Smithing

The smithing table interface.

Smithing is a mechanic that allows players to upgrade tools and armor both in material and in appearance through the use of a smithing table.

Equipment

A smithing table and three ingredients are required for each smithing action the player wishes to perform. Each time working on a smithing table, the player must provide a smithing template, armor/tool, and an augmenting material.

Upgrading

While upgrading, the newly crafted netherite gear retains the enchantments, prior work penalty, and number of durability points lost (instead of the remaining durability) from the diamond gear. Upgrading gear does not remove incompatible enchantments, such as multiple different Protection enchantments.

Unlike anvils, using a smithing table to upgrade diamond gear to netherite gear costs no experience and does not increase the prior work penalty.

When upgraded to netherite, all items are granted resistance to fire and lava when dropped in the world, and their durability and enchantability are increased. Swords and tools (except for hoes) deal a higher attack damage and the mining speed of tools is improved as well. Each piece of netherite armor gives 10% of knockback reduction, protecting 40% with a full set. Armor toughness is also increased.

Trimming

A display of all armor trims in every color on netherite armor

Trimming allows players to customize an armor piece's appearance by applying a material using one of the following smithing templates. During trimming, the decorative pattern applied to the armor corresponds to the trim used, with the color determined by the used material. The template is consumed in the process.

Template

• Bolt Armor Trim
• Coast Armor Trim
• Dune Armor Trim
• Eye Armor Trim
• Flow Armor Trim
• Host Armor Trim
• Raiser Armor Trim
• Rib Armor Trim
• Sentry Armor Trim
• Shaper Armor Trim
• Silence Armor Trim
• Snout Armor Trim
• Spire Armor Trim
• Tide Armor Trim
• Vex Armor Trim
• Ward Armor Trim
• Wayfinder Armor Trim
• Wild Armor Trim

Material

• Amethyst Shard
• Copper Ingot
• Diamond
• Emerald
• Gold Ingot
• Iron Ingot
• Lapis Lazuli
• Nether Quartz
• Netherite Ingot
• Redstone Dust
• Resin Brick

All trims are purely decorative, and don't impact gameplay in any way. Piglins do not pick up any gold-trimmed armor pieces and remain hostile towards players wearing gold-trimmed armor, unless the base armor is also golden. Non-netherite armor pieces trimmed with netherite still burn if dropped in fire or lava.

Most armor trims cover a small portion of the armor piece's surface with the trim material, except for the silence armor trim, which allows the trim material to cover a majority of the armor piece's surface.

Armor with a trim can be trimmed again by applying another template to it; the old trim pattern is overwritten in the process. Therefore, one piece of armor cannot possess multiple trims at the same time.

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

If the armor material and the trimming material are the same, the color palette used for the armor trim is darker.

List of color palettes for all materials

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List of tooltip text colors for all materials

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Armor trim renders

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  Bolt armor trim

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  Coast armor trim

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  Dune armor trim

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  Eye armor trim

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  Flow armor trim

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  Host armor trim

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  Raiser armor trim

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  Rib armor trim

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  Sentry armor trim

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  Shaper armor trim

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  Silence armor trim

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  Snout armor trim

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  Spire armor trim

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  Tide armor trim

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  Vex armor trim

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  Ward armor trim

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  Wayfinder armor trim

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  Wild armor trim

Achievements

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Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Cover me in debris	Wear a full set of Netherite armor	Have a full set of Netherite armor in your inventory.	50	Gold
		Smithing with style	Apply these smithing templates at least once: Spire, Snout, Rib, Ward, Silence, Vex, Tide, Wayfinder	—	30	Gold

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Cover Me in Debris	Get a full suit of Netherite armor	Have a full set of netherite armor in the inventory.
	Crafting a New Look	Craft a trimmed armor at a Smithing Table	—
	Serious Dedication	Use a Netherite Ingot to upgrade a Hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices	Have a netherite hoe in the inventory.
	Smithing with Style	Apply these smithing templates at least once: Spire, Snout, Rib, Ward, Silence, Vex, Tide, Wayfinder	—

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.16			20w10a				Added smithing, as smithing tables now have a GUI.
							Currently, diamond gear is upgraded to netherite using only netherite ingots.
			20w17a				The UI of smithing tables has been improved.
			20w22a				The hammer in the UI of smithing tables has been shifted to the left slightly, and the text has moved up.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Added netherite upgrade, sentry, vex, wild, coast, dune, ward, tide, snout, rib, eye, and spire smithing templates.
							The interface of the smithing table has updated to include smithing templates.
							Armor can now be trimmed by using a smithing template at a smithing table.
							Upgrading diamond armor to netherite armor now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
1.20			23w12a				Added wayfinder, raiser, shaper, host, and silence smithing templates.
							The pattern textures of dune and sentry armor trims are changed from to . Those previous patterns were left with different names: dune was renamed sentry and sentry was renamed shaper.
			23w17a				The player now get the advancement "Crafting a new look" when they craft a trimmed armor at a smithing table using a smithing template, and "Smithing with style" when they apply these smithing templates at least once on their armor: spire, snout, rib, ward, silence, vex, tide, and wayfinder.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w11a				Added bolt and flow smithing templates.
1.21.4			24w44a				Resin clump is now used as a material for trimming armor.
			24w45a				Resin brick is now used as a trim material instead of resin clump
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Added smithing, as smithing tables now have a GUI.
							Currently, diamond gear is upgraded to netherite using only netherite ingots.
			beta 1.16.0.63				The UI of smithing tables has been improved.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Added netherite upgrade, sentry, vex, wild, coast, dune, ward, tide, snout, rib, eye, and spire smithing templates.
							The interface of the smithing table has updated to include smithing templates.
							Armor can now be trimmed by using a smithing template at a smithing table.
							Upgrading diamond armor to netherite armor now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
			Preview 1.19.80.22				Added wayfinder, raiser, shaper, host, and silence smithing templates.
							The pattern textures of dune and sentry armor trims are changed from to . Those previous patterns were left with different names: dune was renamed sentry and sentry was renamed shaper.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.24				The player now get the achievement "Smithing with style" when they apply these smithing templates at least once on their armor: spire, snout, rib, ward, silence, vex, tide, and wayfinder.
1.20.80 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.80.22				Added bolt and flow smithing templates.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.25				Resin clump is now used as a material for trimming armor.
			Preview 1.21.50.28				Resin brick is now used as a trim material instead of resin clump

Issues

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