Smithing Template

Smithing Template

Upgrade

Armor Trim

Rarity tier	Netherite Upgrade, Sentry, Dune, Coast, Wild, Tide, Snout, Rib, Wayfinder, Shaper, Raiser, Host, Flow, Bolt: Uncommon Ward, Eye, Vex, Spire: Rare Silence: Epic
Renewable	Ward and Silence: No All others: No (except via vault)
Stackable	Yes (64)

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        "Coast Armor Trim",
        "Dune Armor Trim",
        "Wayfinder Armor Trim",
        "Raiser Armor Trim",
        "Shaper Armor Trim",
        "Host Armor Trim",
        "Ward Armor Trim",
        "Silence Armor Trim",
        "Tide Armor Trim",
        "Snout Armor Trim",
        "Rib Armor Trim",
        "Eye Armor Trim",
        "Spire Armor Trim",
        "Flow Armor Trim",
        "Bolt Armor Trim"
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A smithing template is an item used with a smithing table to apply a decorative alteration to a tool or armor. The template is consumed when used, but can be duplicated using an existing template, its material, and diamonds.

The 18 armor trim smithing templates are found in a variety of generated structures and are used to apply various decorative trims to armor with its color determined by the used material. Netherite upgrade smithing templates are used to upgrade diamond equipment to netherite, and are only found in bastion remnants and guaranteed in treasure rooms.

Variants

There are 19 types of smithing templates, of which 18 are armor trim templates and 1 is an upgrade template.

Upgrade smithing template:

• Netherite Upgrade

Armor Trim smithing templates:

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

Some armor trim patterns are based on a mob or block found in the same structure as the corresponding smithing template. For example, the snout armor trim resembles a piglin.

With 18 total armor trim smithing templates and 4 armor slots, excluding materials, enchantments, and colors, 18⁴ or 104,976 template combinations are possible for a full armor set.

There are 6 types of armor: Leather, Chainmail, Iron, Gold, Diamond and Netherite.

Since leather can be dyed, and there are 16,777,216 possible combinations, that brings up an amount of 1,610,622,456 combinations. There are 11 colors, meaning that there are 104976 × 1,610,622,456 × 11 = 1,859,843,732,351,616 possible trimmed armor variations (2,308,877,219,972,136 if counting both trimmed and untrimmed).

Obtaining

Smithing templates can be found in various structures and can be duplicated by crafting the smithing template with seven diamonds and its corresponding material.

Mob loot

Elder guardians have a 20% chance to drop 1 tide armor trim upon death. Looting doesn't affect this percentage, and the elder guardian doesn't need to be killed by a player in order for the trim to drop.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	10% { "item": "Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09999999999999998, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Treasure chest	1	100% { "item": "Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 1, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
		Hoglin stable chest	1	10% { "item": "Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09999999999999998, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Generic chest	1	10% { "item": "Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09999999999999998, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template	Pillager Outpost	Chest	2	25% { "item": "Sentry Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template	Woodland Mansion	Chest	1	50% { "item": "Vex Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.5, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }
Wild Armor Trim Smithing Template	Jungle Pyramid	Chest	2	33.3% { "item": "Wild Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Jungle Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template	Shipwreck	Treasure chest	2	16.7% { "item": "Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.16666666666666663, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Treasure chest" }
		Map chest	2	16.7% { "item": "Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.16666666666666663, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Map chest" }
		Supply chest	2	16.7% { "item": "Coast Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.16666666666666663, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }
Dune Armor Trim Smithing Template	Desert Pyramid	Chest	2	14.3% { "item": "Dune Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.1428571428571429, "structure": "Desert Pyramid", "container": "Chest" }
Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template	Ancient City	Chest	1	5% { "item": "Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.050000000000000044, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
Silence Armor Trim Smithing Template	Ancient City	Chest	1	1.2% { "item": "Silence Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.012499999999999956, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Treasure chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
		Hoglin stable chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Generic chest	1	8.3% { "item": "Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Rib Armor Trim Smithing Template	Nether Fortress	Chest	1	6.7% { "item": "Rib Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.06666666666666665, "structure": "Nether Fortress", "container": "Chest" }
Eye Armor Trim Smithing Template	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	10% { "item": "Eye Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09999999999999998, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
		Library chest	1	100% { "item": "Eye Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 1, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Library chest" }
Spire Armor Trim Smithing Template	End City	Chest	1	6.7% { "item": "Spire Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.06666666666666665, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Flow Armor Trim Smithing Template	Trial Chambers	Ominous Vault	1	22.5% { "item": "Flow Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22499999999999998, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Ominous Vault" }
Bolt Armor Trim Smithing Template	Trial Chambers	Vault and reward chest	1	6.3% { "item": "Bolt Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0625, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Vault and reward chest" }
Wayfinder Armor Trim Smithing Template	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3% { "item": "Wayfinder Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Raiser Armor Trim Smithing Template	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3% { "item": "Raiser Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Shaper Armor Trim Smithing Template	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3% { "item": "Shaper Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Host Armor Trim Smithing Template	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	8.3% { "item": "Host Armor Trim Smithing Template", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08333333333333337, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }

Note: In woodland mansions, only chests with random loot have the chance to contain the Vex Smithing Template; chests in the "Allium room", "Sapling farm", "Tree-chopping room" and "Fake End portal room" always generate with the same loot, specific to their respective rooms.

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Diamond + Matching Smithing Template + Netherrack or Block of Copper or Cobblestone or Sandstone or End Stone or Breeze Rod or Terracotta or Cobbled Deepslate or Blackstone or Purpur Block or Prismarine or Mossy Cobblestone	2222222222222222222

Duplication

Item	Material
Netherite Upgrade	Netherrack
Sentry Armor Trim	Cobblestone
Vex Armor Trim	Cobblestone
Wild Armor Trim	Mossy Cobblestone
Coast Armor Trim	Cobblestone
Dune Armor Trim	Sandstone Smooth Sandstone‌ Cut Sandstone‌ Chiseled Sandstone‌
Wayfinder Armor Trim	Terracotta
Raiser Armor Trim	Terracotta
Shaper Armor Trim	Terracotta
Host Armor Trim	Terracotta
Ward Armor Trim	Cobbled Deepslate
Silence Armor Trim	Cobbled Deepslate
Tide Armor Trim	Prismarine Prismarine Bricks‌ Dark Prismarine‌
Snout Armor Trim	Blackstone
Rib Armor Trim	Netherrack
Eye Armor Trim	End Stone
Spire Armor Trim	Purpur Block Purpur Pillar‌
Flow Armor Trim	Breeze Rod
Bolt Armor Trim	Block of Copper Waxed Block of Copper

In Bedrock Edition, spire, tide, and dune armor trims can be duplicated with more blocks than in Java Edition. In addition to the normal blocks, tide armor trims can be duplicated using prismarine bricks or dark prismarine, dune armor trims can be duplicated with smooth sandstone, cut sandstone, or chiseled sandstone, and spire armor trims can be duplicated with purpur pillars.

Usage

Smithing ingredient

Smithing templates are used at a smithing table. Armor trim smithing templates are used to customize an armor piece's appearance by using an armor trim, an armor piece, and a trim material.

Ingredients	[hide]Smithing recipe
Any Armor Trim + Any Armor Piece + Any trim material

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Smithing with style	Apply these smithing templates at least once: Spire, Snout, Rib, Ward, Silence, Vex, Tide, Wayfinder	Each of these smithing templates must be used.	30	Gold

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Crafting a New Look	Craft a trimmed armor at a Smithing Table	—
	Smithing with Style	Apply these smithing templates at least once: Spire, Snout, Rib, Ward, Silence, Vex, Tide, Wayfinder	—

History

[hide]Java Edition
24 January 2023							Armor trimming first mentioned in an announcement on minecraft.net.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Added smithing templates behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			23w05a				Smithing templates can be used to trim leather armor.
							Gold, iron, diamond, and netherite armor can be trimmed with their respective material.
							The dune, coast, wild, and sentry armor trims now always generate two templates in a chest when found.
							Increased the chances for all smithing templates that generate in chest loot to spawn: Netherite upgrade chance to find increased from 3.2% to 10%. Coast chance to find increased from 11.1% to 16.7%. Dune chance to find increased from 11.1% to 14.3%. Eye chance to find increased from 4.7% to 10% in altar chests, and to 100% in library chests. Rib chance to find increased from 4.7% to 6.7%. Sentry chance to find increased from 20% to 25%. Snout chance to find increased from 4.7% to 8.3%. Spire chance to find increased from 4.7% to 6.7%. Vex chance to find increased from 4.7% to 50%. Ward chance to find increased from 4.7% to 5%. Wild chance to find increased from 20% to 33%.
1.20			23w12a				Smithing templates are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
							Added wayfinder, raiser, shaper, host, and silence armor trim smithing templates.
							Changed the textures of the sentry and dune armor trim 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.
			23w16a				Wayfinder, raiser, shaper, and host armor trim no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
							Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins; wayfinder, raiser, shaper, and host armor trim now are in the rare loot.
			23w17a				The probability of the wayfinder, raiser, shaper, and host armor trim to generate in suspicious gravel in trail ruins has been changed from 1/11 to 1/12.
							The player now gets the advancement "Crafting a new look" when they craft a trimmed armor at a smithing table using a smithing template, "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 armor trim smithing templates behind the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
1.21			24w18a				Bolt and flow armor trims are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
							Bolt and flow armor trims now count for the advancement "Crafting a New Look".
			24w21a				Waxed blocks of copper can now be used to craft bolt armor trims.
1.21.2			24w33a				Smithing template items are now named after their template type instead of the generic "Smithing Template" name, except for the coast armor trim.
			24w35a				The coast armor trim is now named after its template type as well.
			24w36a				All equippable items with an equipment model defined support rendering trims, based on the trim component.
							Trim textures will be loaded from the appropriate folder in the textures/trims/entity directory.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Added smithing templates behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
			Preview 1.19.80.22				Added wayfinder, raiser, shaper, host, and silence armor trim smithing templates.
							Changed the textures of the sentry and dune armor trim 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 1.20.0.21				Smithing templates are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
			Preview 1.20.0.24				Added the achievement "Smithing with style", unlocked when the player applies 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 armor trim smithing templates.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.22				Bolt and flow armor trims are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Smithing templates were originally named "smithing blueprints" during development; this was changed because the word "blueprint" sounded too modern and technical.
• When Gnembon was working on armor trims, he accidentally messed up their rendering, making them jet through the player's body in a weird fashion, similar to what appears in Salvador Dalí's paintings where a hand might poke through a forehead.
• When lapis lazuli is used as trim material, it is called "Lapis" instead of its full name "Lapis Lazuli"; this is the only instance of the abbreviation "Lapis" being used in-game.
• The flow armor trim is the only armor trim not to use a block as its duplicating material, using the breeze rod.

Gallery

Armor trim patterns

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  Sentry armor trim

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  Vex armor trim

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  Wild armor trim

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  Coast armor trim

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  Dune armor trim

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  Wayfinder armor trim

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  Raiser armor trim

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  Shaper armor trim

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  Host armor trim

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  Ward armor trim

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  Silence armor trim

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  Tide armor trim

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  Snout armor trim

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  Rib armor trim

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  Eye armor trim

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  Spire armor trim

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  Bolt armor trim

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  Flow armor trim

Official artwork

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  Sunny is wearing amethyst armor trims.

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  A warden chasing Alex holding the silence armor trim.

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  Alex adding the silence armor trim and amethyst on iron armor.

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  Alex is wearing the trimmed iron armor.

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  Noor working on trimmed iron armor.

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  Ari and Noor with trimmed armor.

Screenshots

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

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  A display of various armor trims, on netherite armor using emerald as the trim material.

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  A display of all armor trim colors, using the ward trim on a netherite helmet.

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  A display of all colors of the silence armor trim on all armors.

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  A screenshot of every armor trim in every color (besides quartz) on leather armor.

Mojang screenshots

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  Redstone trims on diamond armor.

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  A large amount of armor trims.

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  Several different trims on armor sets.

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  Emerald on gold.

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  Xilefian showing how armor trims work.

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  Xilefian showing how armor trims work.

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  Xilefian showing how armor trims work.

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  Official screenshot of Alex and Zuri wearing armor trims.

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  Copper trims on netherite armor.

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  A lineup of trims.

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  Kai wearing trimmed armor in a basalt delta.

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  More trims.

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  Armor trims on armor stands.

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  Noor in front of several sets of armor.

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  Noor wearing several trims in a field.