How do you get Golden Boots in Minecraft?

Golden Boots is crafted from Gold Ingot, at a Crafting Table. Golden Boots also comes from chest loot, not just the Golden Boots recipe above.

What is Golden Boots used for?

Golden Boots is worn for protection, so Golden Boots takes the hit instead of you. Foot armor providing 1 armor point. Wearing any piece of gold armor stops piglins from attacking.

How many Golden Boots can you stack?

One Golden Boots per slot, since Golden Boots does not stack, and every Golden Boots costs 4 Gold Ingot. 36 inventory slots of Golden Boots is 36 Golden Boots and no more.

Can Golden Boots be enchanted?

Yes. Alongside Protection, Fire Protection, and Blast Protection, all on Golden Boots, plus Projectile Protection, Thorns, and Unbreaking, and on Golden Boots also Mending, Curse of Vanishing, and Curse of Binding, Golden Boots reach 4 that belong to boots alone: Feather Falling, Depth Strider, Frost Walker, and Soul Speed. Enchantability sits at 25 for Golden Boots, and that number is why two materials with the same table give different results.

How much durability does Golden Boots have?

91 points. That is how many uses Golden Boots have before breaking. Of the 9 golden items with a bar, Golden Boots sit at 91, while Golden Chestplate reaches 112. Unbreaking and Mending both fit Golden Boots, and between them the bar on Golden Boots stops being a hard limit: one slows the wear, the other undoes it.

How much protection does Golden Boots give?

Golden Boots add 1 armor point of the 11 a full set of gold armor is worth, which is 4% off a light hit and 44% with the rest of the set. Against a hard hit some of that comes back off Golden Boots, and gold gives Golden Boots no armor toughness, so Golden Boots lose more of their value the harder you are hit.

Where do you find Golden Boots in chests?

Golden Boots is chest loot in ruined portal chests (about 21%), bastion chests (about 19%), and bastion bridge chests (about 11%). Those odds on Golden Boots are per chest, and Luck moves Golden Boots no higher.

When was Golden Boots added to Minecraft?

Golden Boots was added in the 1.0 full release.

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Golden Boots

Foot armor providing 1 armor point. Wearing any piece of gold armor stops piglins from attacking.

Stack Size

Durability

Overview

Golden Boots are pieces of armor in the Armor category of Minecraft, obtained through crafting them and chest loot. Golden Boots cannot be stacked, so they take up a full inventory slot each. With a base durability of 91 uses, they can be repaired and enchanted.

When enchanted, it can carry 13 different enchantments, including Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection, and Projectile Protection. Worn, Golden Boots are worth 1 armor point of the 11 a full set of gold armor is worth. With 91 durability, Golden Boots last 91 light hits, or about 30 blows of twelve damage, because a piece loses one point of durability for every four damage in a single hit. At the enchanting table Golden Boots take an enchantability of 25: leather at 15 is the next one down. Of the 3 kinds of generated chest that can hold it, ruined portal chests are the best bet at about 21% per chest.

Crafting Recipe

Crafting
Gold Ingot
Gold Ingot
Gold Ingot
Gold Ingot
Golden Boots
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting: full step-by-step guide for Golden Boots

How to Obtain

Crafting
Chest loot

Applicable Enchantments

Protection Fire Protection Blast Protection Projectile Protection Feather Falling Depth Strider Frost Walker Soul Speed Thorns Unbreaking Mending Curse of Vanishing Curse of Binding

Click an enchantment to view details on the Enchantments database.

Notes

Gold armor has the highest enchantability of any armor material but low durability.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you get Golden Boots in Minecraft?
Golden Boots is crafted from Gold Ingot, at a Crafting Table. Golden Boots also comes from chest loot, not just the Golden Boots recipe above.
What is Golden Boots used for?
Golden Boots is worn for protection, so Golden Boots takes the hit instead of you. Foot armor providing 1 armor point. Wearing any piece of gold armor stops piglins from attacking.
How many Golden Boots can you stack?
One Golden Boots per slot, since Golden Boots does not stack, and every Golden Boots costs 4 Gold Ingot. 36 inventory slots of Golden Boots is 36 Golden Boots and no more.
Can Golden Boots be enchanted?
Yes. Alongside Protection, Fire Protection, and Blast Protection, all on Golden Boots, plus Projectile Protection, Thorns, and Unbreaking, and on Golden Boots also Mending, Curse of Vanishing, and Curse of Binding, Golden Boots reach 4 that belong to boots alone: Feather Falling, Depth Strider, Frost Walker, and Soul Speed. Enchantability sits at 25 for Golden Boots, and that number is why two materials with the same table give different results.
How much durability does Golden Boots have?
91 points. That is how many uses Golden Boots have before breaking. Of the 9 golden items with a bar, Golden Boots sit at 91, while Golden Chestplate reaches 112. Unbreaking and Mending both fit Golden Boots, and between them the bar on Golden Boots stops being a hard limit: one slows the wear, the other undoes it.
How much protection does Golden Boots give?
Golden Boots add 1 armor point of the 11 a full set of gold armor is worth, which is 4% off a light hit and 44% with the rest of the set. Against a hard hit some of that comes back off Golden Boots, and gold gives Golden Boots no armor toughness, so Golden Boots lose more of their value the harder you are hit.
Where do you find Golden Boots in chests?
Golden Boots is chest loot in ruined portal chests (about 21%), bastion chests (about 19%), and bastion bridge chests (about 11%). Those odds on Golden Boots are per chest, and Luck moves Golden Boots no higher.
When was Golden Boots added to Minecraft?
Golden Boots was added in the 1.0 full release.