability now affects armor value.
		15w36a			Armor value andenchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here.
		15w36d			Boots' durability affecting value has been removed.
					Boots now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
		15w50a			Added equip sounds for boots.
		16w02a			Armor value and enchantment calculations have been changed again.
		16w05a			Armor value calculations have been changed, once again.
1.11.1		16w50a			Golden, chain and iron boots can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. Chain boots smelt into iron nuggets.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 298 through 317.Template:More info
		18w11a			Enchanted leather boots can now generate in the chests of shipwrecks.
		18w20a			Chain armor boots have been renamed to "chainmail".
1.14		18w43a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of leather, chainmail, iron, golden, and diamond boots have been changed.
		19w08a			32px The textures of gold boots items have been changed.
1.16		20w06a			32px 32px Added netherite boots.
					Netherite boots are obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
		20w09a			32px The texture of diamond boots items has been changed.
		20w10a			32px 32px The texture of netherite boots has been changed.
					Netherite boots can no longer be crafted.
					Netherite boots are now obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
		20w16a			Netherite boots now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnants chests.
					Golden boots now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
		20w17a			Diamonds boots now generate in place of netherite boots in bastion remnant chests.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		20w46a			Leather boots can now be used to safely walk on powder snow.
					Leather armor now protects against powder snow's freezing.
		21w13a			Leather Boots now prevent fall damage when landing on powder snow.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added boots.
v0.8.0		?			The leather boots sprites have been changed to that of the PC version, but its armor model remains that of older versions.
v0.9.0		build 1			Iron boots now naturally generates in village chests and a stronghold altar chest.
v0.12.1		build 1			Chainmail boots can now be obtained in survival mode from a mob wearing it.
					Leather boots can now be obtained from fishing as a "junk" item.
v0.14.0		build 1			Leather boots can now be dyed and the model has been updated.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Enchanted iron boots and enchanted diamond boots can now be found inside chests within end city.
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Chainmail boots are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Golden, chain and iron boots can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Chainmail boots now generate in buried treasure chests.
					Enchanted leather boots can now be found inside shipwreck supply room chests.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Iron boots now can be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
					Leather boots can now be found inside plains village tannery chests.
					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of boots have been changed.Template:More info
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Iron boots now can be found in savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
					Leather boots can now be found inside savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village tannery chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron boots.
					Iron and diamond boots are now sold by armorer villagers.
		beta 1.11.0.5			32px The textures of golden boots items have been changed.
1.12.0		beta 1.12.0.2			32px Leather boots no longer show as being dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.1			Leather boots now appear dyed properly when worn by armor stands.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			32px 32px Added netherite boots.
					Netherite boots are obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
					32px The texture of diamond boots items have been changed.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Iron boots with soul speed enchantment can be obtained from bartering with piglin.
					Netherite boots can no longer be crafted.
					Netherite boots are now obtained by combining diamond boots and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
					Golden boots can now be found in ruined portal chest.
					Golden and netherite boots can be found in bastion remnant chest.
		beta 1.16.0.63			Diamonds boots now generate in place of netherite boots in bastion remnant chests.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.200		beta 1.16.200.52			Leather boots can now be used to safely walk on powder snow.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	32px 32px Added leather boots.
					32px 32px Added iron boots.
					32px 32px Added golden boots.
					32px 32px Added diamond boots.
TU5					32px 32px Added chain boots.
					Added a quick equip for boots to the inventory interface.
TU12		1.03			32px The textures for leather boots items have been changed.
TU14		1.05			Leather boots can now be dyed.
					Item repair can now repair boots.
TU25	CU13	1.16			Boots now have the quick equip functionality.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden, chain and iron boots can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. Chain boots smelt into iron nuggets.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					32px 32px The textures of leather boots have been changed.
					32px 32px The textures of chainmail boots have been changed.
					32px 32px The textures of iron boots have been changed.
					32px 32px The textures of gold boots have been changed.
					32px 32px The textures of diamond boots have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					32px 32px Added leather boots.
					32px 32px Added chain boots.
					32px 32px Added iron boots.
					32px 32px Added golden boots.
					32px 32px Added diamond boots.

Issues

Issues relating to "Boots" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Leather armor originally used textures from one of Notch's previous games, Legend of the Chambered.
• The netherite boots are the only type of boots to have a differently shaped item sprite when compared to the other boot types.

Gallery

Enchanted Boots

• Enchanted Leather Boots (item).gif
• Enchanted Chainmail Boots (item).gif
• Enchanted Iron Boots (item).gif
• Enchanted Golden Boots (item).gif
• Enchanted Diamond Boots (item).gif
• Enchanted Netherite Boots (item).gif

• Enchanted Leather Boots.gif
• Enchanted Chainmail Boots.gif
• Enchanted Iron Boots.gif
• Enchanted Golden Boots.gif
• Enchanted Diamond Boots.gif
• Enchanted Netherite Boots.gif

References

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