Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 has 18 armor trims, each carried by a smithing template that you find in one kind of structure or on one mob, and 11 materials to color them. Here is where every template spawns and how often, read from the game's loot tables, how to copy the ones you find, and which materials work. Our seed map shows where those structures are in any world.
How armor trims work
Trimming is purely cosmetic and happens at a Smithing Table: put in a smithing template, a piece of armor (a helmet, chestplate, leggings or boots) and a material, one of the game's ingots or crystals. The template sets the pattern, the material sets its color, and the template is used up, which is why copying templates is worth it. Your first trimmed piece earns the advancement Crafting a New Look, and applying eight specific templates earns the challenge Smithing with Style.
Where to find every template
| Trim | Where | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Coast Armor Trim | Shipwreck chests | 16.7% |
| Dune Armor Trim | Desert Pyramid chests | 14.3% |
| Wild Armor Trim | Jungle Temple chests | 33.3% |
| Sentry Armor Trim | Pillager Outpost chests | 25% |
| Vex Armor Trim | Woodland Mansion chests | 50% |
| Tide Armor Trim | Elder Guardian, when killed | 20% |
| Eye Armor Trim | Stronghold chests: library / corridors | 100% / 10% |
| Ward Armor Trim | Ancient City chests | 5% |
| Silence Armor Trim | Ancient City chests | 1.25% |
| Wayfinder Armor Trim | Trail Ruins suspicious gravel (rare loot) | 8.3% |
| Raiser Armor Trim | Trail Ruins suspicious gravel (rare loot) | 8.3% |
| Shaper Armor Trim | Trail Ruins suspicious gravel (rare loot) | 8.3% |
| Host Armor Trim | Trail Ruins suspicious gravel (rare loot) | 8.3% |
| Bolt Armor Trim | Trial Chambers vault (Trial Key) | 6.25% |
| Flow Armor Trim | Ominous vault (Ominous Trial Key) | 22.5% |
| Rib Armor Trim | Nether Fortress chests | 6.7% |
| Snout Armor Trim | Bastion Remnant chests | 8.3% |
| Spire Armor Trim | End City chests | 6.7% |
Chances are per chest, per vault opening, per brushed block or per Elder Guardian killed, and 15 of the 18 templates are in the Overworld. Eye Armor Trim is guaranteed in Stronghold library chests. Silence Armor Trim is the rarest, at 1.25% per Ancient City chest, where Ward Armor Trim sits at 5%. Four templates, Wayfinder Armor Trim, Raiser Armor Trim, Shaper Armor Trim and Host Armor Trim, come from brushing suspicious gravel in Trail Ruins: each has an 8.3% chance per block that uses the ruins' rare loot. In Trial Chambers, Bolt Armor Trim comes from vaults opened with a Trial Key and Flow Armor Trim from ominous vaults opened with an Ominous Trial Key.