How To Use Shield In Minecraft Java

A shield is a tool used for protecting the player against attacks.

Obtaining [ ]

Crafting [ ]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Any Planks + Iron Ingot
Shield + Matching Banner		‌^{[ Java Edition only ]}

Repairing [ ]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Damaged Shield		The immovability of the two shields is added together, plus an extra v% durability. The repaired shield has no pattern.

Shields may also be repaired on an anvil by using planks or some other shield. Shields repaired on anvils retain their pattern.

Trading [ ]

Journeyman-level armorer villagers have ⁱ⁄₃‌^{[ BE only ]}/²⁄_five‌^{[ JE only ]} chance of selling a shield for 5 emeralds as their sixth merchandise.

Usage [ ]

Despite using fe in its crafting recipe, it cannot be smelted into iron nuggets.^[ane]

Defense [ ]

Shields are used for blocking incoming attacks. Using ‌^{[ JE only ]} or sneaking ‌^{[ BE just ]} causes a player to ho-hum to a sneaking pace, and afterwards v game ticks (0.25 seconds)^[2], attacks coming from in front of the player are blocked, dealing no damage. When the shield blocks an attack of 3 or stronger, it takes durability damage equal to the strength of the attack rounded up.

Most blocked projectiles that carry status effects (such as shulker bullets‌^{[ JE only ]}, flaming arrows, or tipped arrows) do not affect the blocker. Tridents & arrows tin be deflected into other targets. Knockback from melee attacks and projectiles is prevented, while knockback from explosions, hoglin, and ravager attacks are significantly reduced.

The shield directionally blocks all attacks coming from within the FOV of the direction the wielder is facing, providing a total hemisphere of coverage to them. If the wielder faces straight up, they are likely to miss their blocks.^[3]

Mobs that deal continuous contact damage such as the slime, magma cube, and blaze rapidly bleed the shield'due south durability for equally long as the shielded player remains within the mob's hitbox.^[4] ^[5]

Blockable attacks include:

Melee attacks, except by axe-wielding mobs or by a sprinting thespian wielding an axe, yet fifty-fifty without sprinting an axe all the same greatly decreases the immovability
Normal, tipped, and spectral arrows
- Arrows are totally deflected and tin striking other targets.
- Status effects do not behave through to the blocker‌^{[ JE only ]}.
  - This can be used to impairment the attacker or another mob downwardly there.
Flaming arrows
- Burning does not deport through to the blocker‌^{[ JE only ]}.
Tridents
Snowballs and eggs
Spines from pufferfish
Bullets from shulkers
- The levitation effect does not carry through to the blocker‌^{[ JE only ]}.
Spit from llamas
Fireballs, such every bit from blazes and fire charges
- Burning does not carry through to the blocker.
Directly hits from ghast fireballs
- These still cause environmental damage.
Explosion damage from creepers
TNT that another player lit
Ravager headbutts
- These still knock the blocker back by most iii blocks.
- Blocking these strikes can stun the ravager for a moment, and it roars afterward.
Ravager roars are blocked but still knock back the blocker.
Bee stings are blocked, merely bees continuously attack until the player stops blocking and the player is stung.
Beam attacks from guardians or elder guardians (but only in fifty%)

They cannot cake:

Arrows from a crossbow enchanted with Piercing
- This does not reduce the shield's durability.
Status effects from tipped arrows or shulker bullets ‌^{[ BE only ]} ^[6]
- Direct projectile harm is blocked, only the effect yet carries through.
Condition effects from splash/lingering potions, evokers' fangs, or breath from the ender dragon
Beam attacks from guardians or elderberry guardians
TNT that the blocking role player lit themselves‌^{[ JE simply ]}
TNT that a redstone machinery lit‌^{[ JE merely ]}
Teleport and fall damage
Strikes from a warden or whatsoever axe-wielding mob (e.g., vindicators, piglin brutes, zombies subsequently disabling players shield they assault another time immediately)
- Such strikes disable being able to use shields for five seconds.

Applying patterns [ ]

Shields tin can exist busy by applying a imprint design.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Shield + Matching Banner		Applies the banner blueprint to the shield. The banner is consumed. The shield must take no preexisting patterns. Does not alter existing durability or enchantments on the shield.

Unlike with banners, shields cannot be repainted or washed in a cauldron. Shields accept only half the resolution of banners, making patterns await slightly different. In the game files, the pattern textures can be found in a separate directory chosen entity/shield.

Shields with patterns can also be obtained using the same commands every bit banners, except banner has to be replaced with shield.

Enchantments [ ]

A shield can receive the post-obit enchantments, but only through an anvil:


Proper name	Max Level	Method
Unbreaking	III
Mending	I
Curse of Vanishing	I

Sounds [ ]

Audio	Subtitles	Source	Clarification	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Shield blocks	?	?	`item.shield.block`	`subtitles.item.shield.cake`	?	?	16
	Item breaks	?	When durability is wearied	`particular.shield.break`	`subtitles.entity.item.interruption`	1.0	0.9	16

Data values [ ]

ID [ ]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Shield	`shield`	Item	`item.minecraft.shield` `detail.minecraft.shield.black` `item.minecraft.shield.red` `particular.minecraft.shield.green` `item.minecraft.shield.brown` `detail.minecraft.shield.blueish` `detail.minecraft.shield.purple` `item.minecraft.shield.cyan` `detail.minecraft.shield.light_gray` `item.minecraft.shield.gray` `detail.minecraft.shield.pink` `item.minecraft.shield.lime` `item.minecraft.shield.yellow` `particular.minecraft.shield.light_blue` `item.minecraft.shield.magenta` `particular.minecraft.shield.orange` `item.minecraft.shield.white`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Shield	`shield`	`355`	Item	`item.shield.name`

Advancements [ ]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Non Today, Thank You	Block a projectile using your shield.	Arrange Up	Block any projectile with a shield.	`story/deflect_arrow`

History [ ]

July x, 2011

During an interview, Jeb says that "shields for the left arm" might be added.

Java Edition

1.nine

15w33c

Added shields.

Shields supersede the blocking functionality of swords, although blocking more impairment.

The current crafting recipe of shields includes wool, producing 16 possible colored shields. In that location currently isn't a blank, uncolored shield.

Recipe

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Matching Wool + Any Planks + Iron Ingot

Any of the colored base shields can be crafted with a banner of the same base color, to produce a patterned shield.

15w34c

When an attack is blocked by a shield, the assailant at present may be knocked dorsum.

Being attacked with an axe now may disable shield utilise for 5 seconds.

15w37a

The crafting recipe of shields has been inverse to 6 planks and 1 iron ingot.

Recipe

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Planks + Atomic number 26 Ingot

Crafting a shield at present produces a base of operations wooden shield that can be crafted together with any imprint.

The cooldown of shields has been reduced from 0.5s to 0.25s.

Blocking with shields at present prevents some side effects.^{[ verify ]}

Arrows now ricochet off shields.

15w44a

Shields can now be repaired past combining with other shields. This removes any banner that had been practical.

15w45a

Crafting a banner onto a shield now consumes the imprint.

15w47b

Added shield blocking sounds.

16w07a

Added more variation of shield blocking sounds.

pre1

The durability of shields has been increased from 181 to 337.

1.11

16w33a

Crafting a shield with a banner no longer changes the immovability, nor does information technology remove enchantments from it.

16w35a

Shields now block 100% of damage/knockback/debuffs dealt in melee gainsay.

1.13

17w47a

Prior to The Flattening, this particular's numeral ID was 442.

i.13.2

release

Shields now properly block attacks when the player is facing downwards.^[7]

i.14

18w43a

The texture of shields has been changed.

Shields no longer knockback attackers when they cake due to a bug with rework of the blocking mechanic with the introduction of the ravager.^[8]

19w11a

Shields can now be bought from armorer villagers.

1.14.3

Pre-Release 3

Shields blocking flaming arrows no longer put the histrion on fire.

Upcoming Coffee Edition

Gainsay Tests

1.xiv.3 - Gainsay Test

Critical hits now featherbed shields.

The warm-up delay has been removed from shields.

When in the off-hand, shields now activate when sneaking.

Combat Test 2

Shields now protect against critical attacks again.

Shields can only be activated when the weapon is charged to 200%.

Combat Examination 3

A "Shield Indicator" choice that displays when the shield is active, similar to the assail indicator, has been added.

An option to hide shields when active has been added.

The arc of available protection of shields has been decreased to 100 degrees instead of 180 degrees.

Gainsay Test 4

An option to disable shields being activated by pressing hunker has been added.

The pick to hibernate the shield has been removed.

Combat Examination vi

Shields now protect up to v damage for melee attacks (however 100% against projectiles).

Shields actuate instantly regardless if the weapon is charged, similar to Combat test 1.

Shields at present recover faster afterward an attack.

Combat Test 7c

Shields now add together a 50% knockback resistance when active.

Shields now protect against 100% explosion damage.

Combat Test 8c

The knockback calculations for shields have been fixed.^{[ more information needed ]}

Crouch-shielding while jumping has been disabled.

Shields with banners are at present temporarily stronger than normal shields (10 assimilation instead of v, and meliorate knockback resistance) to examination dissimilar shield types.

Bedrock Edition

1.10.0

beta i.x.0.3

Added shields.

Shields cannot be customized with banners.

Shields are activated past crouching or mounting mobs.

one.11.0

beta one.xi.0.4

Shields can at present be bought from armorer villagers.

one.sixteen.210

beta 1.16.210.51

At present grants partial knockback protection from the goat ram attack.

1.16.220

beta one.16.220.50

Mobs that pick up shields now place them to their off-mitt.

1.eighteen.30

beta 1.eighteen.30.26

Existence attacked with an axe at present may disable shield use. This was not mentioned in the official changelog.^[9]

PlayStation 4 Edition

1.xc

Added shields.

Shields do not accept banner application features.

Issues [ ]

Issues relating to "Shield" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues at that place.

Gallery [ ]

One of the first images of shields. Jeb wearing diamond armor while holding a creeper-emblazoned shield during MineCon 2015.
Histrion holding the default shield.
A player blocking with a shield.
An enchanted shield.

References [ ]

↑ MC-111738
↑ MC-100949 – Shield blocking is delayed
↑ MC-109101 – Shields do not block damage while the player faces direct up
↑ MC-169167
↑ MCPE-119451
↑ MCPE-52904
↑ MC-92019 – resolved equally "Fixed"
↑ MC-147694
↑ "We missed a change in recent changelogs for the Bedrock beta that you may similar - nosotros have at present fabricated a parity fix that makes shields become disabled for 5 seconds when attacked past an Axe-wielding mob or histrion. Nosotros volition make sure to list this properly in the next beta :)" – @kingbdogz on Twitter, March 17, 2022