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How to Craft Golden Leggings in Minecraft

Golden Leggings in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Leg protection providing 3 armor points.

The recipe wants 7 Gold Ingots, and a Crafting Table to run it on. From the top down: three Gold Ingots; then two Gold Ingots down either side; then two Gold Ingots down either side. The grid returns 1 Golden Leggings. One lasts 105 uses.

Golden Leggings Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Repairing Golden Leggings

Golden Leggings lasts 105 uses, and it does not have to be thrown away when it runs low: an anvil and some Gold Ingot 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 Golden Leggings, wasteful for one you have put levels into.

Golden Leggings takes Mending, and once it does you can stop thinking about repairs: every orb you pick up goes into the item.

Overview

Golden Leggings provide 3 armor points with 105 durability. Golden Leggings uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Golden leggings 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 Full Stack Sum

Per craft 7 gold ingots buy 1 golden leggings; per stack 64 buys 9. The box keeps 1 gold ingot.

Which Material Lasts Longest

Durability of every material this item comes in, weakest first.
Leather PantsLeather PantsLeather75
Golden LeggingsGolden LeggingsGold105
Chainmail LeggingsChainmail LeggingsChainmail225
Iron LeggingsIron LeggingsIron225
Diamond LeggingsDiamond LeggingsDiamond495
Netherite LeggingsNetherite LeggingsNetherite555

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Gold IngotGold IngotGold Ingot7xSmelt gold ore

Gather 7x Gold Ingot (smelt gold ore), then take the lot to a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

7 Gold Ore makes 7 Gold Ingot, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 7 Gold Ore.

  1. 1
    7Gold IngotGold Ingot7Gold IngotFurnace, repeat 7x
  2. 2
    Golden LeggingsGolden LeggingsGolden Leggingsthis page

Gather this first

7Gold Ore

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Gold IngotGold Ingot7x Gold Ingot

  2. 2

    Golden Leggings

Minecraft crafting recipe for Golden Leggings: 7 x Gold Ingot in a crafting table, making 1 Golden Leggings.

Tips & Notes

  • Shopping list: 7x Gold Ingot. Plan the Gold Ingot first: smelt gold ore.

Uses for Golden Leggings

  • Leg protection providing 3 armor points
  • Piglins do not attack you

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Golden Leggings in Minecraft?
The list for Golden Leggings is short: 7 Gold Ingots, worked at a Crafting Table. Copy the grid above cell for cell, and one craft produces one Golden Leggings.
What do you need to make Golden Leggings from scratch?
Counting all the way down, Golden Leggings comes to 7 Gold Ore, spread over 2 crafts.
Can you craft Golden Leggings without a crafting table?
No, Golden Leggings needs a crafting table. It is laid out as seven Gold Ingots, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Is Golden Leggings any good compared to the other materials?
Golden Leggings sits at 2 of 6 on durability, at 105 against 555 for the Netherite version, which lasts 5.3 times as long.
How many Golden Leggings do you get from one craft?
The Golden Leggings recipe makes one Golden Leggings per craft.
What is the item ID for Golden Leggings in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Golden Leggings goes by minecraft:golden_leggings; golden_leggings without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Golden Leggings?
The command for Golden Leggings is /give @p golden_leggings, with an optional count after it. It only runs with cheats enabled.
What version of Minecraft added Golden Leggings?
Golden leggings were older than we can prove: already there in Minecraft Beta 1.0, and that is the oldest language file Mojang still publishes, so the trail simply stops. Today the game builds it from 7 Gold Ingots, as shown above.

Sources

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

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