With a diamond helmet, breastplate and leggings all enchanted with Protection IV, and unenchanted iron boots, when my hunger bar dropped to zero I still only took half a heart of damage every second or third time I heard the 'crack' damage noise.
Mac OS 10.5.8, oldish 3GB iMac
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Working as intended ? Does "Protection" protect against any damage ?
Reporter: migrated
Assignee: migrated
Created: 2012-10-27T21:18:04Z
Updated: 2026-09-07T10:11:12Z
Resolved: 2013-08-14T16:12:37Z
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed
Labels: armor, hunger, protection
Affects Versions: Minecraft 1.4.2, Minecraft 1.6.2
Fix Versions: Minecraft 13w36a
Retrieved 2026-10-27T22:42:14Z
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