Armor Sets

Armor Sets

Emerald Essentials introduces two full armor sets: Emerald Armor (high enchantability and protection) and Ruby Armor (endgame durability, armor toughness, and knockback resistance).

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🛡️ Armor Statistics Comparison

Stat	Leather	Iron	Emerald	Diamond	Ruby	Netherite
Helmet Defense	1	2	3	3	3	3
Chestplate Defense	3	6	7	8	8	8
Leggings Defense	2	5	6	6	6	6
Boots Defense	1	2	3	3	3	3
Total Armor Points	7	15	19	20	20	20
Armor Toughness	0	0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
Knockback Resistance	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.05 (per piece)	0.1
Enchantability	15	9	25 (Best in game)	10	18 (Superior)	15
Durability Multiplier	x5	x15	x22 (~360-520)	x33 (~530)	x38 (~600-880)	x37 (~590)

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💎 Emerald Armor Set

The Emerald Armor Set (emerald_helmet, emerald_chestplate, emerald_leggings, emerald_boots) provides balanced protection superior to Iron and competitive with Diamond:

• Total Defense: 19 Armor Points (9.5 shields).
• Armor Toughness: +1.0 per piece.
• Extreme Enchantability: Rated at 25, it easily rolls level 30 enchantments such as Protection IV, Unbreaking III, and Mending, making it one of the easiest sets to perfect at an enchanting table.
• Repair Material: Standard minecraft:emerald.

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🔴 Ruby Armor Set

The Ruby Armor Set (ruby_helmet, ruby_chestplate, ruby_leggings, ruby_boots) represents elite progression between Diamond and Netherite:

• Total Defense: 20 Armor Points (10 full shields).
• Armor Toughness: +2.0 per piece (+8.0 total set), dramatically reducing high-damage attacks from bosses and creepers.
• Inherent Knockback Resistance: Each piece provides +0.05 knockback resistance (+0.20 for the complete set), preventing the player from being knocked off cliffs or into lava.
• Durability: Significantly exceeds standard Diamond gear.
• Repair Material: emerald_essentials:ruby.

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🎨 Armor Trim Compatibility

Both Emerald and Ruby armor sets are fully registered in the vanilla Minecraft 1.21.1 #trimmable_armor item tag.

• Fully compatible with all 16 vanilla Smithing Templates (Coast, Dune, Eye, Host, Raiser, Rib, Sentry, Shaper, Silence, Snout, Spire, Tide, Vex, Ward, Wayfinder, Wild, and Bolt).
• Compatible with all material trim ingots (Amethyst, Copper, Diamond, Emerald, Gold, Iron, Lapis, Netherite, Quartz, and Redstone).
• Render textures utilize standard vanilla equipment model layer mappings (equipment/humanoid/ and equipment/humanoid_leggings/).