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Shield

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The Shield is a non-stackable item with 336 points of durability. Players make it by crafting together any kind of wooden planks and an iron ingot.

Players carry it in the offhand slot, where it stays ready while the main hand is used for something else.

Contents (4)
  1. Sounds
  2. Advancements
  3. History
  4. See also

Sounds

Taken from this item’s own components and from sound events named after it.

WhenSoundClosed captionIdentifierTranslation key
—Shield blocksitem.shield.blocksubtitles.item.shield.block
BrokenItem breaksitem.shield.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break

Advancements

Advancements whose own criteria name this item. Recipe-unlock entries are left out — they never appear on the player’s Advancements screen.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also