Minecraft's New Armor Is Insane

Would be sick if they added a feature where you could add a glow Inc sac to make the trim more vibrant/glow

its awesome that Minecraft is taking the initiative to make it more fun and rewarding for exploring

This seems like one of the cooler updates in a video game recently honestly

They should definitely do this with weapons/tools next!

They need to add trims for shields now like that would be awesome

We should be able to use the echo shards for this!
Imagine Armor with trims that have that sculk-ish look to it! 😁

I think this will add a bit of flavor for multiplayer. instead of everyone running around in identical armor, you can identify your friends from a distance.

Worth pointing out that the Rib trim (the one that Jordan points out doesn't "pop" as much as he thought diamond would) actually makes the trim darker! All other materials used will have a darker tone when used with this smithing template. Quartz works amazingly well with the Rib trim for a skeletal armour type look :)

This gives me throwbacks to the minecraft story mode armor, can't wait for 1.20!

Just wanna mention that the rib trim seems to always have muted colors. So diamond will have more contrast on other trims.

This is actually such a nice, simple yet full options, kind of feature

You actually can put a netherite trim on netherite armor, and it looks slightly different to regular netherite armor. You do it by applying the trim to a piece of diamond armor and then upgrading the diamond armor to netherite.

I reckon a glow stone trim that produces light would be pretty nifty and a magma block would also make for a cool designed trim.

lets not forget that you can mix and match armours with different patterns and colours which adds even more customizability

This reminds me of the Visual Enchantments mod, where enchantments changed the appearance of your armour depending on the type of enchantment. Giving you a wide range of customisability.

I love how this sends customizability through the roof. No more will your entire server look the same with the same old iron, then gold, then diamond gear. Everyone can look unique.

Wow insane that Minecraft is still receiving fairly big updates this much later after it's release, one game that really never did any wrong by anyone, always been good.
I may not play as much as I did when I was 12, if at all, but it's a cool game to go back to. Glad that every time I go back there is new stuff to explore

I absolutely love this addition!! A unique item that makes you explore and fight bosses! Love it

I'm really hoping they apply this to tools as well because it would make it so much easier to tell between your silk touch pickaxe and your fortune pickaxe, and especially easier to find which tools are yours when your friend picks up your items when you die.

While it is a little more expensive and rare to find these things it will be so much fun customizing armor and I'm glad mojang is starting to make diamonds have more use in the game, instead of just collecting dust in the chest

I think there should be an ability to "coat" armor as well, coating works like dyeing leather, in that you coat your armor in a different material like you can do here with trims to change its color (corresponding to the armors color, so netherite armor thats coated would appear darker than expected due to netherite being a darker material)

My first thought when I saw gold trim was, "Will the gold trim make it so Piglins won't attack you as if you wore gold armor?"

In my opinion, this is the greatest update ever! It adds many options to customise your armor and make it look way better; the golden netherite and amatyst armor sets look amazing!

Hands down one of the best cosmetic updates, my man you know how long it’s been since we all wanted something like this.

This is going to lead to crazy armor hall challenges

I think it would be nice if different armour trims and their materials would give bonus's to the armour set which would allow better incentive to hunt down these armour trims

This is genuinely awesome. I can see how this can be good for things like factions servers, or rp servers like Dream SMP where different trims and colors could be used to represent different factions or nations

imagine all the cool rooms you could do with all the armor combinations in the game, that would be so viby, like a treasure room kinda

This is gonna be great for faction type servers and "clan" wars. Its also a nice way to wrap the color of your base around what you wear to explore.

Would be a nice addition to be able to apply more patterns to armors similar to banners with the loom. But just the trims as is are already a nice direction for the future of MC

I can feel the "Get every armor trim in the game" achievement coming for me.

Sidenote: 6:55 Different trims applies color differently. Rib trim give of a less vibrant color no matter what material you use, therefore diamond looks less vibrant in this case

It would be nice if you could have the option of the trim colour affecting the enchantment colour, though maybe i'm reaching too far with that. It seems like the purple could clash with some the look some people want.

I think you got confused with the materials that get applied to the armors. The different templates will define the pattern the armor will have, but then you can use any other mineral to apply the color. There are patterns which make diamond look really good.

This looks like straight out of a 2014 modpack
Love it

This is really just that cosmetic update no one knew they needed, i am exited for the trims!

This’ll be really fun for faction servers.

To add another function to the smithing table, they should make rosegold armor that you can get by upgrading gold armor with copper ingots or something. It would make copper more useful too

I really want the option to put trims on leather armour. Combining them dyed armour pieces would create some really nice uniforms.

For everyone wondering, to use the snapshot, if it isn't working, before you make the world, go to data packs and enable the 1.20 experimental features.

It would be cool if they were to make the different trims do different things like giving the tide water breathing, or the wild the ability to jump further or run faster. I would make a list of things the armor types could do but I don't have that kind of time

would be cool if you could also find an "upgrade trim" that in combination with a material would give you a unique ability but wouldn't change the looks of the armour (you could combine 1 "visual trim" with 1 "upgrade trim" )

Glad they’re putting more customization into the game along to go along with banner shields :)

I really enjoy the little stuff because it all eventually adds up just like every other update. But at the same time, people really look more into the BIGGER updates like the caves and cliffs, the deep dark, the nether, etc. So I hope they keep it up on and make the next big update something noice😎

It would be cool if the trims applied a certain buff depending on the trim theme

efects for each would be nice. like for the desert trim you get some movment speed on sand and the nether armor gies you fire resistance

Seems like a neat idea, kind of a shame they don’t have with unique buffs, even tiny ones but still cool

This is insane! I always felt like the netherite part is a bit boring from the point where you are full netherite. Also Elder Guardians are finally worth hunting down, it always felt like ocean monuments were just something to pass by since 8 gold blocks weren't worth the frustration of mining fatigue...
If this feature gets a bit optimized and the dupe gets fixed, Minecraft will finally (hopefully) be a fun grind like back in the days and I really miss that!

I really hope they add echo shards as a trim option and have it pulse like the skulk. That’d be really cool.

I also like the gold trim because of the way netherite ingots are made being a gold and ancient debris alloy so it's almost like the gold showing in the netherite

i made my own combination of trims, you put tidal on the helmet, wild on the chestplate, tidal on the leggings, and eye on the boots. it makes for a cool set in my opinion.

this honestly feels like a mod, excited to experience this

I was hoping to see these different templates actually have each of their own specific functions. For example the template you get from the elder guardian lets you do more damage while in water. Something simple that makes each of these templates not only aesthetically pleasing, but functional in their own ways.

Perhaps you could modify the armour eventually. Into the Medium Armour (what we have) then like a Heavy and Light ones. Heavy gives more hearts perhaps and light gives a little bit more movespeed or something? Or it could just be cosmetic, that'd be neat too.

7:16 You can apply netherite patterns to netherite armor if you apply the netherite trim pattern on the diamond armor before upgrading it. A lot of them have very subtle variations you wouldn't notice, but the vex pattern makes the netherite chestplate look like it just survived an explosion.

idk if it's been mentioned already but re the colour of diamond looking close to lapis: this is because you used it on the rib trim, and all the colours show up notably darker on that one. it's an interesting choice and kinda a shame that it's the only one - it would have been cool to see even just one that went lighter/brighter than the default colours

This is one of the best updates we've had in years

Imagine if they added custom enchant glints so you can match them to your preferred trim

This is just answering the question of "how much drip can we give our players" and I'm so excited to see what kind of mix and match shenanigans can be made

This update is great also because it gives diamonds more use and value. There was a while when diamonds got kind of under-utilized

thank you mr sparklez for reviewing the insane armor

this is my fav update. also, i recomend coastal with emerald, it is so vibrant,and just looks SO GOOD.

would be sick if they added stats depending on the material you trim with

I love that they're making armor customizable, but I honestly wish it had some functionality to it, so depending on what trim you used the armor would serve a different purpose or give different benefits

this looks so cool! I want this kind of armor immediately, but I'm too lazy

Would be sick if the different armor templates gave the players buffs for having an entire set, like the full wild armor set would give you a haste buff like what a beacon does, but passively, the tide gives you water breathing, etc. Just because there doesn't seem to be a purpose for all of this apart from being purely cosmetic; I think it'd make it a lot more fun to give me a reason to actually get different sets with different upgrade patterns.

One thing that will make the enchanted version of these armors wayy better is if the trims have their own glow or shine corresponding to the color it is whenever its enchanted !.. Almost like neon strips on your armor.. Might look VERY COOL !

I think the choice to make Netherite slightly more difficult to get was a good call. I felt as if it was a little too easy before.

idea that would make it actually worth is: each trim gives a unique upgrade to the armour piece like tide giving extra damage in water and snout giving extra knockback

They should make it able to glow from glow squids, and make a dye able version to get the full color range! Please!!!

Oh dang...This was my main selling point on Leather armor (the fact that you can customize the colors), but this changes EVERYTHING!
Genuinely thought this was a mod at first lol. Actually hyped for this.

I'm excited for this, but also worried it's going to make netherrite even more grindy than it currently is. HOWEVER, this is a step in the right direction

This will be useful for team games since you can have everyone have the same variety of armor but with a different trim for each team. Like diamond trim for blue team, gold trim for yellow team, etc.

I mean this is pretty cool. I would like, ideally, for this system to become close in function to Tinkers or Tetra. The upgrades and accents look nice but I want to feel like I'm fine-tuning my armor for function, not just making it look pretty.

i realy like the look of the new armor, but does it also have a practical use? that would be VERY cool.

each type of the template if you have the full set of that specific template gives buffs too but instead of protection or bonus damage or anything like that some give extra hearts or a weak regeneration or if a mob hits you it might push everything away from you or even stuff like gives an extra level to certain enchantments like imagine unbreaking 4. i also feel like would be good to add to the smithing table is chestplate elytra but make it super expensive so it takes longer to achieve and get rid of the duping system so people are more prone to explore and its like a final upgrade to your armor and weapons. if they do this right it could be the biggest update in gear sinse netherite

They basically added Philza‘s netherite armor and tools texture as a feature with more customizations, I love it and this also gives diamonds more uses since it had fallen off since netherites introduction

I feel like this could be a use for growth in the actual game, more armor options could open up options for buffs, certain armors being better than others, enchantments being better compatible with certain armors, set bonuses, a ton of interesting things. Then could grow the game from there, add more content, more enemies, places to go, things to do.

Would be nice to see some wandering trader specific trims and when they add archeology, some prehistoric trims.

It would be cool if the trims gave different effects, like a 5% speed boost for Redstone or something

I find this really cool because it gives diamonds more use in the very late endgame stages, so it doesn't just pile up uselessly

Fun Fact: The rib trim makes all ores darker.
Also, Tide trim has a 20% to drop lol

It would be cool if certain armor trims offered small additions like you’ll be mining one minute and all of a sudden you get a small burst of haste.

It would be really cool if each armor type had special effects.

Actually the diamonds look a lot more "diamondy" if you use other patterns. That specific one just makes it rly dark for some reason.

Great for team colours and that extra customisation. The extra requirements for netherite armour kinda makes sense but its not so great making something more time consuming

This is pretty cool. It feels like tinkers construct is slowly being made into vanilla.

I've heard complaints about how netherite shouldn't cost so much more diamond, but I think it is a good choice because it lets the netherite upgrade feel like an actual upgrade. Normally people spend very little time in diamond gear and usually jump to netherite as soon as they can. After getting diamond gear, we now have a reason to keep mining diamonds.

i thought this was a mod at first glance nope its official I'm so finally excited to get vanilla armor upgrades like this and to me they look fantastic!

throws me back to the mod showcases! The new sets look sick

I should mention this in my investigations, rib trim darkens all the colors, in fact all of the trim templates have slight changes to the colors. so diamond is really vibrant with other templates. i personally love the gold rib trim it gives a rusted orange and its gorgeous

It would be really cool if they added buffs for each template that buffed you at the location you find the templates. Like +1 damage or defense in fortresses or end cities or whatever, like yeah now its harder to get but its even better and there's more than cosmetic incentive to collect all templates

The gold trims gave me nostalgia to Minecraft Story Mode, finding that Golden Armor before fighting the giant rock golem. Good times, and an incredible new addition

This is really cool, bet they're gonna love this for tournaments and team based stuff on servers

I love how Minecraft is constantly making the game better and listening to feedback from it's community. W Game

What if the armor trim had effects with each trim. That would be awesome.

I think it’s awesome that you get the different designs from all over the place so you really have to adventure everywhere to collect them all

for a long time now I've been using a mod to make armor invisible simply because I prefer looking at my skin rather than the same armor for the 2000th time but now I'll definitely have to take off that mod, these are so sick

i'm curious what they'll look like when they're enchanted. the purple glow might make it more obscure to notice the trims but an easy fix that comes to mind would be customizable color glows

i hope they also make it so that different templates gives you additional boosts to your armors and possibly tools if they add that in.