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How to Craft Golden Boots in Minecraft

Golden Boots in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Foot protection providing 1 armor point.

Bring 4 Gold Ingots to a Crafting Table and you have Golden Boots. The pattern to copy is four Gold Ingots in the left and right columns. A single craft gives you 1 Golden Boots. Count on 91 uses out of each one before it wears through.

Golden Boots Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Repairing Golden Boots

When Golden Boots nears the end of its 91 uses, Gold Ingot on an anvil is the ordinary fix, enchantments and all.

There is a cheaper way, and a catch. A grindstone merges two worn Golden Boots items without costing levels, but it removes every enchantment while it does so.

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

Overview

Golden Boots provide 1 armor point with 91 durability. Golden Boots uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Golden boots were 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 gold ingot (smelt gold ore).

The Yield Per Stack

64 gold ingots is 16 crafts here, or 16 golden boots once the grid stops. Craft 16 clears the box of gold ingots.

Which Material Lasts Longest

Durability of every material this item comes in, weakest first.
Leather BootsLeather BootsLeather65
Golden BootsGolden BootsGold91
Chainmail BootsChainmail BootsChainmail195
Iron BootsIron BootsIron195
Diamond BootsDiamond BootsDiamond429
Netherite BootsNetherite BootsNetherite481

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Gold IngotGold IngotGold Ingot4xSmelt gold ore

Collect 4x Gold Ingot (smelt gold ore) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

The Full Chain

4 Gold Ore makes 4 Gold Ingot, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 4 Gold Ore.

  1. 1
    4Gold IngotGold Ingot4Gold IngotFurnace, repeat 4x
  2. 2
    Golden BootsGolden BootsGolden Bootsthis page

Gather this first

4Gold Ore

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Gold IngotGold Ingot4x Gold Ingot

  2. 2

    Golden Boots

Minecraft crafting recipe for Golden Boots: 4 x Gold Ingot in a crafting table, making 1 Golden Boots.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 4x Gold Ingot. Start with the Gold Ingot: smelt gold ore.

Uses for Golden Boots

  • Foot protection providing 1 armor point
  • Piglins do not attack you

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Golden Boots on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Golden Boots in Minecraft?
4 Gold Ingots at a Crafting Table: that is the whole shopping list for Golden Boots. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces one Golden Boots.
Where do you find the materials for Golden Boots?
Here is where each part of Golden Boots comes from. Gold Ingot: smelt gold ore.
Is Golden Boots any good compared to the other materials?
Golden Boots sits at 2 of 6 on durability, at 91 against 481 for the Netherite version, which lasts 5.3 times as long.
How many Golden Boots do you get from one craft?
The Golden Boots recipe makes one Golden Boots per craft.
What is the item ID for Golden Boots in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Golden Boots goes by minecraft:golden_boots; golden_boots without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Golden Boots?
Use /give @p golden_boots to put Golden Boots in your own inventory. Add a number on the end for more than one, and note that cheats have to be on.
Is the Golden Boots recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: Golden Boots takes 4 Gold Ingots at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, one at a time.
What version of Minecraft added Golden Boots?
Golden boots were in Minecraft Beta 1.0 already, the earliest language file that exists to check, and no release we can read is without it. What you see in the grid above is how it works in the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
4 Gold Ingots in, 1 Golden Boots 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 Golden Boots per craft against the stack size.

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