Pants

Pants play a crucial role on the SMP, as they provide a massive amount of defense. With the addition of pants on February 28th, 2021, PvP was changed forever. Before the update, fights were quick, very fast. It was depended on who was better at PvP, and who had a better sword. After the update, fights would last 60+ seconds, compared to the short 10-30 second fights people had before.

Types of Pants
Some pants are quite easy to obtain, others, not so much.

AAA Pants

Triple A Pants are crafted with 7 redstone blocks, filled with energy. With Protection 20 and Projectile Protection 20, it is good for both melee and ranged combat.

Shiny Pants

Pants made of 7 blocks of gold? Must be quite shiny! These pants reflected damage on enemies, having a good amount of thorns, but low amount of protection. Shiny Pants can be easily obtained due to the 1.16 Nether Update, which introduced Nether Gold Ore, Bastions, and other easy ways to obtain gold.

Dollar Pants

Crafter with 7 emerald blocks, Dollar Pants, provided decent protection. Read more about a game breaking glitch that occurred with this at The Dollar Pants Glitch.

Crystalized Pants

The holy grail of all pants, made out of 7 diamond blocks, this pair of pants had protection 69(nice), providing massive amounts of protection. This one is quite a challenge to obtain, but with a drill, this is very easy.