Armor Before 1.9

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Protection

Each defense point (1⃂()) represents 4% damage reduction. A full 20 defense points indicates 80% damage reduction.

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Enchantments

See also: Enchanting "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will

Armor can be enchanted "Flame" redirects here. For the non-solid damage-dealing block, see Fire. “ How does enchanting work in Minecraft? Well, you open a magical book and pick a random spell, not quite sure knowing what it will to provide various enchantments. Enchantments can provide more protection or allow armor to protect certain types of damage that armor doesn`t normally protect against, such as fall damage or fire. Damage reduction from enchantments do not decrease the armor`s durability. Armor enchantments do not appear on the armor bar.

An armor`s material determines how enchantable it is. The higher a material`s enchantability, the greater the chances of getting multiple and high-level enchantments (see enchantment mechanics See the mechanics of Enchanting. Contents 1 Basic Mechanics 2 Bookshelf placement 2.1 Selecting an enchantment level 3 How Enchantments Are Chosen 3.1 Step One - Applying modifiers to the enchantment level for details).

Leather Leather Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 334 hex: 14E bin: 101001110 Name leather See the leather from cows and horses. For the leather	Golden Gold Blocks, Gold Ingots, Gold Nuggets, and Gold Ore. Gold may refer to: Gold Ore - an uncommon ore found deep underground, and the item received from mining it Gold Ingot - an item created	Chain	Iron Iron Blocks, Iron Ingots, and Iron Ore. Iron may refer to: Iron Ore − an ore found underground, and the item obtained by mining it. Iron Ingot − an item created by smelting Iron ore,	Diamond Diamond Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 264 hex: 108 bin: 100001000 Name diamond See the gem. For the ore, see Diamond Ore. For
15	25	12	9	10

As with several enchantments, several different levels of protection are possible. The maximum level of a protection enchantment is currently IV (4). Protection enchantments from multiple pieces of armor stack together, up to a calculated maximum.

Each protection enchantment protects against specific types of damage. The amount of damage reduction depends on the Enchantment Protection Factor (EPF) provided by that enchantment.

Enchantment	Damage reduced for	Type Modifier	EPF Level I	EPF Level II	EPF Level III	EPF Level IV
Protection	All	0.75	1	2	3	5
Fire Protection	Fire Fire Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data value dec: 51 hex: 33 bin: 110011 Name fire Fire is a harmful non-solid block. Contents 1 , lava Lava Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 500 Tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Lava dec: 10 hex: A bin: 1010 Still Lava dec: 11 hex: B bin: 1011 Name Flowing Lava flowing_lava Still , and blaze Blaze Health points 20 () Attack strength Fireball: 5 () Contact: Easy: 4 () Normal: 6 () Hard: 9 () Size Height: 1.8 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Nether Fortresses, light level of 11 or fireballs	1.25	2	4	6	9
Blast Protection	Explosions A TNT explosion. An explosion is a physical event, generally destructive, that can be caused by several different circumstances. It can destroy nearby blocks, propel and damage nearby players, entities, and their armor, and cause	1.5	3	5	7	11
Projectile Protection	Arrows Bow Type Combat Durability 385 Renewable Yes Stackable No First appearances See History Data value dec: 261 hex: 105 bin: 100000101 Name bow A bow is a ranged weapon that fires arrows. Contents 1 Obtaining 1.1 Skeletons 1.2 , ghast Ghast Health points 10 () Attack strength Impact: 6 () Explosion: varies by proximity, maximum: Easy: 9 () Normal: 17 () Hard: 25 ( × 12.5) Size Height: 4.0 Blocks Width: 4.0 Blocks Spawn The and blaze Blaze Health points 20 () Attack strength Fireball: 5 () Contact: Easy: 4 () Normal: 6 () Hard: 9 () Size Height: 1.8 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Nether Fortresses, light level of 11 or fireballs	1.5	3	5	7	11
Feather Falling	Fall damage (including ender pearls Ender Pearl Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (16) Internal ID PC: 14 PE: 87 Network ID PC: 65 Entity ID ender_pearl First appearances See History Data value dec: 368 hex: 170 bin: 101110000 Name )	2.5	5	8	12	18

The EPFs for each enchantment and level are the result of the following formula:

 floor ( (6 + level^2) * TypeModifier / 3 ) 

When a player or mob wearing armor is subjected to damage, the EPFs of all applicable enchantments are added together, capped at 25, multiplied by a random value between 50% and 100%, rounded up, and capped again at 20. The damage is then reduced by 4% per point of total effective EPF (for instance, a total effective EPF of 20 reduces damage by 80%).

Because of the caps in the calculation, it`s possible to max out protection against specific types of damage with only three pieces of armor. For instance, two pieces of armor with Blast Protection IV (EPF 11 each) and a single piece with Protection III (EPF 3) would give a total EPF of 25 versus explosions (before the remainder of the calculation). Any additional EPF would be wasted against explosions (but might be useful against other types of damage, if applicable).

If the damage is of a type that armor protects against normally, this reduction applies only to the damage that got through the armor. For instance, a full suit of diamond armor reduces damage from attacks by 80%⃢₀ₔif each piece of armor also had a Protection IV enchantment (EPF 5 each), the enchantments would further reduce damage by 40% to 80% each time, for a total damage reduction of 88% to 96% (i.e., 80%, plus 40%-80% of the remaining 20%).

It is possible, using the /give command, to obtain armor with an enchantment level higher than what is normally obtainable via normal survival. Using this method, a player could give themselves, for instance, a full set of diamond armor with a Protection V enchantment on every piece. Following the algorithm above, we find that, since Protection V has an EPF of 7, only 3 pieces of the armor need to have Protection V in order to reach the maximum 25 EPF for all types of damage (with 3 pieces of armor with Protection V and one piece with Protection IV, one`s EPF is still 26, but the step between Protection IV and Protection V is 2 EPF, so the cap would not be reached without the third piece of Protection V armor). Any higher Protection enchantments could be used to allow the cap to be reached with only one enchantment, rather than having a full set of enchanted armor, but would be wasted if all pieces shared the same level enchantment.

To calculate the average amount of extra protection given by a set of armor, use the following formula:

 (100-(total defense points of armor set * 4))*(Total EPF of Armor Set)*(4%)*(0.0075) 

To find the total protection of the armor set, simply add the extra protection to the standard percentage.