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Rib Armor Trim
Miscellaneous

Rib Armor Trim

A smithing template used in a smithing table to apply the Rib trim pattern to armor. It can be duplicated using its template, diamonds and netherrack.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.20

Item ID

rib_armor_trim

Rib Armor Trim at a glance

Miscellaneous holds Rib Armor Trim: an item out of natural world generation. Stack Rib Armor Trim 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest.

Rib Armor Trim sits between Red Dye and Rib Armor Trim Smithing Template in Miscellaneous, number 108 of 147 there.

How to obtain

  • Natural generation

Notes

Not a block. Found in nether fortress chests. Consumed when trimming armor unless duplicated first.

Frequently asked questions about Rib Armor Trim

  1. Rib Armor Trim as it appears in the game, the item this answer is about

    How do you get Rib Armor Trim in Minecraft?

    Rib Armor Trim is obtained through natural world generation. There is no crafting grid that makes Rib Armor Trim.

  2. Rib Armor Trim on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Rib Armor Trim used for?

    A smithing template used in a smithing table to apply the Rib trim pattern to armor. It can be duplicated using its template, diamonds and netherrack.

  3. Rib Armor Trim coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.20

    When was Rib Armor Trim added to Minecraft?

    Rib Armor Trim was added in version 1.20.

  4. 64 Rib Armor Trim drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Rib Armor Trim can you stack?

    One slot of Rib Armor Trim is 64, but nether fortress chests give one at a time, so a full slot is 64 separate finds.

Building with it

Rib trims come from Nether fortresses, and the bone pattern suits a set worn in the Nether. Trims never change armour points or durability, so the choice between patterns is entirely about how you want to look on a server.

In practice

The rib pattern comes from Nether fortresses, the same corridors that supply blaze rods and wither skulls. On blackened netherite it nearly disappears, and on iron with a gold trim it stands out sharply, which is why the material choice matters more here than the pattern does. Rib templates sit in Nether fortress chests, the same corridors that hold blaze spawners. That makes a rib trim a by-product of the blaze rod trip almost every world needs anyway, and copying it takes seven diamonds and netherrack.