Craftable Horse Armour and Saddle Mod — Guide

Mechanics

The mod integrates seamlessly into the vanilla progression system:

Recipe Book Integration: Once you gather the necessary materials (such as Leather or Diamonds), the recipes will automatically unlock in your survival recipe book.
Dyeing Leather Armor: Leather Horse Armor crafted via this mod can still be dyed in a crafting grid using any vanilla dye, just like the naturally found version.
Horse Interaction: The crafted items function exactly like their loot-table counterparts. Right-click a tamed horse to open its inventory and equip the gear.

Items

The mod does not add new items to the game; instead, it provides recipes for existing vanilla items. These items retain their original properties, protection values, and stack sizes.

Item	Protection Value	Rarity	Purpose
Saddle	N/A	Rare	Used to ride and control horses, pigs, and striders.
Leather Horse Armor	3 (1.5 Hearts)	Common	Basic protection for horses; can be dyed in a crafting table.
Iron Horse Armor	5 (2.5 Hearts)	Uncommon	Mid-tier protection.
Golden Horse Armor	7 (3.5 Hearts)	Rare	High-tier protection with low durability (in some mods) or standard vanilla stats.
Diamond Horse Armor	11 (5.5 Hearts)	Epic	Maximum protection for horses.

Recipes

The recipes in CHA-S are designed to be balanced, requiring a significant amount of resources to match the value of the items.

Saddle Recipe

The saddle requires leather for the seat, string for the bindings, and an iron ingot for the stirrups.

Recipe	Ingredients	Pattern
Saddle	3x Leather, 2x String, 1x Iron Ingot	`LLL`, `S I S`, `(Empty)`

Saddle Crafting Recipe

Horse Armor Recipes

All horse armor recipes follow a similar "H" pattern. In versions 1.13 and above, a White Wool block is required in the center of the grid to represent the padding under the armor.

Armor Type	Material Required	Center Ingredient
Leather	6x Leather	1x White Wool
Iron	6x Iron Ingot	1x White Wool
Gold	6x Gold Ingot	1x White Wool
Diamond	6x Diamond	1x White Wool