Steel Scales[]
This recipe works with any piece of chain armor.
The Steel Scales are a very common drop from Silverfish, elevating the value of strongholds and their silverfish spawners. They are also obtained through melting down chain armor in a furnace, if the config option is enabled.
They are used to brew the vanilla Potion of Resistance. The hierarchy is similar to that of all other potions: redstone elongates, Pure Tear elongates the elongated potion, glowstone amplifies, Plagued Tear amplified the amplified potion.
Silverfish dropping Steel Scales.
The vanilla Awkward Potion of Steel Scales brewing the vanilla Potion of Resistance.