The Useless History of Chainmail Armor in Minecraft

Chainmail has been in Minecraft for over 10 years now. Why has it always been so useless?
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[@heftysun176973]

"We have chains, why can't we craft chainmail?" Because there's no mail item yet, duh.

[@jackrutledgegoembel5896]

this is gold

[@wikipediabeats2k369]

@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 no, it really isnt

[@ratiocitopia]

@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 nah it’s chainmail

[@ZNotFound]

@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 Chains in Minecraft are made of iron, not gold.

[@michaelcheung7217]

@Zytran L he's saying it's a funny joke, not that chainmail is actually made out of gold

[@eli_lucht]

I remember when I was really young, I thought chainmail was better than diamond because I could never find it.

[@aetu35]

same

[@ytuser4562]

When I was young I thought it meant that you literally couldn’t be touched because my friend said so. Lol

[@jokerobama6857]

I thought it will be extra armor defence points that will be used under the armor plates

[@smithjomamma969]

I remember in MC PE when leather was released and I swapped it for my diamond gear. Tried fighting the new endermen, let’s just say I lost the leather armor.

[@dancinggorilla9132]

@@jokerobama6857 That would be really cool.

[@boglurker2043]

back during beta, a lot of servers would have their moderators and admins wear chainmail armor to show that they were actually staff. because back then we had no native player list.

[@Federico-mj3si]

That's such a cool idea

[@SuperPickle15]

Maybe for pure vanilla servers, but custom chat tags/colors were the way to identify staff since the very early days before survival was even a thing.

[@adscomics]

A friend of mine actually had an interesting idea where chainmail armor would vanish with you if you took an invisibility potion. Minecraft has already done things to give weaker armor some utility (gold armor to keep piglins away, and leather boots to walk on powdered snow). It'd be cool if they gave chainmail some innate magical property that lets it vanish with you when you're invisible.

[@Lumac0s]

honestly thats a great use for chainmail, was thinking something about fire protection but ig netherite already has it (i think) but idk something about how chainmail was used in other games having this fire resistance to it would be fantastic to impliment into mc, and to also buff its durabillity and armor points by a little so its not on the same level as gold armor (if you get what I mean)

[@pal9916]

gold also has better enchants in the enchantment table than other armors

[@matheuscabral9618]

Good idea

[@reginlief1]

We could pretend iron is conductive to invisibility effects, but that a potion’s worth is only enough for the smaller amount of iron used in a chainmail set.

[@snwmat]

i feel like using chainmail to counter against melee attacks, since chainmail in real life was made for slicing blows so we can have chainmail have more protection against melee than iron, but as strong as gold against ranged attacks

[@mashucha]

“Chain mail armor could actually be crafted!” Man I feel old, it looks like it’s supposed to be a surprise but I already knew this from playing for 8 years

[@sakesaurus1706]

ikr, catering to the newbies in the audience who haven't played beta

[@nath7754]

@@sakesaurus1706 Its not even that, i started at version 1.5 and learned about the chainmail crafting because of youtube back then

[@sakesaurus1706]

@@nath7754 ikr, yet the recent version which was like 1.9 got such a jump in popularity,so even ppl like you are minority

[@capnjack2454]

I played since the first update on Xbox. I watched minecraft vids all the time and have for years and didn't even know this

[@vipidd]

I played since I was 6 years old and I didn't know this, probably because I played the first P.E update when you could regenerate from food

[@iam3gion204]

"Whats the point of chainmail armor" Collect a set. Put it on an armor stand. The end

[@randallmokjialung3592]

Exactly what I used to do back then lmao

[@robbieaulia6462]

No chainmail armor is a way of being naked and not naked in minecraft in the same time

[@coolkid7029]

Enchant it with all the best enchantments too

[@adrielcruz2736]

@@robbieaulia6462 so it’s basically a silk robe

[@WatercraftGames]

And then it gets stolen

[@Khy._]

As someone who's played MC for around 10 years, it's insane to think that there are people that never knew Chainmail had a recipe. Makes me feel old honestly lmao

[@howtobecomeasupervillain]

Yeah. I haven't even been playing for that long but I still remember all the videos showing that recipe with "HOW TO MAKE CHAINMAIL!!! (NOT CLICK BAIT)!!!"

[@plane_a]

Lol, I didn’t try to craft it in survival, so I didn’t know you can’t 😂 I only wore it when I got tons of it from upgrading my villagers, and then I understood that I can just smelt it all 😂

[@vizthex]

same :'c

[@MrBones-td6qn]

Honestly I like the idea of Chainmail as a status symbol, something that is crazy hard to get but if you have sets of it on armor stands it shows your dedication.

[@talltroll7092]

Wear a full set of chainmail to eat your cake. It's the only refined way to do it

[@MsDestroyer900]

I don't find it to be very showing of status personally. If you're the kinda guy with maxed netherite, chances are, you can make maxed chainmail in about 5 or 10 minutes as well.

[@joseph560]

It used to be much harder to get. You can get it from traders now. I still think it looks cool tho

[@maddixoliver476]

@@MsDestroyer900 yea I haven’t really done much on this new world yet but I can get tons on tons of chainmail from my mob farm and looting III it’d take like 10 min

[@BaconMaken]

I have sets of chainmail on armor stands. They're trophies proving that I killed multiple zombies and skeletons.

[@dourdaur]

Imagine if chainmail would've been stacked under your current armor, boosting armor rating, but not durability

[@dumpsterfire4269]

I can just imagine how OP it would be using enchanted chainmail under enchanted netherite armor

[@jamesisafk]

I was about to comment that but you commented it first

[@ElectricGun100]

Maybe only leather?

[@zydg7787]

Thats what i was thinking

[@coolintuitivename4910]

Me and my friend were talking abt the exact same ides

[@Weisz]

Wearing a full set of enchanted chainmail is the ULTIMATE flex.

[@turtlemaster5517]

Enchanted chainmail WITH PROTECTION IV!

[@alaskanzombie9075]

I flex on servers with enchanted leather.

[@Hikinenpelle]

I did'nt expect to See you here

[@rishabchaurasiya4514]

Ultimate flex + useless

[@Robocop_62]

I have that on 8b8t 😎😎😎

[@bobbyferg9173]

I’ve always liked Chainmail since it is an armor that actually lets you see your skin. It has always bothered me that most of your skin is covered 95% of the time when you are playing Minecraft and I wish we’d see more armors that don’t cover up too much

[@Norbert011]

You'd like beta minecraft then because most people never used armor back then.

[@Lung-Stealer]

​@@Norbert011 who says I still use armor? Gonna fight the ender dragon butt naked 🙏

[@jinchen353]

​@@Norbert011 l🎉

[@nickpisarczyk]

You can use a texture pack that makes armor invisible

[@ghost.8836]

​@@nickpisarczykBut then if you're playing PVP you can't tell which enemies are stronger.

[@KayJay01]

That chainmail armor was craftable with fire is a memory I haven't remembered in a decade. That just blew my mind.

[@korporalknoung5702]

Now imagine wearing chainmail armor UNDER your regular armor. Like it was used functionally in medival times. Now that would be something.

[@zombieman-eu2ob]

just wait until they pull out an axe and break the chainmail

[@CallMeSlade]

@@zombieman-eu2ob bruh

[@CallMeSlade]

@@zombieman-eu2ob bruuuuhhhhh

[@DangeHD]

And now imagine calling it mail instead of chainmail which means basicaly mailmail.

[@Jets_Archive]

@@realoceanic1737 but it makes you 0.2% slower for each piece

[@user-vy5vp8kl2k]

Minecraft: adds chains Players: oh so we can craft chainmail armor now? Minecraft: no

[@mwhd629]

Minecraft: adds gunpowder Players: can we have guns?? Minecraft: no

[@grim1044]

@@mwhd629 minecraft:adds bullets Players:Can we have guns? Minecraft:no you can throw it

[@trshpnd2476]

Typical minecraft dev logic. Meanwhile, let's add a bunch of useless shit that no one ever bothers crafting.

[@zefluhdz2078]

@@trshpnd2476 not looking to argue but chains are wonderful for building

[@mwhd629]

@@grim1044 minecraft: adds water bottle which is drinkable Players: so there is thirst now? Minecraft: no

[@walterpavloski3947]

I think if they made the chain recipe craft 6 chains, it would actually be a solid early game armor set. Crafting a decent armor set with only 9 iron ingots would actually be pretty useful.

[@Grogritark]

Great idea, makes sense from a gameplay balance perspective too.

[@danielstory2761]

Forging links from iron nuggets in a furnace, then crafting to make armour?

[@DayFour2019]

I feel like it only takes a few minutes in a cave to find enough iron for a full set of armour though

[@MsDestroyer900]

@@DayFour2019 sometimes you don't find a cave right away, and only enough for a few bits for tools while you find a place to settle. Though the chain recipe sounds convoluted to me and a more intuitive way is to make it through nuggets. Getting armor is a pretty big deal esp on harder difficulties

[@janakunofficial9109]

Your profile pic managed to fool me, I actually thought there was a spider on my screen😅

[@garrettbranscome5532]

I think it needs an official re- introduction to the game. Adding it as the in between for leather and iron armor would be the best placement for it, and the crafting recipe for it should just be iron nuggets in the shape of the armor piece you want. This way its less expensive than iron armor, looks good, and is most importantly OBTAINABLE.

[@traurigekatze]

Logically I think chain armor should be higher Protection but less durability. Since if the chains begin breaking the rest is soon collapsing

[@BigMastah79]

Tbh, what good would that do? Chainmail needs a unique purpose, not just thrown in randomly for the sake of it. We have enough armor.

[@traurigekatze]

@@BigMastah79 honestly even if it was buffed no one would use it, like gold tools

[@theBrid-gv8je]

@@traurigekatze Kind of like how hoes can do critical damage faster the better materials they are made of but never increase damage past 1?

[@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@traurigekatze gold tools still have their purpose for being way faster than iron, they're very good temporary tools you can use to get a job done quickly before you get diamonds

[@MushKaBobby]

“Useless history” 1 million people: I don’t need sleep, I need answers

[@Imxpertgamer]

Its 10 PM and have school in the morning so you would be correct good sir 👍

[@eduardomeza7279]

I only liked cuz I didn't sleep last night and am watching this early in the morning

[@Imxpertgamer]

@@eduardomeza7279 lol

[@marty7635]

@@Imxpertgamer only 10 xd its 3:16 for me

[@Raccnnibal]

I have uni today when I wake up in a few hours

[@denn7s]

"why does it even exist?" FLEX

[@eggspm]

You can get it pretty easily from villagers :/

[@WatercraftGames]

Pretty much, like knights armor

[@lapisthehuman]

@@eggspm how

[@ZaHandle]

@@eggspm no you can only get it from mob drops

[@mrbigbankbudda7931]

@@ZaHandle no you can get it in strong holds,villiagers, and mob drops

[@fabiospasiano9885]

I think chainmail should have it’s own slot in the equipment slot. It alone is pretty useless, but when used with other armour it serves two purposes: - The piece of armour you are wearing on top of the mail can absorb more damage, damage is distributed evenly between the armour and the mail (10 HP of damage: 5 HP dealt to the armour / 5 HP dealt to the mail). - There’s an increase in protection against melee damage, but not against arrows or axes. As a drawback, wearing a full set of chainmail armour slightly slows your down as you are basically wearing two sets.

[@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN]

Ive always had the same idea. Chain mail in real life was typically used under plate armor. However it *could* be used by itself too.

[@rhorynotmylastname7781]

@@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN Mail was used alone as probably one of the most effective types of armor for like 1500 years.

[@stealthbeastgaming]

Armor's already wildly overpowered. How would you balance this problem?

[@andresamaya6187]

@@stealthbeastgaming making axes take durability faster off it? Not being able to enchant it? Making your hunger bar go down faster? Dunno I'm just throwing ideas to the wall to see what stick, chainmail may be a small boost in protection for midgame when you still don't have the capability to enchant your armor or use high end enchantment, with the downside that you are slowed down enough for either a group of vindicators or players armed with axes to be able to cut you down and its downsides being more a nuisance rather than an affordable evil when you get to late game

[@royrogers3133]

I was thinking you should be able to add a banner to chainmail as a lot of knights had their family crest or an emblem over their chainmail.

[@the-real-et]

With the recent (ish) addition of netherite, mojang has opened the door for base armor to get bonus effects. They could easily give something like that to chainmail, like say it's a little more resistant to swords or arrows compared to other armor.

[@jkeebla]

like set bonuses from terraria

[@mustardyboi4187]

Historically speaking, chainmail was great against sword slashes but arrows completely nullified the armor

[@TheTrueSpyroManRemixes]

I’d say they should make it craftable with Iron Nuggets: just enough iron to break down, but not enough ingots to make Iron Armor

[@insertgamertag5369]

notch: *leaves chainmail uncraftable * TheTrueSpyroman: yeah this is big brain time

[@money3644]

or make it made out of the actual chain blocks

[@icyiyes4846]

I think that would be broken ( o p ) becuase you could craft an entire chest plate with one iron block

[@Lauren-jx2rg]

@@icyiyes4846 you can craft an entire IRON chest plate with one iron block. You could craft multiple SETS of chainmail with one iron block if you’re going by the iron nuggets thing.

[@Yobs2K]

@@Lauren-jx2rg I guess he meant 1 iron ingot, not block

[@Joseph_yy]

I think the chainmail armor’s recipe should using the iron nugget. It costs less than the iron armor so it’s weaker. It might still be useful for people who can’t get enough iron to make a full set of armor but just need it to make it through one night.

[@sircuffington]

Also perhaps make it buffed towards melee, but useless to ranged attacks.

[@Saad27327]

ppl like speedrunners

[@ablebagel]

@@sircuffington that’s actually a really good idea for a concept, since it would have to be far weaker than iron to be balanced, if it only required iron nuggets

[@inputoutput2938]

true but that would make it instantly discardable once you get iron armour.

[@joiri9498]

@@inputoutput2938 Thats basically the point lmao

[@ChickenSando]

"I used to craft chainmail armor from fire" "Sure grandma let's get you to bed"

[@battlefrontnews4035]

I wish that they made it so you could combine chain with regular armor for extra protection

[@pepsicola4718]

Chainmail armor should be a cheap alternative made from the practically useless iron nuggets.

[@mitchellburson848]

@Beck Marshall may be still have to make some chains and still use iron nuggets so its still cheaper then iron armor but it isn't just 3 iron ingots

[@audosis6860]

I remember using it in the hunger games a while ago. It was on my ps3 which i still have. I just don’t play much because lots of people started cheating on there. No idea how still. I just remember most of them had egirl skins which i thought you could only get by jailbreaking the game. But then online play isn’t a thing.. So im still confused about it lol.

[@audosis6860]

Until I watched this video i thought they added a crafting recipe for chainmeal armor using iron nuggets apart from just using fire.. But i guess they didn’t. Didn’t bother checking because i never found it useful though

[@crytexk102]

Iron nugget for chains

[@Raph999]

Problem, you wouldnt even need 3 iron bars. That make cainmail cheaper than Leather

[@orange9673]

“So you added Chains” “Yes” “And there is Chainmail armor” “Yes” “So what can you craft with chains” “dEcOrAtIoN”

[@literallycarljohnson]

Exactly what I was thinking right now

[@OGPepsiman]

Another reason why I’m thinking of Wood armor... Like Terraria?!

[@gomer1989]

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[@gomer1989]

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[@jayarnold28]

@@OGPepsiman I like boreal armor

[@anotheraggieburneraccount]

It makes me feel so old that "chainmail was craftable with fire" is a fun trivia thing and not still a recent change.

[@strings1586]

Oh my God, that inventory editor just tossed me into a full nostalgiq trip. Me and my buddies watching hours of Rendog play Tekkit, and then going to make our own tekkit survival island. Tekkit's UI looked identical to that back in the day

[@gkh1973]

This armor was so rare and unused that I forgot it existed

[@DrBargain]

Same bro, I Last saw it like over 5 years ago

[@viperstar6229]

XQC

[@squiddy9591]

XqcL

[@ilavayou.]

xqcL

[@yaboi1640]

I get it a lot because I have a zombie spawner and sometimes zombies spawn with chain armor

[@sbcavo4332]

why not add "reinforced armor" where you can combine chain armor with other armor and up the damage mitigation. it would be like wearing chain under the plate armor.

[@Tacospaceman]

Cuz they added netherite ore.

[@coffee4682]

It would go back to the days of having to break your opponents armor to actually end the fight

[@aspiealex9710]

@@coffee4682 nah with enchantments and potions now will still be able to easily break through all armor

[@flyorfloat]

could be like temporary absorption that regenerations every 30 seconds except the hearts are gray

[@user-pl9yq3fc8u]

@@flyorfloat this is a good idea

[@nikdog419]

I remember in the Beta 1.7/1.8 era, we had a mod to dye chainmail armour (as well as leather). It was popular at the time to use either as custom coloured clothing online. Which I assume is still used as a RP element playing Minecraft online today.

[@koolas_9429]

I think it would be really cool if they added something unique to make chainmail armor more interesting. Why not give it insane durability to make up for it being weaker than Iron? On the other hand you could make it so it's really good against melee attacks, maybe even comparable to diamond, but not against projectiles. Also I think the fact that it's not craftable makes it more special. They should keep it that way.

[@tophatcat6424]

Imagine having chainmail work in some other way, like being able to wear it under normal armor, like actual chainmail was sometimes used, but keep it's rare charm by not having a crafting recipe

[@creativezito8500]

Will be so awesome

[@geloscringe]

I always thought about that it would be so cool

[@Aceleo209]

@كريتوس المصري Wait that's a cool idea!

[@Literally-Brian]

Iirc at one point it was planned to be able to combine chainmail with leader armor to create a new and strong armor type. If there was any time to revisit that idea, it’d be now that we also got netherite armor the works in a similar way

[@skyellama8374]

Back in 2015 there was a myth/urban legend that it completely deflected arrows, they just bounced off. It was hard enough to get the armor that really no one ever tested the theory. I still think it's a cool idea.

[@psivewri]

I remember back in 2010 using an inventory editor to get chainmail. I thought it was so cool!

[@ChannelAbandoned]

ok

[@TeShiky]

Same i only did this in like 2015

[@kubiborglar]

Too Many Items mod

[@Dbombre]

i for some reason remember using pocket edition creative mode to do it

[@asianskullJR]

There was only one version of Minecraft when chainmail could be crafted by iron nuggets at that time 1 iron ingot made 3 nuggets

[@royrogers3133]

They should make chainmail craftable out of nuggets so you can make a full set with just 3 iron bars. Furthermore, you should be able to add a banner over chainmail and have a wearable banner/armor.

[@madtechnocrat9234]

how about chains...?

[@royrogers3133]

@@madtechnocrat9234 takes too much iron

[@Disorder2312]

My idea would be to make it obtainable with a craft you've mentioned in the end of the video, and make it slightly better than iron armor in terms of protection, but worse in terms of durability. That would at least give some option. This wouldn't really make regular iron armor powercrept, because for an exchange of only slightly better protection you would need to use much more iron mostly because you would need to change it more frequently, and also use a little bit more for a craft.

[@Murpler]

i feel like they should update chainmail as a armor thats good against swords, but bad against axes, like real life, where it is great against slashes, but bad against blunt attacks. i think a 70% reduction would be good for swords. so unless the other player has a axe, they can only do around 4-5 damage. this would give it a purpose at least, and give a cool spin on it

[@justas423]

That's interesting. Although in PvP it would be rather useless since people prefer axes.

[@Murpler]

@@justas423 well with the new combat snapshots...

[@qwjd8s693pt4kaun]

It's not even good against stabs. It gives most defense against slashes (the dear OP fixed it).

[@alvaronavarro4895]

@@justas423 They do?

[@kaet8333]

That's a really good idea, actually adding strategy to types of armor instead of throwing out the inferior tier as soon as you upgrade would be cool

[@Squarebody]

So arguably, in the end, chainmail’s real purpose is to act as a status symbol, at least that what I’m guessing right now.

[@rileythomas2241]

What's good brainpop robot

[@MJ-do6ol]

OH SHIT IT'S MOBY beep beep my nigga

[@nicholasguerra2498]

Indeed. Chainmail is nothing but a fetish of the Minecraft Bourgeoisie

[@ashleybyrd2015]

@@nicholasguerra2498 I don't know how to respond to this beyond "I actually understood that."

[@justanamericandoggo6725]

Maybe they'll do something in an upcoming update with it, like gold armour

[@Seethenhagen]

Iron Nuggets would be a good choice for crafting material for chainmail, as it would represent a cheaper, but less protective form of iron armor.

[@Beanmanwarby]

I wish chainmail could be put below your regular set of armor, just as extra protection.

[@nolanbuhler3096]

Fun fact: fire in real life was actually inspired by the chainmail crafting recipe from Minecraft

[@DGDGDGDG]

no way 😱😱

[@hushedmirth]

omg insane!! 😲🙏👀

[@user-rw4vv7es9j]

Thank gosh somebody who knew this

[@Buboltz]

Oh my God, you must be the most stupidest person in the world! Fire actually had existed long before Minecraft, Minecraft never inspired it!!111!1

[@alie5146]

@@somebodyyxx-1605 r/whoosh

[@The_Horizon]

Next video: How Hausemaster was found IRL with chainmail armour

[@tonofgaming6291]

No

[@kmkushad]

Hello Horizon! Love your vids

[@BoNHerr-er8kh]

epic

[@teehee4085]

OH MY GOD THATS THE BEST VIDEO IDEA

[@sirapple589]

You know it’s gonna be a good day when you see The Horizon.

[@mickey7123]

The point here is very simple. The Chain Mail never fited well in the Minecraft gameplay, but it acually fits perfect with the lore! A strange armor, that you cant craft and have low defensive points, but that clearly exists in the minecraft world. Why? Where it comes from? Who created this armor? and that is the prove that we (or steve) dont knowhow to craft, every iten, and what is happening in this world. The chain mail armor had some mysterious history behind it, and its part of the lore, the history of the people that came before us. And for me, a great way to reinsert the chainmail armor in the context is simply creating a advancement that tell us a little more about its origin. For example: Steps In The Past (Advancement Name) - Wear an Entire Chain Mail Armor (Advancement) OR; In Someone Else's Skin (Advancement Name) - Wear an Entire Chain Mail Armor. It sounds great to make the existance of chain mail, a interest part of minecraft history.

[@oatmongen4263]

I think the main use was the role play element. It is a common trope in many fantasy books that there is a chain mail which is made in some magical way, sometimes it is cursed as well. It's almost always chain mail, not plate, at least in books (I don't know about video games or movies). Making chain mail out of fire fits in perfectly with this trope, and if I were to guess, early Minecraft which experimented with different approaches and themes in the game, probably experimented with this as well.

[@sirapple589]

Why does chainmail armor exist? I’ve always heard that it was a test for transparent textures.

[@_ikako_]

that would make sense, but were leaves transparent first? or were they just the current fast setting texture?

[@bram8847]

@@_ikako_ in MC classic they were transparant

[@lucasfah6145]

@@_ikako_ if you look at the old textures or turn your graphics from "fancy" to "fast", leaves are actually not transparent. Hence why that could be true :D

[@_ikako_]

@@lucasfah6145 yes, that's exactly what I said.

[@_ikako_]

@@lucasfah6145 yes, that's exactly what I said.

[@LoanRepresentative]

Honestly, an accurate representation of real life chainmail armor, would be if it had some sort of "anti-sharpness" feature, because the way it is made is for the purpose of avoiding slashes, however, it is still pretty easy to stab

[@krtr]

minecraft swords can't stab so this anti-sharpness makes sense :D

[@bmist4kerc674]

Maybe chainmail can negate sweeping edge attacks?

[@justanormaldefaultpfp9309]

but plate is also anti slash

[@justanormaldefaultpfp9309]

@@jyrone3943 yea that would make lots of sense since night did that

[@LoanRepresentative]

I meant it as specifically reducing the damage taken my sharpness enchantments while also reducing the normal amount for being armor I saw the sweeping edge comment and I think it could be a good idea, too

[@t.m.w.a.s.6809]

I can imagine a use for chainmail where it protects from sword damage a little and can be worn under your normal armor, and the fact that using chains to craft chainmail would be more expensive actually makes sense considering its very tedious and difficult to make chainmail in real life without some automated machines.

[@pengil3]

If I were to make a crafting recipe for chainmail armor I’d make it with chains, but change the crafting recipe of chains to make 3 chains instead of 1

[@jimbo1682]

It would make sense if chainmail was crafted with iron nuggets

[@CaptainYEE]

I thought the exact same thing

[@deadhumanisalive]

We have chains in the game, so why not use these. Edit: Did the comment before the video ends lol

[@naviarangar794]

@@deadhumanisalive well according to its protection ability I think it would make more sense

[@phoenixd2863]

That would be *too* cheap, getting a full set of almost-iron armor for less than three ingots of iron, compared to 24 for iron armor.

[@xvxdka6394]

@@0066. Kak znas? Hahah

[@ikGREENY]

I’d like to think there was an ancient civilization who knew how to make chain mail armor and it got wiped out and those armor pieces are like artificts, would make sense considering they’re always almost broken

[@cubedmelons876]

And maybe the zombies that spawn with it were previously members of that ancient civilization.

[@hardsonzz352]

I like this idea

[@topcoppelion6626]

That's literally the only way to explain it..

[@gplgs4640]

There’s one big problem with this, however. Villagers can sell chainmail armour and can replenish it.

[@ffc1a28c7]

@@gplgs4640 maybe villagers traded with the ancient society in their history and learned how to make it? Maybe they're an offshoot of the ancient society and that explains why they can be converted into zombies but still look different.

[@mtdoge8885]

Man, the amount of nostalgic minecraft videos on my feed is quite sad, Makes me remember memories buried deep within

[@Ciguato]

Fun fact: Chain armor can be repaired in an anvil with iron ingots

[@The-mcnuggit-man]

You just saved me a lot of time

[@dan2800]

hold up

[@ARealAsianGuy]

oh?

[@Duckverse]

It's true

[@finmat95]

WHAT?

[@PeridotYoshi]

I remember chainmail armor having a very important use, specifically in older versions of MODDED Minecraft. In Tinkers' Construct, steel used to exist as a very rare alloy, and was only obtainable by melting down full-durability chainmail armor in a smeltery. And while it was still very difficult to obtain, another mod, Mo' Creatures, added some mobs that dropped fire as an item when killed. All put together, you could grind these mobs for fire, properly craft chainmail armor, and melt it down for steel. I don't think steel was that much better than iron, and there were a lot of better alloys to use, but I still have fond memories of slowly collecting steel blocks just for the fun of it.

[@PeridotYoshi]

@@antinimperio6810 I never played with many technical mods. The Tinkers' Construct wiki says it's compatible with Railcraft though.

[@rekt1123]

this. yup. i remember thi.s was a lot of fun. also just holding fire

[@thatsstoguy]

I think in the new versions of tinkers though you can alloy iron and coal for steel

[@accidie_]

Steel was the best crossbow material, if i remember correctly

[@commander3494]

@@thatsstoguy yes

[@iamseamonkey6688]

I genuinely forgot chainmail armour existed before clicking on this video

[@Fatman4849]

I always felt that chainmail should have been an upgraded to regular armor. By combining your plate armor and chainmail, you could make a fully enclosed suit of armor that adds more protection. Plus I always thought it would be cool to see the chain texture behind the plate armor.

[@calvietunion3588]

To protect yourself, you must wear literally fire armor. makes sense

[@clyax113]

That's ironic considering the colloquial phrase "fire" didn't exist yet back when chainmail was made.

[@leetlevolfie690]

*Laughs in Terraria Endgame*

[@056weom]

Ouch ouch ouch

[@lollmaonice]

chainmail* not fire armor

[@yajnesh9585]

@Naofumi #7322 ok

[@z3nbuu36]

E-girls playing minecraft: **only wears chainmail leggings**

[@ivangordienko8081]

It's truly kek

[@kurtzcharlatan5368]

@@ivangordienko8081 kinda keyed bro

[@ivangordienko8081]

@Blue Snow Guy e-girls are cringe, but not memes about them

[@sullyycow]

Bruh was this comment actually from 2021

[@z3nbuu36]

Sorry I got it wrong. It was actually Goth girls but, e-girls count too

[@rhettorical]

Way back in the day, we used to have our server mods run around with chainmail armor as a way to let players know who the mods were.

[@cloud99vii27]

I almost forgot of chainmail armor lol, that was interesting, glad that Notch answered you back.

[@bettyravioli7334]

Chain mail should be made with chains just like how saddles should be made with leather

[@clashofmagic6672]

@The Weeb lol no

[@mr.nobody4398]

@@clashofmagic6672 why not? its worse than iron armor so that could be cool

[@Slippy_G08]

No coz then you wouldn’t be able to flex and say haha ive got full enchanted chainmail

[@kodiacstephens8104]

@@Slippy_G08 True. The game has slowly been losing more and more of the stuff that you actually have to work to get. Soon you'll be able to craft mooshrooms.

[@Slippy_G08]

@@kodiacstephens8104 u already can u just feed cows mushrooms right? Edit: lol

[@liamallen6316]

Idea: Chainmail is made out of chains, which are expensive in Minecraft terms, but it has the ability to go under armor, as it did in real life, so it’s hard to get but worth the effort. That’s what they should do with it

[@sammcqueen43]

@@0066. thanks for the history lesson.

[@alexg9601]

@@0066. yeah fuck pvp, the only thing you can find there is toxicity and very little enjoyment

[@bobograndman]

@@alexg9601 the pvp community is the worst part of minecraft, they're constantly complaining, get angry at new updates, and think they're superior and above everyone else

[@mercinc2926]

I think it would be cool if they had wool/leather/chain armor that you could wear under iron/gold/diamond armor but in a mod

[@inthefade]

Chains should just be 3 nuggets anyway... I went through so much damn iron using lots of chains in a build recently, it's stupid.

[@jaserr.]

I think adding the recipe would remove the point of chainmail, the satisfaction of finally getting full chainmail would be completely gone. Since it would be so easy to get, you would get it, say that was easy and move on with your day and easily overclass that armor. If you got it from, lets say, a Woodland Mansion, which is really tough to find, you got a good reward and that armor would actually feel special.

[@soulsparx]

it would be cool if you could use chains to make reinforced iron armor, as kind of a nod to both in-game chainmail, and the actual realworld application of chainmail

[@JingleMallet]

“The useless history of chainmail armor” Chainmail armor: :(

[@San-lh8us]

don't feel sad, chainmail armor, he didn't say *you* were useless, he said your *history* was useless, don't get me wrong, you are still useless, he just didn't say it, probably because everyone already know that, so cheer up :D

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

@@San-lh8us Um, you said it yourself. You know what happens now.

[@San-lh8us]

@@deleetiusproductions3497 what? what happens now? duo never told me so i wonder what happens now since then

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

@@San-lh8us Stop lying.

[@San-lh8us]

@@deleetiusproductions3497 alright, i'm standing up now, now what?

[@spiin_gd]

Having a full set of chainmail is like having a double chest full of cookies in the 2011 - 2012 days of minecraft

[@Akira-Aerins]

elaborate?

[@spiin_gd]

@@Akira-Aerins back then jungles weren't a thing so you could only get cocoa beans out of chests, which made cocoa beans rarer than diamonds

[@ferretforrent1144]

@@spiin_gd you just brought me the nostalgia of remembering exploring a jungle for the first time, the good old days huh.

[@spiin_gd]

@@ferretforrent1144 yessir

[@bottledpoe]

omggggggggg i miss the old days lol

[@LFX27]

I’m gonna make it an objective now that I’ve seen this video to acquire a full set of enchanted chain mail armour considering it’s actually a rare commodity to come across, which I never really knew until now.

[@Suricacto]

It'd probably make sense to make chainmail made out of iron nuggets, so you need just a few bars to make it, and it would make sense it providing less protection than fullplate

[@presidentdeadpool3198]

Imagine the day where chainmail can be worn under/over certain armors.

[@presidentdeadpool3198]

@@se4576 The reason I said both, Under and Over, is because you would be more apt to wear chainmail over leather armor. While with other armors; netherite, diamond, gold, and iron, the chainmail would be worn under. Come to think of it! Since Mojang keeps adding more and more rpg elements in the game, they should start giving armor pros and cons. Example: Leather armor (without chainmail) Pro: makes you run faster, and uses less hunger bars, while running. Cons: minimal defense, can't protect against arrows. Come to think about, it would be better off as a mod rather than being a part of an update, as it would most likely strike a controversy within the fandom (e.g. the combat update).

[@grim1044]

@@presidentdeadpool3198 it's probably already a mod, there's a million armor mods and I'm willing to bet you this is one already

[@dieselspatchesvalentine9668]

He should

[@_Izza_.]

@@dieselspatchesvalentine9668 I subbed to diesel For him to get 930k

[@f3p]

It should be worn over leather and under everything else

[@legosaturnv4505]

Sal: Fire in which you can hold is unobtainable Prometheus: This looks like a job for me

[@nienel]

What

[@nienel]

Oh

[@TheOGnK]

So everybody just follow me

[@aryanomarkhail3350]

@@TheOGnK cuz we need a little controversy

[@kikethewhat9474]

@@nienel a Greek mythology reference you uncultured swine

[@Nucl34rManiac]

excellent video m8! What a great way to start my Friday :)

[@faeriesorceress]

My man just casually messaged Notch like it's not a big deal?!?!?!

[@dinonuggiesguy4847]

"Why did you make chain mail armor?" "I HAVE NO IDEA!"

[@rod5943]

unexpected tf2

[@zanarih6450]

2025: Netherite chainmail armor, better than actually netherite armor Everyone: O_O

[@Decommissioned]

Dude netherite armour with prot 4 is op enough

[@explunky]

I think in some time on the age of knight and such, chainmail is used inside while iron outside, so double armor, might be useful if there's a possibility of it

[@FrashBucky5625]

Like that Will ever happen

[@whopperslol]

Chain,ail is actually used to protect from slashes so basically your trading protection for slash that sometimes doesn’t trigger and plus nobody uses swords anymore (ok maybe some people but not all people)

[@explunky]

@Lance Dela Cruz well thanks for the info, feel like I've seen chainmail on the inside while iron armor in the outside somewhere though, i may be wrong

[@thevisionary7596]

I don’t know if my memory has failed me or I just remember this incorrectly, but I swear I have memories of being on servers in 1.8 and chain mail was very common but the texture for one update for a while was the texture of oak leaves

[@PatrickGilland]

They need to make it so you can craft chain armor with iron nuggets or chains, then combine chain and leather armor to make something comparable to iron armor, but you can dye it. The main drawback could be that they would be less convenient to make for the sake of having decent custom armor.

[@Benny-un8rq]

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Sal can now just casually ask notch stuff?

[@midlowreborn]

he answers everyone on twitter. ive talked to him a couple times lol

[@wixxed]

@@midlowreborn oh so youre a hot shot now? :)

[@gomer1989]

н5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к5к

[@Techtastisch]

1:20 Pack.png :D

[@uniter343]

Ich Frage Mal garnicht was du hier machst xD

[@arunprasad1022]

Noo. It's Pack.png with a house lmao

[@tyrannus00]

Korrekter typ

[@BaconPixx]

Verified

[@saifallah040]

Hi techie

[@TsutomuGindi]

I always thought it would be cool if they made it so if you combined chainmail armour with leather armour you would get padded chainmail which would take it to a status just above what chainmail normally is or maybe add a hidden bonus that arrows do less damage or something

[@Elfking94]

Legendary video. Literally the only video you need on MC chain armor

[@wholetthispersonon]

In an early release version (around 1.2 - 1.3) I remember finding a fire item on the ground in a plains biome near my house after some lightning struck. I have no idea if there is a theoretical way to intentionally cause the fire item to drop or how rare such a bug occurring is, but child me then went out and tried to look around during lightning storms to see if I could find more fire to be able to craft chainmail armour. I never found a fire item again though.

[@RipRLeeErmey]

It might've been a glitch from lightning hitting something that was already on fire, causing the fire item to drop

[@inferlazeboi]

that was probably the rarest thing that could possibly happen

[@BlankRequest]

Blaze powder? Maybe

[@bendorn1214]

there use to be a glitch where if you broke a flaming block the fire item would have a chance to drop. The best video I've ever seen demonstrating this in in the yogscast shadow of israphel series when lewis burns down their base

[@RossWasTaken]

@@BlankRequest this would be pre blazes

[@notryan7220]

Chains: actually exists in Minecraft Mojang: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

[@qwertyuioph]

but chainmail isnt made of chains, thats just the name

[@StitchSprites]

@@qwertyuioph Just let the joke be

[@spaghettigum]

@@StitchSprites stupid joke

[@StitchSprites]

@@spaghettigum well yea but its unnecessary to state something that's fairly obvious

[@spaghettigum]

@@StitchSprites then salc1s entire video is stupid, its obvious and unnecesary

[@fadeLmain_Shen]

Omg, this vídeo unlocked a so far and lost memory of my childhood.

[@terrarium1280]

i love how he just casually summoned notch

[@DefenderOfChrist_]

Next: The Useless History of Gold and Leather Armor in Minecraft

[@akhighpin012]

Leather Kinda Looks Cool Because Of Custom On Colour.

[@NeonRahkshi]

@@akhighpin012 Exactly 8)

[@Swigbro]

the more gold armor your wearing in the Nether, the better your luck is when trading with Piglins, getting loot in bastions and etc.

[@akhighpin012]

@@Swigbro Java Only?

[@gamermapper]

@@akhighpin012 thanks to that it's also useful for multiplayer

[@fluffywhitellama4144]

Gold armor became useful in 1.16, and leather armor will become useful in 1.17. Chainmail has to be next!

[@TheMasonfrom3R]

Wait, what's happening to Leather in 1.17?

[@DarkPock]

@@TheMasonfrom3R protects against cold damage caused by snow, also the horse leather armor works.

[@TheMasonfrom3R]

@@DarkPock theres cold damage? (I play on switch)

[@DarkPock]

@@TheMasonfrom3R In 1.17 the powdered snow will deal cold damage. Unless you are wearing some leather armour. idk in switch though.

[@TheMasonfrom3R]

@@DarkPock Ok, so their doing something like gold armor and piglins? Making something that can only be avoided with this piece of armor

[@1manApocalypse_CP]

I remember back with the not enough items mod clicking on chainmail would show the fire crafting recipe.

[@ricardoludwig4787]

I remember that a lot of people spread around that chain mail was good vs projectiles like arrows (it was either just as good as diamonds or slightly better) and I was so disappointed when I found out it was just plainly worse than iron armor

[@thecataphractal2009]

"Do not recite the ancient texts to me, Salc1" "I was there when they were written."

[@madhaviiss2360]

3:06 I was not ready for getting "lucky with a villagers"

[@larspossum9201]

he said "the", but this made me chuckle 😊

[@iikoko2008]

I once played on a factions server where the starter kit used to have chainmail armor, when I had diamond armor in the pvp area nobody got close and they kept running away, so I hypermaxed a chainmail set and got so many kills.

[@okeefeeo]

Fully enchanted chain mail is like a really fancy expensive suit. It’s for the bragging rights

[@tomas_crusader1756]

"my burns turned into an armor" 14yr old minecrafters:DEEP

[@JacobKinsley]

If chainmail was just a more durable iron it would be a lot of fun actually getting the full set early game without tryharding with mining

[@naverilllang]

They could make maille cool by making it infinitely repairable on the anvil. I mean, it pretty much is. Repairing maille is as easy as removing the damaged rings and connecting fresh ones.

[@RacingSnails64]

I'm tryharding if I mine in Minecraft? Fuck

[@JacobKinsley]

@@RacingSnails64 why are you acting like this was a personal attack directed towards you lol

[@grim1044]

@@JacobKinsley why are you acting like that's why he commented

[@JacobKinsley]

@@grim1044 I mean... That's literally why he commented

[@cryroplasm4829]

I literally cracked when he just casually said "you just take fire and shape the armor"

[@HK1_11]

Bro thought he was the first to think of that crafting recipe 💀💀

[@stuff5757]

"Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution"

[@SurGhostly]

I still remember when there wasn’t a water bucket and it was just a flat block thing you placed

[@JonasTisell]

Still water and flowing water blocks

[@potatosalad3097]

Wtf I just remembered that

[@darwindark2561]

@@JonasTisell and when u placed a block it would go everywhere lol

[@NikitaKarciauskas]

Good old Minecraft classic

[@DenajM25]

It exists for that leveling mod, when you're not high enough defence level to wear iron

[@ragnaroni]

I used to get full sets of chainmail and wore it as like a flex or my "best" clothes. Especially SMP servers where I had friends!

[@hellrats]

i guess i just hallucinated ghast tears being used to create chain mail

[@heyboilaxer5911]

I hallucinated a huge ghast in the spooky world. It freaks me out actually but not anymore cause i guess i was just to freaked out when i didn’t and wanted to spawn a gbast

[@jimboned]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

[@iibee5220]

just like I imagined crafting a saddle with leather

[@af2954]

@@iibee5220 i swear we could craft saddles with leather in the earlier versions

[@Raph_Jan]

Mandela effect boiss