Does unenchanted armor reduce your fall damage?
I was wondering if unenchanted armor reduces the amount of fall damage you take. I know that if you wear Feather Falling or Protection your fall damage is reduced. However, does wearing diamond armor with no enchants help prevent fall damage?
No:
Unenchanted armor cannot reduce fall damage. I tested this out with an experiment:
First I jumped of an 11 block high tower with no armor:
As seen in the picture 4 hearts of damage was taken.
I then jumper from the same tower with full leather armor:
The same amount of damage was taken with full leather armor. I then tested it with a protection 2 enchanted helmet on instead, and the result was:
Half a heart of damage was reduced only if the armor was enchanted.
I tested this with iron armor also and the results were the same!