I expected unbreaking three to multiply the length the armor lasted by 4.
What actually happened was the lifetime of the item was extended, but not by a significant margin. (less than 50%)
I tested this by having a piece of armor with unbreaking 3 and a piece without unbreaking 3, and fighting mobs. The unbreaking 3 armor(chest) also had protection 4, while the other piece had protection 3(legs).
The Chest experienced 46 durability damage.
The Legs experienced 63 durability damage.
Further Testing(20 hits taken):
Chest Starting Dur.:236 Final Dur.: 223 Dur. Lost: 13
Legs Starting Dur.:186 Final Dur.: 166 Lost: 20
Continued Testing(200 hits taken):
No Unbreaking: 200 damage(feet) and 200 damage(legs)
Unbreaking 3: 124 damage(helm) and 137 damage(chest)
Continued Testing(227 hits taken)
No Unbreaking: 227 damage(feet, legs, helmet)
Unbreaking 2: 166 damage(helmet)
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Ah,now i see the entire description 😛
All i need is how many mobs did you approximately get hit by? (yeh hard question .)
Apologies, I'm new at this. I assume I was hit by 63 separate attacks, since the legs had no unbreaking enchantment to reduce that number, but as you said, it's difficult to say precisely.
I just tested it, letting two skeletons fire at me 200 times, with two pieces of armor enchanted with unbreaking 3, and two without. The two unenchanted items(boots and legs) took the correct 200 durability damage each, while the enchanted items took 124 damage(helm) and 137 damage(chest).
Note: This testing took place in both a SMP server and my creative world(while in survival mode, obviously). It's the same everywhere.
Resolving as intended since MC-4580 was fixed whereas it wasn't working at all.
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In some cases, where I would want my armor to last longer, I'd prefer a functional Unbreaking enchantment for armor over any Protection-type enchantment....
Apologies if this wasn't actually a bug. I just assumed that the enchantment was meant to operate exactly the same in all cases. Anyway, thanks for helping to resolve it.
Unbreaking has only a chance for the armour to be used up.Please make a more in-depht description if you can give more info