How to Get All 18 Armor Trims in Minecraft — Complete Locations Guide

TL;DR

• There are 18 armor trims in Minecraft, each found in a specific structure or from a specific mob.
• They are purely cosmetic — trims never change armor stats or durability.
• Apply them at a Smithing Table using: Trim Template + Armor Piece + Color Material.
• Duplicate any trim with 7 Diamonds + its matching block at a crafting table.
• The rarest trim is Silence (1.2% from Ancient City chests). The easiest is Vex (50% from Woodland Mansion).
• Flow is the only trim that uses a Breeze Rod (not a block) to duplicate.

Armor trims are one of the best additions Minecraft has ever made to personalisation. They let you stamp every piece of gear with a pattern that reflects where you have been — desert temples, Nether fortresses, ancient cities, trial chambers. Wear a Silence trim and everyone on a multiplayer server knows you have been to the Deep Dark. Wear a Spire trim and they know you cleared an End City.

This guide covers every single trim — what it looks like, exactly where to find it, the drop rate, and what you need to duplicate it so you can trim a full set of armour without grinding the same structure four times.

How Armor Trims Work

Before hunting them down, understand the basics.

Trims are purely cosmetic. They add a visual pattern to your armour in the colour of whatever material you choose. No stat changes, no extra protection, no durability difference. Gold trim on Netherite armour still burns in lava. Netherite trim on iron armour still has iron’s base stats.

Applying a trim consumes the template. One use, one trim. The template is gone. This is why you duplicate them before applying.

You can overwrite a trim anytime. Apply a new trim to an already-trimmed piece and the old pattern is replaced. You cannot have two trims on the same piece at once.

Same-material effect. If your armour material and trim material are the same (for example, diamond trim on diamond armour), the trim shows as a slightly darker version of the same colour rather than a contrasting hue. Use a different material for the most visible contrast.

Piglins are not fooled. Gold-trimmed armour does not pacify Piglins — only actual gold armour pieces do.

How to Apply an Armor Trim

You need three things and a Smithing Table.

Open the Smithing Table. You will see three input slots:

• Left slot: The Trim Template (the smithing template you found)
• Middle slot: The Armour Piece (helmet, chestplate, leggings, or boots — any material)
• Right slot: The Trim Material (the colour — see the list below)

The result appears in the output slot. Take it and the trim is applied. Works on any armour type: leather, iron, gold, chainmail, diamond, netherite. The Smithing Table itself is crafted from 4 Wood Planks + 2 Iron Ingots, or found in village toolsmith houses.

The 10 Trim Colors — Materials You Can Use

The trim pattern comes from the template. The colour comes from the material. These 10 materials give you 10 distinct colour options for any trim pattern:

Mix any trim pattern with any colour. That gives you up to 180 unique looks per armour piece. Combined with leather dyes for leather armour, the customisation options run into the billions of combinations.

How to Duplicate Armor Trims

Every trim can be duplicated so you only need to find it once to trim a full set.

Duplication recipe (Crafting Table): Place the existing trim template in the centre of the top row. Place the matching material block directly below it. Fill all remaining 7 slots with Diamonds.

Result: You get 2 copies of the trim template. This means one template + 7 diamonds + the matching block = one extra copy. Repeat to make as many as you need for a full four-piece armour set.

The matching block varies per trim and is listed with each trim below. Most use common blocks. A few require materials you need to specifically gather. The one exception is Flow, which uniquely uses a Breeze Rod instead of a block — the only trim in the game that does not use a block for duplication.

All 18 Armor Trims — Complete Location Guide

Trims are organised by difficulty from easiest to hardest to obtain. Use this as your hunt order.

1. Vex Trim

Structure: Woodland Mansion Drop Rate: ~50% from random loot chests (not room-specific chests) Duplicate Material: Cobblestone Design: Angular, jagged pattern inspired by the Vex mob — looks like vex wings spread across the armour. Bold geometric lines. Notes: Despite being in the rarest Overworld structure, the 50% drop rate makes this one of the most reliable trims once you find a Mansion. Buy an Explorer Map from a Cartographer Villager to locate the nearest Woodland Mansion. Only random loot chests inside the Mansion can contain the Vex trim — the specific room chests (Allium room, Sapling farm room, Tree-chopping room, Fake End Portal room) have fixed loot that does not include it.

2. Wild Trim

Structure: Jungle Temple Drop Rate: ~33% from treasure chests Duplicate Material: Mossy Cobblestone Design: Organic, flowing curves with moss-like edges. Looks earthy and natural — fits green and brown colour materials perfectly. Notes: Jungle Temples have two chests. The main treasure chest has the best loot. Watch out for the tripwire traps and hidden lever puzzles inside. If you need diamonds from the temple too, disarm the dart traps before looting. Jungle Temples are not rare if you find the right biome — they always generate in Jungle biomes at ground level.

3. Sentry Trim

Structure: Pillager Outpost Drop Rate: ~20–25% from the chest at the top Duplicate Material: Cobblestone Design: Clean, structured pattern with a target-like circle on the chestplate and striped shoulders. Looks military and sharp. Notes: Each Pillager Outpost has one chest at the top of the wooden tower. You need to fight through Pillagers to reach it. If you trigger a raid by entering a village afterward, completing it earns you the Hero of the Village discount effect — useful for trading halls. The chest respawns with the structure on a new world, so different Outposts are independent loot chances.

4. Dune Trim

Structure: Desert Temple Drop Rate: ~14% from underground chests Duplicate Material: Sandstone Design: Smooth curved lines reminiscent of desert sand dunes. The chestplate has a central square with an oval outline. Clean and architectural. Notes: Desert Temples have four chests in the underground chamber beneath the blue clay block floor. Disarm or avoid the TNT pressure plate at the centre before dropping in — stepping on it detonates all four TNT blocks. Each of the four chests is an independent loot roll, so one temple can potentially contain multiple Dune trims.

5. Coast Trim

Structure: Shipwreck Drop Rate: ~17% per chest Duplicate Material: Cobblestone Design: Nautical pattern with barnacle-like textures. Waves and curved shapes across the armour. Looks great with blue materials like Lapis or Diamond. Notes: Shipwrecks generate underwater throughout ocean biomes, occasionally on beaches. Each one has up to three chests — a supply chest, a treasure chest, and a map chest. Any of them can contain the Coast trim. Bring Water Breathing potions for deeper wreck dives. Our how to make a map guide is useful for tracking exploration when hunting ocean structures.

6. Rib Trim

Structure: Nether Fortress Drop Rate: ~5–7% per chest Duplicate Material: Netherrack Design: Skeleton-like rib cage wrapping around the torso. The design references Wither Skeletons — the Nether Fortress’s signature mob. Looks dramatic and dark. Notes: Nether Fortresses have multiple chests scattered along their corridors and in specific rooms. With a 5–7% drop rate per chest, you may need several chests across one Fortress or visit multiple Fortresses. Head to the Nether through your portal and look for the distinctive brick structures. Our Nether portal guide covers everything for first-time Nether exploration.

7. Snout Trim

Structure: Bastion Remnant Drop Rate: ~4–8% per chest (varies by room type) Duplicate Material: Blackstone Design: The trim features two circular dot patterns that directly resemble a Piglin’s flat snout. One of the most recognisable and thematically fitting designs in the game. Notes: Bastions have four types. The Treasure Room type always has a Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template in its main chest, making it the most valuable Bastion to find for gear upgrades too. Snout trims can appear in any chest type. Wear gold armour when entering to avoid Piglin aggression. See the Netherite armour guide for full Bastion raiding strategy.

8. Wayfinder Trim

Structure: Trail Ruins (Suspicious Gravel) Drop Rate: ~8.3% per suspicious gravel block (Java) / ~1.8% (Bedrock) Duplicate Material: Terracotta Design: Angular, triangular shapes suggesting a compass or navigation marker. Perfect for explorer-themed builds and adventurer aesthetics. Notes: Trail Ruins are partially buried ancient structures found in various biomes including Jungles, Snowy Taigas, Taigas, Old Growth Taigas, and Snowy Spruce Taigas. Use a Brush on suspicious gravel blocks found within Trail Ruins to uncover the trim. Suspicious gravel breaks permanently if mined without a brush, so be careful. Bedrock Edition has a significantly lower drop rate (1.8%) so expect to brush many more blocks.

9. Raiser Trim

Structure: Trail Ruins (Suspicious Gravel) Drop Rate: ~8.3% (Java) / ~1.8% (Bedrock) Duplicate Material: Terracotta Design: Upward-pointing geometric shapes with a rising, towering appearance. The name and design reference upward movement and height. Notes: Same source and method as Wayfinder. Since four trims share Trail Ruins as their source (Wayfinder, Raiser, Shaper, Host), one Trail Ruins site can potentially yield all four if you brush enough suspicious gravel. Bring multiple brushes since they have durability, or enchant one with Mending.

10. Shaper Trim

Structure: Trail Ruins (Suspicious Gravel) Drop Rate: ~8.3% (Java) / ~1.8% (Bedrock) Duplicate Material: Terracotta Design: Structured geometric forms with sharp angles and precise lines. The most architectural-looking of the Trail Ruins group. Notes: Same source and method as Wayfinder and Raiser. Trail Ruins have many suspicious gravel blocks spread throughout the buried structure, so extended brushing sessions at a single site cover multiple trim chances.

11. Host Trim

Structure: Trail Ruins (Suspicious Gravel) Drop Rate: ~8.3% (Java) / ~1.8% (Bedrock) Duplicate Material: Terracotta Design: Welcoming, symmetrical design with spread shapes suggesting open arms or hospitality. The most rounded and least aggressive-looking of the four Trail Ruins trims. Notes: Fourth and final Trail Ruins trim. Since all four share the same pool, you may find multiples of some and none of others in a single session. Bedrock players need to brush significantly more blocks due to the lower per-block rate.

12. Bolt Trim

Structure: Trial Chambers (Standard Vault / Reward Chests) Drop Rate: ~5.4% from Vaults (opened with Trial Keys) / also found in scattered Trial Chamber chests Duplicate Material: Block of Copper Design: Sharp, lightning bolt-like geometric patterns with standalone pixel details and straight lines. Clean and angular — one of the most modern-looking trims. Notes: Open Vaults inside Trial Chambers using Trial Keys earned from clearing Trial Spawners. The Bolt trim appears in the standard Vault loot pool. It can also appear in the regular supply chests scattered around the Trial Chamber. Finding Trial Chambers is covered in our Trial Chambers guide. The Copper Block for duplication is easy to get — smelt copper ingots from copper ore, then craft nine into a block.

13. Flow Trim

Structure: Trial Chambers (Ominous Vault — harder mode) Drop Rate: ~22.5% from Ominous Vaults (opened with Ominous Trial Keys) Duplicate Material: Breeze Rod (unique — the only trim that uses an item, not a block) Design: Swirling, spiralling wind patterns that directly reference the Breeze mob. Flowing curls and dynamic lines that look like wind in motion. Notes: Requires completing Ominous Trials — the harder version of Trial Chambers triggered by entering with the Bad Omen effect from an Ominous Bottle. Ominous Trial Keys are dropped by completing Ominous Trial Spawners and open the red-skull Ominous Vaults. The 22.5% rate is relatively good once you can consistently clear Ominous Trials. The Breeze Rod duplication material means you need to farm the Breeze mob regularly if you want multiple copies.

14. Eye Trim

Structure: Stronghold (Library chests — 100%; Altar chests — ~10%) Drop Rate: 100% from library chests, ~10% from altar chests Duplicate Material: End Stone Design: Bold eye-shaped pattern at the centre of the chestplate, with additional enderman-like eyes on the helmet. References the Eye of Ender used to find the Stronghold itself. Notes: Stronghold Libraries have the highest guaranteed drop rate of any trim in the game — every library chest contains an Eye trim. Strongholds have 1–3 libraries each. Finding a Stronghold requires Eyes of Ender thrown into the air — follow their direction until they float downward. End Stone for duplication comes from the End dimension, so you need to have fought the Ender Dragon first to duplicate this trim freely.

15. Spire Trim

Structure: End City Drop Rate: ~5–7% from End City chests Duplicate Material: Purpur Block Design: Vertical stripe patterns with checkered detail on the boots. Clean, tall, angular lines inspired by the towering architecture of End Cities and the Shulker mobs that guard them. Notes: End Cities only generate on the outer End islands after defeating the Ender Dragon. Use the End Gateway Portal to reach the outer islands, then explore until you find tall purple Purpur towers. See our Elytra and End City guide for everything on navigating the End dimension. Purpur Blocks for duplication are easy to obtain — they make up the End City structures themselves.

16. Tide Trim

Source: Elder Guardian (mob drop, not chest loot) Drop Rate: 20% chance on Elder Guardian death (Looting does not increase this) Duplicate Material: Prismarine Design: Flowing tidal wave pattern with prismarine-like textures. Aquatic and fluid in appearance, referencing the Ocean Monument’s aesthetic. Notes: Elder Guardians are the boss-tier mobs guarding Ocean Monuments — three spawn per Monument (one in the top chamber, two in the side wings). Each Monument has three Elder Guardians, giving you three 20% chances per run. Looting III does NOT increase the drop rate, so enchanting your sword with Looting solely for this purpose is not useful here. Bring Water Breathing and Night Vision potions for Monument exploration. Kill all three Elder Guardians per Monument to maximise your chances.

17. Ward Trim

Structure: Ancient City Drop Rate: ~5% from Ancient City chests Duplicate Material: Cobbled Deepslate Design: Intricate pattern referencing the Warden’s chest — the item icon looks like the faces inside a Warden’s chest cavity. Detailed, organic, and unmistakable. Notes: Ancient Cities generate in the Deep Dark biome at very deep Y levels. Activate Sculk Shriekers to avoid summoning the Warden while you loot. The Ward trim is not guaranteed — at 5% per chest, you may need to loot multiple chests across one city or find multiple Ancient Cities. Our Ancient City guide covers safe navigation strategies. Cobbled Deepslate for duplication is plentiful in the deepslate layer below Y=0.

18. Silence Trim

Structure: Ancient City Drop Rate: ~1.2% from Ancient City chests (rarest trim in the game) Duplicate Material: Cobbled Deepslate Design: The most detailed trim in the game — sculk-like tendrils and infection patterns cover the majority of the armour surface, unlike all other trims which cover smaller portions. Dark, intricate, and immediately distinctive. Notes: The Silence trim is the rarest item in Minecraft available through normal gameplay. With a 1.2% chance per chest and a limited number of chests per Ancient City, you may need to find multiple Ancient Cities before obtaining it. Once you have one, duplicate immediately before ever applying it. Losing your only Silence trim by applying it without duplicating first is a very painful mistake many players make. Sneak everywhere in Ancient Cities to avoid triggering the Warden. The Warden is covered in our Warden guide. Both Ward and Silence share the same Ancient City source and Cobbled Deepslate duplication material.

Quick Reference Table — All 18 Trims

*Java / Bedrock rates respectively. †Library chests / Altar chests.

Suggested Collection Order

Not every trim requires endgame progression. Here is the most efficient hunt order based on what you can access at each stage of the game.

Early game (no special preparation needed): Start with Sentry (Pillager Outpost), Coast (Shipwreck), Dune (Desert Temple), and Wild (Jungle Temple). These are all Overworld structures you can reach with basic gear. The Coast and Dune trims are especially easy because ocean and desert biomes are common.

Mid-game (iron/diamond gear, basic exploration): Hit Vex (Woodland Mansion — buy a mansion map from a Cartographer), then visit Trail Ruins for the four archaeology trims. Brushing suspicious gravel is safe and requires no combat.

Mid-to-late game (Nether explored): Collect Rib (Nether Fortress) and Snout (Bastion Remnant) during the same Nether trip where you are farming for the Netherite Upgrade Template. You will be there anyway — grab these while you are at it.

Mid-game (Ocean Monument): Plan a dedicated Elder Guardian run for Tide. Three kills per Monument, 20% each. Bring Water Breathing potions.

Late game (End dimension accessed): After defeating the Ender Dragon, grab Eye (Stronghold libraries on the way to the portal, or revisit via a new portal), then head to End Cities for Spire. These two trips cover two trims in the same dimension.

Endgame (Trial Chambers): Farm Trial Chambers for Bolt (standard Vaults) and Flow (Ominous Vaults). Flow requires Ominous Trials, which need solid gear. Having Netherite armour before Ominous Trials is strongly recommended.

Final boss tier (Ancient Cities): Save Ancient Cities for last. Ward and Silence require Deep Dark navigation, the risk of the Warden, and patience. Silence especially may take multiple city visits at 1.2% per chest. Bring great gear, move slowly, and sneak everywhere.

Tips for Collecting All 18 Trims

Duplicate before you apply. Every time you find a trim, your first action should be duplicating it. 7 diamonds and the matching block is cheap compared to refinding the trim. Duplicate to at least 4 copies (one per armour piece) before applying any.

Use a Smithing Table in your base. Set up a permanent Smithing Table near your storage. Applying trims mid-adventure in a random crafting spot wastes time and risks mistakes.

Use seeds with known structures. Our best Minecraft seeds guide lists seeds with multiple structures close to spawn, which dramatically cuts travel time when collecting trims across multiple structure types.

Flow trim needs Breeze Rods for duplication. Unlike every other trim, Flow uses a Breeze Rod not a block. Farm Breezes with Looting III to stock up on rods before duplicating.

The Eye trim is the easiest guaranteed trim. Stronghold libraries always have one. If you are on your way to the End Portal anyway, swing through the libraries first — it is a free trim with zero RNG.

Silence trim: duplicate immediately, apply carefully. If you find a Silence trim, stop what you are doing and duplicate it before anything else. At 1.2% drop rate, losing your only copy by applying it without duplicating first is a real and common mistake.

Trail Ruins on Bedrock need more brushing. Bedrock Edition has a much lower per-block rate (1.8% vs 8.3% on Java) for all four Trail Ruins trims. Expect to spend significantly more time brushing on Bedrock and bring extra brushes.

Armor trims on Armor Stands make great displays. Once you collect all 18, placing full sets on Armor Stands — one per trim, each with a different material colour — makes a spectacular museum room in your base.

Coordinate hunts on multiplayer. On a Realm or server, splitting up the structure hunt saves enormous time. One player tackles Ocean Monuments while another raids Bastions. Our Minecraft Realms setup guide covers the best way to set up a multiplayer trim-hunting session.

Design Notes — The Lore Behind the Trims

Mojang designed most trims to visually reference their source structure or its inhabitants. A few highlights:

• Snout — Two dots directly mirroring Piglin nostrils. Found in Bastions.
• Rib — Wrapping skeletal ribs. Found in Nether Fortresses where Wither Skeletons roam.
• Ward — Looks like the pattern inside a Warden’s chest cavity. Found in Ancient Cities where the Warden lives.
• Silence — Sculk tendrils spreading across the armour. Also from Ancient Cities — the sculk-infested Deep Dark.
• Spire — Vertical tower lines referencing the tall Purpur pillars of End Cities. Found there.
• Vex — Angular wings referencing the Vex mob. Found in Woodland Mansions where Evokers (who summon Vexes) live.
• Eye — An Eye of Ender pattern. Found in Strongholds — where you throw Eyes of Ender to find it.
• Flow — Swirling wind spirals. Found in Trial Chambers where the Breeze creates wind.
• Tide — Wave patterns with prismarine texture. Dropped by Elder Guardians in Ocean Monuments.

This design philosophy means collecting all 18 trims doubles as a record of everywhere significant you have been in Minecraft.

Frequently Asked Questions

Collecting all 18 armor trims is essentially a complete tour of Minecraft’s structures across all three dimensions. By the time you have every trim, you will have explored Overworld temples and mansions, Nether fortresses and bastions, the ocean depths, Trail Ruins, the End, and both variants of Trial Chambers. That is the point — wear your trims and let your armour tell the story of where you have been.