Minecraft Netherite armor is arguably the best armor set in the game, a powerful protective set that has higher stats than the Diamond from which it's derived, as well as being immune to lava. Admittedly, that won't protect the person wearing it as much, but if you die in a pool of the famously lethal Minecraft magma, the armor itself will float harmlessly on the surface without burning up, allowing you to come back and get it. It's superb late-game gear, so if you want to know how to get the Netherite Armor in Minecraft, here's how you can craft it for yourself.
How to craft Netherite armor in Minecraft
To craft Netherite armor in Minecraft, players have to create it from a base set of Diamond Armor. The process goes as follows:
1. Get some Minecraft diamonds and craft a full Diamond armor set.
2. Acquire a Smithing Table. You can take them from villages, or craft your own by placing two iron ingots over a 2x2 square of wooden planks.
3. Place a Diamond armor set piece in the Smithing Table along with a Netherite Ingot, as shown above.
4. This will provide a Netherite armor piece, "upgrading" the existing Diamond armor into Netherite.
5. Repeat for every Diamond armor piece until you have the full Netherite set.
Upgrading Diamond armor in this way actually carries over existing enchantments (and lost durability) over to the new Netherite armor, rather than creating a fresh, unchanged piece. Keep this in mind when choosing what to improve. Also, if you don't know how to find Minecraft Netherite, our attached guide will help you track it down.
Want some gear to match that armor? Find out how to get Minecraft Netherite tools here!
Netherite armor has +1 Armor Toughness and +1 Knockback Resistance compared to Diamond armor, along with a considerably higher durability. One of the biggest bonuses to everything Netherite is that it floats in lava too!
So if you die in the Nether or in a sneaky lava pool in a cave, your Netherite equipment will be safe, as long as you get back before it despawns. It'll take a while to acquire a full set of Netherite armor but when you do, you'll be sorted for a long time.
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