How to Wear Cowboy Hats and Western Headgear

Because Horse Keeper is a pure resource pack, it does not add separate armor IDs to the creative inventory or crafting table. Instead, it turns all six tiers of standard vanilla helmets into Western hats. You can craft, enchant, and equip them just like regular Minecraft armor.

Helmet to Hat Conversions

To wear a specific style of Western hat, craft or equip the corresponding vanilla helmet:

• Leather Helmet: Becomes a Strawhat.
• Chainmail Helmet: Becomes a Fancy Green hat with a feather.
• Iron Helmet: Becomes a White hat.
• Golden Helmet: Becomes a Rich man’s hat.
• Diamond Helmet: Becomes a Cowboy hat (brown).
• Netherite Helmet: Becomes a Cowboy hat (black).

Using Hats in Gameplay

1. Craft the helmet using normal vanilla recipes at a Crafting Table (or upgrade a Diamond Helmet at a Smithing Table for the black cowboy hat).

2. Equip the helmet in your character's head armor slot.

3. Switch to third-person view via your Video Settings or open your inventory screen to see the 3D hat model on your character.

If you want to display your hats around a saloon or homestead, you can also place them onto vanilla Armor Stands (as long as the armor stand hasn't already been renamed into a structure).