Iron Helmet

Iron Helmet

Rarity tier	Common
Durability	165
Armor	2 ()
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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Iron helmet is a type of helmet crafted from iron ingots.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Iron Ingot

Natural generation

Two armor stands are found in each taiga village outdoor armory, one of them equipped with an iron helmet.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition
Iron Helmet	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	12% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12006249999999996, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Armorer's chest	1	31.8% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.31807250976562496, "structure": "Village", "container": "Armorer's chest" }
		Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.6% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2564122099176498, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Helmet	End City	Chest	1	13.3% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13275806146330638, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Iron Helmet	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.6% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11648616558453506, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Armorer's chest	1	31.8% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.31807250976562496, "structure": "Village", "container": "Armorer's chest" }
		Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.6% { "item": "Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2564122099176498, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Enchanted Iron Helmet	End City	Chest	1	13.3% { "item": "Enchanted Iron Helmet", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13275806146330638, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }

Mob loot

Zombies, husks, skeletons, strays, bogged, piglins, and zombified piglins have a small chance to spawn 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 the helmet they're wearing upon death unless they are spawned from an ominous trial spawner. The dropped helmet is usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted with enchantment levels 5-19.

In Bedrock Edition, vindicators and pillagers spawned in raids have a 4.16% chance (5.128% on hard difficulty) to drop an iron helmet. The dropped helmet is usually badly damaged, and has a 50% chance of being enchanted with a random enchantment.

Trading

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
	JE	BE
Novice Armorer	40%	25%	5 × Emerald	Iron Helmet

Usage

When worn, an iron helmet provides 2 () armor points.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Damaged Iron Helmet		The durability of the two helmets is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	[hide]Description
2x Damaged Iron Helmet		The durability of the two helmets is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	[hide]Anvil recipe
Damaged Iron Helmet + Iron Ingot	Iron Helmet

An iron helmet can be repaired in an anvil by adding iron ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% the helmet's maximum durability, rounded down. Two iron helmets can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the helmet's enchantments.

Enchantments

A helmet can receive the following enchantments. Note that while iron and chainmail have the same durability, chainmail has a higher enchantability than iron or diamond.

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Protection	Increases overall damage reduction.	IV	Enchanting TableAnvil	10
Projectile Protection	Increases damage reduction against projectiles.	IV	Enchanting TableAnvil	5
Blast Protection	Increases damage reduction against explosions.	IV	Enchanting TableAnvil	2
Fire Protection	Increases damage reduction against fire.	IV	Enchanting TableAnvil	5
Thorns	Deals returning damage to attackers.	III	Enchanting TableAnvil	1
Respiration	Extends breathing time underwater.	III	Enchanting TableAnvil	2
Aqua Affinity	Increases underwater mining speed.	I	Enchanting TableAnvil	2
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting TableAnvil	5
Mending	Repairs the helmet when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The helmet vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1
Curse of Binding	Removes the ability to de-equip the helmet.	I	Anvil	1

Armor trimming

It is possible to upgrade armor with trims. This requires a smithing template, an iron helmet, and an ingot or crystal (iron ingot, copper ingot, gold ingot, netherite ingot, emerald, redstone dust, lapis lazuli, amethyst shard, nether quartz, diamond, or resin brick).

These trims have no effect on the gameplay or strength of the armor.

Ingredients	[hide]Smithing recipe
Any Armor Trim + Iron Helmet + Any Ingot/Crystal

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	[hide]Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget	Iron Helmet + Any fuel	0.1

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Iron armor clanks	Players	When an iron helmet is equipped	item.armor.equip_iron	subtitles.item.armor.equip_iron​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Item breaks	Entity-Dependent	When a helmet's durability is exhausted	entity.item.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	When an iron helmet is equipped	armor.equip_iron	1.0	1.0
	Players	When a helmet's durability is exhausted	random.break	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	[hide]Translation key
Iron Helmet	iron_helmet	Item	None	item.minecraft.iron_helmet

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Iron Helmet	iron_helmet	343	Item	item.iron_helmet.name

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Iron Man	Wear a full suit of Iron Armor.	—	15	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Suit Up	Protect yourself with a piece of iron armor	Have any type of iron armor in the inventory.

History

[hide]Java Edition Classic
August 13, 2009							Notch tested armor models on mob. Only chestplates and helmets were available. They were merely aesthetic at the time and had no effect on gameplay.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Added plate helmets..
							Plate armor models have been tested on zombies and skeletons. It had no effect on gameplay.
[hide]Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091223-0040				Plate armor models are no longer used.
			20091231-2255				Added iron helmets. They were taken from one of notch's games, Legend of the Chambered 2.
20100212-1210							Iron helmets can now be crafted.
20100218							Added models for iron helmets.
							Iron helmets can now be worn.
							Helmets now give 3 () and have durability.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				The armor protection behavior has been changed. Prior 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)). Armor no longer reduces certain damage types to be covered by enchantments.
			October 3, 2011				The first images of a player wearing enchanted armor are revealed.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Iron helmets can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Helmets can now be enchanted.
1.1			12w01a				Iron helmets can now be found in the new blacksmith chests in villages.
1.2.1			12w06a				Zombies now drop iron helmets on rare occasions and zombie pigmen now drop golden helmets.
1.3.1			12w15a				⇧ Shift+clicking can now be used to wear helmets.
			12w21a				Blacksmith villagers now sell iron helmets for 4–5 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.
1.5			13w04a				Helmets in the player's hand can now be equipped by right-clicking.
							Dispensers can now equip nearby players with helmets.
1.8			14w02a				Armorer villagers now sell iron helmets for 4–6 emeralds.
			14w05a				Iron helmets no longer turns red when mobs and players are hurt.
			14w06a				Helmets are now visible on giants.
1.9			15w31a				Enchanted iron helmets can now be found in end city 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				Helmet durability now affects armor value.
			15w36a				Armor and armor enchantment calculations have been changed. For the original values, see here.
			15w36d				Helmet durability affecting value has been removed.
							Iron helmets now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
			16w02a				Armor and armor enchantment calculations have been changed again.
			16w05a				Armor calculations have been changed, once again.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of iron helmet has been changed.
			18w50a				Iron helmets can now be found on armor stands in taiga villages.
			19w11a				Armorer villagers now sell iron helmets for 5 emeralds.
1.16			20w07a				Added textures and models for iron helmets when they are used by piglins.
			pre3				The special helmet models and textures created for piglins have been removed.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Helmets can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
							There are 10 types of material that determine the color of the trim: Iron, Copper, Gold, Lapis, Emerald, Diamond, Netherite, Redstone, Amethyst, and Quartz
			23w05a				Helmets can now have trims of the same material it is made out of.
			23w06a				Swapped iron and iron_darker palette, then made iron_darker darker overall.
1.19.4			23w05a				Helmets can now be swapped by using them in the hotbar.
1.20			23w12a				The pattern textures of dune and sentry armor trims are changed.
							Those previous patterns were left with different names: dune was renamed sentry and sentry was renamed shaper.
1.20.5			24w03a				Helmets can now receive Thorns through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added iron helmets.
v0.9.0			build 1				Iron helmets now naturally generate in village chests and in stronghold altar chests.
v0.11.0			build 11				Helmets now protect against damage from mobs only.
v0.12.1			build 1				Helmets can now be worn by mobs.
v0.15.0			build 1				Helmets can now be obtained from strays and husks that naturally spawn with armor.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Enchanted iron helmets can now be found inside chests within end cities.
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Iron helmets helmets are now sold by armorer smith villagers via trading.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Iron helmets can now be smelted down into iron nuggets.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of iron helmet has been changed.
							Iron helmets now can be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Iron helmets now can be found in savanna, taiga, desert, snowy taiga and snowy tundra village weaponsmith chests.
							Iron helmets can now be found in village armorer chests.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron helmets.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Helmets can now be trimmed using a smithing table.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added iron helmet.
							Added a quick equip for armor to the inventory interface.
TU14		1.05					Item repair can now repair helmets.
							Blacksmith villagers now sell iron helmets for 4–5 emeralds.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Mob armor has been introduced. A partial or full set of any armor is now sometimes worn by zombies, skeletons.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Iron helmets no longer turns red when mobs and players are hurt.
TU25	CU13						Iron helmets now have the quick equip functionality.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Armorer villagers now sell iron helmets for 4–6 emeralds.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Enchanted iron helmets can now be found in end city chests.
							Iron helmets now have an attribute controlling the defense points.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Iron helmets can now be smelted down into iron nuggets.
			1.90				The texture of iron helmet items have been changed.
			1.91				Pillagers and vindicators that spawn in raids can now drop iron helmets.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added iron helmet.

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  First image of armor.

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Armor durability from Indev until late Beta

Leather	Golden	Chainmail	Iron	Diamond
33	66	66	132	264

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 298, 302, 306, 310 and 314.​

Issues

Issues relating to "Iron Helmet" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

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  Enchanted appearance when worn

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  Enchanted appearance in inventory

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  A zombie wearing an iron helmet in Survival Test.

External links

• Taking Inventory: Helmet – Minecraft.net on February 20, 2020