Armor Stand

Items

Armor Stand — item.

Obtaining

Armor stands are crafted or found in the outdoor armory of taiga villages. Each armory has two stands: one with an iron helmet and one with an iron chestplate.

Breaking

An armor stand breaks after two quick attacks and drops itself together with any armor or held items. Using a tool costs two durability without making the break faster.

Data: Breaking
Normal break	Two quick attacks
Tool durability	2 points
Dropped equipment	Armor and held items

Armor StandItem

Natural generation

Two armor stands appear in the outdoor armory of each taiga village. The display is pre-equipped with an iron helmet and an iron chestplate.

Crafting

crafting grid

Result

Armor Stand

Ingredients match the published snapshot.

Usage

A placed armor stand displays armor and held items and supports changing its pose. It has no GUI: players equip it directly. Eight placement orientations are available, and it must have enough free space for the stand's hitbox.

Data: Usage
Placement orientations	8
Direct equipment	Armor, heads, pumpkins, and elytra
Interface	Direct interaction, no GUI

Sounds

Placing, hitting, falling, and breaking an armor stand each use a dedicated entity sound. Equipment changes are direct interactions with the entity and do not open an inventory screen.

Data: Sounds
Place	entity.armor_stand.place
Hit	entity.armor_stand.hit
Fall	entity.armor_stand.fall
Break	entity.armor_stand.break

Behavior

Armor stands are living entities that obey gravity and can be pushed by pistons, flowing water, fishing rods, knockback, and slime blocks. They wobble when hit, can be broken by arrows or tridents, and may be posed in 13 different ways. Dispensers can place a stand and equip compatible armor or heads.

Data: Behavior
Pose count	13
Gravity	Falls onto non-full blocks
Dispenser	Places the stand and equips compatible items

Data values

The item identifier is `minecraft:armor_stand`. The placed entity uses the same identifier and stores its pose, equipment, rotation, gravity, and optional arms as entity data.

Data: Data values
Identifier	`minecraft:armor_stand`
Version	Minecraft 26.2
Item model	assets/minecraft/models/item/armor_stand.json
Stack size	16
Pose count	13
Arms	Hidden by default; can be enabled by entity data

History

The armor stand remains a compact display entity: it is crafted as an item, placed into the world, and then equipped slot by slot. Current entity data separates pose, equipment, gravity, marker mode, and the optional arms flag.

Data: History
Item identity	Armor Stand`armor_stand`
Placement	Item creates an armor-stand entity
Persistent state	Pose, equipment, rotation, gravity, and display flags

26.2Item facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5

Trivia

An armor stand can be made small or marker-sized through entity data. Marker stands have no normal collision and are useful for displays, while a regular stand can be rotated and posed without a GUI.

Gallery

Armor Stand image · Local Minecraft asset

Iron helmet — Village armory equipment · Local Minecraft asset

Iron chestplate — Village armory equipment · Local Minecraft asset

References

Data: References
Validated DeepMine snapshot	Validated DeepMine snapshot
Snapshot ID	918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Digest	`830667c2bcfefb886b755ef40b25b1d8f1076a61f52a8d1779004820a46513fd`

Data and provenance

minecraft:armor_stand

Snapshot digest verified.

Page is awaiting additional checks.Missing locales: ru, en

Facts

Facts are not available for this version yet.

Data source830667c2bcfefb886b755ef40b25b1d8f1076a61f52a8d1779004820a46513fd

Provenance and publication

Readiness: Pending
Snapshot: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Source set: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Entity identifier: minecraft:armor_stand
Digest: 830667c2bcfefb886b755ef40b25b1d8f1076a61f52a8d1779004820a46513fd
Missing locales: ru, en