Damage Type

Slashing

Dealt By
Axes	Swords	Bears	Wolves	Zombies

• Endermen and Zombies are weak against slashing damage, while Skeletons are a strong against it.

The following armor is geared to protect best against slashing damage:

Armor
Copper	Black Bronze	Bronze	Wrought Iron	Steel	Red Steel

Piercing

Dealt By
Arrows	Javelins	Knives	Skeletons	Spiders

• Bears, Creepers, Endermen and Wolves are weak against piercing damage, while Skeletons are completely immune to it.

The following armor is geared to protect best against piercing damage:

Armor
Copper	Bismuth Bronze	Bronze	Wrought Iron	Black Steel	Blue Steel

Crushing

Dealt By
Hammers	Maces

• Endermen and Skeletons are weak against crushing damage, while Creepers and Zombies are strong against it.

The following armor is geared to protect best against crushing damage:

Armor
Leather¹

¹Except for Copper, all higher tier armors provide better protection.

Generic

Generic damage refers to both falling blocks and vanilla damage types: fall damage, fire damage, suffocation, and Enderman attacks. Generic damage is reduced based on the armor's average protection to all three damage types.

Explosion

Explosion damage counts as Generic Type, and is done by Creepers and Powder Kegs. Explosion damage scales with proximity, meaning the closer the player is to the source, the more damage that will be dealt to the player and armor.

History

Beta
77.0		New armor/damage types - All armor has defensive properties capable of reducing damage from Blunt, Slashing, or Piercing attacks.
		All weapons have been given a corresponding damage type.
		Mobs deal specific types of damage.
78.0		Mobs taking damage is affected by the different damage types.
78.4		Hammers properly deal crushing damage.
79.4		Wolves do slashing damage instead of generic.