Armor Stand

• The first image of the armor stand and its crafting recipe was posted on Twitter on August 5, 2014.
• It was added to the game in version 1.8 in snapshot 14w32a. Initially, an armor stand could be created using any slab, but starting with snapshot 14w32b, the crafting recipe was changed and began to contain only a stone slab. In the snapshot 14w33a, particles were added to the armor stand, which are visible when it is destroyed.
• Since version 1.9 (snapshot 15w47a), the armor stand sways from the player's blows.
• In version 1.14, the texture of the armor stand was changed several times.
• Since version 1.15, the armor stand can be placed using a dispenser.

The armor stand is renewable, stacked 16 pcs. in one cell, flammable.

The armor stand obeys gravity. This means that it can be placed on such incomplete blocks as an enchantment table, a snow layer or on slabs.

The armor stand will display the effects of enchanted items and all types of colored armor.

An armor stand can be found in the house of an armorer villager in a taiga village. Sometimes the stand already has armor or some of its elements.

On the armor stand the player can hang armor, mob heads, pumpkins, elites and a shield (with the help of a dispenser). Other items can be placed on the stand only with the help of commands.

Since the armor stand does not have its own interaction menu, the player equips it directly.

The stand can be placed in different directions. Since the armor stand is an entity, it can be moved using a piston. It can be washed off with water. Falling on a block of slime, the stand will bounce off it. The armor stand can be hooked with a fishing rod.

To hang or remove an armor element from the stand, you need to right-click on it.

To create a stand, you need six sticks and one stone slab. All ingredients are placed in the cells of the workbench in the appropriate order (see the image below).

You can only place a sword on an armor stand in Bedrock Edition.

• If the shoes on the stand are enchanted to "Walk on water", then if you push the stand with a piston, blocks of frozen ice will appear under it by themselves in place of water
• If the boots on the stand are enchanted for "Underwater Walking", then this slows down the movement of the armor stand when moving with a stream of water
• A player can take damage from hitting an armor stand if it is equipped with armor enchanted with "Spikes"
• The armor stand will not take damage from the cactus, but can be broken by an arrow
• If you break the stand with an explosion, it will not fall out as an object
• An armor stand that is in both water and lava at the same time will not be destroyed
• You can notice a slight rocking of the stand from the punches of the player
• Even if you put leather boots on the armor stand, it will fall into loose snow

You can place a shield on an armor stand only with the help of a dispenser.