- To dye leather armor in Minecraft, you'll need leather armor pieces, dyes, and a crafting table on Java and on Bedrock you need a cauldron and water buckets.
- On Java, place leather armor and dyes in the crafting grid to dye the armor in many different colors.
- On Bedrock, use dyes on a filled cauldron to change the water color. Use leather armor on the cauldron to color it.
Leather armor in Minecraft isn’t particularly good at protecting you, but it’s far more customizable than any other armor set. This is because you can dye the leather armor and also apply different armor trims to it. Want to know how? In this guide, we’ll explain how you can dye leather armor in Minecraft based on the game edition you own. That said, let’s get started!
What Do You Need to Dye Leather Armor in Minecraft
Dyeing leather armor in Minecraft is essentially the same as dying wolf armor. The process differs in both Minecraft editions and therefore you’ll need different items. Here is what you need.
Minecraft Java
- Leather armor piece(s)
- Dye(s)
- Crafting table
Minecraft Bedrock
- Leather armor piece(s)
- Dye(s)
- Water bucket(s)
- Cauldron
How to Dye Leather Armor in Minecraft Java
Now that you’ve got the needed items, let’s learn how to dye leather armor in Minecraft here.
- Place the crafting table down and right-click on it to open its interface.
- Place the leather armor piece in any slot of the grid.
- Now, add a dye to any slot of the grid as well and you’ll see that the leather piece in the result slot changed its color.
- However, you don’t need to stop there. Simply add more color dyes in different cells of the grid and the final color will adjust. This is the case no matter if you used the same color dye or different ones.
- There are so many color combinations you can try out, so let the creativity flow and find your perfect leather color.
- You can apply the dyes to the leather armor piece when you click on the result cell on the right. But you can also simply put it back into the crafting grid and continue adding colors to make a new one.
How to Dye Leather Armor in Minecraft Bedrock
- Place the cauldron down and use a water bucket on it to fill it.
- You should then select a dye on your hotbar and use it on the cauldron. This will color the water to match the color dye.
- Then, you may take the leather armor piece and use it on the cauldron with colored water to color it.
- However, you can also continue using various dyes on the cauldron water to change its color just like in the crafting grid on Java edition. So, lots and lots of specific color shades are possible here too, but instead of directly coloring the leather armor piece, you’re first coloring the water which is really cool.
- You can use one color three times, since after that the cauldron will be empty and you need to fill it again with another water bucket. You can write down what dyes you used to make the same color.
- After you’re done with making the perfect color, you can use the leather armor piece on the cauldron and it’ll be colored the same way. You can then use it on a cauldron with colored water to change the color again.
How to Remove Color from Leather Armor in Minecraft
If you want to remove color completely from a piece of leather armor, you can fill the cauldron with water and simply use the armor on it. This will remove color and allow you to start from scratch on both Minecraft versions.
That said, you now know how to dye leather armor in Minecraft. This is a very unique mechanic that allows you to be creative with your in-game appearance. So, don’t hesitate and get to coloring right away!
You can essentially dye leather armor as many times as you want, though keep in mind that it costs a lot of dyes.
You can dye leather horse armor the same way you dye the player’s leather armor.
