Armor trim guide

Shaper Armor Trim

The Shaper armor trim is a Trail Ruins template with a crafted, angular identity. It works well for builders and artifact-themed armor.

Brush suspicious gravel in Trail Ruins to find Shaper smithing templates. Shaper is rare because Trail Ruins contain several possible trim templates and pottery-related rewards.

Shaper is flexible: copper feels archaeological, quartz feels clean, and lapis gives it a more decorative blue accent. Copper is the most natural Shaper material, while quartz and lapis make the lines cleaner and more visible.

Added in Minecraft 1.20 for Java and Bedrock gameplay.

Location

Trail Ruins suspicious gravel

Drop Chance

2.8%

Duplicate With

Terracotta

Step 1

Find the Shaper Template

Trail Ruins suspicious gravel are the main source for the Shaper smithing template. The listed drop chance is 2.8%, so the practical search time depends on how quickly you can reach the structure and check its loot source.

Chance per loot source2.8%

Step 2

Duplicate the Template

Duplicate the template at a crafting table with 7 diamonds, 1 Terracotta, and the original Shaper smithing template. The recipe returns 2 templates, which is the normal way to build a full armor set after finding one copy.

Step 3

Choose Materials for Shaper

Copper is the most natural Shaper material, while quartz and lapis make the lines cleaner and more visible.

Copper

Quartz

Lapis

Step 4

Java /give Example

This command gives a netherite chestplate with Shaper trim using Quartz as the trim material.

/give @p minecraft:netherite_chestplate[minecraft:trim={pattern:"minecraft:shaper",material:"minecraft:quartz"}] 1

Bedrock Edition

On Bedrock, create the trim at a smithing table. Give yourself the armor piece first, then combine the armor, the Shaper smithing template, and a Quartz trim material in the smithing table UI.

/give @s netherite_chestplate

Bedrock commands cannot fully encode every trimmed armor combination the same way modern Java item components can, so the smithing table step is the reliable method.

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