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Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template
Miscellaneous

Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template

A smithing template used at a smithing table to apply the rare Ward trim pattern to a piece of armor. Cannot be crafted directly.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.20

Item ID

ward_armor_trim_smithing_template

Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template at a glance

Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template, an item out of chest loot, sits under Miscellaneous. A slot of Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

One is enough: Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template copies itself at a crafting table for seven diamonds and a block of cobbled deepslate, and hands back two. Generated chests only ever hold Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template in one place: ancient city chests (roughly 1 in 20). It sits between Ward Armor Trim and Water Bucket in Miscellaneous, number 136 of 147 there.

How to obtain

  • Chest loot

Notes

One of the rarest templates, found only in ancient city chests. Can be duplicated with 7 diamonds and a deepslate block.

Frequently asked questions about Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template

  1. Chest loot leading to Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template, the way this answer says Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template arrives

    How do you get Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template in Minecraft?

    Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template is obtained through chest loot. No recipe exists for Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template: what you see above is how it enters the game.

  2. Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.20

    When was Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template added to Minecraft?

    Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template was added in version 1.20.

  3. One Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template and diamonds giving two Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template back

    Can you duplicate Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template?

    Yes, and one Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template is all you ever need to find. Seven diamonds around Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template, with a block of cobbled deepslate in the centre, give two Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template back. The centre block on Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template is not interchangeable: this pattern wants cobbled deepslate, because cobbled deepslate is what the structure Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template came out of is built from.

  4. 64 Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template can you stack?

    One slot of Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template is 64, but ancient city chests give one at a time, so a full slot is 64 separate finds.

  5. Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template used for?

    A smithing template used at a smithing table to apply the rare Ward trim pattern to a piece of armor. Cannot be crafted directly.

  6. A chest beside Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template in chests?

    Ward Armor Trim Smithing Template is chest loot in one place and one only: ancient city chests (roughly 1 in 20). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

Building with it

The Ward trim is an ancient city template, as rare as Silence and found in the same chests deep under a deepslate biome. Duplication asks for seven diamonds and a cobbled deepslate block. The pattern is the widest in the set, which is why players save it for a full netherite suit rather than a single piece.