How to make Dyed Leather Boots in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft dyed leather boots with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, you can dye leather armor such as leather caps, leather tunics, leather pants, and leather boots to change its color.

dyed leather boots

Let's explore how to dye leather boots in Java Edition.

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BEDROCK EDITION (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Switch):

Follow the instructions on How to Dye Leather Armor in Bedrock Edition if you are trying to dye leather armor on Bedrock Edition (Bedrock Edition consists of Pocket Edition, Windows 10 Edition, Xbox One Edition, PS4 Edition, Nintendo Switch Edition). This is a new feature that was released on Feb 18, 2016. The instructions require a cauldron instead of a crafting table.

Supported Platforms

Dyed leather boots are available in the following versions of Minecraft:

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes (1.4.2)
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes (0.14.0)
Xbox 360 Xbox 360Yes (TU60)
Xbox One Xbox OneYes (CU51)
PS3 PS3Yes (1.64)
PS4 PS4Yes (1.64)
Wii U Wii UYes (Patch 30)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes (1.5.0)
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes (0.14.0)
Education Edition Education EditionYes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Choose a Dye

In Minecraft, you can change the color of leather boots with any of these dyes:

Colors of Dyed Leather Boots

The following is a list of the colors that you can dye leather boots in Minecraft:

Color Type of Leather Boots Dye to Use
Red Leather Boots red dye
Orange Leather Boots orange dye
Yellow Leather Boots yellow dye
Lime Leather Boots lime dye
Green Leather Boots green dye
Light Blue Leather Boots light blue dye
Cyan Leather Boots cyan dye
Blue Leather Boots blue dye
Purple Leather Boots purple dye
Magenta Leather Boots magenta dye
Pink Leather Boots pink dye
White Leather Boots white dye
Light Gray Leather Boots light gray dye
Gray Leather Boots gray dye
Black Leather Boots black dye
Brown Leather Boots brown dye

How to craft Dyed Leather Boots in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3x3 crafting grid that looks like this:

3x3 crafting area

2. Add Items to make Dyed Leather Boots

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 crafting grid. To make dyed leather boots, place 1 leather boots and 1 dye of your choice in the 3x3 crafting grid. In this example, we have chosen to use pink as the dye.

When making dyed leather boots, the leather boots and dye can be placed anywhere in the crafting grid. In this example, we have placed the items in the second row where the leather boots are in the second box and the pink dye is in the third box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for dyed leather boots.

Crafting recipe for dyed leather boots

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the dyed leather boots will appear in the box to the right.

dyed leather boots

3. Move the Dyed Leather Boots to Inventory

Once you have crafted dyed leather boots, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Completed dyed leather boots

Congratulations, you have made dyed leather boots in Minecraft!

Durability

Durability represents how long the item will last. For tools, weapons and transportation, durability is the number of useful actions before the item is destroyed. For armor items, durability is the number of hits (that can be blocked by armor) before the item is destroyed. So the higher the durability number, the longer the item will last.

The following table shows the durability for each pair of boots in Minecraft:

Name Durability
Netherite Boots 481
Diamond Boots 429
Chain Boots 195
Iron Boots 195
Golden Boots 91
Dyed Leather Boots 65
Leather Boots 65

Enchantments for Dyed Leather Boots

In Minecraft, you can enchant dyed leather boots with the following enchantments:

Enchantment Description
Blast Protection Reduces blast and explosion damage
Curse of Binding Cursed item can not be removed from player
Curse of Vanishing Cursed item will disappear after player dies
Depth Strider Speeds up how fast you can move underwater
Feather Falling Reduces fall and teleportation damage
Fire Protection Reduces damage caused by fire and lava
Frost Walker Freezes water into ice so that you can walk on it (and also allows you to walk on magma blocks without taking damage)
Mending Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor
Projectile Protection Reduces projectile damage (arrows, fireballs, fire charges)
Protection General protection against attacks, fire, lava, and falling
Soul Speed Speeds up how fast you can move across soul sand and soul soil
Thorns Causes damage to attackers
Unbreaking Increases durability of item, in effect, by decreasing the chance of the tool, weapon, or armor taking durability damage when used

See a complete list of Minecraft Enchantments that is interactive and searchable.

Things to Make with Dyed Leather Boots

You can use dyed leather boots to make items in Minecraft such as:

Things to Do with Dyed Leather Boots

Here are some activities that you can do with dyed leather boots in Minecraft: