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How to Craft Diamond Chestplate in Minecraft

Diamond Chestplate in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Chest protection providing 8 armor points and 2 toughness.

With a Crafting Table placed, 8 Diamonds is what a Diamond Chestplate needs. The top row is two Diamonds in the left and right columns, the middle row three Diamonds, and the bottom row three Diamonds. You end up with 1 Diamond Chestplate each time. It holds up for 528 uses before it breaks.

Diamond Chestplate Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Diamond Chestplate is minecraft:diamond_chestplate. In commands the namespace may be left off, so diamond_chestplate works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p diamond_chestplate
Give several at once
/give @p diamond_chestplate 5
Give it to a named player
/give Steve diamond_chestplate 1

Cheats have to be on for Diamond Chestplate to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Repairing Diamond Chestplate

An anvil and Diamond will restore Diamond Chestplate long before its 528 uses run out, and nothing enchanted on it is lost in the process.

Two worn ones can also be merged on a grindstone. That is the cheaper route and it asks no levels, but it strips every enchantment off, so it suits a plain Diamond Chestplate rather than one you have invested in.

The cheapest fix of all is Mending, which Diamond Chestplate accepts. Experience you collect goes into the tool rather than your level bar, and it keeps itself topped up.

Overview

The Diamond Chestplate provides 8 armor points with 2 armor toughness and 528 durability. Diamond Chestplate uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

The diamond chestplate was already in the game in Minecraft Beta 1.0, the oldest release with an English language file to read, so this recipe is at least that old.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with diamond (mine diamond ore).

One Stack, Counted

Feed 8 diamonds a craft, so 64 covers 8 of them: 8 diamond chestplates. It divides evenly, no diamonds left over.

Which Material Lasts Longest

Durability of every material this item comes in, weakest first.
Leather TunicLeather TunicLeather80
Golden ChestplateGolden ChestplateGold112
Chainmail ChestplateChainmail ChestplateChainmail240
Iron ChestplateIron ChestplateIron240
Diamond ChestplateDiamond ChestplateDiamond528
Netherite ChestplateNetherite ChestplateNetherite592

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
DiamondDiamondDiamond8xMine diamond ore

Diamond Chestplate needs 8x Diamond (mine diamond ore), worked together at a Crafting Table.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    DiamondDiamond8x Diamond

  2. 2

    Diamond Chestplate

Minecraft crafting recipe for Diamond Chestplate: 8 x Diamond in a crafting table, making 1 Diamond Chestplate.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 8x Diamond. Start with the Diamond: mine diamond ore.

Uses for Diamond Chestplate

  • Chest protection providing 8 armor points and 2 toughness
  • Base for netherite upgrade

What Diamond Chestplate Goes Into

One other recipe on this site lists Diamond Chestplate as an ingredient.

Netherite ChestplateNetherite ChestplateNetherite ChestplateSmithing Table

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Diamond Chestplate on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Diamond Chestplate in Minecraft?
Bring 8 Diamonds to a Crafting Table and you can make a Diamond Chestplate. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces one Diamond Chestplate.
What can you make with Diamond Chestplate?
Diamond Chestplate is an ingredient in 1 other recipe on this site, including Netherite Chestplate. The section above links to each of them.
Can you craft a Diamond Chestplate without a crafting table?
You need a table for a Diamond Chestplate. It is laid out as eight Diamonds, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Diamond Chestplate?
Each ingredient in a Diamond Chestplate has its own source. Diamond: mine diamond ore.
Is a Diamond Chestplate any good compared to the other materials?
A Diamond Chestplate sits at 5 of 6 on durability, at 528 against 592 for the Netherite version, which lasts 1.1 times as long.
How many Diamond Chestplates do you get from one craft?
The Diamond Chestplate recipe makes one Diamond Chestplate per craft.
What is the item ID for Diamond Chestplate in Minecraft?
The Diamond Chestplate item ID is minecraft:diamond_chestplate, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write diamond_chestplate on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Diamond Chestplate?
The command for Diamond Chestplate is /give @p diamond_chestplate, with an optional count after it. It only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Diamond Chestplate recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Yes, the Diamond Chestplate recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build a Diamond Chestplate from 8 Diamonds at a Crafting Table, in the same layout, one at a time.
What version of Minecraft added the Diamond Chestplate?
The files run out before the diamond chestplate does. Minecraft Beta 1.0 is the oldest language file Mojang publishes and diamond chestplate was listed in it. That pattern above is still the one the game uses.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
8 Diamonds in, 1 Diamond Chestplate out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Present in Minecraft Java Beta 1.0, the oldest release that exists to check. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size, durability, enchantments
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Diamond Chestplate per craft against the stack size.

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