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How To Make Horse Armor In Minecraft

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make horse armor in Minecraft.

Minecraft horse armor helps to protect your horse from an attack. There are 4 different types of horse armor - leather, iron, golden and diamond horse armor.

You can make leather horse in Minecraft (which we show step-by-step below), but you have to find iron, gold and diamond horse armor (which we show in the video).

How To Get Horse Armor Video Tutorial

In this video, watch as we show you how to find horse armor, how to put armor on a horse, and other fun facts.

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Available Platforms

Edition Platform Available
Java Edition Windows, Mac & Linux PC's Yes
Bedrock Edition Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Fire OS, Windows 10 PC's Yes
Education Edition Mac, iOs 12, Windows 10 PC's Yes
PlayStation Edition PlayStation 3 & 4 Yes

Required To Make Leather Horse Armor

  • 7 Leather

Steps To Make Horse Armor

Step 1. Open Your Crafting Menu

To make leather horse armor, let's open your crafting table in Minecraft. You should see the same grid as in the image below.

Open the crafting table

Step 2. Add The Leather To The Menu

In the crafting table, add the 7 leather to the grid.

You must add the leather to the grid exactly as shown in the image below. In the 1st row place down 1 leather in the 1st box and 1 leather in the 3rd box. In the 2nd row place down 3 leather, one in each box. In the 3rd row place down 1 leather in the 1st box and 1 leather in the 3rd box. This is the Minecraft leather horse armor recipe.

Add The Leather To The Menu

Now that you've added the leather to the grid as described above, you'll notice the horse armor appear in the box on the right.

Step 3. Move The Horse Armor To Your Inventory

After the horse armor has been crafted, you'll need to drag it down to your inventory so you can use it.

Move The Horse Armor To Your Inventory

That's it! You now have leather horse armor. Minecraft horse armor helps to protect your horse from an attack.

How to make horse armor in Minecraft

Minecraft Leather Horse Armor Command

You can also use a Give Command to make leather horse armor in Minecraft. The command is available in the following game editions:

  • Java Edition
  • Pocket Edition
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows 10 Edition
  • Education Edition

To run the leather horse armor command in Minecraft, open your chat window and enter the command below depending on the version you have.

Java Edition 1.13 and higher command

/give @p leather_horse_armor 1

PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition

/give @p horsearmorleather 1 0

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