Minecraft: how to create shields - tips and tricks - Ultimate Guide

If you are one of the players who loves to customize and create shields in Minecraft, you are in the perfect place, through this guide we will give you some tips and tricks on how to do it.

The shields in Minecraft, are some defensive tools that will help you a lot as a vanguard in pixelated combat, which are used instead of blocking with the swords. You should know that in this game you can not update the shields, however you can customize them with a banner, you can also create shields to your liking.

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 What are shields for Minecraft for?

 In this Minecraft game, the shields will completely repel the frontal attacks even up to 4 damage, they can also deflect the arrows that your enemies throw at them causing them damage, in the melee attack you can knock an enemy back with your shield. The shield protects you from all the effects of damage at a distance avoiding being burned even poisoned by arrows, with the shield you can block melee attacks and projectiles, except the explosions these will reduce you to a block.

How to create and customize and enchant your shield in Minecraft?

If your desire is to create a shield from the beginning, you have to have the following ingredients according to Minecraft, six wooden planks and an iron ingot. First you must fix the 6 wooden planks in the form of Y in the manufacturing grid of course, then put the iron ingot in the slot that is located on the top. Also if you have a damaged shield you can repair it using an anvil, another way to do it is by combining 2 shields with damage to the manufacturing grid.

 If you like it, you can use Minecraft banners, to customize your new shields, these are made with wool, whose color influences the design of your banner. You can place the banner on the shield together in the 3 x 3 grid from side to side, the shield should be in the middle and the banner on the left. You can also create your own banner designs to customize your shields, it is very easy to make.

 How to use the freshly made shield in Minecraft

After creating a shield and newly designed, you can use it to defend against your enemies and other players, the best way to grab your shield is in the slot of your left hand. When you are equipped immediately you can access using the right-click function in the Java Edition or simply duck in the Bedrock Edition, in this way you can block the incoming attacks. But, be careful because while you duck your movement speed decreases a lot.

 It is important to highlight that the only weakness of a shield is an ax attack, this blow deactivates the shield for a few seconds and you will be very exposed to the attacks of your enemies, among the attacks that you can block when creating a shield are:

•  - Melee attack.
• - Snowballs.
• - Thorns.
• - Explosions.
• - TNT.
• - Non-magic projectiles.
• - Laser guardian / guardian major.
• - Arrows (without penetrating enchantment).
• - Fireballs.
• - Tridents.

 
This is all, we hope you can create a shield in the game, and you can defend yourself against all the attacks mentioned in the previous list, remember that you can design your shields with the Minecraft banners you can even design them to your liking.