How do you get Diamond Chestplate in Minecraft?

Diamond Chestplate is crafted from Diamond at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from End City chest loot, not just the recipe above.

How much durability does Diamond Chestplate have?

Diamond Chestplate has 528 points of durability, so it lasts about 528 uses. Of the 13 diamond items with a bar, Diamond Chestplate sits at 528, while Diamond Pickaxe reaches 1561. Two enchantments touch that bar on Diamond Chestplate: Unbreaking stretches what it has, Mending puts it back as you collect experience.

How much protection does Diamond Chestplate give?

Diamond Chestplate adds 8 armor points of the 20 a full set of diamond armor is worth, which is 32% off a light hit and 80% with the rest of the set. Against a hard hit some of that comes back off Diamond Chestplate, and 2 armor toughness on Diamond Chestplate is what limits how much: Diamond Chestplate keeps more of its value the harder you are hit.

Where do you find Diamond Chestplate in chests?

Diamond Chestplate is chest loot in bastion treasure chests (about 26%), end city chests (about 13%), ominous trial chamber vaults (about 10%), and woodland mansion chests (roughly 1 in 11). It shows up in 5 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

How many Diamond Chestplate can you stack?

One Diamond Chestplate per slot, since Diamond Chestplate does not stack, and every one then costs 8 Diamond. A shulker box tops out at 27 of them, one per slot.

Can Diamond Chestplate be enchanted?

Yes. 9 enchantments apply to Diamond Chestplate: Protection, Fire Protection, and Blast Protection, all on Diamond Chestplate, plus Projectile Protection, Thorns, and Unbreaking, and on Diamond Chestplate also Mending, Curse of Vanishing, and Curse of Binding. It has an enchantability of 10, so the same experience buys more here than on a material with a lower figure.

What is Diamond Chestplate used for?

Diamond Chestplate is worn for protection, so it takes the hit instead of you. A chest armor piece providing 8 armor points. The single best armor slot for damage reduction.

When was Diamond Chestplate added to Minecraft?

Diamond Chestplate was added in the 1.0 full release.

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Diamond Chestplate

A chest armor piece providing 8 armor points. The single best armor slot for damage reduction.

Stack Size

Durability

528

Diamond Chestplate at a glance

Diamond Chestplate comes from crafting and End City chest loot, and Armor is where it sits as a piece of armor. One slot, one Diamond Chestplate: nothing stacks here, and nine of them fill a hotbar. 27 chest slots take 27 of them. Expect 528 uses out of Diamond Chestplate, with repairs on an anvil to stretch it further; it takes enchantments too.

The enchantment pool for Diamond Chestplate runs to 9, including Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection, and Projectile Protection. Worn, Diamond Chestplate is worth 8 armor points of the 20 a full set of diamond armor is worth. Diamond also carries 2 armor toughness, which is what keeps a heavy hit from cutting straight through the points. With 528 durability, Diamond Chestplate lasts 528 light hits, or about 176 blows of twelve damage, because a piece loses one point of durability for every four damage in a single hit. The table reads Diamond Chestplate at 10 enchantability (level with armadillo scute), with chainmail at 12 above it and iron at 9 below. Of the 5 kinds of generated chest that can hold Diamond Chestplate, bastion treasure chests are the best bet at about 26% per chest. It sits between Diamond Boots and Diamond Helmet in Armor, number 6 of 43 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Diamond
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Diamond Chestplate
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Diamond Chestplate has the grid for Diamond Chestplate

How to obtain

Crafting
End City chest loot

Enchantments

Protection Fire Protection Blast Protection Projectile Protection Thorns Unbreaking Mending Curse of Vanishing Curse of Binding

Click an enchantment to view details on the Enchantments database.

Notes

Provides 8 armor points and 2 armor toughness. Cannot be worn with Elytra at the same time.

Frequently asked questions about Diamond Chestplate

How do you get Diamond Chestplate in Minecraft?
Diamond Chestplate is crafted from Diamond at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from End City chest loot, not just the recipe above.
How much durability does Diamond Chestplate have?
Diamond Chestplate has 528 points of durability, so it lasts about 528 uses. Of the 13 diamond items with a bar, Diamond Chestplate sits at 528, while Diamond Pickaxe reaches 1561. Two enchantments touch that bar on Diamond Chestplate: Unbreaking stretches what it has, Mending puts it back as you collect experience.
How much protection does Diamond Chestplate give?
Diamond Chestplate adds 8 armor points of the 20 a full set of diamond armor is worth, which is 32% off a light hit and 80% with the rest of the set. Against a hard hit some of that comes back off Diamond Chestplate, and 2 armor toughness on Diamond Chestplate is what limits how much: Diamond Chestplate keeps more of its value the harder you are hit.
Where do you find Diamond Chestplate in chests?
Diamond Chestplate is chest loot in bastion treasure chests (about 26%), end city chests (about 13%), ominous trial chamber vaults (about 10%), and woodland mansion chests (roughly 1 in 11). It shows up in 5 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
How many Diamond Chestplate can you stack?
One Diamond Chestplate per slot, since Diamond Chestplate does not stack, and every one then costs 8 Diamond. A shulker box tops out at 27 of them, one per slot.
Can Diamond Chestplate be enchanted?
Yes. 9 enchantments apply to Diamond Chestplate: Protection, Fire Protection, and Blast Protection, all on Diamond Chestplate, plus Projectile Protection, Thorns, and Unbreaking, and on Diamond Chestplate also Mending, Curse of Vanishing, and Curse of Binding. It has an enchantability of 10, so the same experience buys more here than on a material with a lower figure.
What is Diamond Chestplate used for?
Diamond Chestplate is worn for protection, so it takes the hit instead of you. A chest armor piece providing 8 armor points. The single best armor slot for damage reduction.
When was Diamond Chestplate added to Minecraft?
Diamond Chestplate was added in the 1.0 full release.

Building with it

Eight diamonds is the single largest armour cost in the game, and the chestplate returns eight armour points for it, more than any other slot. With 528 uses it also lasts longest, which is why it is usually the first piece to get Protection IV and Unbreaking III.

In practice

Eight diamonds is enough for a full pickaxe, a sword and a spare, so the chestplate is the piece players put off longest. The argument for making it anyway is simple: it absorbs a larger share of incoming damage than any other slot, and Protection IV multiplies that share rather than adding to it.

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