Armor trim guide

Ward Armor Trim

The Ward armor trim is an Ancient City pattern with a heavy deep-dark identity. It feels like armor recovered from below the overworld.

Find Ward smithing templates in Ancient City chests. Ward is rare because Ancient Cities are dangerous and require careful looting around sculk blocks.

Ward pairs well with diamond, amethyst, and netherite. It is less rare than Silence but still carries the Ancient City theme. Diamond creates a sculk-like contrast, amethyst feels mysterious, and netherite keeps the set dark.

Added in Minecraft 1.20 for Java and Bedrock gameplay.

Location

Ancient City chests

Drop Chance

3.4%

Duplicate With

Cobbled Deepslate

Step 1

Find the Ward Template

Ancient City chests are the main source for the Ward smithing template. The listed drop chance is 3.4%, so the practical search time depends on how quickly you can reach the structure and check its loot source.

Chance per loot source3.4%

Step 2

Duplicate the Template

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

Diamond creates a sculk-like contrast, amethyst feels mysterious, and netherite keeps the set dark.

Diamond

Amethyst

Netherite

Step 4

Java /give Example

This command gives a netherite chestplate with Ward trim using Diamond as the trim material.

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

Bedrock Edition

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