Armor trim guide

Vex Armor Trim

The Vex armor trim is found in Woodland Mansions and has an Illager-themed feel. It suits dark, magical, or mansion-style armor sets.

Find Vex smithing templates in Woodland Mansion chests. Vex is uncommon because mansions are rare structures and can be far from spawn.

Vex looks especially good with emerald, iron, and amethyst. These materials match mansion, magic, and Illager themes. Emerald leans into the Illager look, iron keeps the pattern readable, and amethyst adds a magical accent.

Added in Minecraft 1.20 for Java and Bedrock gameplay.

Location

Woodland Mansion chests

Drop Chance

Duplicate With

Cobblestone

Step 1

Find the Vex Template

Woodland Mansion chests are the main source for the Vex smithing template. The listed drop chance is 5%, so the practical search time depends on how quickly you can reach the structure and check its loot source.

Chance per loot source5%

Step 2

Duplicate the Template

Duplicate the template at a crafting table with 7 diamonds, 1 Cobblestone, and the original Vex 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 Vex

Emerald leans into the Illager look, iron keeps the pattern readable, and amethyst adds a magical accent.

Emerald

Iron

Amethyst

Step 4

Java /give Example

This command gives a netherite chestplate with Vex trim using Emerald as the trim material.

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

Bedrock Edition

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