How do you make minecraft armor?

Answer 1

You can make it out of leather, fire (chain mail)*, Iron, gold, and diamond.

Helmet= Gives .30 efficiency (1 1/2 armor)

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Chestplate= Gives .50 efficiency (4 armor)

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Leggings= Gives .43 efficiency (3 armor)

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Boots= Gives .38 efficiency (1 1/2 armor)

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http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting- all of the crafting items

*Fire can only be obtained in item form for use in crafting if it is spawned using an editing program, such as Invedit

Answer 2

to make a helmet its like pants but make it smaller w/5 diamond going like a almost fully square