How to Craft Diamond Helmet in Minecraft
On a Crafting Table, 5 Diamonds turns into a Diamond Helmet. The top row is three Diamonds and the bottom row two Diamonds down either side. The grid returns 1 Diamond Helmet. One lasts 363 uses.
Diamond Helmet Item ID and Give Command
The item ID for Diamond Helmet is minecraft:diamond_helmet. In commands the namespace may be left off, so diamond_helmet works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.
- Give yourself one
/give @p diamond_helmet- Give several at once
/give @p diamond_helmet 5- Give it to a named player
/give Steve diamond_helmet 1
Cheats have to be on for Diamond Helmet to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.
Repairing Diamond Helmet
Diamond Helmet lasts 363 uses, and it does not have to be thrown away when it runs low: an anvil and some Diamond put it back, and every enchantment on it stays.
The grindstone does the same merge for free, at a price: it takes the enchantments with it. Fine for a plain Diamond Helmet, wasteful for one you have put levels into.
Diamond Helmet takes Mending, and once it does you can stop thinking about repairs: every orb you pick up goes into the item.
Overview
The Diamond Helmet provides 3 armor points with 2 armor toughness and 363 durability. Diamond Helmet uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.
The diamond helmet 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).
The Full Stack Sum
Per craft 5 diamonds buy 1 diamond helmet; per stack 64 buys 12. The box keeps 4 diamonds.
Which Material Lasts Longest
Durability of every material this item comes in, weakest first. Leather 55 Gold 77 Chainmail 165 Iron 165 Turtle 275 Diamond 363 Netherite 407
Materials Needed
For Diamond Helmet: 5x Diamond (mine diamond ore), brought to a Crafting Table.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- 1
5x Diamond - 2
Diamond Helmet
Tips & Notes
- One craft costs 5x Diamond. Start with the Diamond: mine diamond ore.
Uses for Diamond Helmet
- Head protection providing 3 armor points and 2 toughness
- Base for netherite upgrade
What Diamond Helmet Goes Into
One other recipe on this site lists Diamond Helmet as an ingredient.
View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Diamond Helmet on the Astroworld Items Database.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What version of Minecraft added the Diamond Helmet?
Sources
- Grid, ingredients and yield
- 5 Diamonds in, 1 Diamond Helmet 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 Helmet per craft against the stack size.
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