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How to Make Iron Chestplate in Minecraft
Top row: Iron Ingot, empty, Iron Ingot. Middle row: Iron Ingot, Iron Ingot, Iron Ingot. Bottom row: Iron Ingot, Iron Ingot, Iron Ingot.
What you need
- Iron Ingot×8
Worth knowing
- Eight iron ingots - the best early-game value at 6 of a full set's 15 armour points.
- 240 durability, the toughest piece of an iron set.
- Craft this first if iron is short, then leggings, then helmet and boots.
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Armour is worth enchanting before you wear it out — protection stacks better than a fresh set. Practise the grids in Craft Master. Icons from Saturation++ (Apache-2.0).