[MCPE-182573] Non-leather armor/horse armor can be used on a Cauldron with dyed water, which consumes water

When interacting with any armor other than leather on a cauldron filled with dyed water (same way when dyeing leather armor) it consumes some of the water in the cauldron.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 2

MCPE-218175 There's a bug where Diamond horse armor, iron horse armor and gold horse armor consumes the dyed water in cauldron Resolved

MCPE-230747 You can paint a turtle shell helmet. Resolved

Comments 6

TheMightyDark 2024-07-20T21:00:08Z

This bug also works with elytra. This bug could be even taken advantage of with elytra to have actual dyed elytra.
https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/360017741471-Dyed-elytra

TheMightyDark 2024-07-20T21:00:55Z

This bug does not actually dye non-leather armor, it does nothing but consume cauldron water.

MCGaming111 2024-07-21T16:36:17Z

I also discovered you can do the same thing with weapons as of 1.21.1

migrated 2024-07-21T16:36:17Z

I also discovered you can do the same thing with weapons as of 1.21.1

TheMightyDark 2024-10-21T18:27:55Z

Can confirm the bug is still in existence in 1.21.50.24 Preview.

TheMightyDark 2026-02-24T17:50:43Z

Can confirm in 26.10.25 Preview.

Since 26.10.25 Preview, also the subtitle when trying to dye general non-leather armor, non-leather horse armor or elytra in a dyed water cauldron without success is “Leather armor gets dyed.” This also makes absolutely no sense to any non-leather armor.

For now, I have currently covered this incorrect subtitle in MCPE-233116 . That incorrect subtitle is related to the buggy behaviour with armor and a dyed water cauldron.