Armor trim guide

Silence Armor Trim

The Silence armor trim is one of the rarest and most recognizable armor trims. It comes from Ancient Cities and gives armor a deep, high-status look.

Find Silence smithing templates in Ancient City chests. Silence is very rare, and Ancient Cities are dangerous because of sculk sensors, shriekers, and the Warden.

Silence looks excellent on netherite and diamond armor. Use amethyst, diamond, or redstone when you want the pattern to stand out. Amethyst makes Silence feel mysterious, diamond gives it bright contrast, and redstone creates a more hostile look.

Added in Minecraft 1.20 for Java and Bedrock gameplay.

Location

Ancient City chests

Drop Chance

1.7%

Duplicate With

Cobbled Deepslate

Step 1

Find the Silence Template

Ancient City chests are the main source for the Silence smithing template. The listed drop chance is 1.7%, so the practical search time depends on how quickly you can reach the structure and check its loot source.

Chance per loot source1.7%

Step 2

Duplicate the Template

Duplicate the template at a crafting table with 7 diamonds, 1 Cobbled Deepslate, and the original Silence 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 Silence

Amethyst makes Silence feel mysterious, diamond gives it bright contrast, and redstone creates a more hostile look.

Amethyst

Diamond

Redstone

Step 4

Java /give Example

This command gives a netherite chestplate with Silence trim using Amethyst as the trim material.

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

Bedrock Edition

On Bedrock, create the trim at a smithing table. Give yourself the armor piece first, then combine the armor, the Silence smithing template, and a Amethyst 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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