Overview
Golden Leggings sit at 3 armour points and 105 durability, which puts them below iron on both counts and makes them, on paper, the weakest legs worth crafting. In practice their role is the same as the rest of the gold set: an enchanting platform and a piglin passport. The enchantability of 25 means a level-30 table produces better rolls on gold than on any other material, and because leggings are the only slot that accepts Swift Sneak, a cheap gold pair is a reasonable place to park an ancient city book until you have diamond legs to move it onto. That transfer works either way round — anvil the enchanted gold leggings together with diamond ones, or extract the enchantment to a book with a grindstone first. As a Nether accessory, any single gold piece keeps piglins neutral, so if you would rather keep a diamond helmet on your head, the leggings do the same job just as well. Seven ingots is the price, and gold accumulates quickly from bartering. A bastion trip in mixed armour is the practical use, and it costs almost nothing to arrange.
Cheap high-level enchantment rolls in the one slot that accepts Swift Sneak, and an alternative gold piece for keeping piglins neutral if you want a better helmet on.
Golden Leggings is one of the 6 variants of this shape in the game. What changes between them is the material, and with it the hardness, the drops, the durability and the recipe — so every figure on this page is this variant's own. Chainmail Leggings is the same shape in a different material.
In Minecraft, Golden Leggings is an armour item. Expect 105 uses before it breaks. Repair it on an anvil with Gold Ingot, or combine two damaged copies.
It accepts enchantments at an enchanting table or anvil. Every copy occupies a full inventory slot. It is crafted from Gold Ingot.
It goes into exactly one recipe: Gold Nugget.
About the golden armour set
How to get it
Craft 1 from 7 Gold Ingots. At 105 durability they last roughly half as long as iron leggings, but gold's enchantability of 25 is more than double iron's 9.
Tips
- Any single gold piece placates piglins, so wear these instead of the helmet if your head slot is enchanted.
- Gold is the best material to gamble Swift Sneak or Protection IV on before moving it to diamond legs.
- Grindstone a poor roll to recover some experience rather than throwing the leggings away entirely.
- Do not fight in them — 105 durability disappears in one badly judged cave trip.
Properties
Golden Leggings lasts 105 uses before it breaks, and Gold Ingot repairs it on an anvil. Two worn copies can also be merged, on an anvil or a grindstone. Unbreaking III roughly quadruples the lifespan, and Mending replaces the repair cost with experience. Worn, it adds 3 armour points. Its enchantability of 25 decides how good the enchanting table's offers are: the higher the number, the more often a level-30 table offers the top-tier enchantment rather than a weak one. Golden Leggings does not stack — each one occupies an inventory slot of its own.
- Repaired with
- Gold Ingot
- Category
- Armour
How it compares to the rest of the set
Every tier of leggings in the game, side by side, so the trade-off is visible in one place: Golden Leggings sits 4 of 6.
The armour column is the points each piece adds and the toughness column is what blunts a heavy hit. Gold looks cheap on paper and wears out fastest; Netherite Leggings is the end of the line at 555 durability.
| Item | Durability | Armour | Armour toughness | Enchantability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather Pants | 75 | 2 | — | 15 |
| Chainmail Leggings | 225 | 4 | — | 12 |
| Iron Leggings | 225 | 5 | — | 9 |
| Golden Leggings | 105 | 3 | — | 25 |
| Diamond Leggings | 495 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| Netherite Leggings | 555 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Golden Leggings
Used to craft
Golden Leggings is an ingredient in 1 recipes, producing Gold Nugget.
Enchantments it can take
9 enchantments can be applied to Golden Leggings: Curse of Binding, Blast Protection, Fire Protection, Mending, Projectile Protection, Protection, Swift Sneak, Thorns, and Unbreaking.
Curse of Binding, Mending, and Swift Sneak are treasure enchantments and never appear at an enchanting table — they come from loot chests, fishing or villager trades only.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you make Golden Leggings in Minecraft?
Golden Leggings is crafted from Gold Ingot.
What is the stack size of Golden Leggings?
Golden Leggings does not stack at all. Every one you carry takes an inventory slot of its own, which is the practical limit on how many you take on a trip.
How much durability does Golden Leggings have?
Golden Leggings has 105 durability, and can be repaired on an anvil with Gold Ingot.
Can Golden Leggings be enchanted?
Yes — 9 enchantments apply to it, at an enchanting table with fifteen bookshelves, or from an enchanted book on an anvil. Mending is usually the one worth hunting for, because it removes the repair cost entirely.
The rest of the set
Golden Leggings is one of 6 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
